Perhaps it was a design choice to keep you focuses. That said, it still works with Clustertruck, and rarely will you have time to look at anything other than the upcoming trucks anyway. There are no real backgrounds though, as the world just seems to trail off into nothingness, making me wish a little more effort was put into them, and giving the game an almost “unfinished” feel to it. The presentation is a very simplistic, cel-shaded sort of cartoon style that really works for Clustertruck, seeing as the rest of the game is fairly simplistic as well. All levels were designed with the intention of being able to complete them with no Abilities or Utilities. These simple tools are fun, and offer a nice change up in gameplay, but are not necessary.
CLUSTERTRUCK GAME REVIEW PORTABLE
Abilities range from the simple, yet incredibly useful double jump, to air dashes, grappling hooks, jet packs and more, while Utilities offer things like slowing time, a portable truck you can throw in capsule form, freezing all trucks momentarily, and a double point mode for the daredevil in you. You may have one of each equipped at any time, but can swap between any you own between levels. You’ll also get bonus Style Points for completing a level, more so if you complete it quickly, or clear it without having to retry.Īfter you’ve accrued enough Style Points, you can spend them on Abilities and Utilities. If you fail the stage, however, you won’t get to keep your Style Points, which lends well to “should I try this crazy stunt, or just focus on clearing the stage?” sort of thinking. As you complete stages, you’ll also rack up Style Points for performing stunts like just barely jumping off a truck before it explodes, jumping off a truck that is also midair, and maintaining a lot of air time at once. As you progress through the 9 worlds, the difficulty ramps up in a fair, yet challenging way. Each world often introduces a new obstacle in some way that makes it unique, or prepares you for tougher stages in the future, like instant kill lasers that move around, or pressure plates that launch trucks high into the sky.
All 9 worlds are thematic ranging from a Desert, to Sci-fi, to Hell itself. There are 90 total stages in Clustertruck: 9 worlds with 10 levels each. At any rate, Clustertruck lends really well to playing with a buddy or three as well, provided you switch off per death or perhaps per level. My only real gripe with the controls is the inability to remap the controls by default, as the fast paced running and jumping makes it difficult to take your thumb off the right stick to press the X button it would be really nice to be able to map jump to a shoulder button like L1.
The controls feel weird and floaty at first, but you’ll get the hang of it in a few levels. It has that fast-paced, arcade-style, pick-up-and-play feel to it, where you can play just a level or three, or binge the whole game within a day or two (like I did). At first it seems simple, jumping from truck to truck, but soon it becomes crazy as trucks crash into each other and parts of the level, flying off cliffs, as you perform death-defying several story leaps from truck to truck. If you touch the ground or anything that isn’t a truck for that matter, you lose and have to restart to level. You ride on nondescript tractor trailers through a nondescript landscape, running and jumping from truck to truck to reach the goal. And I’m really glad I did.Ĭlustertruck is a first-person platformer with a unique twist.
CLUSTERTRUCK GAME REVIEW PS4
On a whim this weekend, in between frustrating Daggerfall dungeon delving (though I’m starting to get the hang of it), I decided to drop $15 on Clustertruck, an indie game on PS4 and Steam.
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