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This is a really fun game. I'm 45 and I love it. My kids do as well. I recommend it to anyone.
Really Challenging alot more that I thought. Racing in the docks and the hill course's my son stomps me. Great enjoyment for the family.Thanks
As advertised. Monster Jam shipped pretty slow and I paid extra for `fast' shipping.
my grandson wanted this toy and he lives in another state. I ordered it on line before and got much satisfaction from the toy - he likes - however his brother broke it, so I ordered it from you again because of the good service in receiving it fairly quickly.
There is also a one-on-one stadium racing mode where you and another truck race for the best time through an obstacle course on the arena floor. When you're in a full-field race against other monster trucks, the racing is a lot of fun. It has lots of varied tracks, each with lots of interest: destructible elements, wacky stunt jump points, hidden shortcuts, etc. In 2008, this is simply unacceptable for any game. Easier said than done. Finally, there is no online multiplayer capability or any Xbox Live support at all.
Computer AI is pretty slow, so you'll have every opportunity to enjoy your fill of mayhem and then still use some hidden shortcuts to catch back up again. from the initial green light. I once won a race flipped upside down riding on the hood of another truck. This amount of unpredictability gives it a decent replay value as an arcade racer; however, it also doesn't distinguish itself from any of the other titles that do the same (and do it better, e.g. Monster Jam would have been a better game had it stuck with just being a good arcade-style racer. The freestyle events, where you must perform tricks like crushing cars, jumping buses and popping wheelies before an arena audience, are a real chore. The trick is to maximize the judges' scores by stringing together tricks one right after the other.
And the scores seem very arbitrary - you may think that you did pretty well and then you get a low score but also no real feedback on why. So, you don't really ever know how to do any better and these events become sticking points in the career championship mode. So the developers tried to pump up the monster truck feel by adding game modes that mimic actual Monster Jam events (I'm guessing - I swear that I've never attended or even seen one of these things). You'll be bouncing off of other trucks, flying through the air, and crashing through every imaginable object (buildings, boats, parked airplanes, and even the space shuttle). Unfortunately, the course design is atrocious and oftentimes you get lost among all of the barrels, barricades and flags while your flawless opponent zips through.
the Burnout series). Unfortunately, this half of the game is where it falls really short. This mode would benefit greatly from an overhead map of the course in the corner of the heads-up, but there is none. PROS* Well-designed race courses with lots of destructible elements and hidden shortcuts* Easily-reachable achievements if that's your thingCONS* Freestyle and stadium events are the least enjoyable parts of the game* No online multiplayer or XBL support at all* Announcer voice acting is annoying after a very short time
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