Why? That’s the question I have. Why? Why release Big Rigs Over The Road Racing at all? This 2003 game is widely considered one of the worst games of all time. It is still shit after all these years. The issue is, it is not alone anymore. This game was famous at the time for being as horrendous as it was. Now, there are countless games lurking on Switch and Steam that are just as horrible. Take The Love, it doesn’t work, the core feature is missing. Only people my age(older millennials) or older are going to remember Big Rigs. But since you’re here, I might as spend some time going over it. We’ll start with this video, which takes up a quarter of the screen(don’t ask).
As you can see, Big Rigs Over the Road Racing is a racing game, with tons of stuttering(it should be fixed by the time you’re reading this). However, there is no hit detection, no invisible walls to keep you on the course. There is a rival truck that drives, but you can easily beat it, and get the famous:
At the time, people marveled at how broken Big Rigs Over The Road racing is. No serious commercial game had ever released that broken. And this version is still broken. No work has gone into it. It may even the abandonware version ripped and sold, not entirely sure. But what I am sure of, its not a marvel anymore. There are countless broken and pointless games littering Switch and Steam, many from Midnight Works and Demenci Games, and others as well. There’s nothing special about this game now. No reason to re-release it, unless to capitalize on the meme potential for older millennials. That’s it.
Big Rigs Over The Road Racing gets a Hilariously Awful verdict(yes, this exists, only gave it out four other times in 500+ reviews) with a one back-end score. Yes, it is still hilariously awful, even if it is no longer alone in being complete garbage. Finally, there is a free DLC which adds more stuff(from another sister game) achievements and leaderboards. It’s nice, but not enough to make this any more than a curiosity.
Overall: Big Rigs Over The Road Racing is still a Hilariously Awful game. The issue is that 22-years later, it is no longer alone in how crap it is.
Verdict: Hilariously Awful
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