Although game critics may say different, this is a great game, and you won't regret buying it.
Even I, who normally doesen't like racing games, bought Excite Truck and started playing.
The graphics are great for being a release title (at least in America), with beautiful water effects, big landscapes, sunsets, blur effects and so on.
The background music is also good.
And even if you're not a rock-lover, you'll find that it fits the game.
You can even create your own custom-made soundtracks, assuming that you have an SD-card and some MP3-files.
There's also a multiplayer mode, for up to two people.
Here you'll compete for the most stars (you actually progress through the game by getting stars).
Beyond that, you can unlock new difficulties, tracks, trucks and paint jobs for the trucks.
2 parts fun and 3 parts confusing at first. it takes a bit to ge use to the controls and actually keep up with this high-speed racer. great as a launch title, and even now.
I don't usually like racing games but this one is a lot of fun and pretty deep as far as levels go. It only has a few different settings but as the skill level goes up, the levels change and get harder so there is actually a lot of different level variations when all is said and done. The trucks handle well and it doesn't take very long to get used to this new style of driving. Plus, I uploaded my own soundtrack on my SD card so that's a sweet bonus.
This game has to be the best racing game on the Wii. It's got a arcade type feel in gameplay. You use the WiiMote as a stering wheel and this game nails the use of it. It's fun to drive and perform crazy driving in an off road truck. This game you will get your bang for the buck even if your not a big race type game fan.
PS: Load your SD Card up with Mp3's and you got a new soundtrack for your game. A+
I don`t play racing games nor do I like most of them,but I have to say Excite Truck is one of the best racing games I've played. An awesome twist is (the obvious) the motion sensing. With the wii ,you turn the wiimote as if it were a steering wheel making leaning on a turn or twisting the controller make sense. One of the other facts I love about this game is the changing terrain. If you hit an exclamation point on the track rings,ramps ,or dips will become part of the race. If you get rings you have to make a jump and get through them to earn stars. If you get elevation in land it will send your opponents flying! Thus, earning you more stars.
Excite truck is an arcadey racing game where the focus is on getting points through the race rather than outright winning (though the 50 point bonus for coming in first is helpful!). You have an unlimited amount of boost to speed you up, but using it too much overheats your truck, meaning you can't boost again until you cool down.
There are two main modes - excite race and challenge. Excite race is the meat of the game, with 4 difficulties plus a mirror mode, trucks and paint jobs to unlock and lots of stunts. Challenge is divided into gates, where you have to get through checkpoints before time runs out; rings, where you jump through (you guessed it) rings worth different amounts of points; and smash, where you ram enemy trucks on an open landscape.
Controls
To play, you hold the Wii remote sideways like a NES pad. The d-pad is used for menu selections and boosting in races, while 1 and 2 are brake and accelerate. Steering is done by tilting the remote. It works well, but when I first started I found myself boosting when I needed to turn sharply.
Graphics
Solid models and nice looking trucks, but nothing special. Draw distance is good enough not to notice unless you find yourself on a huge jump. Then you can see the trees gaining detail as you get closer.
Sound
The engines roar nicely, and sound effects come from the wiimote when you smash up another truck or overheat, which is a nice touch, and helps you to tell who is overheating in versus matches. The built in music is the usual generic stuff, but if you have an SD card with mp3s on it you can choose to have them play in game.com It's not up to the level of Xbox custom soundtracks, but it is another nice touch.
Gameplay
When you start you have to do a quick tutorial, which teaches the basics of controlling the trucks. There are other tutorials you can do at any time to learn more about advanced controls and stunts. Stunts are very important as they are the main way of getting the points you need to pass stages and progress in the game. They range from the basic (drift, air) through the dangerous (tree runs - passing close by trees without crashing, truck smashes - take out your opponents) to the downright cool (air spins, truck throws - warping the environment and throwingrivals in the air). You get a rank for each race depending on how many points you get. A B is needed to pass the race, but if you get S ranks (super) in every race there's a special surprise instore. Each truck you get 3 S ranks in, or race 10 times gets an alternative paint job, and there are several different colours for each paint job. You unlock trucks through the game, and they all have different stats for speed, handling etc.
Scattered around each track are icons you can drive through. Some change the terrain of the tracks to make jumps and dips, while some give you extra speed and invulnerability from trees. The latter (a POW icon) lets you use shortcuts and get super truck smashes more easily, though both are possible without.
overall
Excite truck is a fun, but quite short game (I've had it for a week or so, not playing constantly, and I'm pretty near completing it) but there is excellent replay value, a good 2 player mode, and lots of stuff to unlock. It's intense, and can be frustrating, but the races are short enough that you can always have one more go to nail that elusive S rank. I give it......
aFTER READING SOME OF the not so friendly reviews on some of the game websites I was a little sceptical about buying this game. But after a couple of months playing it sold, Both me and my two brothers and lots of my friends have have had so so so much fun with this game.
