Everything in this was from the PC version of Snowrunner but it is also on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well. Let me know what you think and... keep on keepin’ on! -BoomstickAlex *Boomstick Gaming is a safe haven for gamers who value game mechanics and systems,* *because that’s what makes anything from 8-bit to 8k, equally enjoyable.*
I passed by Mudrunner so many times at my local library, so one day I checked it out. Once I started to play it, I was instantly hooked and have been ever since.
To me, the fun is not necessarily the challenges as it is watching the trucks realistically move through the mud. The way the suspension moves up and down, how the tires grip and bend, etc. Mudrunner is one of most calming games in my collection and I think Snowrunner is even better.
@flobbie Spintires was the first installment, followed by Spintires: Mudrunner. We call it Mudrunner to distinguish it from Spintires, as they are separate games.
As a car and motorsport enthusiast, this game is a very relaxing yet tactical game which is really good when you need a break from all the fast paced racing sims.
_XenoVorteX_ agreed. I play Gran Turismo Sport which can be stressy when your racing and have to be as fast as possible and precise but snowrunner just looks so much more relaxing to play. Might get it.
Accurate review would mean talking about all the bugs that can make you lose your trucks and more and how the game is not worth the money to buy right now as it is a incomplete game. Complete robbery.
Yes, exactly. Wanted to post the same thing. And even in DS I used the motorcycle the most. You could go over any Mountain with it, the drive phyxs were to buggy. You could press the jump button over and over again till you got over the mountain. Kinda like in Skyrim when you jump to glitch upwards. Same thing in DS xDDD Broke the game a little bit for me, songs would start to late because I just were too fast xD
I've already played spintires and loved it except for the bugs and crashes. Shall I buy mudrunner? It seems like the maps are the same but more expensive?
Get the hummer H2 the premium edition Khan 39 marshall (the really high lifted jeep truck with big ass tires) is absolutely the definition of death on wheels, that thing for whatever reason in my 12 hours of play time has managed to get itself on its roof not 3 not 7 not 10 not 17 but 19 times, yes i counted and every single one became even more and more frustrating, i wasnt even doing any dangerous manuvers the thing just tips over like a cow!
@@chazzthaspazz4475 I mean I guess, I wouldn't say it's easy AT ALL. I played Mudrunner for at least over 100-150 hours and got really good at it, but when I first played Snowrunner, it felt like all that experience was taken away from me. Figured out early on they made Mudrunner too easy by allowing AWD and a lot of the time Diff Lock on every truck, so the maximum performance was always available. In the beginning, you have a ill-equipped truck that has to do offroad things, and it can be a grinding slog for the first few hours of your game.
@@toniisotalus9285 Don't know if this will work properly. You have constantly to adjust the camera (I think on PC with your mouse) and I personally don't like this combination. Better us a controller (not sure if supported on PC yet)
@@wettenFTW XBox 360 controller on PC works fine and is the best option I think since keyboard is too insensitive and wheel would be kind of uncomfortable (plus, most wheels are not supported yet).
1:02 "a swampy forest or a steep snow-covered mountain side is an equivalent to a traditional boss fight" Man this sentence alone makes me wanna get the game. Gonna whoop those steep ass hill's asses
As someone who beat Mudrunner campaign and several hardcore mod maps, me and friends bought game on release. This series is one of the most fun co-op experiences you can have.
I played Spintires, Mudrunner and Snowrunner and I thoroughly enjoyed your review! I am glad that you like Snowrunner even though it's not your typical kind of game. You've earned a new sub, keep up the great work!
I really love the way you put the experience found in this game! Now I really am a gearhead and decently mechanically inclined, but with zero experience and knowledge on bigger trucks as I normally play sim racers with high octane race cars. But the experience in this game is such a therapeutic and almost meditative one. It's such a rewarding experience overall.
Quite interesting how you describe it as a non car enthousiast. For me, it has been a mix of vehicles but also a lot of atmosphere and the maps themselves. Having played both Spintires and Mudrunner, this just looks absolutely stunning and very-very atmospheric. This is going to be a must buy for me.
@Peter Alexander The maps and game in general. Mudrunner has smaller maps. While Snowrunner has large maps that are connected and a crap ton of missions. It is good, but there is too much of it where it just becomes a chore/work.
