Funnel Runners

Not a good entry into the "friend slop" genre. Funnel Runners takes from other "friend slop" games and does it worse. For example, the main objective "fix the car", they couldn't even be bothered to put unique mechanics for each part. Instead they just re-use the same quick time event similar to what you'll find in Dead By Daylight but with a ridiculous input delay. Before adding more parts to repair on the van please consider other mechanics besides "Press E in a QTE" Wouldn't it make more sense to do storm monitoring activities since we're supposedly a "Storm Monitoring Service" not a "Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Service". Like have us deploy a tornado scanner to gather data, have us drive the van around to avoid damage but keep a certain distance to the scanner to maintain upload speed. Or like since there's acid rain we can set up and drive the van around to collect rain, maintain a minimum speed, avoid obstacles/damage. Just a couple of ideas you could design a game around. What professional storm monitoring service goes out on a job unprepared? Is it too much to ask for a crowbar? There's so much wasted space in that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ van, that could have been used to store equipment. Even rookie ghost hunters in Phasmophobia have more equipment besides just a flashlight. But what's the point in having equipment since you can't even use your radio in one hand and a flashlight in the other. "Extra Objectives" feel like optional challenges, but they're not, you get punished for not completing them. You lose some of your base payout from fixing the car if you do not complete these "extra" tasks. There's not a lot about Funnel Runners that I like but I do like the weather effects and the literal hostile environment. The weather damage and destruction is pretty cool. But sometimes these tornadoes and lightning feel a bit too sentient. I also like that I can play with more than three people since I got a big group of friends. I cannot recommend Funnel Runners to any one right now in its current state. This "game" feels more like a vertical slice to show off a concept rather than a serviceable early access product. I am very thankful that I received this game for free.