Monster Jam Battlegrounds

What better way to prove you're a real man then playing a game with Monster trucks... All the excitement of being at a live monster truck show. The crunching of cars, the shattering of glass, and the roar of a huge engine being driven by a 50 year old slightly balding man in a blue jumpsuit... roar... starting this game up I was drawn back to my days as a lad. Watching my 21 inch television, the screen flickering occasionally, looking at huge monster trucks, barreling down a dirt track toward a ramp... hitting that ramp and falling directly on top of 4 or 5 car shells... Crushing them immediately under the weight of the 4 ton monster truck... Starting the game up I was quickly disappointed by the fact the game seems rather bare bones. Although thinking about it, how many different ways can you set up crushing cars.. Once started up, you have 3 options to choose from.... You have skill driving (which is pretty much a direct copy of Trials) this requires you to drive around on a locked track, hit ramps where you can do tricks... This works well with a motorcycle, but not so much with a Monster truck.. All the awesome tricks stuffed into Trials aren't present in Monster Jam, instead you just hit the A button and hope you have enough steam to climb the next hill... or when you hit a ramp your truck doesn't flip on it's hood... Arena mode - ahh Arena mode, you race an invisible truck around a track. The track is fairly basic, with one sometimes two ramps, a few cars around. The track doesn't tither you to a straight line as much as skill driving... but... the steering is crap. You feel like you're being held on a string and only allowed to deviate off the destined path slightly or else you lose.. Last of all you have Stunt mode, which well i'm guessing it's nearly the same as Skill driving only with points being awarded for you doing stunts? all of them are pretty boring and uninspired. It's just a matter of hitting the drive button, and waiting for the win screen to pop up... Unless you magically flip over your truck and lose... Trust me it's boring.. The game play is set up in nearly an identical way as Trials, you advance to harder difficulty settings by getting a set number of stars, stars are rewarded for completing tracks in a timely manner. I guess it could be fun if you are into repetitive game mechanics and boring game play. The only positive aspect of the game was the officially licensed Monster trucks.. the game has 23 officially licensed trucks including some like Grave Digger, which even non Monster Truck fans will recognize. So if you're big into monster trucks maybe consider buying it for that reason. The bottom line is... unless you are a huge monster truck fan, or want to own a game which will eventually be removed from steam (officially licensed trucks) I'd avoid this game. Even if you're a huge fan of Trails, this game won't fill that void, it'll just come across as a cheap knock off trying to cash in on using officially licensed monster trucks.. Save your money for something else, unless you can find it for under a buck... then it may be worth it for the Trading cards alone... Surely not worth a full price purchase...

Simple but fun, my kids really enjoy it. The good part is that it is easy enough for them to enjoy and play. It's not something that will probably satisfy those who want some high realism type game. But I don't think it needs to be. Not the biggest line-up, but the most popular ones are there, Gravedigger, El Toro Loco, Max D, 3 different Monster Mutts and plenty more. Bottom line, I think younger fans will really enjoy it.

i was really hoping for a game like Monster Jam Path of Destruction.... not this Trials rip-off. it also kinda felt like i was playing the moblie game of Monster Jam. the control that you have on the truck in arena mode was very wonky, which is a shame. 3/10 wouldn't recommend to anyone that loved the console games

Самая хреновая гонка из всех, что мне когда-либо доводилось играть. Не, ну где это в гонках такое было, что, для победы нужно просто ехать медленее противника, для того что-бы просто войти в поворот И ВСЁ!!! В другом режиме просто нажми кнопку "вперёд" И ВСЁ, ты проедешь трассу в 90% случаев. В третьем режиме, доехать до одной из 3-х точек или прыжок в длину, так-же можно выполнять ВСЁ одной кнопкой ( хотя с первого раза может и не получится). Управление не поменять, физика (тут про неё и не слышали), камера-жопа, графика для 15 года тоже очень неочень. Ключ попался на халяву, но играть я её точно не буду и другим не саветую!!!

