Review: 18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker

More trucking games, right? Well, Extreme Trucker is different from the classic 18 WOS games in a lot of ways. How many? Let's see.

Extreme Trucker takes you to 3 different locations from around the world: The Australian Outback, the Canadian ice roads, and the "Death Road", or Yungas Road. The ice roads are the easiest with a lot of room, little traffic, and short distances. Australia brings you higher speeds, longer drives, and big loads. Yungas Road is the hardest with high speeds, narrow roads, and a lot of traffic.

The concept of Extreme Trucker takes you away from the "your the boss" sandbox play of classic 18 Wheels of Steel games, and puts you into an arcade-style simulator. You're randomly given a choice of different loads to pull and trucks to drive, and where they're going. When you complete those, you get experience points. The higher the experience, the better the loads and trucks you're able to use. Of course damage and time affect the amount of experience gained from each contract, but there is no money or police to get in your way anymore.

While playing this game, I found the trucks drive a lot better than previous truck simulators. Steering is fine, and speeds are good too. The only game play issues I really found are that after a while this game can get boring, just like all truck simulators, but while it lasts, it's a great game.

My Rating: 8/10