I've been a fan of this series for quite a while and I have played mud runner but not spin tires because I'm on Xbox, but this is the best review of the game by far because u captured the SPIRIT of the game, and didn't just go over what u do in the game. Of course you mentioned what u do in the game but u really captured what it feels like to play the game.
I've been playing this series since the original spintires and I am glad more people are starting to play it. It's especially a lot of fun with your friends or on modded maps.
Would be cool to have bad weather conditions. Blizzard's and white outs in snow areas. Flash flooding and severe storms in others. Heck toss in a tornado from time to time. Add some wildlife as we are out driving.
Rea. you can bet they have at least 5 dlc in mind lmao anyways even some real og trucks are missing specially the MAZ 535, which was one of the first ever truck in the spintires series
Death stranding implanted this style of traversal gameplay and it’s pretty addictive. The grind and the struggle to get to your destination is so satisfying but also destructive when everything goes wrong lol all the tools to just keep you coming back. I’ve been watching a few of your videos and now I want the game. Thank you
bought the game based on a few things firstly was this review. But also the graphics, and beautiful attention to detail in the environment. I think this will be a chill game for me even if at points frustrating.
A friend of mine requested that I try the game a while back so we could all play together, but I avoided it for a long time. Finally, I got the game the other day and now it is one of my all time favorite games I have ever played!
Been playing all morning and it’s absolutely amazing. Completing a mission is probably one of the most satisfying gaming experiences I’ve ever had because I felt I had really earned the right to complete it. Mother Nature is a sultry minx...
great review. I picked up this game on a total whim, and its become so all-consuming like no other game ever has. i rolled 3 different trucks in the exact same place during one mission (the Quarry in Michigan), yet i keep coming back for more. but when you get it right, its incredibly rewarding.
Great video! :) I'm a huge fan of mudrunner for years and couldn't wait for this game to come out. Ordered my hardcopy yesterday. This is gonna be great! :D
Hey boomstick! I'm the same as you. Never once interested in these kind of games and had never played a simulator of this style until mudrunner. Totally worth it though! Glad you're enjoying the new experience
oh trust me it can. travel across the map is a slow ass semi-truck and flip over 5 feet away from your destination. and having to start from your garage on the other side of the map
Exactly this - spent 10+ minutes crawling from other side of map with big payload only to have the last bend in sight so thouoght phew made it and hit the throttle, hit a bump,...and flipped over.....back to garage to send out a rescue vehicle.
still remember me using 25 minutes to cross a river with a trailer because i was to lazy to make the bridge first but damn i loved that game alot its nicely made
Honestly, from the perspective of someone like me, who's played the games produced on the Havoc engine since the Spintires Tech demo days, I'd say that this really captures the experience, and the odd satisfaction that us veterans get when we play this game. It's fortunate that with this game available on Xbox, Playstation, and not just PC, this experience is now more widely available to those who wouldn't normally play something like this.
I’ve showed your video to my friends to try to convince them to buy the game. You totally encapsulated what I think about it. I never thought an off-road simulation would be so captivating. I’ve probably put 100 hours or more in the first game and I can’t wait to do the same with this one.
Of course Boomstick Alex is talking about Snowrunner ! It was a blindbuy for me(as a fan of Spintires/Mudrunner), and so far I am having a blast playing it. The game certainly deserves some advertising, as a well made unique gem of a niche. I am also currently playing Days Gone, thanks to you for the most part, because I definitely underestimated it, and probably wasn't going to give it a try. I managed to get it very cheap, and it was so worth it. You also sold me EDF Iron Rain and I am glad.
I relate to this so much. I installed the game two days ago when it came out and I already have several hours of gameplay. It’s addicting for some reason and I just can’t stop playing it.
