Spintires: MudRunner

Critic reviews

• ZTGD

  Ken McKown · Nov 07, 2017

  7.0

  Spintires: Mudrunner is an interesting game in a genre nobody knew existed. Believe it or not, there has been previous games in this series. It is a niche title landing at an inopportune time. Released when the flow of Fall releases are not flooding the market might have helped its chances. However, anyone who digs in is sure to find a gem buried underneath the mud.

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• Push Square

  Stephen Tailby · Nov 07, 2017

  7.0

  Spintires: Mudrunner is a hard-crusted simulation title that makes you earn your fun through hard work and determination. It’s certainly not for everyone with a crawling pace and a muted aesthetic, but the impressive physics and sandbox design make for some great moments, especially if you’re playing with others.

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• PS Lifestyle

  Ken Barnes · Nov 06, 2017

  7.0

  Providing a reason why driving at a glacial pace through the game’s muddy tracks is so gloriously satisfying is as tricky as trying to explain why another episode of Ice Road Truckers always seems like a good idea. There’s absolutely no doubt that it isn’t perfect, and that more patient players will get more out of this than those with a shorter fuse, but it’s impressive how such a relatively simple concept can provide so many hours of entertainment.

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• Xbox Tavern

  Joe Pepek · Nov 04, 2017

  4.0

  Visually and audibly it is on par with the best of last gen but you might want to bring along your Pandora or Spotify playlist. Controls are easy to grasp. Sadly, for me, it just isn’t fun. It really feels too much like work rather than a game. It sucks up sooooo much time. And to make matters worse, I’m not getting paid. Saber Interactive is a good studio nonetheless. I would love to see their physics system with mud and extreme machines in a good war game with destructible environments.

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• Hardcore Gamer

  James Cunningham · Nov 04, 2017

  8.0

  Spintires: MudRunner doesn’t make a lot of sense on the surface.  “Drive slow, deliver logs” isn’t the usual recipe for a good time.  It works amazingly well once you get used to it, though, and while there’s a learning curve, it’s one that takes place in untamed nature where you’re driving giant trucks through the mud.  The terrain ranges from unfriendly to downright brutal, with rocky ground, standing water, muddy roads, and tire-grabbing ruts absolutely everywhere. 

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• Shacknews

  Chris Jarrard · Nov 02, 2017

  9.0

  This game should not be fun. It has almost everything except its phenomenal mud and vehicle physics working against it. Often unfriendly to the point of misery, Mudrunner asks a lot from those who chose to engage it, but like many classic tough games, success simply feels sweeter. The music choices and achievement prompts are straight out of a PS1-era extreme sports title, but hearing the faint sound of butt rock as you near a lumber mill with your final load of logs re-invigorates you like seeing light after eons of darkness.

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