James Stephanie Sterling
The JimquisitionPacific Drive - Warped Drive Engaged (Review)
Published 3/6/2024
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Series X|S / PC / PS5 - 2/22/2024
Pacific Drive
Pacific Drive is a first-person driving survival game with your car as your only companion. Navigate a surreal reimagining of the Pacific Northwest, and face supernatural dangers as you venture into the Olympic Exclusion Zone. Each excursion into the wilderness brings unique and strange challenges as you restore and upgrade your car from an abandoned garage that acts as your home base. Gather precious resources and investigate what’s been left behind in the Zone; unravel a long-forgotten mystery while learning exactly what it takes to survive in this unpredictable, hostile environment.
- Developer
- Ironwood Studios
- Publisher
- Kepler Interactive
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Critic avg
76
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50–90
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The critic average is 76 across 12 scored reviews, with a 40-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
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90–1002 reviews · 17%
80–895 reviews · 42%
70–792 reviews · 17%
Below 703 reviews · 25%
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Mark Steighner
COGconnectedPacific Drive Review – Supernatural Road Rage
Published 2/26/2024
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78
+2 vs critic avg
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Read originalDavid Carcasole
PlayStation UniversePacific Drive Review (PS5) - The Magic Of The Open Road And A Station Wagon - PlayStation Universe
Published 2/26/2024
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85
+9 vs critic avg
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Read originalZoey Handley
DestructoidReview: Pacific Drive
Published 2/21/2024
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65
-11 vs critic avg
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Read originalMark Delaney
GameSpotPacific Drive Review - Road Trippy
Published 2/20/2024
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80
+4 vs critic avg
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Read originalLeon Hurley
GamesRadar+Pacific Drive review: "Brilliant, infuriating, and frustrating in equal measure" | GamesRadar+GamesRadar+GamesRadar+NewsaramaTotal FilmEdge
Published 2/20/2024
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60
-16 vs critic avg
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Published 2/20/2024
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70
-6 vs critic avg
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Read originalChris Tapsell
EurogamerPacific Drive review - an exhausting, oddly lovable nightmare
Published 2/20/2024
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80
+4 vs critic avg
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Metro GameCentralPacific Drive review – if you like Rogue honk your horn
Published 2/20/2024
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50
-26 vs critic avg
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Read originalTJ Denzer
ShacknewsPacific Drive review: Not your average road trip
Published 2/20/2024
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90
+14 vs critic avg
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