Great review. I'm coming from Mudrunner and felt you captured the game perfectly. Snowrunner looks to be such a massive step forward that it could be difficult to go back to the prior entry
@@Galm276 Mudrunner is absolutely worth playing, it stands on its own and is still enjoyable. Snowrunner is vast and somewhat overwhelming in comparison. It really is up to you though. If this is your type of game I would say you'd be happy with either one
Bill C well death stranding made me realize that I like point a to point b sea with the environment against you. I’ve always been interested and I like vehicles and what not but was on the fence. Only reason I got death stranding was because of hideo Kojima and I thought there was something hidden in the game except delivering. But I ended up really liking it. I think I’ll get both. Now to decide on PS4 or PC
@@Galm276 Ah yes, I've still yet to finish Death Stranding. Definitely give Mudrunner a shot, as it will be cheaper. Then just go ahead with Snowrunner when you're ready
Snowrunner is a very slow game to complete, but this is what keeps you from getting bored, the game is also pretty fun and can be pretty tricky at times but once you finish what you were aiming for, you feel a great feeling of success :D
@@AbberjamUK Scenery is really beautiful. But I don't remember Humvee being there. Just ATV. I also remember Cabela's Off Road Race and there you was able to leave the car running or turn off the engine and go around the car for whatever reason. That's something I miss in Snowrunner. Checking river and then head back to the car and drive through it. That would be epic.
@@Dentwido It's (basically) the same game but renamed. Spintires -> Spintires: Mudrunner -> Mudrunner. When it was named Spintires it waa still in development and not finished.
@Borko Borko That's not uncommon if a franchise is not selling well, but Spintires was more popular than they had expected it to be. Rebranding a successful product can actually have the opposite effect and diminish potential new sales.
I’m a complete gear head and have grown up around trucks my hole life so natural I loved this game but it surprises me that others people with no interest in trucks love this game. You explained it perfectly
This will be my first experience in this genre. I’ve preordered it before this video but I think it came at a perfect time where the game industry is getting kinda stall and we are just waiting for great games like cyber punk etc
I am a truck driver and I have experienced real life muddy fully loaded semi truck with pig hauling trailer stuck in a mud hole near farmer's barn. I was sunk 2/3 past drivers side fuel tanks and leaning. The farmer had a 12 wheel super tractor and used a 120,000lbs tow rope to pull me back onto hard ground. Snow Runner makes feel like reliving those days of muddy trucking.
This game took me back to when I was 6 and when I would go under our back porch and play in the dirt with my Tonka trucks. There’s something oddly satisfying about it, and I’ve found myself multiple times spending a full hour trying to drag some cargo or drowned truck 100 feet through a swamp. There’s a lot of risk/reward decisions to make, but that’s half the fun.
When I get home from a stressful day at work, I don't think there is many games that be as relaxing as snowrunner with some music, an audiobook or a podcast. Sometimes you want some action and a competitive "try hard" game. Sometimes, you just want to relax and haul some wood on a semi-trailer though mud. :) I went from "A mud driving simulator? How silly. That would be fun to try, just for fun. It's free on game pass after all." to "This is one of my favorite games" very very fast... I did not expect that when I started playing.
As someone who's always been a car/truck person, and have been playing the spintires series since 4 or 5 years ago it's great to hear someone who may not have an interest in any of this talk about the game, it really captures and shows what snowrunner does really well especially compared to the previous games
Love the series, been playing snow runner for a few hours now, the only thing I dont like about this game is how almost uncontrollable trucks can be on asphalt.
This is the animal crossing for, the sound of the engine roaring to plow through the mud, finding new pieces and surprises among the maps, escorting wrenching towing or flipping friends, build an old Chevy into an off-road beast. And when someday I complete everything, I can just click on a button, so I can start it all over again. United we drive, a fitting slogan for a fitting game for this time.
Robert Armstrong Thank god. I’m on the fence about buying it because there’s one thing I cannot stand in driving games and that’s unrealistic driving physics. You probably gave me 50% of my decision to get it just from reading your comment alone.
Heh yeah. Definitely some of the best driving physics I’ve ever played with. Like any game, though, physics can sometimes do weird things. Like, I was helping a friend recover his stuck Scout with my Hummer. Somehow, he got himself wedged vertically, nose down, in a mud pit. So, I attached a winch to his rear bumper, gunned it, and literally sent his Scout cartwheeling down a hillside. XD Funniest thing I’ve ever seen in a video game. Don’t know how he took no damage tumbling end over end down the rocky hill, but he survived. Back of the Scout looked like somebody had taken a photoshop smear tool and ran it across the tailgate though.
I feel the same way you do about the game. I am hooked on it, and really enjoy getting all the tasks on a map completed, but there are some VERY frustrating moments and hours lost getting across a map only to flip over right before the finish line.
