Strengths: Good use of the remote, quick and responsive. Can use custom music tracks by adding your own mp3s to the SD memory card. Great graphics, fast action, 2 player head to head.
Weakness: Crashes to easily sometimes and the game forces you to ditch the truck by pressing A, rather than letting you drive back on course.
One of the better initial release titles to come out. Overall, it's a fun game. The controls are tight and responsive, without much noticeable delay. Good game to be able to pick up and play anytime. Allows you to play your own mp3 tracks by copying them to the SD memory card.
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Strengths: Great control scheme; great sense of speed; decent single-player challenge
Weakness: Excite Truck has no online gameplay.
You hold the Wii Remote in two hands, with the D-pad on the left and the 1 and 2 buttons on the right. Your truck can be steered left and right by tilting the Wii Remote. It takes a little while to get used to the sensitivity of the Wii Remote's steering mechanics. Excite Truck does not let you participate in any real racing until you've completed the first of four training modes. Once you've finished the training stuff, you'll be able to hit either two-player split-screen racing mode, or the much better single-player Excite Race and Challenge modes. Excite Truck is an excellent game. If you are a person that is into arcade style, over the top racing, or just looking for another fun Wii game, look no further. You won't be disappointed.
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Strengths: Dizzying speeds and gravity-defying jumps. The controls feel strange for only about 5 minutes. They work flawlessly. Lots of ways to earn points.
No matter how many times you crash, you're always in
Weakness: Need to be able to do more tricks in the air. Needs a two-player "Grand Prix" mode so 2 of us can race against other trucks. Currently 2-player mode is only the two of you on the track.
This is a game that fully takes advantage of the WII. You hold the wii controller sideways and use it to steer, pop nitro and do crazy jumps. With a little practice you will be having a blast. If you want a game that doesn't require a lot of thinking but lots of fun for all ages get this.
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Strengths: The game feels especially real because of the way you have to tilt the Wii remote to turn, and is very fun to play
Weakness: The remote has oversteer, and becomes frusturating to handle in the beginning. With practice, the oversteer soon seems like understeer, and is hard to handle overall.
Our first purchased Wii game beyond the sports game. Easy to get started but lots of challenge for more experienced gamers. Neat way to use the controller and it is quite easy to become comfortable. Scenery is great and varied. If you like driving games GET IT!
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Weakness: steering can get hard to get used to, not enough races in single player mode.
A good purchase, fun, fast racing action that'll have your eyes glued to the screen. Possibly not worth the money though, as single player ends rather quickly. Definitely the best racer on the Wii so far.
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Strengths: the realistic looking trucks,the flames,the crashes,and last but not least the controling
Weakness: the generice cars and corny grafics
I have only had the game a day so I have not made it very far,But from what I have gathered I enjoy playing it.See I just got my Wii last night.So I am just getting the hang of it.
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Strengths: Fast, frantic gameplay, fun multiplayer
Weakness: Short single-player gameplay
Excite Truck is a fast truck-racing game in the vein of ExciteBike for the NES. The Wiimote is held sideways to steer, accelerate, brake, and nitro boost through fast, frantic racing. There's a good multiplayer with side-by-side action, and thst's where the game is at its best, as the single-player game is a bit short. It's a fun game with friends.
Weakness: so-so replay value, no wifi, controls a little loose
Playin Excite Truck for the Wii was entertaining for the first 4 hours. Using the wiimote sideways and turning left and right like a steering wheel was unique and fun. Though the controls will take a little bit to get used to. Turning left and right were too delicate. I wish their was an option to tweak it. The ability to play mp3s from the sd card lot instead of listening to the default game music helped increase the racing experience. With the right music tracks, i was able to enjoy the game a bit more. The racing tracks available were very limited though. It seemed like I was racing the same tracks over and over. Anyone looking for a real racing simulation will not find it here. Overall this is a good game for a quick session.
Strengths: Great driving controls
Fun points based system
Weakness: Learning curve
Once you get used to driving the Excite Truck way, you will never go back. It's very natural and more accurate than driving with a control pad. And you get points for crashing into things. What more could you want?
Strengths: Great sense of speed, nice selection of trucks, fun multiplayer
Weakness: 2-player splitscreen should be 4-player splitscreen, more tracks would be nice
Excite Truck is a great first-generation racing game on the Wii. The graphics are fine, but unspectacular. The sense of speed is intense. While it would have been nice to have 4-player local multiplayer, you will have to make due with the still-fun two-player mode. Though the number of tracks is limited, it will take long enough to beat each one in all modes, making it well worth it if you enjoy the genre.
A realistic racer this is not, but those looking for one with an arcade feel will have fun with it.
Strengths: Intuitive Controls, Great Graphics, and Great Sound Effects
Weakness: The music in this game has no vocals.
This game is long and challenging. It is fun enough to just pick up and play, and doesn't need many hours of your attention at a time, but you can give it that if you wish. You can spend just 10 to 15 minutes on this game and still be able to get a bit farther in it. This is one of those games you cant put down, and love to play.
Strengths: Fun, fun, fun, uses unique Wii controller, music
Weakness: no online game play....yet
If you are looking for a fun game that doesn't require a lot of skill, this is it. I would recommend the Wii steering wheel accessory as it adds a bit of realism to the game rather than using the wiimote as a steering wheel. The game is a blast for the whole family, even my wife who is not a gamer. Sometimes you just need a game that is not realistic but fun and challenging none the less. Excite Truck is that and more. Who doesn't want to drive a monster truck and catch big air! Get it!
Over all it's good game with good graphics and great sound. feel like you driving real car. It has deadly action on the road. Nice selection of trucks. nice "pow" tool.
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Strengths: Good use of the remote, quick and responsive. Can use custom music tracks by adding your own mp3s to the SD memory card. Great graphics, fast action, 2 player head to head.
Weakness: Crashes to easily sometimes and the game forces you to ditch the truck by pressing A, rather than letting you drive back on course.
One of the better initial release titles to come out. Overall, it's a fun game. The controls are tight and responsive, without much noticeable delay. Good game to be able to pick up and play anytime. Allows you to play your own mp3 tracks by copying them to the SD memory card.
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