While browsing through Metacritic checking out various top-quality game reviews, a thought suddenly occured to me. What is the worst rated game on this site? The result was worth it. Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing Released in 2003 by Activison. It is officailly the worst rated game by the media ever. It scores a shockingly low 8/100 on Metacritc, and on Gamerankings it's given 4%. But what makes the game so bad?? I went to Wikipedia to find out more. The box of Big Rigs states that the player may "race trucks across the country, with cops chasing [them]." GameSpot considered this description of the game to be nothing more than "horrible, horrible lies" since there is no police presence in the game. Additionally, they pointed out, the computer-controlled opponent vehicles have no AI and never move from the starting position, making even the description of the gameplay as a "race" questionable. There are technically no obstacles for the player to negotiate in Big Rigs, as the truck may freely be driven on and off roads without any loss of traction, straight up 90° inclines, through structures (there is no collision detection whatsoever), and even out of the boundaries of the map. When the truck drives out of the boundaries, it enters an endless, grey void. Furthermore, as the truck approaches a bridge, the truck simply falls right through. When the player's truck is put into reverse, it has no peak velocity; as the reverse key is held, the truck will accelerate infinitely. However, the truck will halt instantly when the reverse key is released. Upon completion of the race, the player is presented with a large, on-screen trophy cup overlaid with the text "YOU'RE WINNER !" (which is terrible grammar) Due to a developer oversight, the game occasionally fails to distinguish between whether the player is starting or finishing the race when they pass through the starting checkpoint, and so this screen may appear to end the race before it even begins. In addition, one of the game's five maps causes the game to crash altogether when accessed. My god this game has problems. Another point to mention is that the game has no audio whatsoever. There are no sound effects, no music nothing. And the game takes an average length of 20-30 minutes to complete. Here is a hilarious link to a reviewer at Gamespot playing the game. Which subsequently gets a 1.0. (the lowest score they have ever given) http://www.gamespot.com/video/919220/6086530/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing-video-review What's even more amusing is the cult following this game has created because of it's negative attention. Some users have even left comments like: "This game's unique approach to the racing genre and wholly open ended gameplay makes for hours of extreme delight. The budget price only sweetens the deal." Funnier again is the fact that the game is reported to have sold in excess of 25k. I'm going to try and find a copy of this game simply to laugh at how terrible it is, at a mere $3 it will be well worth it. :D Also the game needs to be added to the VG chartz database, it's made history for all the wrong reasons.
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