![]() ![]() It has a very subtle visual style, and it works. Visually Cluster Truck isn’t going to win any awards, but it doesn’t have to. There are two different sets of abilities to buy and use, but only one from each set can be picked, so choose the two moves carefully, as they can save the day when least expected. Add on abilities that a player can unlock with their score points, things like slowing down time, double jumps, or dash movies. Its adrenaline filled moments combined with the trial and error, and instant reloading to try again that push this into an addictive experience. How about walls that move in to crush the players? Huge boulders that start crashing down into the truck line? Head on impact of other trucks causing massive pile ups? Even lasers? Yep all these things occur during the campaign, and just when I thought I was getting a better grasp of the system, the devs would throw something else that would make my mouth drop and my breath held as I frantically tried to finish the challenge. It’s when the outside factors of the environment come into play, when things really take a turn for the worse or better depending on the player’s perspective. The line of trucks that are jumped on move in a simple enough manner, grouping together to enable the player to jump from one to another. Yet before players expect, the difficulty starts ramping up. Sounds simple enough right? Well, it starts off innocently enough to get players established with the mechanics. Jump from truck to truck and make it to the goal line without touching the ground or environment. The core gameplay loop couldn’t be explained any simpler. Cluster Truck is here to bring the excitement and the pain. How does a game of this nature, simple in thought, yet so intensely addicting, chaotic, and crazy get made? Well, look no further folks. Cluster Truck is at the very center of this thought. There comes a point and time where an idea for a game is almost so absurd, yet so simple, one has to ask themselves “Why didn’t this happen sooner”.
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