The Last Gas Station

Really cosy and addictive game. Love all of the different facets/tasks that open up as you progress through the game. I had the best time playing it co-op with my bestie. It's a little slow at the start for two players but there's loads to do later on to keep you both busy.

This is a cute game but I will say up front if you are one of those people who really enjoy difficult gameplay - this isn't it. It doesn't read like one of those huge balancing sims. It's very straightforward almost in a way that it gives you that cozy feeling that playing games made for kids give you. This game wants you to complete it. I have 100% ... an extremely low number of games but I'm currently working on my last achievement for this one. And when I say they want you to complete it, I mean it. There is a grind but they allow you to close off certain parts of the game to allow you to only get customers in the place you need them. As far as the mechanics go, it's a dopamine shot. You are constantly upgrading things, and you are for a long time doing something new, once you get one area to where it'll kind of run itself or run without you micromanaging it, there is somewhere new to put your attention. At some point the game really does run itself, which gives you time to focus on all the collectible aspects (there are two kind of collectible mini games). I didn't realize this was going to be the case so I was working on them for a long time throughout the game so I finished them early and was a bit bored. I also realized that some of these are tied to storyline parts so I finished the story I think earlier than intended. Also as a bonus if there is a specific game part that you enjoyed playing - like if you really enjoy manually pumping everyone's gas, later in the game you do get to a point where you can revert buildings/features so you can go back to what you loved. As an added bonus, it also gives you more money for doing so. The storyline moments are both a little spooky in a good way and also enjoyable, I just wish there was so much more to them. You get achievements for reaching level 40, but I had finished all the story bits by about level 20, again, I think that was tied to all the collectables I was getting as well. But I then kept going until level 40, as I knew there were achievements there, expecting more story where none came. The story is just lacking over all. It's super cute, and then it's just kind of done. There is no real payoff in ending for most of the little scenarios. For me the one that had the most complete ending was the pyramid line and even that ending was "welp, we'll never know". Others just seemed to.. stop suddenly. Then there are the 4 endings for the game as a whole and they're also honestly kind of lackluster. I got them all, because again - it gives you every opportunity to - as it doesn't require you to replay the game, but simply reload your save from the previous day, manipulate some decorations to change stats, and then head back into the ending part. There is one ending that matters for your choices and matters that you saw a certain line of the dialogue but all else just relies on the statistics of two stats which felt... really weird in a game so focused on all these weird oddities in stories. When I started I was expecting a storyline ending for each "weird" occurrence and then one for ignoring them all but that simply wasn't the case. Where the story is, or is concentrated, is in writing - so if you are one of those people that skip reading, welp... sorry. They're also collectibles which I can tell were given to you in a random order to be like little snippets and then to go back and go "but aha, there was something more to this!" but I found that terribly annoying and so half way in, if not before, I realized I was just going to save them all up to read them at the end and that worked the best to get the full scope, and also I think it alleviated a little bit of sadness from not having a bigger ending in other ways. I also wasn't a fan of not being 100% sure if I even found all the things there were to read? There are 101 days but it seems not every day has a text and there is no way to cross check. Having done everything, I can only hope I'm not missing one laying around somewhere. There are also glitches in this game. Sometimes it affects certain parts of the game - like your shelves get items stuck on them in some way that you can't actually put products on them as you should (this resets when you close and open the game again). I saw a few visual glitches that I honestly thought were part of the storyline until I realize... they weren't. And there are some weird choices in regards to some of the later game aspects, one from the final quest and one for the automation where things don't work as intuitively or aren't explained well in the menus. It requires a bit of fiddling to figure out (like for instance one thing you can't take away an amount - only add, and to get something lower you have to turn it off completely, wait for the day to reset, and then you can add the smaller amount you wanted). All that probably sounds like a bunch of complaints for someone who gave the game a Positive rating, but really, it's a fun romp of a game that is just inviting you to play it and complete it as you go along, despite the weirdness. And I really feel like over time, if this game was updated it could be an absolutely great game, not just a pretty good one. The one thing you can see through the whole thing is that the developers really wanted you to have a fun experience. I got a few days of gameplay out of it, and I got it on sale and it was definitely worth the sale price, but I would have been willing to pay full price standing on the other side of it now, given where it's price point is.

great atmosphere and a satisfying gameplay loop. it doesn't make money earning too easy so it actually feels rewarding and getting to set up your shop and figure out all the weirdness around town is very fun.

Отличная игра. Хороший геймплей, интересный сюжет, графика тоже прекрасна. Да и разработчики молодцы: постоянно радуют новым контентом и обновлениями. Очень надеюсь, что такую замечательную игру не забросят и будут улучшать и дальше. Хочется, чтобы игра стала ещё больше в плане контента и разных фишек. Надеюсь, после зимнего дополнения разработчики продолжат дополнять игру контентом. СПАСИБО ЗА ИГРУ! Игра подходит для тех, кто любит пиксельные игры, как я.

Co-op was a bit janky but overall my partner and I greatly enjoyed this game. A nice cozy shop keeping sim with very light mystery and spooky vibes. Very enjoyable. My main issues: The "multiple endings". They are useful as an end goal but the actual content leaves much to be desired. Like this is the first time I'd say just ignore the fact that there's multiple endings. They're less like "multiple" and more like, slight variations of the same. Chatty customers. I'm not a fan of how the plot customers have SO MUCH to say during your busy work day, we ended up skipping most of the dialogue when there were more tasks to do throughout the day, which isn't ideal.

I enjoy how it is both a management game and a mystery to be solved. The fish names are funny and reference movies which are cool. I also got my boyfriend to play it on co-op and it was great!

♡Amei zerar esse jogo♡