In solo play, you’ll get stuck in the muck and may need to switch to a second (or third) vehicle to winch your starting rig out of trouble or simply take a better route to deliver those payloads to. Mudrunner is a hard game to play at times, but totally engrossing once you settle in for a spell and let the gameplay (and your trucks) sink in. Those logs aren’t going to get themselves loaded up and on the way to where they need to be, so it’s up to you and your driving and navigation skills to get them delivered.
Just don’t expect the game to hand you an easy time as between the mud, deep rivers, and assorted natural and man-made obstacles, you’re in for a bumpy ride times ten or so (plus tax). Want to take the longer route to a waypoint just to explore? Sure, why not? Feel like waiting until nighttime to make an already perilous trip even more so? Okay, go for it. While you’re given basic to complex tasks to accomplish as the game progresses, how you proceed is entirely up to you. Nope, it’s a methodically paced simulation that demands practice and patience galore, but despite the learning curve manages to be incredibly fun and rewarding when all is said and done. This isn’t some fast-paced arcade monster truck fest with power-ups or turbo boosts galore.
If you’re new to the game, expect a hefty challenge the simple and quick tutorial deftly dances around because the game is meant to hook you in and have you figure out what you can do at your own pace. But it’s still amazing to see the Switch pumping out everything the more powerful consoles can with mostly relative ease. Granted, it’s running at half the frame rate of the PC version and you’ll likely enjoy docked mode more than handheld mode if you’re a total visual purist.
Packing in all the original game’s content along with the American Wilds expansion, it’s pretty amazing to see this simulation arrive on Nintendo’s hybrid looking and playing so well. As with the PC and other console versions, Spintires: Mudrunner – American Wilds ($39.99) on the Switch is a pretty outstanding technical achievement, although this latest version isn’t without a few caveats.
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