Dawson (DizzyOcean3775)

I was mildly enjoying binging this game until about 7 hours of play time when I came across a mission to clear a bridge, I either had to pay a toll or fight a giant vehicle. So logically I started shooting only to get instantly killed so I thought "fair enough", went to rebuild my vehicle which took a majority of my money and extra parts, successfully destroyed the robot only to get instantly destroyed by the supply drop i got from leveling up. Never had the chance to save my vehicle and i didn't have enough credits to rebuild it so I lost a solid 30 minutes for the redesign as well as most of my progress for the last 7 hours, I ended up getting some of the best guns in the game from the robot after i respawned in the default vehicle but this just completely tore me out of the experience and made me realize how much of a chore it is to play this game. The story in the game is practically nonexistent, the progression in the game is so boring the most fun part about the missions is getting to where they start, the gameplay gets stale after a few hours with nothing to refresh it other than "ooh bigger wheels", and the game needs various QOL changes that I would expect it to have after almost 10 years of consistent updates. Most likely never playing this again, would refund if I didn't get it free on Epic Launcher.

I pre-ordered the game after playing the predecessor, MudRunner, and enjoying it quite a bit to say the least. I have it on a regular xbox one and despite the hardware limitations the game is optimized near flawlessly, of course there are a couple glitches but they rarely occur. The physics aren't 100% accurate to real life but I think it makes the game a lot funner. The trucks look and sound amazing and the progression is largely based on how you play the game, you can choose to scout for the upgrades beforehand and it will make the trucks better therefore making the missions easier or you can do the missions first and buy better trucks with the money you get from the missions and get the upgrades later. However you decide to play the game, there is something therapeutic about trudging through mud in gigantic trucks. As for the multiplayer it is still fairly giltchy so i would advise you to stay away from it until they patch most of the glitches, but when the multiplayer actually works its a fun way to help your friends and make money at the same time.