Does not Commute Reviews

by Smokey8944

I LOVE THE ACTION OF THIS GAME. It is mesmerizing and challenging but I have downloaded a version three times on my iPad Pro because the game continues to freeze. I am nervous to spend money on the upgrade version because of the freezing. I cannot tell if it is the iPad or the game. Update....it turns out the freezing was the way the free version was designed. It is only a teaser. After playing the paid version it is becoming more and more frustrating. It is designed to be hard and it seems to take a long time to become skilled so your advancement is too slow to be rewarding which raises the level of frustration. So if you like to win at a task, this may not be the game for you.

by Jagiine

It's not what you expect, but you quickly get into the groove of it (or, that's at least how it went for me). It's hard to put down! It is challenging in a fun, creative way, not an invite-all-of-your-pals way. I just about never make in-app (or even app) purchases, but I even found it worth it to get the premium booster. I wish there was a better system for selecting power-ups and starting, because DoesnotCommute sometimes gets confused about which one I'm trying to do, but it is otherwise worth playing.

by Yolojon34

This is an AMAZINGLY good game! It’s very clever when it comes to mechanics, and it looks great with interesting stories for each driver BUT does anyone else find it annoying to run a few courses on low time but they are short on time pickups so u run out of time easily and go all the way back to the start, now for my last statement I am also curious if people have come across a moment where because of how they drove previously they can’t get past an area I have not had this moment but I feel like I’ve gotten close to that but other than that it’s an amazing game and I recommend it

by BennyBXB

Does Not Commute combines clever game design with a humorously haunting story to create a standout mobile application. You control poorly-handling cars trying to drive across the neighborhood. Once you've successfully transported one car, your perspective shifts to another, only this time your drive is impeded by the car you just drove taking the exact path you just did. You're essentially playing against both yourself, as you swerve to avoid the cars you controlled just seconds ago, and the clock, as you must complete all the routes in sixty seconds. This time can be increased by collecting disks on the road, but doing that means potentially running into the cars you drove earlier. It's challenging and compelling, made all the more so with the narrative. Every new car you drive brings with it a sentence or two about its driver. Through these vignettes, the game goes from innocent to strange to dark in a hurry. Mediocre have created a fantastic gaming experience in Does Not Commute, and if you enjoy the challenging gameplay, DoesnotCommute will quickly become one of your favorites.

by LeoBandido

Does not Commute is unlike most types of games out there. You drive a number of vehicles across a city map in sequence with every previous vehicle you navigated replayed simultaneously. You have a set amount of time to complete all vehicle routes, with the opportunity to collect bonus time along the way. You must avoid crashing into your previous vehicles, and can choose to use a turbo, traction control or armor upgrade. The game does get quite challenging quickly. The graphics are smooth, the vignettes for the different drivers humorous and the music is perfect adventure driving music

by IOSmkim

This game spells trouble for the one who makes constant mistakes, but forgiving to the one who's willing to repent for their mistakes. Never I've seen a game as frustrating as this one--it's 100% memorization and trying to keep things stable to avoid car crashes. Only by careful driving and choosing the best route without crashing will you be able to clear this game. It's frustrating, but worth the short amount of cash for the premium, as you're the one who sets the difficulty, not the game.

by Msandovalabq

I just had to finish. It took me months of off and on playing to get to the last level only to realize that I had not acquired enough time to finish. I started the game again from level one and began racking up more time just so I could finish. I just beat the game and now am looking forward to trying to beat my score. Definitely a game that provides plenty of opportunities to beat yourself time and time again. I recommend very few games but I definitely recommend this one.

by Dana :)

First off I love how this game is very challenging yet fun. Also I didn't buy the premium at all and I beat it in two days. I wish the story was a bit longer because like I said it took me two days to beat. I have no idea how I did it but I'm in the top 200 for the final score at 212...also I only failed once! There are lots of hidden extra time disks which I think is what got me to a final score of 212. Also in the second city area at the very top right corner there's a secret area that gives you 40 extra seconds! I have to warn you the last level is very hard! I had 300 or so going in but ended up losing 90 seconds even after grabbing all the extra time disks! If you pay attention to the story it makes it more fun, but the last part is very confusing. Anyway now that I've beaten the game there's still lots to do like discovering the hidden secrets and improving your score! Good luck!