You've nailed your description, spot on. I'm a "dyed in the wool" car race addict, all the Gran Turisimo's, Project Cars etc, but this game and the previous MudRunner game have been an absolute revelation. 😀
I ordered this for my 6 year old, but watching this is seems like he's going to be having me trying to clear content. It doesn't look like I'll want to return the controller to him.
People: _Death Stranding for Vehicles_ *Laughs in Mudrunners shitty Soviet trucks* You did a good job my man. But let me tell you, you haven't offroaded unless you took an old Kamaz out for a spin in the Hellish landscape that is Mudrunners Russian Ural. Keep on trucking my friend and always keep an eye out on the road!
It's no joke when people say this game can be a literal slog. I just started playing today and just in the tutorial map, I got stuck when the road I was taking my flatbed down suddenly became a flooded muddy bog. I spent about 20 minutes just winching myself to every tree I could reach to get my truck turned around and pulled out of the swamp. And you know what....as frustrating as it was, I loved every minute of it. It felt like a small accomplishment once I was free and rolling on to my next task again.
Sick of casuals who only know AAA games saying this is like Death Stranding. It's a sequel to a spin off of a game from years and years ago called Spintires.
Had the game for just around two weeks and now I have over 100 hours in the game, it's a really great break from all of the fast paced games, time just flies by
For anyone who's just starting in the game, find enough trucks to sell and get the International Paystar truck from the Off Road section. All the other semi-truck vehicles are garbage compared to that one and won't get you anywhere, you can barely leave the first garage with those shitty ones if you're weighed down. The International can help you start delivering stuff and clearing roads. There's a better scout truck up in the mountains near the town in the first area too, use the pick up truck to get it, that can help you open up new areas
it will have wheel support its even in your settings right now lmfao. theyve announced its not ready. shut the fuck up if you dont know what youre talking about hahaha fuckin cry me a river
When you're ignorant about Mudrunner, and you just found out Snowrunner and want to be funny. "DEATH STRANDING 2: SNOW RUNNER" Mudrunner was here years before Death Stranding.
I just picked this game up recently with low expectations. I have been blown away with how good this game is. I spend my days at work thinking about how I'm going to tackle my next contract when I get back on. Love it.
I’m new to the series too and this is the game I didn’t know I needed and have love for.. Its more than just driving trucks or other vehicles, for me it’s about overcoming all the obstacles the world throws at you. Also like you said it’s so rewarding when you clear a rockslide, fallen powerline or build a bridge. I’m taking my time with this game and enjoying every second unlike I would every other game and just try to complete the main missions.
Its just addicting man.. i did all the contracts in michigan and now im in alaska.. but man the contacts can take and hour or most depending on the terrain. I spend hours playing without even realizing it. its satisfying completing a long trip and watching your vehicle slowly trek its way thru the mud
The game is very punishing. I had a semi trailer with all the goods i needed for one mission, but right before the goal my truck tips and the trailer falls down the cliffside. I managed to save my truck with a winch but i had to drive all the way back to load up another load, this time without a semi trailer which made me have to drive multiple times back and forth. Something that originally took almost 20 min turned in to over an hour of work, and i LOVED it. doing difficult tasks, fixing up your mistakes yourself and no hand holding. This is the game for the most patient individuals, but i have podcasts that will last me for days ^^
YES! Cannot stop playing. About 50% done, so had to purchase the season pass for the upcoming content so the game can keep going. Picking the right truck, the right route and fighting the elements. So slow, but so fun! Small victories, like flipping a super load and dragging both the turned truck and trailer up a hill with the taz, into the hill until both flipped back on the wheels, no restart, victory!!
I've been playing it since Spin Tires, and I've always loved the deformation that is the selling point, I would love if racing games used a similar terrain deformation, and couple that with Wreckfest's damage deformation and we could have a perfect racing game. Then sprinkle in some Mechanic Simulator and you could build your own racecars. That would be the ideal car game for me.
This is my dream game, the perfect truck simulator with a challenge and absolutely amazing physics and graphics. The water physics were my favorite in mudrunner and still are in snowrunner
You nailed it man. I have sank close to 30 hrs into this game on PS4 since its release 48hrs ago or so. If anything I would warn people to understand that this game is the equivalent to a time machine...
