Gamescrap launches with a game that deserves to be features more than any other. Infamous for being the worst game of all time, we take an in depth look at Big Rigs Over the Road Racing to find out what makes it so deserving of such a dubious title. If there were ever a game that defined what this site stands for, this is it. So what are you waiting for? Fulfill your sadistic needs and get to clickin'!
ff“Get ready for some brake jamming, CB talk' in, convoy roll' in action across America! From Portland Oregon to Miami Florida, you'll be hauling loads and trying to stay one step ahead of the law as you climb into your Big Rig for non-stop driving action. And if that's not enough, you'll also be able to race your modified Rig on one of 5 different tracks for the ultimate driving rush as you crush the competition and set a new track record! Features Also included five different tracks for time trials and more outrageous driving action. 4 Big Rigs trucks with trailers. 4 unique routes including Desert, Forest, Plains, and Cities. 1000s of miles of highways and byways across America. Daytime and Nighttime driving”
-Product description for Big Rigs Over the Road Racing
Just when you thought humanity couldn’t stoop any lower than loving and adoring a no-talent hack like Paris Hilton or the sadistic joy of reality TV, just reading this product description for Big Rigs Over the Road Racing really puts things into perspective and leaves you with a feeling so heavy, you swear you just left an three-hour eat-a-thon at the local Country Buffet.However, this isn’t about the downfall of humanity - this is about something far, far worse. Unleashed on an unsuspecting public in November of 2003 and published as a budget title by the quintessential purveyors of crap, Acclaim, Big Rigs Over the Road Racing became infamous for being the worst game ever made, and you’re sure as hell going to find out why. Brought to us by a group of Russian developers called Stellar Stone LLC, a company devoted to “provide our clients with best of gaming technologies and cut their development expenses, allowing them to concentrate on product rather than on technology hustles of development.” If anything, this game more than represents their mission statement.
I originally reviewed Big Rigs in the spring of 2004, to which I described it as “[falling] in between the creative faux-pas of Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space and the Garbage Pail Kids Movie. I'd even go further as to say that Big Rigs doesn't even qualify as a game as it's more of a tech demo for a subpar 3D engine. After all, to qualify as a game, it must be interactive and I've seen fly-through demos more interactive than this.” While the product descriptions would like you to think they provide an accurate portrayal of the game, cast your belief aside as there are about 127 reasons why they’re not accurate.
Getting into the game, you’ll literally be smacked in the face with the obvious budget title overtones – from the cheesy, seemingly Euro-trashy soundtrack down to the generic fonts that pollute the screen. Once you get into a race, you’ll quickly learn that options are totally sparse, as you’ll only have the choice of four trucks available to you. While the product description puts a ton of emphasis on the fact that you’ll be hauling cargo, only one of the trucks comes with a trailer. The rest result in riding bareback. There are a paltry five tracks available to you to drive on, but there’s a catch – being that the “Nightride” track will crash the game every god-forsaken time you choose it. Installing the only patch available for the game will eventually let you race on it, but this is Big Rigs, so there’s got to be a catch. More on that later.
Provided the game doesn’t crash, you’ll finally get to experience the “non-stop driving action” the box professes. Sure, the action is non-stop, meaning that each race is about as interesting as assembly line work and takes FOREVER to reach the finish line. You’ll tour such exotic locales as Devil Passage, a barren wasteland full of mountains and…palm trees? There’s also Devil Passage 2, which changes things up a bit with even more palm trees, mountains, and more textures that look like pudding. Forgotten Road 1 really puts a twist on things with perks like daylight and a bridge that…well check out the movie on the next page. Small Town Road speaks for itself. It features a small town, a road, and some interestingly placed street signs.
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