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Hard Truck: Apocalypse

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7.2 User Score:

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Based on 11 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: CDV Software

Developer: Buka Entertainment

Genre(s): Car Combat, Third-Person Action, Role-Playing Game, Driving

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: June 28, 2006

Summary

The plot puts you in a post-apocalyptic world. Enter the reality of the year 223 since Great Cataclysm. The world we knew was erased as the result of a mysterious accident. In less than one hour the most part of the world population disappeared. Those who survived try to adapt to new conditions. There are new cities and settlements with trading alliances and mobsters. The vital transport hubs are controlled by gangsters and pillagers. Hence, armored heavy truck drivers have become the only resisting force against the "shadow" elements. You are to drive through dangerous regions of the new Earth with its mysterious places and hostile habitants. Your ultimate goal is to reveal the guarded secrets of the lost civilization. Your heavy truck is the only hope. You will need it to travel, earn your lining and fight your way through the perilous areas. It’s crucial that you continuously upgrade your truck. Your ability to equip smartly your “iron buddy” will make or break the success of your journey. So, go to towns and villages, trade with them, help them and you are sure to raise the cash required for powerful weapon and new gadgets. The action part embraces the driving, chilling combats with the use of wide range of destructive weapons; The RPG part allows you equipping your truck to flee your enemies from battle field. [Buka Entertainment]

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What The Critics Said

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PC Gamer

Its gameplay isn't imaginative or original, but if you're looking for a quick fix of destructiveness, Apocalypse gets the job done. [Oct. 2006, p.108]

Next Level Gaming

The problem is that they failed at making either the storyline or the action engaging and fun.

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Computer Games Magazine

Given the decidely mixed gameplay, you have to have a certain love of kitsch to get far in Hard Truck Apocalypse. [Oct. 2006, p.68]

Strategy Informer

I was under whelmed by this game. It seemed a game with all of the right elements, but they never really came together in a way that ‘smelled as sweet’ as a game by any other name.

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GameZone

Just too boring to recommend to anyone looking for a good car-combat game.

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GameSpot

Hard Truck: Apocalypse takes an interesting premise and strips away all but the most mundane elements, leaving you to drive down a long and unexciting road to nowhere.

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

Most of the trucks ride like they should be carting oranges or vending-machine refills, instead of chasing bandits. Pushing them down the road with a keyboard ain't much fun—and driving eats up almost all of your playing time.

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G4 TV

The vast world with bandits and weapon-packed vehicles is an interesting idea, but being forced to meander back and forth across it just to earn a few scraps of cash makes the whole thing boring.

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Eurogamer

The more interesting large-scale fire fights and planning truck upgrades provide some reasons to stick with it, along with nostalgia for dear old Interstate 76. If only Targem had concentrated on lending the missions more of the depth I76's sported, the other faults would be far more forgivable.

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IGN

In the end, HTA is succeeds as a demonstration of how good a budget title can look, rather than succeeding as a compelling experience.

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Digital Entertainment News

Nuclear holocaust survivors in a post-apocalyptic world filled with people wearing clown masks may find Hard Truck: Apocalypse to be an effective training tool, but anyone looking for a good game should look elsewhere.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes

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