Very exciting career mode and i could play multiplayer forever suprisingly it has very good graphics its no ps3 graphics but on the crashes chips of paint shoot off its pretty realistic
Pretty good, but a bit out of control. A lot. But it's fast, furious, and crazy, ESPECIALLY with friends! Very nice effects, like morphing ground, customizable colors and interchangable jeeps/monster truck/regular trucks with great AI too! Most races you don't really need to come in 1st to win, you just need to get enough "stars" by performing stunts until you get the quota. But coming in first has its good side too, by giving you a whopping 100? points which is usually enough to get an A ranking on a stage with no other stars involved. I love this game, you should get it too!
This is cool ass hell. I don't know why it's not more popular. It does need more game features though. Downloadable new maps maybe? And would it kill them to finaly make a game where I can play online?????? WTF Nintendo!
A very fun game, that you get addicted to easily. But the way you just tap something and crash gets very annoying. And it happens constantly so prepare for annoying crashes over and over again.
i don't like this game one bit. it's boring, it's repetitive, there's nothing to make you want to play, no exciting terrain, i know it's off road racing, but throw a cow in there or a ninja or something!! i don't know, there's just nothing exciting, the title should just be "truck"!!
A fun game for two players. Great use of the wiimote controls. Lacks a wide variety of levels and is very easy to master. Strange point system. This one is between a rent and a buy.
(564 Ratings)
Even I, who normally doesen't like racing games, bought Excite Truck and started playing.
The graphics are great for being a release title (at least in America), with beautiful water effects, big landscapes, sunsets, blur effects and so on.
The background music is also good.
And even if you're not a rock-lover, you'll find that it fits the game.
You can even create your own custom-made soundtracks, assuming that you have an SD-card and some MP3-files.
There's also a multiplayer mode, for up to two people.
Here you'll compete for the most stars (you actually progress through the game by getting stars).
Beyond that, you can unlock new difficulties, tracks, trucks and paint jobs for the trucks.
I give this 4/5.
game feels short after awhile but it is very fun must buy.
PS: Load your SD Card up with Mp3's and you got a new soundtrack for your game. A+
There are two main modes - excite race and challenge. Excite race is the meat of the game, with 4 difficulties plus a mirror mode, trucks and paint jobs to unlock and lots of stunts. Challenge is divided into gates, where you have to get through checkpoints before time runs out; rings, where you jump through (you guessed it) rings worth different amounts of points; and smash, where you ram enemy trucks on an open landscape.
Controls
To play, you hold the Wii remote sideways like a NES pad. The d-pad is used for menu selections and boosting in races, while 1 and 2 are brake and accelerate. Steering is done by tilting the remote. It works well, but when I first started I found myself boosting when I needed to turn sharply.
Graphics
Solid models and nice looking trucks, but nothing special. Draw distance is good enough not to notice unless you find yourself on a huge jump. Then you can see the trees gaining detail as you get closer.
Sound
The engines roar nicely, and sound effects come from the wiimote when you smash up another truck or overheat, which is a nice touch, and helps you to tell who is overheating in versus matches. The built in music is the usual generic stuff, but if you have an SD card with mp3s on it you can choose to have them play in game.com It's not up to the level of Xbox custom soundtracks, but it is another nice touch.
Gameplay
When you start you have to do a quick tutorial, which teaches the basics of controlling the trucks. There are other tutorials you can do at any time to learn more about advanced controls and stunts. Stunts are very important as they are the main way of getting the points you need to pass stages and progress in the game. They range from the basic (drift, air) through the dangerous (tree runs - passing close by trees without crashing, truck smashes - take out your opponents) to the downright cool (air spins, truck throws - warping the environment and throwingrivals in the air). You get a rank for each race depending on how many points you get. A B is needed to pass the race, but if you get S ranks (super) in every race there's a special surprise instore. Each truck you get 3 S ranks in, or race 10 times gets an alternative paint job, and there are several different colours for each paint job. You unlock trucks through the game, and they all have different stats for speed, handling etc.
Scattered around each track are icons you can drive through. Some change the terrain of the tracks to make jumps and dips, while some give you extra speed and invulnerability from trees. The latter (a POW icon) lets you use shortcuts and get super truck smashes more easily, though both are possible without.
overall
Excite truck is a fun, but quite short game (I've had it for a week or so, not playing constantly, and I'm pretty near completing it) but there is excellent replay value, a good 2 player mode, and lots of stuff to unlock. It's intense, and can be frustrating, but the races are short enough that you can always have one more go to nail that elusive S rank. I give it......