There are several novelty designs to certain areas, such as a big bone-shaped course next to a huge pink dog house, to shipwrecks, graveyards, and more, all catered to reflect many of the more popular Monster Trucks, several of which are unfortunately locked behind progress, often unlocked well past the point of seeing everything this game has to offer. While the indoor courses tend to follow far too familiar aesthetics, the outdoor courses tend to come with a bit more flavor. These events are largely bland, but it is in the open world events where racing is bordering on fun until you hit the slightest incline and then struggle to maintain balance before you either lose control or have to reset your car or the race in general. There is a tournament-style bracket that has you racing the same courses three times in a row to events where you’ll need to perform a series of two-wheel tricks or destruction as you run over fences, boxes, and porta-potties, instead of you know, cars, which is literally the first thing people think of when it comes to Monster Trucks. Each of these events offers much of the same types of races or challenges, so it feels weird seeing two events that are largely just the exact same series of courses and objectives. Steel Titans 2 places your progress over two career paths World Career, and The Arena Championship. Nothing here in this fashion lends itself to any real fun, but for completionists, it’s a means to an end. It’s a shame that you have to access your garage from a certain location, forcing you to drive back, grab the vehicle you need, and then head out into the world to find what vehicle works for what secret. The fairly spacious open world has some secrets to discover, but that exploration is largely for collectibles’ sake and comes at the cost of having to swap to certain vehicles to unlock a new jump or something else that allows you access to the spinning triangle collectibles that are littered about. As you push through the game, you’ll add to that, making the world bigger, with more room to grow. Sure, you have a reset button to hold down, but the button press can feel like a lifetime during a race.Īfter a pretty basic tutorial, you’re then placed out into the world, starting within a single location. The driving is serviceable, sometimes even enjoyable, but it’s largely reserved to areas that have flat surfaces, as any little bump or tilt in the road will send your Truck over on its roof, rolling over like a scared kitten. Now, I can certainly see someone having an ok time here, albeit a brief one, but there is simply not much here to maintain an entirely satisfying experience. In videogame form, you might think it would be rather difficult to not make a fun Monster Truck game, but somehow, Rainbow Studios has done just that. How that entertainment is arranged is crucial to the whole experience. Monster Trucks are loud, destructive, but are also a novelty, designed solely for our entertainment. Sadly, that appeal just isn’t anywhere here in Steel Titans 2, a game that just simply lacks the fun of what Monster Trucks should bring to videogames. Part of the appeal of Monster Trucks are in their larger-than-life nature, seeing their massive forms climb over cars, crushing them into heaps of scrap metal, or seeing the insane tricks their drivers are able to pull off in these clunky yet weighty titans. It’s been decades since I remember attending events, but as I had family members who actually drove them, not to mention being able to actually sit in one, I certainly have a history of loving them at one point. Monster Trucks certainly have their audience.
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