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| {{Infobox video game | {{Infobox video game | ||
| | title = |
| title = Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing | ||
| | image = Big Rigs |
| image = Big Rigs Over the Road Racing.jpg | ||
| | developer = Stellar Stone | |||
| | caption = North American cover art for ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' | |||
| | developer = ] | |||
| | publisher = GameMill Publishing | | publisher = GameMill Publishing | ||
| | platforms = ] | | platforms = ] | ||
| | released = {{Video game release|NA|November 20, 2003}} | | released = {{Video game release|NA|November 20, 2003}} | ||
| | genre = ] | | genre = ] | ||
| | modes = ] | | modes = ] | ||
| | producer = Sergey Titov | | producer = Sergey Titov<ref name="Big Rigs: Credits" /> | ||
| | designer = Artem Mironovsky | | designer = Artem Mironovsky<ref name="Big Rigs: Credits" /> | ||
| | programmer = {{Unbulleted list|Denis Julitov|Sergey Titov}} | | programmer = {{Unbulleted list|Denis Julitov|Sergey Titov<ref name="Big Rigs: Credits" />}} | ||
| | artist = {{Unbulleted list|Yaroslav Kulov|Svetlana Slavinskaya|Peter Jameson|Tim Maletsky}} | | artist = {{Unbulleted list|Yaroslav Kulov|Svetlana Slavinskaya|Peter Jameson|Tim Maletsky<ref name="Big Rigs: Credits" />}} | ||
| | composer = Alex Burton<ref name="Big Rigs: Credits" /> | |||
| }} | }} | ||
| '''''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing''''' is a 2003 ] developed by Stellar Stone and published by GameMill Publishing. The player controls a ] (a "big rig") and races a stationary opponent through ] on US ]. Stellar Stone, based in California, ] the game's development to Ukraine, and the game was released in an unfinished state on November 20, 2003. Due to a multitude of ] and lack of proper gameplay, ''Big Rigs'' was critically panned, became the worst-rated game on ] websites ] and ], and has frequently been cited as one of the ] by gaming publications. | |||
| '''''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing''''' is a ] ] developed by ] and published by GameMill Publishing, released for ] on November 20, 2003, exclusively to the ]n market. | |||
| == Gameplay == | |||
| The ] of ''Big Rigs'' states that the main objective of the game is to race a ] (known colloquially as a "big rig") in order to safely deliver illegal cargo being carried by the vehicle, while avoiding the local ]. In the game itself, no objectives beyond reaching the finish line of a circular track are presented, no load is attached to the trucks, and the police are nowhere to be found.<ref name="GameSpot Review">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing-review/1900-6086528/ |title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Review |first=Alex |last=Navarro |date=January 14, 2004 |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=April 7, 2016}}</ref> Much of the game instead centers on the player racing their truck against fellow drivers to the ]; however, in the earlier versions the player's computer-controlled opponent vehicles have no ] and never move from the starting position. In a later version, the computer-controlled opponent will race around the track, but will stop just before crossing the finish line. The timer in the game is merely aesthetic and has no limit on the gameplay. In addition, due to a lack of ], there are no obstacles to navigate within the game, and the player is able to phase through environments and leave the game altogether. | |||
| ] | |||
| ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' is a ].<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameZone: Worst" /> Although the game's ] states the objective as racing over US ] to be the first to deliver cargo and avoid arrest by the police, the game features no law enforcement. The player chooses from four playable ]s ("big rigs") and five truck routes, although selecting the fourth route will cause the game to ]. Once selected, the player navigates their truck through ] using the ]. Driving in reverse allows the truck to accelerate indefinitely, while releasing the associated key will instantly halt it.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameSpot: Review" /> | |||
| There is no time limit to complete a race, and the opponent does not move.{{efn|With a "1.0" ] dated November 2003, the opponent starts driving along the road but stops before the finish line.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="Stellar Stone: Support" />}} The player's truck can pass through the opponent and all objects placed on the route due to a lack of ]. ] bears no traction penalty, hills can be ascended and descended without affecting the truck's speed, and traversal is possible in the void outside the ]. Completing a race rewards the player with an image of a trophy bearing the phrase {{sic|"You're winner !"}}.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameSpot: Review" />{{Clear|left}} | |||
| ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' was critically panned. The game's criticism was largely directed at its "blatantly unfinished"<ref name="GameSpot Review" /> state: lack of ] and frequent violation of the ], frequent and major ]s, poor visuals, and severe lack of functionality. As a result, the game is widely regarded by critics as one of the ],<ref name="Hardcore Gamer">{{cite web |url=http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2014/01/02/how-the-worst-game-of-2013-is-actually-better-than-big-rigs/68223/ |title=How the Worst Game of 2013 Is Actually Better Than Big Rigs |first=Alex |last=Carlson |date=January 2, 2014 |website=] |accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name="GameZone">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamezone.com/originals/the_most_abysmal_racing_games_ever |title=The Most Abysmal Racing Games Ever |first=Steve |last=Haske |date=September 27, 2011 |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref> with some saying it is "so bad it is good",<ref name="Kotaku GoldenEye">{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/5901345/why-its-okay-that-goldeneye-totally-sucks |title=Why It's Okay That ''GoldenEye'' Totally Sucks |first=Owen |last=McLean |date=April 12, 2012 |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref> and bugs being the game's key feature.