Get in the Car, Loser!

This game changed the way I look at gamedev, and inspired me to write from the heart. I tear up at the end of Act 3 every time I replay it. I've made like six other people try this game, and I still refuse to shut up about it. Thank you, Christine. Love Conquers All!

I played it 2 years ago, and playing it again today. I cannot express how much I love this game. Thank you for making this lesbian roadtrip against faschism game!!!

I loved this game so much, I had art of myself drawn in the Sword of Fate pose

We loved this game a ton, and it was actually in our very first stream! Love the battle system and writing so much, easily one of the best games we played in 2021:

A year later, this is simply one of the best games I've ever played. The story, the characters, the symbolism... all immensely good. Made me laugh, cry, love life

These screens are so unbelievably charming!!!

I've been watching my friend Robin stream this game (the perfect and most savage game for pride month 2022), and it's wonderful in so many ways. 

If possible, could you release an artbook? I really want to spend some more time with the postcards and all of the beautiful pixel art, and I'd love to hear your thoughts about the design process (if you want and can). 

Regardless, thank you for making this game!

Price raise?! Hell yes. I'm halfway through, and it's worth WAY more than ten bucks. Bought it again just to support yall! Thank you for making an awesome game.

this game is amazing! i loved it and i'm definitely going to play it again. i hope the other DLC comes out soon. i don't think i've ever disliked a game by christine love, and christa lee soundtracks are incredible. my only qualm is that i would love a new game plus option (i'm a dingus who didn't get the OP DLC weapons until after i finished the main game. oops.)

5 stars, Wonderful.

This is fucking wonderful congradulations :)

Can't believe I'm playing this for free

This art is so good it hurts.

One of the rare gems, the has both heart and polish- this game is a delight all the way through and you'd be MISSING the hell out if you pass this one by! The base game is free!!!

The visuals are gorgeous, bright and charming, the main designs land in the sweet spot of both cartoony and HOT, and the npcs occupy a full range in-between.

The music tracks are all a delight- retro JRPG vibes, and the battle music SLAPS- looping delightfully into the characters conversation about how they will be remember, and the game own nostalgic undertones.

The writing feels like well...a big gay road trip- it's fun and silly and I LOVE IT. 

The combat is by far the most polarizing part of the game. It's weird remix of JRPG 'ATB' cooldowns and caught me off guard a bit. i was very much expecting a more turn-based system. Act 2/3 (when the elements get introduced) was extremely confusing. And more than a few of the boss battle had me brute forcing my way through them. But we did- because if there's one boss in all of videos I am NOT going to let get the best of me- it's the one at the end of Act 3.

Overall? The game is a delight. And you should grab it!

I don't know anything about this game yet but the title sold me

"Get in the car loser , we're going shopping ." - Regina George

sam is friggin hot, that's it, that's the post

Charmingly written with a clever combat system. I do find myself frequently wishing for more combat options, however (a small variety of area of effect attacks in particular would be a godsend). With the limited spread of combat actions, the battles grow kind of stale and I find myself dodging fights in the hopes that maybe we'll get to have another conversation instead. But heck do I love hanging out and flirting with my friends. Flirting is the best.

Love it! If you've enjoyed Christine Love's other games, definitely give this a look. If you haven't played any others... definitely give this a look. I was worried about the battle system but it's super fun and clever and gives you the feeling of being a genius when it's going well. Heartfelt, funny, cute, music slaps, etc, etc. And the DLC rules!

e: yeah I guess it is a final fantasy for fans and newcomers alike

I just wanted to let you know that I noticed you included "it fucking sucks" for every single enemy description and it gets funnier every time, thanks

well, its not for me tho, game looks good, but too much elements at the one moment, seems hard to play

oof

oh my god, it's finally here!!!

This looks amazing !!!

No spoilers

First, something very important to tell you: in act 2 and later, using the same element as the enemy will heal them, and act 3 gets extremely very emotionally heavy with no warning. Okay. Very good. Proceed.

I’ve spent enough time thinking about this game to give it a proper review. This will be mostly positive! I enjoyed my 13 hour experience with the game.

The text and dialogue is awesome. The party members are written well. Their attitudes are consistent, interesting, and funny. I captured many screenshots of funny moments to send to my friends online. The story is linear, with just a few minor text choices along the way, and this isn’t a bad thing. The text from the enemies is equally consistent and interesting, and the not-so-subtle links between the cultists and real-world right-wing shitheads made me smirk at least once.

