![]() ![]() It’s impossible to state how cool it is to see a game where you’ll ABSOLUTELY get stuck in the muck and need a tow out, which makes this a fun game for co-op play. This isn’t a “guy” game at all, as anyone of any age who’s played with a Tonka or other branded truck in the dirt and mud and can hold a controller will feel more than at home in these deep woods, nasty dirt roads and more mud physics than you’ve ever seen in a vehicle game to date. And you’ll be loving every crawly minute of it. As you turtle around in those lovely rustic trucks you’ll be learning all about all-wheel drive, differential lock, and how to spend the better part of a day trundling around a map trying to uncover cloaked areas so you can unlock more trucks or well hidden garages, fuel supplies and log pickup stations. No, dear reader, one more, SPINTIRES is NOT about speed. the fastest you’ll probably go is maybe a good 20 or mph and that’s downhill, on one of the few smooth surfaces in the game and only for a short time before you encounter some deep mud you’ll get stuck in for a bit, a river where you’ll possibly flood your engine if it’s too deep or smack into some rocks hidden on the bottom if it’s shallow and you don’t see them. If you’re expecting to speed around maps picking up power-ups, you’re in the wrong place by a few many miles. Yes, dear reader… all you do in this game is drive a bunch of small to very large trucks around some very large and impressively detailed environments, but it’s both the trucks and those environments that make the game so completely, enjoyably addictive. ![]() This is without a doubt, one of the hardest but most rewarding games you’ll play this year. Annnnnnnd you’re asleep before you’ve even completed that last sentence, right? Well, you may want to wake yourself up, though. While my FAR duller explanation would go something like this: SPINTIRES is a simulation game where you drive a number of nicely modeled 1980’s era Russian trucks usually very slowly through massive landscapes picking up and delivering logs and/or fuel, unlocking new vehicles as you go. Explore the levels and unlock portions of the map whilst discovering new trucks, fueling stations, garages and lumber mills. “So, what’s this game about?”, you ask? Well, the Steam description goes like this: Take responsibility of operating large all-terrain Soviet vehicles and venture across the rugged landscapes with only a map and compass to guide you. Read on for more reasons you at least need to take this for a spin… ![]() ![]() I’ll defend that price point in detail below, but in short, why pay the same (or more) for a game that’s going to be JUST like the games you’ve played to death when here you’ll get something you’ll very likely enjoy MORE because it’s fresh and actually more challenging than you’re used to? While I generally love to complete a game before sitting down to type up impressions, After a few days of playing this indie gem, I can very safely say it’s one of the nicer surprises of the year and well worth the $29.99 price point. I’m saying that while SPINTIRES is paused below this tab and I’m writing up this review of the PC game. Not that this will happen any time soon, but if someone ever decides to make a video game based on Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1953 masterpiece The Wages of Fear, they’d better ring up UK-based developer Oovee and beg them to do the driving portions. ![]()
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