I'm not the best at making reviews, but I figured I'd make one seeing I don't see this game getting one. Now the big question is, is it worth $15? The answer is simple, fuck fucking fuck NO.... unless you really like shitty monster truck games.
NOTE: Some of the videos no longer exist. I will try contacting the owner of the video on Youtube and see if he deleted them or just made them private. If he doesn't respond, I will put up new videos.
There are different areas that you travel to in the game and each time, the game gets slightly more difficult.
This will be split into 3 sections (Stunt Mode, Stadium Events, and Skill Driving)
Stunt ModeWhen starting off, you will notice that the first level is almost impossible to get 3 stars without fully upgrading your vehicle. Speaking of that, once you get 10,000 points, just unlock the Grave Digger. Once you have that, fully upgrade it and you won't have to worry about spending any more points.
Distance - This is the first stunt mode, which basically has you pick up enough speed and jump a certain distance. It's honestly not too difficult if you have a fully upgraded Grave Digger. Holding X to use your speed boost then pressing Y before the jump will almost always give you the 3 stars.
Rings - That's what I call them anyways, but there will be 3 types of rings (Easy/Medium/Hard). You will have to hit jumps and try to land in the hard rings for higher scores. These are pretty simple also, but some can be annoying to find.
Vehicle Crushing - You need to crush a certain amount of vehicles and reach the finish line under a certain time limit. It's all not too bad if you hit the cars slowly, if you hit them fast, your vehicle will most likely spin out and crash.
Distance + Rings + Vehicle Crushing - This is the final mode for Stunt Mode which requires you to complete each of the previous modes in one track. You will be given a certain number of cars to crush, certain distance you must jump on a certain jump, land in the hard ring, and finish the race.
Stunt Mode Score: 4/10Stadium EventsStadium Events racing bit of the game and attempted freestyle bit of the game. Honestly this mode felt rushed and was kind of pointless.
Races - There are 3 laps for each race and 2 races for each area. They are really simple as all you do is drive 1 lap around a short track 3 times. You start the race against one other truck who is on the other side of the race track. You will notice that you get a head start each time making this not even a challenge. You will have some jumps to clear to finish the race but it's nothing too difficult. I found it easier to go over the jumps slowly, because if you hit them too fast, your truck will probably spin out and you will lose the race.
Freestyle - What you need to do for this mode is, obtain a certain amount of stars by doing tricks before the timer runs out. This is a joke though, you will get bonus time if you are earning stars fast enough. You get stars for pretty much everything you do, and you only need to earn about 10 for gold. You can complete 10 stars within a minute, by doing simple tricks. Honestly, this was so easy, it wasn't even fun.
Stadium Events Score: 1/10Skill DrivingSkill driving is basically an attempt to be like Trials (Which I haven't played but that's what it looks like) and it's somewhat challenging. I would say, this is where most of your fun will be had in the game. You will have to get from one point to the other under a certain time limit, hitting jumps, and avoiding barrels. Honestly, I probably would have rated this game better if it wasn't for the awful control of your vehicle.
Very Easy - Usually these are fairly straightforward, drive to the finish under the certain time limit and win your 3 stars.
Easy - This is also pretty simple, drive to the end hitting more jumps and you should have 3 stars.
Medium - Medium only is sort of tricky near the end. Other than that, it's basically like Easy mode.
Hard - Just like Medium, it's only hard near the end. The rest of the levels will feel like Medium difficulty if it was on the last stages.
Extreme - Honestly, I found this easier than Hard, except for the first Area which was the hardest part in the game. The extreme level there was annoying, mostly because my vehicle kept spinning out or landing in the water.
Skilled Driving Score: 5/10PROS- The game looks pretty good for just an arcade game
- Although the handling of your vehicle can be annoying at times, the gameplay is still somewhat fun
- The areas and locations that you go to are pretty well done
- The achievements are very easy (Would rate achievement difficulty 2/10)
CONS- The handling of your vehicle sucks
- Poor music/soundtrack (if any)
- The game is kind of short
- The races and freestyle events failed
- Not much to do honestly. You only have speed boost and jump boost which can only be used a few times during each race.
- Not really much upgrading/vehicle unlocks, since you unlock the best vehicle early on and have it fully upgraded within 10 minutes.
- Long loading times
Honestly, it's not the worst arcade game I've played, but it's definitely not the best. Credit to 55danutz for videos. Also note that his videos are from the PC not Xbox 360, if that really matters.
UPDATE #1 - "There is an update to download now for the game. Loading times are almost zero now, only problem all my progress was reset."
2.0