The other main part of the game is the combat, and this will definitely be polarising, as you’ll see from the other comments here (which do contain spoilers, though), but my experience with it was also extremely positive. When I first saw the combat I was extremely overwhelmed by the interface (perhaps because I hadn’t before played an RPG with multiple commandable allies in fights, but I think it was overwhelming in general). The tutorial freezing time was very much appreciated, but it was still a lot to deal with in the first part of act 1. By the time of the act 1 boss it didn’t feel as overwhelming.

[just after finishing act 1]
cadence: by the way I’m trying the lesbian car game and the combat is actually insane
cadence: it seems complex but I don’t know if it’s actually deep
k: i looked at the video and i could barely process the UI
m: watching okay this is scary
cadence: doing shit is complex, but I don’t know if it’s actually deep, if that makes any sense?
cadence: I’ll let you know how it goes, looks like I’m real early into it

At the start of act 2 after the initial shock had worn off I was doubting whether the combat would be deep enough to captivate me through to the end of the rest of the game. By the end of act 2 I was completely sold, and loving every second of it. The elements in act 2, and the ability variety in act 4 (as well as mostly dropping the elements at that point) were much more than I had hoped for.

My favourite part of the combat, by far, was how much the party members actually managed to fill their roles, which was hard to feel at first, but if one of them is defeated, you really feel their loss. If Sam [the healer] is defeated, the rest aren’t long for this world. If Valentin [tank] is down, their taunt ability ends, and the enemies start attacking the rest of you at a rate that’s too high for Sam to easily keep up with. This really makes you feel the dynamics and coherence of the party and this blew me away when it made me notice that DPS really isn’t everything, and keeping the party members active is. I LOVE THIS. GOOD JOB, CHRISTINE. THIS WAS AWESOME. I AM IMPRESSED.

[right at the end of act 2]
cadence: okay, the combat in get in the car loser is really good. I’m sold.

The music is also incredible and I am going to buy it. I took most optional battles and listened to Spirit of the Times for several hours in all. I am not even slightly tired of it. It did not start to become grating. I love this song.

I liked the diner sections. They’re just, nice, yknow?

So, now for the bad.

I found the pixelated text font a little hard to read at times, especially the “text log”. I reckon the text log could benefit from an opaque background, a smaller font, and a better layout. (A small portrait of the person’s face next to their text could be nice!)

There’s not that much enemy variety.

I’m really disappointed with the gameplay of the beach DLC. Like, the premise of the entire thing is that sword lady is really annoying and gives you really annoying challenges over and over. Everyone comments about how annoyed they are at the annoying challenges, which are annoying to play, on purpose.

Christine, here is some feedback directly for you: If a section is annoying and unfun, you can talk all day about how annoying it is, but it’s still annoying and unfun to play. You deliberately designed it this way, as evidenced by the dialogue. In the next 2 DLC chapters, please don’t make the game unfun on purpose, okay? You can do some really cool stuff, like the entire main game!

The DLC chapter took me 40 minutes to complete, and I was smiling until I reached the first of sword lady’s challenges.

The maze was not interesting. The “talk to everybody until you get keys” thing was not interesting. The random encounters section sucked. I didn’t mind the road at all because I knew when the next combat would be - adding random encounters to that area made things so much worse. Would it have killed you to add groups of enemies to the world, and to trigger combat when you step next to them, and to make them go away once you’ve defeated them? Seriously, I loved the road fights, and I hated the random encounters. Please don’t do random encounters again.

The final fight with the thief was fine. I don’t understand what causes them to heal, which was a little frustrating, but I got there in the end through the power of banishing her partner and then pressing the attack buttons. Thank you, Zantetsuken.

Christa once again bowls a perfect 300 on the soundtrack, thankfully; and hiring an outfit designer here was absolutely worth it.

CONCLUSION:

The good things about this game GREATLY outweigh the bad. The bad things I mentioned are either nitpicks or DLC-only issues.

• Should you play this for free? Yes!
• Is it good enough that you should give the authors $10 (and unlock the DLC?) Yes!
• Is it worth playing the DLC that you just paid for? Not unless you REALLY like the beach outfits, or want a sword that can send enemies to the shadow realm.

Hope this was insightful to some of you, and I’ll return with a smile when the (spirit of the) time comes to get my DLC 2 travel stamp. Peace! <3