Who can relate to having difficult relationships with their parents, am I right?

Can you ever really know the people you love?

It has two really strong things going for it in particular.

An early-middle aged woman with a streak of grey in her fringe, driving in Open Roads (her name is Opal)

The first is the shift Keri Russell and Kaitlyn Dever put in as Opal and Tess, respectively.

And they absolutely deliver, thank goodness.

But Open Roads isn’t really about the mystery.

A mysterious postcard to Helen Devine, possibly from the mystery man she was having an affair with in Open Roads

It’s not quite avisual novel, but it’s not quitea puzzle game.

This is where we bring in the second really strong thing about Open Roads: the art style.

But Opal and Tess are 2D, hand drawn art with minimal animation.

A semi-derelict mobile home in Open Roads

The real open roads was, unironically, the friend we made along the way.

This review is based on a review build of the game provided by publishers Annapurna Interactive.

A test from Tess’s dad in Open Roads, saying sorry for missing her text

Tess, a teenage girl and one of the two main characters in Open Roads, talking about the Sopranos