MudRunner does have multiplayer, in which players can team up to repair, refuel, load and deliver, but for the most part this is an isolating experience in a forbidding but well presented landscape. You really need a buddy to stand outside and yell “left-hand down!” to help guide the process. It is a skill to back up a small tray trailer into a driveway, or a semi-trailer from inside the cabin of big-rig in the middle of a swamp. There will be occasional frustrations as you climb the learning curve of this game. Taking on the challenges (including sub challenges such as “don’t use the bridge”) will require patience, practice and expertise. It is a surprisingly compelling experience. From the small AWD A-3151 up to giant lumbering many-axel behemoths, all will need planning, skill and perhaps a touch of luck to negotiate the environment and deliver the goods or simply get to where they need to be. Each require a different skill-set to use.
There are 19 vehicles in the game with less-than-evocative names such as K-700 or E-7310. This game is all about the physics how the vehicle reacts to the sloppy and muddy terrain, and how in turn the slush, rubble and bog changes with each passing and each spinning wheel as well as the weight and drive configuration of the truck. Not here: MudRunner is a game of thoughtfulness and planning, of careful manoeuvring and technique to get the job done.Įssentially, you are the operator of a variety of all-terrain vehicles, in a lonely stretch of (possibly Russian) landscape, and you need to get the job done! How could this possibly be a driving simulator? Normally a video game featuring mud and forests would involve some sort of buggy ploughing through the spatter at break-neck speeds.
That’s mainly because MudRunner involves big trucks and other tough machinery bashing their way through scenery including boggy paddocks, fast-flowing rivers and mountainous precipices. Rather than immediately drawing you into wanting to take on its challenges, the curious game is more likely to induce quizzical looks from potential players. You’d be forgiven for exclaiming “What the &%$#!?!” when you see the Spintires: MudRunner video game for the first time.
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