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Because people all just say: "Game not like Snowrunner so game bad" I am actually going to point out issues WITH THE GAME. Yes, this review is all over the place, deal with it xD
-The EULA...... Just, everything about it is disgusting, and more and more games/DEVs are following suit. Which is highly disappointing to see.
-Third party mod program that isn't Mod.io, so they switched to make everybody make another account for an app that only supports like 4 games (again)
Only mentioning this, because half if not more then half of the people coming to this game, already have an account for Mod.io from Snowrunner. Not like it's a horrible change, just seems weird to do, and makes me think there are more reasons behind it, I don't know about.
-Crane controls are all over the place. (Also, a crane camera that follows the crane would be a blessing :o )
-Cranes hitch cycles to every object furthest away from the boom first.
-You can softlock your game several times throughout, by doing an objective before the game tells you. If you use common sense and think "Hmm, I might need to put that there later" and do it BEFORE the game tells you to, once you get around to the game saying to, its bugged and won't let you continue.
(This happened to me twice, and I had to reset the map progress, so now I just go the Rockstar route of be a good girl and follow the yellow line IN A SANDBOX GAME)
-The paver, oh god the paver. The irony of the thing that solidifies a new road, in the game called ROADCRAFT, being buggy as heck, getting stuck on every pebble, and not doing the one thing it is made to do half the time...... it is killing me inside lol.
(A tip I learned from another review, is just do yourself a favor, and tow the paver while its on xD)
-You can't strap down vehicles to your flatbed, if there is some way to do it and I just missed it or something, oh well. But from what I've seen, you can't ;-;
Which honestly just feels weird, unless you wanna take 30 minutes, you have to use a flatbed to move the Roller and Paver,
but if you hit a bump while they are on your truck, they bounce high in the air like they are made of paper for some reason.
So even though I drive carefully, I still manage to have a flipped over paver on the side of the road from time to time anyway.
-Using a controller feels pointless for precise turning/movements, because for some reason the steering is locked to angles of 5 15 25 35, and so on, instead of smoothly turning, ya know, the point of using a controller.
It's the same with the throttle and reverse, no precise movements with just slightly holding down the trigger, it's all or nothing.
-Had a point here about mirrors, but it turns out even on Ultra settings, mirrors are off by default for some reason :/ Thanks peeps in the comments for pointing that out :D
-Man I hope they add more maps, or modders do for them, because WOW I blazed through the first 4-5 maps like it was nothing.
(Also I find it funny, that in the trailers, they bragged about the maps being 4km wide, when that is just tiny for a game of this style)
-No vehicle customization was a weird choice, in the other games, you could make one truck have dozens of different purposes, without it, just feels barren. Having a truck that can tow other trucks when needed, then if you need to get logs, swap out the bed and ta da, multi-purpose. Here you just feel limited.
-The progression system is very weird, and honestly should just remove the level system completely, and just use money.
-In Snowrunner, finding parts for your vehicles encouraged you to explore, in this game like I said before, it's follow the yellow line and nothing else.
Hard to really call it sandbox.
-I know this game is meant to be more arcade, but no game-play settings at all? No modifiers for doing a second or third play-through? Ok then.
-Anti-cheat? Really? Must I say more about a single-player/co-op game having it in the first place? Clear show of motives right there.
(If you played the game, and didn't see it, it's there, just in the background. Don't believe me, read the EULA, it's mentioned there.)
-Forcing Data collection is always disgusting, and this game locking you out of content if you say no to it is ridiculously stupid.
-Most people seem to be bummed about no damage or fuel, but honestly I am ok with it not being here, but I do see the issue of it not being around. I think having a toggle for it would at least make sense.
-Something I found kinda weird about dump trucks, is why not just go the route of the paver at this point? Make it where it doesn't dump sand forever per say, but make it where you can fill it anywhere. When making roads, if it is in the radius of a quarry, I have fun and take my time and make an amazing road, but if it's far away from one, I rush it cause going back and forth by myself makes it take hours just to do one road. So I usually go as bare bones as possible, or straight up avoid it if I can.
Edit: Now that I've played over 50 hours, I can say with full confidence, the game is actually worse then I expected. To those saying I wrote a book with my review already, you're gonna love this :)
-After unlocking and testing more vehicles, I have learned MOST vehicles don't even do their only task correctly.
-The Dump Truck that can carry 40 tons, spills sand *everywhere* as you drive (even on flat ground) and is super clunky.
-The Semi-truck can't even drive through a puddle, can't carry more then like 3 items.
And the one meant for carrying vehicles, cant fit most vehicles xD
-After testing all but one (including the DLC one) pretty much all tracked vehicles drive like a tractor on ice. Only the cable laying vehicle and crane tank sorta act like tracked vehicles, and even then still not quite right.
-The AI is worse then tech made in 2008, just embarrassing how bad they are.
-Gravel acts worse then deep mud some times, for no reason what so ever.
-After playing more, WOW you reeeeally have your hand held for where you are allowed to go, and what you are allowed to do.
-The engine sounds, my god the engine sounds. Not being able to turn off trucks when not using them, makes it sound like you are in Mad Max 24/7 with all the heavy engine sounds going non-stop. I turned down the games volume to like 0.2 and it's still un-barrable.
-Most of the vehicles in the game just suck really bad, to where I don't touch them unless I HAVE too. Just save yourselves a lot of trouble DEV's, and add customization.
Was gonna add more, but I legit hit the character limit on steam lmao.
This is my personal experience and opinions with the game, hence, it's MY review. If you don't like it, then kindly keep scrolling before making a comment that just makes you look silly.
Love how most of the negative reviews of the game, the comments are free un-paid PR for the DEVs, defending them like their life depends on it. Look, I like this game, I've loved all the Spin-tires games, and think this one would be a great addition, it just needs some changes/fixes for it to be great.
It's perfectly ok to be critical for something you love, because you WANT it to be better. So stop with all the "They said it's not like Snowrunner, so stop giving bad reviews because it isn't like it" When it's all said and done, it's made by the same DEV's, same engine, same vehicle style, same map style same general idea, so it's perfectly normal to expect this game to be Snowrunner, but better. Thought the same thing about Snowrunner, but it seems we are beyond that game getting it's issues fixed.
Shame that I don't really see the DEV's fixing all of these, one can hope. But my expectations are pretty low seeing what kind of things are in that EULA.
But, they can always prove me wrong :D
This is a Full release, not an alpha, stop saying "But they'll add/fix it later. Review is for the FULL game, as is.