![]() Totally Reliable Delivery Service is available as a free-to-start title on mobile with the full game available for $4.99. Get all that fixed and I can see making it my new distraction for when I’m at the office. ![]() Finally, this is the first game I’ve downloaded to my Google Pixel 3A that frequently runs poorly with a framerate that needs to be sorted out. There are also a lot of pieces of geometry to get stuck on. The movement in certain situations can be infuriating and your mover’s inconsistent jump heights resulted in a lot of trial and error. I only got to experience the free version, which limits you to just a handful of delivery missions and a single area of the final game, but it did enough to get me interested in seeing the full product pending some improvement. I had less success flying the plane or working the fish launcher. Some are simple to get the hang of, such as the forklift and helicopter. Just like with a package, you have to use the hand controls to manually take control of the vehicle. When you get one of these deliveries, a vehicle will pop up next to you to help with the task. Some items are too heavy to be picked up by hand. The object of the game is to make deliveries that range from something as simple as “drop a package in a box” to “deliver this fish to the restaurant.” To grab an item, you’ll need to press the individual hand buttons on the right side of the screen and lift it with the arm buttons. Movement is controlled on the left side of the screen while actions such as jumping, diving, and grabbing are controlled on the right. It’s a weird feeling and can take a few moments to get used to, especially on mobile. Movement in TRDS reminds me of those old arcade games where everything was controlled by a trackball. In Totally Reliable Delivery Service, it’s the crazy momentum of your mover that will lead to hi-jinx. In Goat, it was the titular creature’s tongue that catapulted it across each stage, often reaching ridiculous heights. Both titles exude goofy, chaotic charm thanks to their liberal use of comedic physics. I brought up Goat Simulator in the lede of this Mobile Monday because it and Totally Reliable Delivery Service share a common bit of DNA. It just makes more sense to me to play it on mobile, even if the final product is often exasperating. ![]() Based on trailers and gameplay video, it’s not something I’m particularly interested in paying $15 to play on Switch and even though it’s free on Epic Games Store, I just don’t see myself sitting down at my computer to boot it up. It’s the same for the recently released Totally Reliable Delivery Service. Because while Goat Simulator is not a good game, it’s certainly a worthy distraction, a time waster elevated above the rest. I got that for my Android five years ago for a buck and considered it at the time to be the best dollar I’d ever spent on mobile. One of the things I enjoy most about mobile game is it allows me to experiment with titles that I couldn’t see myself paying full price for on Steam or console.
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