PESV
Championship
- 28 April 2002
Snowrunner will release april 28th.
Before you run off, let me explain. I have no interest in Truck Simulator, Farm simulator or what have you. If thats your thing, good for you and you probably already heard of Spintires and the lot. But for those that havent, just like me one year ago, allow me to explain why this game is different then mentioned and why you just might enjoy this as a surprising chemin de l’âne from your usual suspects.
So, a year ago my five year old son brought my attention to Mudrunner while browsing the playstation store.
Big machines plowing trough mud. On a discount and age apporiate. I knew i this one would be difficult to refuse him. To be honest, i was slightly curious myself, yet my expectations where low. You could also say i was being a bit snobbish.
Yet, seconds after driving away through a first puddle of mud i was quite impressed with the physics of this thing. It wasnt a half decent attempt to play around with a game engine. I felt an underlying passion and vision to make something coherent and at least a strive for perfecting the core gameplay mechanics.
There are little details in the way oil leaks in the water, the mud sticks to your tires and the surface deforms indefinately under the weight of your vehicle, that all bring a sense of immersion to the table i havent experience often in a game.
Then the sun sets and you find yourself driving all alone on a foggy sandroad deep inside some secluded russion forest with no one around just those eery trees that light up in the headlights of your jeep. It a genuinly gave me horror movie creeps and a smile at the same time.
I dont play this game weekly but i am very happy it sits on my playstation ready for those contemplative evenings where i just want to be alone with my thoughts, just getting from A to B, just plowing through the mud. Its rare these days that a game catches you by surprise and this one definately did for me. Looking forward to the 28th.
Before you run off, let me explain. I have no interest in Truck Simulator, Farm simulator or what have you. If thats your thing, good for you and you probably already heard of Spintires and the lot. But for those that havent, just like me one year ago, allow me to explain why this game is different then mentioned and why you just might enjoy this as a surprising chemin de l’âne from your usual suspects.
So, a year ago my five year old son brought my attention to Mudrunner while browsing the playstation store.
Big machines plowing trough mud. On a discount and age apporiate. I knew i this one would be difficult to refuse him. To be honest, i was slightly curious myself, yet my expectations where low. You could also say i was being a bit snobbish.
Yet, seconds after driving away through a first puddle of mud i was quite impressed with the physics of this thing. It wasnt a half decent attempt to play around with a game engine. I felt an underlying passion and vision to make something coherent and at least a strive for perfecting the core gameplay mechanics.
There are little details in the way oil leaks in the water, the mud sticks to your tires and the surface deforms indefinately under the weight of your vehicle, that all bring a sense of immersion to the table i havent experience often in a game.
Then the sun sets and you find yourself driving all alone on a foggy sandroad deep inside some secluded russion forest with no one around just those eery trees that light up in the headlights of your jeep. It a genuinly gave me horror movie creeps and a smile at the same time.
I dont play this game weekly but i am very happy it sits on my playstation ready for those contemplative evenings where i just want to be alone with my thoughts, just getting from A to B, just plowing through the mud. Its rare these days that a game catches you by surprise and this one definately did for me. Looking forward to the 28th.
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