Sin Pathetic

What in the garbage physics is this? Look, I played Monster Truck Madness & MTM2 for hours on end while I was growing up, and seeing this on the Steam Store brought back memories to the point where I bought this train wreck. If you didn't catch on with the first sentence, the physics in this game is horrible. Never attempt to push the gas when not on all four tires, doesn't even matter if you're trying to feather/burp the throttle, you will spin and flip uncontrollably. If you manage to stay off of your roof, consider yourself lucky. The bugs, glitches, and collision detection are yet another string of fails that should make THQ and Rainbow Studios hang their head in shame. If you are clowning around in free roam mode, there aren't any issues...most of it is downright laughable. But if you even attempt an actual playthrough of this game...be prepared for downright frustration. The only amount of recourse is either 1. Resetting your truck (which takes too long IMO, or it'll spawn you in an AI truck (so you have to reset again) and/or it'll spawn you a decent distance away from where you were and there's no hope of catching up) or 2. Quitting the race altogether (since someone decided to scrap the option to restart race); I mean who does this? Every single racing game (because that's the genre they're trying to lump this dumpster fire into) that I've ever played has a "Restart Race" option. In the end, when it comes to Monster Truck games, I'm pretty sure that a lot of us want the same modes: 1. Crushing actual cars in exhibition races, 2. Freestyle, 3. Maybe some Head-to-Head, 4. Bring back some old school mud runs or even truck pulls to mix it up and keep the rest of the nonsense to yourselves. Now...off to get my refund.

I have avoided Battlefield 5 for a majority of its life cycle. However, due to the current climate and the abundance of free time that most of us temporarily have, I finally caved and added it to my ever-growing list of games. I have no one to blame but myself in this regard and while I am not writing this review to help others steer clear of this train wreck, I am writing it to publicly 'middle finger' EA Dice. Battlefield has always had its niche since Battlefield 1942 in regards to pushing online gameplay; big maps, duking it out with vehicles, etc. But one of their biggest issues is the lack of thought process that plays into the single-player campaigns. Their inability to break through the 4-hour campaign length is not only extremely frustrating but it is downright laughable. The addition of relying on non-skippable cinematic cut scenes in order to make the game 'feel' longer is an absolute joke. It is one thing if a player is able to gain report with a character (games like the Metal Gear series, Last of Us, Uncharted series, etc), that is different; we don't mind cut scenes (as long as they're not a non-skippable movie). However, throwing us into a cut scene, especially a non-skippable one, concerning people that we don't really care about it a waste of time and effort. In the end, the looks are nice and the visuals are certainly of high quality. But that's most of its body...a flash in the pan with no real substance behind it. As far as the online, multiplayer side of this game, EA-Dice made another one...congratulations. They are unfortunately a dime a dozen anymore and have been for several years now. It's also the same hot mess that you would expect from any other online shooter; a large percentage of camper's delight combined with awkward sniping action from across the map (with weaponry that you wouldn't expect to be sniped with), occasional server dropouts and game crashes plus the odd glitches that are along the way (not Bethesda level, but still). In the end, save your money and apply it to something else. It may only be $12 (on pc at the time I writing this), but I'd still save it.