by Picklefluffypuff

Thank you Mediocre, for making one of the most creative and exciting games I have ever played. It is so creative with having no one to blame but yourself, and I always laugh when I say, "Oh great. I ran into myself." It is so creative with all the backgrounds and the stories and the soul-stealing death spirit Ni-Ko Bim-Zawang. I never get tired of it and I really enjoy it. The one thing that I think would be fun to add would be another storyline, separate from the current one, because this one is already great. Thanks so much and keep making awesome games.

by Jake Brewster's Truffle Piggy

We love this game. Frustrating and funny. The playback option cracks up our daughters especially when we take turns driving the cars. Impossible crashes, flips and jumps have them howling with laughter. There's a mysterious backstory playing out in the town with the quirky characters behind each car. Great game to play alone or sitting together, or even just as a spectator. Watching & listening as your kids piece together the lives of the drivers, try to control every type of vehicle imaginable and gather extra time points all before the clock runs out is a joy ride in itself.

by Hitthebids

Why does this game and others like it that haven’t been updated in years make it to your most popular lists? The fact that this one hasn’t been updated in 3 years makes it hard to play on the newer IOS. Also on your list are games that have less then 100 reviews. How are those the most popular? This was a good game that like many games and apps have been neglected by the developers. Apple should have a policy that apps that aren’t updated at least yearly be put in an inactive App category.

by Tom_streeter

I have played hours and hours of a game from this publisher that involves breaking glass. Don’t know if I’m allowed to talk about other games. I’ve been getting increasingly annoyed with being made to sit through ads in other games and I figured I ought to look at what else these folks have done. Saw the reviews of this and figured it was worth a look. This is a lot of fun, both in game mechanics and the story. I’m not through the whole game, but I can already say it has replay value. There is skill and strategy involved. And the money I paid? No ads! Happy to give them the money. Will watch to see what they do next.

by Maur'vir

By now, everyone has commented on the cool temporal puzzles where you essentially have to solve the problems you just finished creating. I love the mechanic, and I have thoroughly enjoyed "solving" them. I will say that the premium add-ons are virtually necessary unless you plan to start from the beginning a whole lot, but the game is easily worth the price.

What I also like is that it is a well done package. It invokes the 70's accurate, with great music, sound effects, visuals, etc. Even the skeumorphism of the interface hits the nail on the head.

I haven't quite finished it yet (I am one area away from the last), but I can already tell this is going to be one of my favorites.

by Selena Wilcox

I got this game before i went on a long plane ride, to distract myself so I wouldn't be bored. This game definitely lived up to the reviews and my expectations! It did take me a bunch of times to figure out how to steer and control the cars. I am now stuck on level six- i always get up to the 16th car and run out of time! Now, I can't seem to stop playing!! This game also makes me see life in a whole new perspective- who knows what's going on in other people's lives? That's why we shouldn't judge people blindly, until we know the full story. Thank you, mediocre! As usual, your game was well thought out and i can see the effort and the sheer genius you put into your game, as always.

by [Hand Shake]

This game is most definitely NOT short. If you think you have beaten this game in a few hours or even a few days, you are mistaken. You may have gotten to the end, but that’s NOT the end of the fun. This game is deep, deep, DEEP! There are more ways to improve your times than you will EVER find. Can you run every vehicle on turbo - without crashing? Do you know some vehicles can "fly"? Do you know the best way to get the hidden 10-second time bonus on the first level? Oh, you didn't know there was a hidden 10-second time bonus on the first level?? There are two. Search FB and you'll find lots of hints, tips & tricks you never imagined. You have _months_ of driving fun ahead of you!

by Alao1551

Unlike what you’re set up to expect, you do not control all vehicles simultaneously, but each vehicle goes after the other under a diminishing time. Given the far reaching goals of the game (an early mistake in managing time might ruin a run, or at least make it less forgiving) it’s very fun yet fairly short, even if it takes you several days to get through it.

Surprisingly it’s fun enough to look over the unforgiving aspects of the game, such as having you start from the beginning for fully closing DoesnotCommute . The story itself is deep enough for you to need pen and paper to track, but it won’t stop you from playing and enjoying the game if you look over a few details.

by Video Ranger

Good thing real driving is not like this.
Very interesting and amusing. It's a devilish, very clever game.

There are hidden time bubbles. Also, if you have the premium upgrade, there is a practice button which you earn in the amusement area, level 3. This enables you to test out a run without a time penalty as many times as you wish.

