Fun, unique and often satisfying, this game is better than what the critiques say.

User Rating: 8 | Excite Truck WII
By Mr_Jaminson | Review Date:
There really is no story to the game, luckily it is one of those that just do not need one to be entertaining. The base of the gameplay is you are trying to collect a predetermined amount of stars throughout the level by performing drifts, getting big airtime, crashing into other trucks, and nearly missing trees, among a few others. The more stars you get by the end of the level, the higher your rating will be. Theres also a selection of trucks which are varied in terms of their grip, airtime, speed, turning. There are 5 different sets of races, each containing 4 to 5 separate races. They take place in a few different countries as well, such as Mexico, Canada, Finland and Scottland. You actually play the game by holding the Wii Remote sideways with the Dpad on the left side. You steer by moving one side of the remote either up or down to move right or left. The Dpad will let u boost for a short amount of time before your engine blows. The 2 button is the gas button.

The game looks pretty good as your traveling at high speeds, which you should be doing throughout most of the game. However, occasionally when the race slows down after you crash for example, some not-as-pretty road and environment textures are visible. For the most part everything does look pretty good, so I have no real complaints here. The sound in the game could have certainly been improved in a few ways. To start the sound effects just werent that good, and they seemed fairly limited. The music in the game was generic, they were simply instrumental rock tunes with guitars that didnt sound all that great anyways. And the tunes were also pretty much limited, either that or they all sounded alike. The game can really be worth a whole lot if your the person who needs to get everything in every game. There are a few trucks that just take some time to get, and the same goes for some other trophies. To get the other difficulties, you have to complete every course with an S rank, which is no easy task.

Overall the game does have its flaws, but that doesnt change the fact that this is a solid launch title for the Wii.

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