Choo-Choo Charles

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  • Summary: Navigate an open-world island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil spider train named Charles.

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 16
  3. Negative: 4 out of 16
  1. GameSpace
    Dec 16, 2022
    80
    Choo-Choo Charles is a fun, and original concept stretched so thinly that it caught our attention. We deserve to be underwhelmed by it, and its creator still deserves credit for a great little game.
  2. Gaming Nexus
    Dec 9, 2022
    70
    While it may not have a lengthy playtime or genre-defining mechanics, Choo-Choo Charles is nonetheless an impressive project created by a single person. If you’re craving some dumb spooky fun centered around upgrading your own train whilst trying to derail a demon spider locomotive (a very specific craving, indeed), then look no further.
  3. Games.cz
    Mar 2, 2023
    70
    Choo-Choo Charles is more than just a funny idea about a demonic spider train. There is solid gameplay at the heart of this game – it certainly isn’t a world beater and it’s only three hours long but as a horror one-shot with a blend of fun and action, it works surprisingly well.
  4. PC Invasion
    Dec 9, 2022
    55
    Choo-Choo Charles is undoubtedly an amusing concept. But it feels more like a semi-polished tech demo than a retail experience, which isn't helped by the awful enemy logic.
  5. The Jimquisition
    Jan 4, 2023
    50
    Choo Choo Charles reminds me of a movie by Full Moon Studios - like Demonic Toys, Hideous, or Head of the Family, it’s an entertaining “what if?” concept that just isn’t enough to support an entire piece of media. With basic gameplay comparable to any number of low budget horror titles, it’s a fun idea and absolutely nothing besides. I wish it had more to offer, but like so many joke games before it, we already got the punchline when we saw the trailer and there’s nothing the gameplay adds on top of it. To be brutally honest, Choo Choo Charles would have been better as a fake game, or at the very least nothing would have changed if it was.
  6. New Game Network
    Dec 16, 2022
    48
    Crude, repetitive, rarely scary, and quite often boring, Choo-Choo Charles butchers an unusual concept and only offers a few moments of mediocre tension.
  7. Twinfinite
    Dec 9, 2022
    30
    If you’re looking for a scary Spider Train experience that’ll get your heart rate going, you’re probably just better off watching that Spider-Man 2 scene where everyone keeps Peter Parker’s secret. At least that way, you’ll have seen a good movie instead of playing a video game that was simply made because the idea sounded good in theory.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 29
  3. Negative: 8 out of 29
  1. Kevin34
    Dec 22, 2022
    10
    GAME LOKS LIKE IT WAS MADE BY A 100 PEOPLE TEAM GREAT GAME RECOMENT WORTH THE WAIT CHOO CHOOO CHOHA POHa
  2. ReconEnforced
    Dec 12, 2022
    10
    Really well made and a very fun short experience, I recomend this to anyone looking for a short and fun game to play.
  4. mewca
    Dec 11, 2022
    10
    Game was absolutely great with it's atmosphere & graphics and design, price is a little too high for playtime tho
  5. Goldenpit
    Dec 26, 2022
    8
    This game was a lot of fun. Yes the game can drag at times but most of the time its fast pasted fun. My only real gripe about the game is theThis game was a lot of fun. Yes the game can drag at times but most of the time its fast pasted fun. My only real gripe about the game is the story isn't very well told it's good but it's more telling not enough showing hopefully this just get improved with a possible sequel in a few years.… Expand
  6. Mavileon
    Dec 17, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El Juego tiene originalidad y diversión por una cuantas horas pero como cualquier cosa no es perfecto
    Hablemos de lo bueno, Originalidad, divertido, terror ocasional, buenos gráficos, animación y un lore decente
    Ahora hablemos de lo malo, Bugs menores, ocasionalmente(muy poco, casi nulo) caídas de fps
    el precio de 10 USD(Calidad/Precio 5/10), duración pequeña, misiones poco memorables, Personajes poco memorables(En general nada es memorable, solo Eugene), Mapa realmente pequeño, Forma muy especifica de los encuentros con charles(Esta hecho para que lo encuentres cuando mejoras 3 niveles del tren o hagas una acción importante, muchos juegos hacen este tipo de cosas pero aquí con este estilo de juego se ejecuta bastante mal pues al aparecer por ejemplo después de conseguir un huevo te lo vas a encontrar en la salida de la cueva provocando que la supervivencia sea imposible, Rara vez te salvas si es que de milagro no te da y llegas al tren), El final es extremadamente fácil, Charles Infernal morirá con menos de 20 cohetes.
    Opinión: El juego esta muy decente esta muy lejos de un 8/10 pero el juego realmente se disfruta, si costara menos o sus personajes y misiones fueran memorables mejoraría mucho. Solo espero que si el creador decide sacar una segunda entrega(Probablemente lo haga por los huevos que se vieron al final) sea mucho mas elaborada. En conclusión si tienes el dinero cómpralo pero si no lo tienes tampoco te pierdes de mucho.
    Gracias por leer.    … Expand
  7. grihajedy
    Dec 17, 2022
    5
    Мда, я был готов простить за уникальную геймплейную концепцию всё, но.. хвалить тут ровным счётом нечего, я понимаю, что игру делал 1 человек,Мда, я был готов простить за уникальную геймплейную концепцию всё, но.. хвалить тут ровным счётом нечего, я понимаю, что игру делал 1 человек, пытался хоть как-то бедновато, но со вкусом оформить инвентарь и прочую лабуду с помощью ручной рисовки, и вроде, в целом, всё работает, и я понимаю, что игру залайкают чисто его фанаты или те, кто просто хотят поддержать его за проделанный труд, но ведь игру ещё можно улучшить или сделать заново,
    Мне реально обидно, я ждал игру, разраб делал её несколько лет, и ради чего? Получился чисто прикол для ютуба, просто прикол, которого хватает на пару секунд или на 1 скриншот, тут реально неплохая концепция открытого мира, где если ты далеко отойдёшь от поезда - тебя сожрёт монстр, который также может напасть на ваш поезд на ходу,
    Но сделано всё максимально примитивно, все задания открытого мира - это просто принеси подай из 1 места в другое, по дороге ходи кликай, фарми хлам, разбросанный повсюду, на него ты можешь прокачать урон/броню/скорость поезда - всё, это весь геймплей) Проходится часа за 2-3. Все, Асболютно все задания - это просто симулятор ходьбы с парой раскиданных пропов+1 клик мыши, и ещё можно вскрывать сундуки в простейшей мини-игре "попади в кружок". Сюжет в том, что вы приехали на остров убить странное существо, в итоге вы узнаёте о 3 яйцах, которые охраняют культисты Чарльза, которые надо собрать и призвать босса на алтаре, про персонажей и записки даже говорить смешно.

