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Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.
Heading Out is a visual novel, stylized and rogue-like game
developed by Serious Sim and Crunching Koalas
and published by Crunching Koalas.
Released on May 07th 2024 is available only on Windows
in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish - Latin America.
It has received 572 reviews of which 444 were positive and 128 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam with a 40% discount.
The Steam community has classified Heading Out into these genres:
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-10320 or AMD Ryzen 3 3100
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 560
- Storage: 30 GB available space
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Great concept and art style, driving with demons and style. I love the fourth wall breaking meta kind of aspect it has. Makes you think about and reflect on yourself's past. Soundtrack also is very good to awesome and well suited for easy listening outside the game.'Same old road' on the soundtrack hit me hard emotionally. This whole experience has a full additional level that's waiting to be discovered below the obvious at first sight. The thing is though: right now it's not enjoyable on Deck. That's not the developer's fault per se though. Let me explain. It's one of those games that detect whether it's running on a Deck. They disable graphics settings then, like Skyrim also does for example. The problem with this practice now is that Deck isn't a closed system like other handhelds are. Moreover, Valve effed up with last stable 3.7.8, making performance worse big time. They're only slowly and partially recovering from that with latest beta 3.7.9. This game is especially suffering from that because it's CPU and GPU heavy. I don't know for sure, but I suspect Valve is endorsing that no graphics settings practice with developers. It just doesn't work the way they'd like it to, and that's their own fault. Fortunately, there's a workaround for that. Just add SteamDeck=0 %command% exactly like that in Steam's startup settings for command line options for the game. Graphics settings are unlocked then, even though they're not exactly comprehensive. People have played it fine at 60FPS on medium preset in the past. Doesn't work with current SteamOS anymore. From my tests I'd suggest 30FPS on medium preset with vsync and SMAA Low, with GE-Proton10-4 as compatibility layer. Still stutters occasionally, especially at the beginning of a new game, but gets better when driving for a while. Let's hope Valve gets their act together again fast.
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A lot of people seem to have decided to play this game not knowing what it is. So let me tell you. It is a game that asks you several personal questions (like your fears, biggest regrets, love life, etc) and will use that information to show you people similar to you, and different. The racing is only half the game. Its more like half racing game, half visual novel. You have to manage cash, focus, reputation, fame, time and your car condition. Politics are a part of the game, from the rightwinged Steve who is a total #### to the stoner leftist Reily or racist cops, this game does touch on "touchy" subjects. Rates: Visuals: 9/10 (The game gives a almost comic feel and its amazing.) Gameplay: 7/10 (The game is fairly simple, but fun, only problem is that some things tend to get boring after a while.) Story: 9/10 (The game doesnt hide that it will #### some people off. The story has minor issues, but I still loved it. Plus all the side quests are a blast. I prevented a mob hit.) Difficulty: Easy-middle-ground. (It was very easy for me to get into the game and it wasn`t to hard, you still have to try. The hardest part is when other drivers do stuff you don`t expect.) Again? 5/10 (some events, or dialogue will repeat, by the end of the game I was tired of hearing the same things over and over after outrunning cops.) Length: 8-12 hours. (Im putting 8-12 because, sure you can technically get a ending in under a hour, if you want to beat the main ending it takes longer. It took me 9 and this was after a failed run at the very start. Overall: 9/10 (+1 due to bias) The game is great if you want a unique race, I recommend answer all questions honestly during your first ruin because you will really see how your actions have consequences. Drive in with a open mind and dont forget, You Cant Run Forever.
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Don't let the mass amount of mixed reviews sway you too much. A lot of the people complaining about the game seemed to have bought it without actually reading the game description first. What you get here is a solid mix of story, and a great driving experience, with gorgeous visuals, as well as a killer soundtrack. Yes, it is broken up into more than just "race the other drivers". There is a narrative that you are following, and a lot of the game is making decisions on how to approach scenarios. The game has a very special charm to it, and if you let it, the game is a fantastic experience that you will enjoy your time with.
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I really enjoy this game, amazing soundtrack, looks really pretty, and I think the driving is pretty good (can sometimes Jank out), and the main story plot-line and most of the Side stories really tie this world together. I only really have one problem with the game, and its the Rainbow Radio station girl, feels completely out of place for a game that takes place in the 70's (mid Vietnam era). I am extremely left leaning and gay, but stating "I'm gay" and "DAMN MEN" every time she is talking gets a bit annoying. Again that's my only problem besides some driving jank. Also your a pussy if you won't play just because of "Woke", you can skip the radio stations if it gets your panties so much into a twist. Get this game if you can!
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TLDR: good game, very immersive, but bad writing, especially for political topics. I found the game to be fun in its resource management/driving aspect: the driving is the speed races from need for speed ProStreet but a bit slower and more slippery. That change, however, actually makes the prostreet model better because you can actually predict and strategize. It requires some time to master but it's pretty good when you get it imo. Avoid using the Daytona-looking "European" car. It's trash. Resource management provides some challenges on balanced difficulty and gives a sense of being chased but abusing the police chase mechanism is OP. The game did well immersing the player into the movie-esque 1970s American road trip setting with the graphics, having an American map that you can travel in, and mechanisms like the songs and state borders. However, the writing has much more potential that is just untapped. The idea of letting the player choose the MC's backstory means that the MC becomes intentionally vague and mysterious. Yet the writers also decided to make MC's backstory essential to the story, which makes the protagonist not relatable as a character and the character growth arc to be confusing. The small stories on the road are good, but I feel like they can be more: they all feel pretty plain, don't have twists and surprises, and often just depict the world instead of building on it. The politics part is weird as well: the writers haven't done their historical research as real events like the Nixson scandal, queer rights, racial equality, Vietnam war protests, Cuban missile crisis, the ENTIRE FUCKING COLD WAR and so much more have so much storytelling potential yet are rarely mentioned or ignored. (like bro, just listen to We Didn't Start the Fire and like you get ten good stories just from the '70s news headlines) The writers put two over-the-top and stereotypical "evil conservative" and "good progressive" and called it a day, which also made the radio hosts incredibly annoying. (especially when Riley repeats the same lines SO FUCKING MUCH AAAAAAAAH) (Joy and JC are less annoying since they have a much more personal story, which the narrators are better at writing) The writers are only capable of "depicting" and not "building": not really having a message instead just following the current media narratives. Apparently, they are not American so it makes more sense. I am not against politics in gaming, nor even the political views that the writers holds(just look at my avatar lol) but I am against bad writing and lazy faux-discussions of political topics. And, unfortunately, that statement applies to this game.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Heading Out is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
Heading Out is currently available at a 40% discount. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.
Heading Out received 444 positive votes out of a total of 572 achieving a rating of 7.35.
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Heading Out was developed by Serious Sim and Crunching Koalas and published by Crunching Koalas.
Heading Out is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Heading Out is not playable on MacOS.
Heading Out is not playable on Linux.
Heading Out is a single-player game.
Heading Out does not currently offer any DLC.
Heading Out does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Heading Out does not support Steam Remote Play.
Heading Out is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Serious Sim,
Crunching Koalas
Publisher
Crunching Koalas
Release
07 May 2024
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