williemanga150 Review of Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing (2003 Video Game)

18 Wheels of Blunder

[7 April 2014]

Wh... I... Well... This... B... Okay, I've seen a lot of things that I have no idea where to start on, but I've somehow managed to pick a starting point. This, however... is totally different. I have nothing. I can't think of a proper introduction. Okay, this game was made by Stellar Stone, the company that made Taxi Racer. If you've played that game, you have an idea of what to expect in this. That's because Stellar Stone games are made in Russia on a budget of about a few thousand dollars. But this game will go beyond your expectations no matter what they are. It's also interesting to note that Sergey Titov was behind this, and he made The War Z, another infamous game. This game was intended to be a racing game, but I guess they abandoned that somewhere along the road. (No pun intended) They advertise a cross country run while being chased by the law. Sounds interesting right. Well, what do you know? It missed out on all the potential it could have had The first thing you'll notice when you start the game (unless it crashes) are the game's lack of good graphics or sound effects. The rival truck you're supposed to race doesn't move from the starting point. There's also no ambiance, with no music or sound effects. While there is some programming, it's completely bonkers. Your truck is unstoppable, and I mean unstoppable. The truck phases through everything like it's being driven by Shadowcat from X-Men. It goes through buildings, the rival truck, even bridges. I swear, the wheels must have suction cups on them, because it can even go up hills and even mountains without losing speed allowing you to see the game's ending point, which doesn't have an invisible wall, letting you drive beyond it. Speaking of speed, there's no limit to how fast you can accelerate in reverse. The only frustrating part about this game is that one of the stages crashes upon startup. This game is so broken, it's incredibly popular. Probably the most popular feature of the game is that when you win, it say's "You're Winner!" Honestly, I have no idea what to rate this game. I mean, it's like the video game equivalent of "The Room." You can have a lot of fun with how bad it is. Count how many objects you can go through, make fun of "You're Winner!" or even see how fast you can go in reverse. How this could have slipped by and made it into stores is beyond me, but it's probably the most incomplete game of all time. There was an update to this game, which programmed sound, a moving opponent, and replaced the stage that crashes with a reversed version of one of the other stages. My final rating for this is a ? out of 10