    И последний гвоздь в крышку гроба добаивает то, что бои с Чарльзом не вызывают никакого СТРАХА, НИКАКОГО, ЛЮДИ, никакой атмосферы, кстати, тоже.
    Какие 700 рублей, чел, разраб, ты оло там? Ты итак ютубер, ты итак разрекламишь игру, зачем так ограничивать аудиторию. Я порекомендовал бы это максимум для мобилок или в бесплатном виде. Про 20 долларов я вообще молчу.
    Плохая оптимизация и микрофризы тоже присутствуют, если это имеет какое-то значение помимо остального.

    Подписывайтесь на Кураторство в Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/37365104/    … Expand
  8. Solmangrundy
    Dec 25, 2022
    0
    Game is about 2hrs long. And 4 main story line quests which are stealth missions. Poorly implemented stealth missions at that. The others areGame is about 2hrs long. And 4 main story line quests which are stealth missions. Poorly implemented stealth missions at that. The others are fetch quests low effort at that, which consist of you going to one location and getting a item and running back with next to no combat or jump scares.

    One fetch quest is a slender man mini game.

    And choo choo charles might show up between the first and last bit of the game. Because he's programmed to patrol around the whole island instead of being triggered by events to come after you.

    So your experience may be better than mine, but for a game thats main villain barely ever makes an appearance thats kinda sad.

    You have no guns while off the train and the NPC goons can be lured back to the train for you to kill them. Which makes the stealth missions easily cheesed.

    No voice-line animations topped off with barely anything to do makes the game feel like an tech demo instead of a full game. It's a streamer bait game for sure running on a boiler full of hype. Maybe it will live up to its price tag one day, who knows, its not labeled as early access and the dev is making no promises to continue fleshing this game out.

    Great idea, poor implementation, needs more time to cook and I can't recommend this game for its $20 price tag when other single dev games have already set a standard for what a $20 single dev game should be.    … Expand

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