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Eighteen Wheeler (DC) |
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30.04.02 (255 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Graphics, Concept, Fun Fun Fun
Disadvantages: Short lived
Toot toot! blast the horn cos 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker is here!
Those crazy Japenese eh? Well this is a truck driving simulation, yep, a truck driving simulation. It's not the first of it's kind quite worryingly there have been several truck driving games over the years. Recently "Hard Truck 2" on the PC.
Basically the action revolves around you beating your opponent, the driver of an evil black truck, in a race from one end of a stage to the other.
Stages include a San Fransisco type level, taking in the Golden Gate bridge of course, and various cityscapes and countrysides. Everything is wonderfully realised in Sega's visual style, giving the game a similar look to Crazy Taxi, meaning that a lot of people labeled this game "Crazy Taxi with Trucks" which it is not. it certainly looks similar but the gameplay is more like the ideas of Chase HQ but the realistic handling of Sega Rally merged into one great package.
The game sets you various objectives in the different levels, such as hitting particular types of car or smashing into your rival. As you progress you are given the opportunity to upgrade your rig's engine, tyres, brakes and so on by picking up bonuses and by completing your objectives in time. There are secret areas and different paths to take which means the game has good replay value, although there are only a few levels which are quite short due to the intense nature of the graphics and sheer amount of things happening in the game. Which means you shouldn't have too much trouble finishing this game for the first time in a couple of hours. The fun comes from completing it again to unlock the various features, beating your best times and scores and the excellent 2 player split screen mode.
If you own a Dreamcast and haven't played this game yet I suggest you do, if you can find it that is.
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normal - 01.05.02 Not bad, but write more, because it needs improving I know that. |
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