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Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Review

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Last time, I wanted to give my opinion on Saints Row IV, an interesting-looking game that could turn out to be a disaster, putting it in the same category as games like Daikatana, Duke Nukem Forever and Sonic Next Gen.
But now, let's take a look at something so bad, so atrocious, so mindblowingly rushed, unfinished and blatent... that it's just awesome! I speak, of course, of Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing! Stellar Stone, the company behind the making of Taxi Racer and this game is stationed somewhere in North America, not exactly sure where. Oh, almost forgot, while the company is in America, the DEVELOPERS were actually in the European countries of Ukraine and Russia. Now why the fuck would they do that? Isn't it obvious? So they could make their games at a very low budget. And the cost of making this game is... you want to guess? $15,000 dollars. Now, $15,000 may not seem like too little, but in comparison to other games that is barely any budget. And it shows; they didn't even try! When you start it up... oh, wait, I almost forgot to explain what the game advertises:
"CLIMB UP, GRAB THE WHEEL AND... GET ROLLING!
Get ready for some brake jammin', CB talkin', convoy rollin' action across America!
From the desert to the plains, you'll be hauling loads and trying to stay one step ahead of the law, as you climb into your BIG RIG for non-stop driving action. Race across America and deliver your load to its destination before the competition. So keep the tank full and pedal to the metal as you rackup points and OWN the road!!!
Features:
4 BIG RIG trucks with trailers
4 unique routes including: Desert, Forrest, Plains and Cities
Daytime and Nighttime driving will challenge even the most experienced trucker
1000s of miles and highways and byways across America
3 levels with a variety of wicked challenges including the ultimate traffic stopper... a police roadblock"
I'll explain the irony later.
Anyway, when you start it up, there is no introduction cinematic, no opening credits, fuck, no Stellar Stone logo, it just drops you off in the main menu. All graphics settings are already set to low, as if it knows it sucks. Even then, the frame rate kinda sucks, and I really doubt adjusting the graphics will make a difference. The first time you race, you'll quickly realize how broken it is. First off, you can give your opponent a 15 second head start and it doesn't even try. It doesn't move, there is absolutely NO AI programmed. So there is absolutely no point to racing. Use the arrow keys to move foreward, backward, left or right. The only real point to playing this game is to show off the awesome features of your 18 wheeler with or WITHOUT the advertised cargo. That's right, there is no cargo, no shipment, no trailer whatsoever on half the trucks (There is four, by the way.) Another thing is that you're supposed to be chased by the police and drive across the country, but none of that happens. This is the poster boy for false advertising in a video game. I guess your truck of choice is being driven by ShadowCat as it phases through EVERYTHING; buildings, trees, and even your opponent truck. There is absolutely no physics, collision detection, or effort in this game. Hell, there's no sound or even music, so I hope you like silence. As a matter of fact, it can climb mountains, hills or walls with ease, and when it does, what you see is an endless void which you can drive into until you are lost forever. Ominous, I know. I think I've covered about everything in terms of gameplay. Oh, wait, whenever you try to cross a bridge, you actually phase under it instead of actually crossing it. However, the camera still focuses on the bridge as if you were actually on it sometimes. Also, fuck streightforeward driving; if you drive backwards enough, you discover that your truck has a faster-than-light drive in reverse. The second you let go of the down key, you lose all momentum immediatly; it stops dead in its track. As for the stages, you're apparently supposed to drive in 4 different environments; Desert, forrest, plains and city. Well, they forgot to mention mountains, and I haven't noticed anything desert-y in any of the stages. Devil's Passage 1 is a nighttime stage... with mountains and buildings. So we have that. Devil's Passage 2 dims the lights a little, but is not nearly as dim as the folks at Stellar Stone, the same guys who had their developers miles apart (Not that I'm racist, which I'm not.). And speaking of miles, I don't think there's that many many miles in the "variety" of stages. Forgotten Road 1 (By the way, there's no Forgotten Road 2) takes place during the day, with buildings, mountains and a bridge I've mentioned earlier. Dispite the title, it's probably the most popular stage in the game. And Night Ride... well, there is no Night Ride. There is an option, but all it does is causes the game to crash. Then finally, Small Town Road. You want to take a guess? Yes, more mountains and buildings. One more glitch in the game is that sometimes you win before the race even starts. Or as the game announces it, "YOU'RE WINNER!" YAY! This victory message possibly alludes to the fact that it was developed in a foreign country. That line has become a popular meme, and has even been an acheivement in another video game, not sure which one. And if you think that's all, they made a patch for this game that apparently added sound, SUPPOSEDLY gave us Night Ride (But really all it does is horizontally invert one of the other stages), and changes the "YOU'RE WINNER!" message. It also added a moving rival truck which stops dead right in front of the finish line. No changes were made to anything; the physics, collision detection, or even the effort. It leaves me dumbfounded, the fact that this game was released as it was. I mean, this game apparently cost 20 dollars when it was released. You have got to be kidding; this should have been a freeware indie game or at least a glorified flash game. Almost every official game critic gave this game a 1/10 or lower. Hell, one critic even refused to give this game a rating since his system didn't allow him to give it a zero. The Retro Replay on YouTube called this game "Legendary" as probably the most unfinished game in the world. Oh, this game sure is incomplete, all-right, and it's widely considered the worst game in existance, a game that pretty much everyone will end up uninstalling, but it's laughably bad. There's some fun to be had with this broken down chaos, including infinate reverse driving, driving through objects and obsticles, driving up mountains, and driving into nothingness. In my opinion, this game is so bad, it's good!
Final Score: ?/10
If you liked my review of this game, check out my review of Daikatana, coming soon. That's all for now. Peace out!
This game is unfinished and bland, but surprisingly kind of funny.
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Atom45's avatar
You should Look up Angry Video Game Nerd's Review of this its the only time I pissed myself laughting so hard.