This additional feature helps in this challenging game. I don't understand the reviewers who criticize the developers for charging a few dollars for the premium upgrade. Why shouldn't they be entitled to make a financial return for all the thought and work that went into making this exceptional game?

I finally completed the last level, and when I did, a gold colored box showed up on the screen with the disks for each level. The box included the time remaining after the last level and a name for that score. Initially I had a score of 3 (seconds remaining) and was called a Road Hog. Since then I improved my score all the way to 49 and now am called a Motorist. This gives the player an incentive to continue even after "defeating the game". The developers think of everything.

This is a must have for those who like a real challenging driving game. If you are easily frustrated, it might not be for you.

by Dragonadamant

Imagine a top-down driving game with a variation on Groundhog Day. You're given a destination and an open-ended neighborhood to drive through, but every subsequent character you control in a set of levels has to drive around your previous cars as you drove them. If you drove like a maniac, you'll have to navigate around that until you move to the next set of levels.

This is made much more fun from how crazy the story is, where a marriage disintegrating over an unhealthy Yorkshire Terrier obsession is probably the least outlandish thing that happens, and the cavalcade of increasingly ridiculous plots is glorious to behold.

You're on a timer until the end of the game, which even persists between level sets, and you can earn time boosts by exploring. You will need them. You can also use optional modifiers for how your car performs (each car is different), and you can eventually practice without running the clock down. You can't crash into other cars in practice mode, which has benefits and drawbacks if you forget where a car is coming from in a real run.

You can buy certain privileges to make finishing the game easier, but you don't have to. If you like this model and you also like pinball, I highly recommend PinOut by the same developers.

by F1ipps

I beat the game in about 2 hours while on a long car ride, although it was (most definitely) not my first attempt. It's quite fun to maneuver the cars to their destinations and quite satisfying to watch them barely pass by each other at the end of each level.

Does Not Commute is fun to play in short time intervals and long ones alike. If you have premium, you can enjoy the benefits of not having to restart the whole story each time you lose or close the game. I did not find the need for premium however, I just tried to beat the whole game each time I took it out. Was worth it in the end.

The gameplay was nice but what really caught my attention once I beat the game was the story. I hadn't really payed too much attention to the story until the uh... 'time and space' picked up, to put it in other words. Upon passing the last level, I replayed each level to read each character's lines. Man I gotta say, this game's story is very well thought out. Although quite quirky, most of it makes sense at the end. It's like a weird confusing movie which at the end explains all the weird stuff you've been seeing. It was also very creative, as I've never heard of such weird characters ever in my life.

All in all, a very solid game which actually becomes more fun as you play and understand the story.

by Yurigam

The game has a very good feeling and design, with a great color palette. The controls are simple and easy to use. The game at first seems extremely easy to complete, until realizing you have to swerve past all the cars you previously drove, resulting in some pretty hilarious moments. This can also be combined with various power ups that will make it easier or harder for you later on. The game provides a short 1-4 sentences of backstory and dialogue for the drivers, which results in some pretty crazy, hilarious and (spoiler: dark) storytelling, intentional or not. For example, in the first town one line is
“Postwoman Betty is very efficient, so she always has time to stop and see Mr. Beck.
A second line is,
“Mrs. Beck is on her way home. She forgot her keycard to the office. How Clumsy!” And then the final line is
“The ambulance is on its way to the Beck’s house. There’s been an accident.” Regardless if this was made intentional, it really made my day.

Overall a perfect mix of all necessities for a good game, with unique mechanics.

by Patrick21314-

I really love the game. The overhead view, the cars unreliable handling, overall fun, to drive the cars... Personally the fact that I am a kid with no desire to spend my money on the premium, but it seems I am repeating the same levels. Here is my thought. I love the view and car mechanics, it might be a good idea to design a game using same car mechanics but for a different purpose. Say a racing game with online pvp. Just an example, but that would be a game to play hours on end and still not be bored. Please take my idea into consideration as I have tried to look for any game to play like this but there is no other, Thanks you.

by Streettj

I have played hours and hours of a game from this publisher that involves breaking glass. Don’t know if I’m allowed to talk about other games. I’ve been getting increasingly annoyed with being made to sit through ads in other games and I figured I ought to look at what else these folks have done. Saw the reviews of this and figured it was worth a look. This is a lot of fun, both in game mechanics and the story. I’m not through the whole game, but I can already say it has replay value. There is skill and strategy involved. And the money I paid? No ads! Happy to give them the money. Will watch to see what they do next.