You can just press the accelerator pedal and you can not control the car The car drives itself, you can not do anything in this game, just move the car forward

I certainly don't think Monster Jam is as bad as some other reviews are making it out to be, but it's got some real issues that make it a pain to play and serve to just put speedbumps of annoyance in the path of a game that already blazes toward its conclusion. It may not deserve an award for “worst game ever,” but if the question is if it's worth your time and money, well that's certainly something worth debate. [h1]Everyone loves monster trucks[/h1] It may just be the overwhelming raw power involved or the fact that they seem to be equal parts purveyor and target of wanton destruction, but I'd venture to say most people find them impressive pieces of machinery to say the least. Monster Jam has some moments that try to capture this, but most of the time it misses the mark primarily because of general gameplay and design issues. I suppose the best way to break this down is by the three core game modes: Skill Driving: The first mode you'll encounter is a rough copy of Trials games, though without the precision control or quite so elaborate tracks. The goal is always to get from the start to the finish going to the right, often at great speed, but as you make your way to the later tracks the difficulty ramps up and the requirement to go slower or faster at times and make use of your boosts and 'super jumps' becomes much more important. The gameplay here can be entertaining at times, but it all falls apart when you seemingly randomly start swerving left and right. You have no ability to actually turn left or right in this mode by default, but if your truck veers off that way you'll usually spin around wildly and continue to do so trying to line yourself back up on the track. It's virtually impossible to know if you're even able to control your efforts to turn around. If it didn't happen on virtually every run, I could potentially overlook it, but sadly it's so common that longer tracks will see it potentially happening two or three times. Stadium Events: The second mode is vastly different from the first and has you traveling around a track in a rear view now fully able to turn left and right. Your goal in most of these races is to race around a dirt track following arrows and hitting some ramps. Again, this would be fine if not for the horrible control system. I often found myself spinning out or having my wheels locked in a turn for no apparent reason causing me to veer off course and instantly lose that round of the race. Though I could often still win with ease due to the poor performance of the AI opponent, it was still a huge annoyance that brought down the quality of the game. The final freestyle 'stunt' events would be another great addition if you could consistently perform the stunts with any regularity without just simply flipping around the controls as fast as possible and hoping you get a good score – which of course you do because somehow that tactic is effective. Stunt Mode: Stunt mode (which isn't the freestyle stunt arena) is much like Skill Driving except you're required to do one of four events - go as far as possible from a jump off a ramp in a level, run over as many cars and vehicles as you can in a level, get as far in a level as you can without getting stopped, or a combination of all of these. These face the same problem with controls as the other modes, including the spinouts of Skill Driving, bu also have issues with things like vehicle placement and forcing the player to do unintuitive things to get to them. [h1]The disappointment factor[/h1] I personally wanted this game to be fun. I bought it in a special deal for a matter of pennies so I don't particularly feel much loss financially, but I thought I finally had access to a cool monster truck game. Instead I got a mess of controls and physics that, while it delivered reasonable visuals and some decent monster truck sounds, really couldn't bring the fun factor in with its short play time that felt like it was made mostly of load screens. I don't really want to have that disappointment spread to other people, so I definitely cannot recommend picking this up, even for as little as I paid. Go try and find a good monster truck game and then let me know what it is so I can also enjoy it as well. [quote] If you'd like to see more of my reviews, check out my curator page here: http://store.steampowered.com/curator/28346672-Endyo-Gaming/ [/quote]

This game is totally not worth it's price. I got it as part of a bundle. Would I recommend it however? The answer is yes, IF it is on sale for less than a cup of coffee (maybe even a Starbucks coffee, ie one that's around 5$). This game is perfect for my toddler (2 yr old) when he feels like watching dad play something. I'll put it on and he'll watch while dad plays with the big trucks. I'll find myself redoing a challenge here and there because I know he loves watching my exaggerated sound effects when I make the trucks fly off ramps. I've found myself even playing alone once or twice for 20-30 mins to see if I can up my score here and there. Treat this game as a perfect little time waster if you have time to waste or a toddler to entertain. Otherwise steer clear.

What can I say? Honestly one of the worst games I have ever played. Sounds are completely unrealistic, even for an arcade style game. Controls are, well, not great. It feels like a keybinding layout from 1992. Graphics actually aren't terrible, but no graphic options what so ever. Physics...yeah...no. This game smacks you in the face with CHEAP! I am a huge fan of Monster Jam IRL, but I wouldn't recommend this game to anyone. Even if is free, just move along. Nothing to see here.

This game is horrible. The controls are bad, the levels are repetitive, the money is bugged

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