Zoey Handley from Destructoid scored the game 6.5/10, describing it as "alright". He also described the on-foot stealth sections as "aggressively not fun". Travis Northup from IGN gave the game a score of 4/10, describing it as "janky", "barebones", and "more dull than thought possible". Zack Zweizen of Kotaku criticized the game for its reliance on "bad stealth sections", a lack of scares, and the short length of the game. He said that the game had a good concept, but that the concept was stretched too thinly. Steve Hogarty of Rock Paper Shotgun described the game as "shonky, very short and frustrating to play for any length of time". Ĭhoo-Choo Charles received a 53/100 on review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Reception Īfter the first trailer was released in 2021, it went viral on the internet, provoking reactions on websites such as Twitter and Reddit. The game was released for Windows on December 9, 2022, although Eisenbeisz has plans to port the game to consoles as well. Ĭhoo-Choo Charles was inspired by Charlie the Choo-Choo, a 2016 children's book written by Stephen King as part of The Dark Tower series, as well as Thomas the Tank Engine. He recorded the development process in blogs on YouTube. However, in a post-credits scene, it is revealed that Charles has multiple eggs hiding in a cavern, indicating his return.Ĭhoo-Choo Charles was developed by Gavin Eisenbeisz on his own using Unreal Engine. After a grueling battle, the Archivist successfully lures Charles onto a bridge that they and Paul rigged with explosives, and detonates it, sending Charles plummeting face-first onto a large metal pole, instantly killing him. The Archivist also learns that Warren is responsible for causing Charles' awakening, having owned a mining company that dug too deep, discovering Charles' eggs.Īfter collecting all three eggs, the Archivist summons Charles, who transforms into "Hell Charles" and kills Warren before attacking the Archivist. The Archivist also comes into contact with cultists led by Warren Charles III, who seemingly plan on using Charles for world domination. These characters give the Archivist keys to the mines where Charles' glowing eggs are located, scraps with which to upgrade the train, and weapons like a flamethrower, rocket launcher, and anti-tank cannon to better fend off Charles. The Archivist is given the goal of traversing the island to meet with various non-player characters. Upon arrival, Charles attacks them, killing Eugene, but not before he tells the player to find Charles' eggs, which the Archivist can use to summon and fight Charles, and gives them a train mounted with a machine gun.Įugene's son Paul and the inhabitants of the island have formulated a plan to defeat Charles, but they need the Archivist to execute it. The player controls an unnamed archivist and monster hunter (simply known as "the Archivist"), who is summoned to the island of Aranearum to deal with Charles, who is described as "half train, half giga-spider from hell" by their friend Eugene. The game's optional quests generally consist of fetching objects for non-player characters, in exchange for new weapons and other rewards. The game encourages players to use stealth to sneak past these guards to steal the eggs and escape without notice, although it is also possible to simply run past them and either kill them with the train's guns or run them over. Besides Charles, the player also faces armed cultist enemies, who guard the three glowing eggs needed to complete the game. There are four main NPCs that progress the main quest. The map is an island lined with interconnected railway tracks, which carry the player's train to a series of locations where quests can be completed for non-player characters. The game takes players around three to five hours to fully complete. The goal of the game is to collect three glowing eggs that will summon Charles to battle the player as a final boss. Gameplay consists of travelling across an open world map in a train, performing tasks for non-player characters, collecting loot, and using that loot to upgrade the train in order to fight against Charles, who periodically hunts for the player and can be fought off using the gun mounted to it. The game received mixed reviews from critics. The player controls a monster-hunting archivist with the goal of upgrading their train's defenses in order to fight and defeat the titular character, Charles, an evil spider-train hybrid monster that wanders the landscape looking for people to eat. Choo-Choo Charles is a 2022 indie horror video game developed and published by Two Star Games.
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