FixFox Review (Steam)

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For this FixFox Review we Traverse the planet on a peppy scooter, clear pathways with a hefty power loader, or simply go on a peaceful journey by foot to uncover all the landmarks on Karamel. Hum along to catchy chiptunes while discovering secret locations, testing your noggin on whimsical puzzles, and finally settling down for the night next to a toasty campfire looking up at the starry sky.

FixFox Review Pros:

  • Decent pixel art graphics.
  • 621.01MB Download size.
  • Steam achievements.
  • Controller support.
  • Top-down ARPG gameplay.
  • Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
  • Graphics – full screen, resolution, text size, font style, typewriter effect, text animations, text progress, text speed, v – sync, and framerate.
  • Save when you want.
  • Can rebind controls for both keyboard and the controller buttons.
  • Set your pronouns.
  • Your toolbox speaks and is your constant companion.
  • Fully interactive segments with you grabbing tools from your toolbag and using it.
  • Humor throughout.
  • Inventory and interactions use a drag and drop system.
  • Has a point and click feel to it all.
  • In-game cutscenes.
  • The point of the game is to explore alien worlds and repair items.
  • Repairs require unconventional resources like plasters, toothbrushes, and coins.
  • Find resources in cracks found around the world.
  • Fix items and get rewards.
  • The Police style unit appears after you either exhaust your repairs limit or resources collected limit but you get notified along the way.
  • Campfire is used to advance time, and reset your limits on resource collecting and fix jobs.
  • The speeder is a vehicle so you can travel faster.
  • Clicking an element in a fixing job will pop up what type of resource is needed, flat, brush, etc.
  • Can re-read all previous conversations?
  • Log fills in as you go with characters met and resources found.
  • A lot of the time new resources will need identifying by a particular vendor.
  • Different vendors.
  • Trade items with vendors.
  • Map uncovers and fills in names as you explore.
  • Charming game.
  • Can play how you want.

FixFox Review Cons:

  • Only get the map when on a vehicle.
  • Very slow starter.
  • Hard to navigate the map.
  • The gameplay loop is fine but very repetitive.
  • Fixing starts to feel the same.

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FixFox:

Official website.

Developer: Rendlike

Publisher: Rendlike

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Steam

  • 7/10
    Graphics - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Sound - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Accessibility - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Length - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Fun Factor - 7/10
7/10

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!