A Pizza Delivery Review

Admittedly, I thought A Pizza Delivery, developed and published by Dolores Entertainment, would be a lot different from what I anticipated. I half expected it to be some Crazy Taxi-style affair where you’d be delivering pizzas to hungry folk. It turns out to be a short but surreal narrative adventure that had me intrigued from start to finish. The game is now available on Xbox Series X|S and features Xbox Play Anywhere, meaning you can buy one and play anywhere your Xbox account is accessible. The game is also available on PC & Playstation 5.

Gameplay

A Pizza Delivery is a narrative-driven adventure, which has you playing as B. Throughout the game, you’ll be riding around on your moped with the intention of making the final delivery. Throughout the journey, you’ll be exploring landscapes and environments and everything feels like you’re a little lost on your way. With your boss at the other end of a phone call, though, it doesn’t take too much to get back on track. It’ll take you three to four hours to get to the end, so the game opts for quality rather than quantity.

You’ll come across areas on your journey that become a bit of a roadblock, literally. One of the first parts of the game has you finding a key under a rock and unlocking a gate, only to find the next part of the horizon flooded. You can’t drive your moped through flood water; this is where the puzzle-solving begins. Wading through water, squeezing through tight gaps and surveying your surroundings for clues will be the key to the next steps for you. I found the puzzles pretty straightforward and not too challenging; some are a little tougher than others.

Pass Me A Slice Of Pizza

The most rewarding part of the game, aside from solving the puzzles, is having conversations with the strangers you meet along the way. All dialogue is text-based, and I enjoyed reading through the stories people had and then offering a complimentary slice of pizza afterwards. Between the puzzles and interactions, there is just about enough to get you through the few short hours the game has on offer. I did crave a little more content, just like craving another slice of pizza in real life, I suppose.

Visuals & Audio

A Pizza Delivery has an eerie atmosphere to it for the most part. The bold and evocative colour palettes set the mood and tone of the game. There is some impressive work done with the environments, lighting and backdrops throughout the game. Exploration is encouraged to find secrets and to solve puzzles, and this allows you to absorb everything each area has to offer. Character design is done more on the cartoony slant rather than realism, and blends well with the rest of the artwork. The soundtrack is relaxing, and sound effects perform as you’d expect.

Final Thoughts

A Pizza Delivery is a short-lived adventure, with interesting interactions that are brief but fun to experience. Some of the conversations you have leave you scratching your head at some points, but it all seems to become clear in the end. If you’re into the more casual and cosy indies that aren’t too taxing on gameplay or have you piling endless hours into them, then this is worth your time. It’s shorter than I’d liked to have been, but there are some great puzzles along the way that make the game enjoyable enough to see through to the end. You can purchase the game on Xbox HERE for a reasonable £11.74.

Thanks to the team at Dolores Entertainment for providing a copy of the game on Xbox Series X|S for this review.