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Choo-Choo Charles
Navigate an island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil sentient train that terrorizes your home. Charles is hungry; don't be his next meal.
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Choo-Choo Charles will offer temporary thrills to meme-lovers or horror-fans, but doesn't do anything particularly groundbreaking.
A weird meme turned survival horror game with a compelling elevator pitch, Choo-Choo Charles sees you stalked by a half-spider, half-train monster.
Which is fine. Choo-Choo Charles could have been drawn out, fluffed up, or watered down in so many ways. Any additional brush strokes could have detracted from the bigger picture, but Two Star Games didn’t do that. Instead, they focused on delivering, and deliver they did. It’s small, tight, and its ambition doesn’t go beyond its central concept. Thankfully, that central concept is a pretty juicy morsel.
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.
Choo-Choo Charles, where do I even start with this one? This is one of the most bizarre ideas I’ve seen in a while, and while it isn’t perfect, I couldn’t stop playing it. Starting out as a concept idea, Choo-Choo Charles started picking up steam from the community that wanted to see more and play a full game based on it. Created by Two Star Games a single developer, Gavin Eisenbeisz, decided to throw the coals in the fire and finish a full game based on his idea. This is like taking t...
Taking inspiration from a loved childhood TV mascot and inverting that friendly face into something much more horrifying, Choo-Choo Charles embraces its silly yet strangely enticing premise. Solo developer Gavin Eisenbeisz who develops under the studio name Two Star Games certainly could not have expected the attention this project was going to get in the lead-up to release. Describing his own game as “a big dumb meme game“, this open-world horror release certainly lives up to its descrip...
While Choo Choo Charles comes out the gates with a fascinating premise, it fails to deliver anything but cheap shovelware due to a lack of interesting gameplay mechanics, story, or worldbuilding.