[Wii] EXCITE TRUCK (BIG DAMN TRUCKS)

This so needed its own thread. Excite Truck is all about trucks.
BIG DAMN TRUCKS.
Exciting ones at that. For these trucks can go extremely fast, yet there's still a boost feature on top of that! This leads to massive jumps, crazier than even the old San Francisco Rush games! And you might get flung into the sky when you least expect it, the game has landscapes that change in real time, by hitting power ups the ground will morph, creating sudden hills or dips sending everyone everywhere. There also appear to be natural disasters going on in some stages like tornados or exploding volcanos that'll screw around with you. You can even drive along the Great Wall of China if you want!

Managing to land your truck on top of another will earn you points, as will taking shortcuts through areas filled with trees to smash into. Hell, you even get points for crashing. The game just looks like a hell of a lot of FUN. It also reminds me of the fact that Midway had to go and kill the Rush series with that bloody awful LA Rush. Anyway hey yeah, it's developed by Monster Games, there's a two player mode, the music's awesome and it's due out at launch. BEST GAME AT LAUNCH I THINK SO! Big damn trucks > angsty boy wearing a skirt.









BIG DAMN JUMPS

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Dunno about Mario Kart, but there's always need for Captain Falcon! He's our heeeeerrrroooooo. His theme song doesn't lie!

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by insertnamehere

Hey can you land on other trucks and destroy them sorta like beetle adventure.

Yep, there was a video back from E3 where a BIG DAMN TRUCK landed on another (with a 'NICE LANDING' bonus), sending him rolling off with bits going everywhere. ='D

Originally Posted by sprouticus

I wonder what sorta multiplayer modes will actually even be in the game. Have they indulged us on any multiplayer info yet? I'm gunning for a BIG DAMN BATTLE MODE!

Nothing but just straight out EXCITING two player racing's been shown so far, but it'd be so awesome if there was a battle mode or even something like soccer. That was the best part of Monster Truck Madness 64!

Originally Posted by NovaX

there is no launch game i would rather get than EXCITE TRUCK, but alas no NAL confirmation! I NEED CONFIRMATION!

I'll shake my fist with generic rage so hard if they push it back, SO MUCH NAL, SO MUCH!

Originally Posted by Darkcomet72

How come it took this long to make this topic Infernal

I was going to make it earlier, but then along came a BIG DAMN TRUCK and I had to run for my life!

Originally Posted by Nintendonomicon

Excite Truck looks quite fun, but the game seems to give you stars for the most tivial things.

YOU BUMPED INTO A TREE
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FLAT TIRE
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RETRY
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Everything's worthy of praise when dealing with these things!
SIGNED UP FOR RACE
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FIVE STARS, you could spend the night here!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

That's a BIG DAMN SIG you've got there! Might as well chuck in the remaining screens of the BIG DAMN TRUCKS!







I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Okay this is fun and all guys but it's beginning to look like spam. This isn't Testing/City Streets.

Yeah, I'll be getting this game. Reminds me of Beetle Adventure Racing, a game that deserved a sequel. An EA game no less! How's that possible?!

Australia exclusively got the sequel, HSV Adventure Racing.

Spoiler:

Sequel as in all they did was replace the cars with what they hoped we'd go nuts for and gave the announcer an Aussie accent. Oh and they put borders all around the screen so it ran in a small window. Most confusing decisions ever!

I was speaking idiomatically.

Oh yeah, finally got this. <3 This game was the whole reason I wanted a Wii, so why I bought the machine at launch when the game wasn't a launch title here WHO KNOWS. But man this is a big damn load of fun. Even the bad wah wah pissrock music reminds me of Midway's old arcade racers. The controls work really, really well. It's refreshing after battling with Downhill Jam's slow reaction times with the tilting.

Managing to toss all the CPU trucks at once and watch them flip into the side of the Great Wall of China is one of those precious el oh el moments in gaming.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?