Summary
- Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, known as one of the worst games, surprised with a ‘Mostly Positive’ Steam rating.
- Only 71 players have played Big Rigs since its release on Steam, but 79% of the reviews are positive.
- Many Steam reviewers of Big Rigs are providing artificially inflated positive ratings, despite the game’s historically bad reputation.
For those unaware, Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is widely considered one of the worst video games of all time. Released in November 2003, the game received a whopping 8/100 on Metacritic, with some reviewers even refusing to score it. It was a game that probably should have stayed in the past. But it didn’t.
Last month, rumors began to swirl that Big Rigs would be making its way to Steam, and those rumors proved true, with the game releasing on the Valve-owned platform yesterday.
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As one might expect, the game hasn’t achieved massive numbers, at least in terms of its player count, peaking at a high of 71 since launch. However, it has, somehow, been reviewed reasonably well, launching with a ‘Mostly Positive’ rating.
Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing Launches To Mostly Positive Steam Reviews
When it was released, Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing was noted for its terrible physics that would allow players to drive through buildings and accelerate to speeds in the light years, alongside its myriad of typos, awful graphics, and numerous bugs, so you’d be forgiven if you thought the game would review badly. It hasn’t, though, at least not yet.
Players have flocked to Steam in droves— well, 149 of them at this point in time— with 79 percent of them reviewing the game positively (thanks, PCGamer).
As you might expect, although the reviews are ‘Mostly Positive’, they’re not exactly glowing, and many of them are artificially inflating the score for reasons unknown.
One user, with over an hour of playtime on record, said, “One of the worst games ever made and is an absolute sight to behold. 100% recommend.” Another, with almost two hours on record, said, “Another classic trucking game finally makes its way to Steam. Got the full experience as the game crashed on me. Broke the sound barrier by holding down. Literally drove right through my competition, who also made sure I always won. Undoubtedly the superior and best trucking game on Steam.”
I have no doubt that many of these positive reviewers, most of whom have under two hours of playtime, will be refunding the game, but it’s nice to see gamers unite for a good cause.
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
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November 20, 2003