You can team up with up to three friends and use a bunch of odd machinery, vehicles, gadgets and the wonders of physics to get the job done, or not.
Totally Reliable Delivery Service is a quirky ragdoll physics simulation about delivering packages. Unobtainable/glitched achievements: None Does difficulty affect achievements: N/A Minimum number of playthroughs needed: N/A Approximate amount of time to 1000:1gs:: 3-5 Hours (Skill Dependent) I think if you had a couple friends to coordinate the chaos with, the game would be on another level of goofy multiplayer fun.- Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10 It has a calming and smooth rhythm that makes the game feel like it is moving along at a nice pace, without interfering with game-play or annoying you.Ī Totally Reliable Delivery Service has its share of technical bugs that's for sure, but what it delivers is a lot of fun. One last note about Totally Reliable Delivery Service, the music is awesome. So I joined another session and it went a bit more smooth, me and another gentleman delivered a few packages together and tag teamed some of the heavier deliveries. The positive to take away is that there were a bunch of people playing.
I hopped into a quick play session and it was chaos, delivery drivers crashing into each other, destroying packages, the system had failed us. The online mode has a few options, ranging from quick play to hosting your own sessions. The three times I tried to deliver a package using it, I crashed or fell into the ocean. Some of the vehicles feel good and simple like the forklift, but the most frustrating to operate by far was the helicopter. The most fun vehicle I encountered was a race kart that was powered by two fire extinguishers, however there wasn’t any room to carry a package in it. Speaking of controls, T otally Reliable Delivery Service throws a plethora of vehicles at you to make sure your packages get delivered safely. However, there is a re-spawn feature to quickly get unstuck. There were times where I struggled with the controls: the game sometimes has difficulty with understanding where your feet are in comparison to the ground and I found myself getting permanently stuck on multiple occasions. The nature of physics games adds to the difficulty and challenge. Pressing in the left stick runs while not in the vehicle, and honks while driving. Left/right bumper raises the corresponding arm so you can lift the package, and in a vehicle whichever hand grabs the driving stick steers the vehicle with the corresponding analog stick. The game has simple controls: left/right trigger controls grabbing with your left/right hands respectively.
Totally Reliable Delivery Service is set up on several different islands, with each having their own number of deliveries to be completed and it actually feels like quite a bit to undertake. However, it seems a decent amount of the options were unlock-able by playing the game. At any point you can enter the menu to switch up your customization. All of these factors just added to the fun and character of the game.Īs you complete deliveries, you are rewarded with cosmetics to customize your driver. Obviously they wanted me to use the vehicle to deliver this next package and it was a little trickier than anticipated.Īs I explored and drove around, there were more things to factor in, like speed: if you go too fast the package will fly out, or the shocking surprise that if you drive over a manhole cover, your package and vehicle will get bumped into the air. The next dispenser that is marked has a vehicle spawn when you lift the switch to get the package out. Seems simple, until you actually try to move the package with any precision. Grab the package dispenser switch, lift it up to pop out a package, and deliver it to the marked location. The game starts off teaching you the basics of making a delivery.
I decided to try my hand offline to explore what the game had to offer and let me tell you it is a banana sandwich. When I fired up the game it gave me the option of playing locally with up to four players or online with the same amount. There is a twist, you have to control the arms of the delivery person individually similarly to other titles like Octodad or QWOP. Totally Reliable Delivery Service has a simple concept, get the packages delivered to their location in the shortest possible time. Reviews // 8th Apr 2020 - 2 years ago // By Mogtones Totally Reliable Delivery Service Review