<ref name="GamesRadar+">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/good-glitches-bad-glitches-and-why-online-patches-are-really-gamers-enemy/ |title=Good glitches, bad glitches, and why patches are really the gamer's enemy |first=David |last=Houghton |date=September 6, 2011 |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref> Because of the notorious negative reception, the game has attracted a ].<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101">{{cite web |url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bigrigs/bigrigs.htm |title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing - Windows (2003) |author=Garamoth |date=April 30, 2009 |website=] |accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref> After Stellar Stone shut down, ''Big Rigs'' producer and programmer, and owner of Stellar Stone's parent company, TS Group Entertainment—Sergey Titov—went on to work for ] on '']'', before releasing controversial title '']'' (later renamed ''Infestation: Survivor Stories'') in 2012.<ref name="Kotaku War Z">{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/5969784/the-war-z-mess-every-crazy-detail-we-know-so-far |title=The ''War Z'' Mess: Every Crazy Detail We Know So Far |first=Jason |last=Schreier |date=December 19, 2012 |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref> | |||
| == |
== Development and release == | ||
| The development of ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' was commissioned by Stellar Stone, a company based in ], and founded in late 2000 that ] game development to ]an countries like Russia.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="Stellar Stone: Company" /> Sergey Titov, the ] of TS Group Entertainment, licensed his Eternity ] to Stellar Stone in exchange for a "large chunk of the company".<ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" /><ref name="TS Group: Eternity" /> According to him, ''Big Rigs'' was developed by a team in Ukraine.<ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" /> Although Titov is credited as the producer and co-programmer of the game, he claimed that he had neither much input on the development, nor the possibility to halt the game's release.<ref name="Big Rigs: Credits" /><ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" /> He stated that publisher GameMill Publishing initially sought to release one racing game ] but later decided to split it in two—''Big Rigs'' and ''Midnight Race Club''—and shipped ''Big Rigs'' in what Titov believed was a ] state.<ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" /> The game was released on November 20, 2003, for ] and distributed exclusively through ] stores.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameSpot: Release" /><ref name="GameSpot: 1 out of 10" /> Titov later offered to replace the game with any ] title for buyers sending him their game copy, sales receipt, and registration card, which twenty people did.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /> | |||
| ] drives into a wall in the "Small Town Road" level, and the game's timer text violates its frame]] | |||
| ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' is notorious for being released in a ] state. The player may freely drive on and off roads without any loss of traction, up or down 90-degree slopes with no loss or gain of lateral speed, through structures such as buildings, trees, bridges, checkpoints, and enemy vehicles (due to a lack of ]), and out of the boundaries of the map into an endless grey void. If the player presses and holds the reverse key, the vehicle can accelerate until reaching {{convert|1.23e37|mph|km/h ly/s|abbr=on}} or over 10<sup>28</sup> times the ], at which point all checkpoints will turn green and the player will instantly win the race. However, the truck will halt instantly when the reverse key is released, regardless of its speed.<ref name="GameSpot Review" />{{failed verification|date=September 2016}} | |||
| == Reception == | |||
| Opponent vehicles do appear in the game, however they have no ] and never leave the starting position, which makes losing impossible. To complete the race, the player must pass through all the course's checkpoints (which can be done in any order) and then cross the finish line. Upon completion of a race, the game displays a large three-handled ] and the text {{sic|"YOU'RE WINNER !"}}.<ref name="GameSpot Review" /> The game occasionally fails to distinguish between whether the player is starting or finishing the race when they pass through the starting/finishing line, and so this congratulatory screen may appear within seconds of starting a game, thus ending the race prematurely on the first pass. | |||
| {{Video game reviews | |||
| | MC = 8/100<ref name="Metacritic" /> | |||
| | GSpot = 1/10<ref name="GameSpot: Review" /> | |||
| }} | |||
| ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' received "overwhelming dislike", according to the ] website ].<ref name="Metacritic" /> Based on five critic reviews, the site calculated a ] rating of 8/100, its lowest ever.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="Metacritic" /> The game also stood as the all-time worst game on ].<ref name="GameSpot: Broken Games" /> ''Big Rigs'' has been cited as one of the ] by '']'' (2004),<ref name="GameSpot: Flat-Out Worst" /> '']'' (2010 and 2019),<ref name="PC Gamer: Worst 2010" /><ref name="PC Gamer: Worst 2019" /> '']'' (2012 and 2015),<ref name="Kotaku: The War Z" /><ref name="Kotaku: AGDQ" /> '']'' (2013),<ref name="CVG: Worst" /> ''Hardcore Gamer'' (2014),<ref name="Hardcore Gamer: Worst" /> '']'' (2015),<ref name="The Guardian: Worst" /> and '']'' (2017).<ref name="GamesRadar+: Worst" /> On '']''{{'}}s March 2004 "Games You Should Never Buy" segment, co-host ] described ''Big Rigs'' as "the worst game ever made" and refused to score it, as the program's rating system did not allow for a zero score.<ref name="G4: Never Buy" /><ref name="G4: Nugget" /> Steve Haske of ''GameZone'' regarded it as the "most abysmal" racing game in 2011.<ref name="GameZone: Worst" /> | |||
| Four cosmetically different trucks are playable; they all perform identically. Though there are five courses from which to choose, only four are playable. The fifth does not function and selecting it ] the game.<ref name="GameSpot Review" /> | |||
| Alex Navarro reviewed ''Big Rigs'' for ''GameSpot'' in January 2004 and criticized the game's high number of ] (including the absence of collision detection, enemy movement, and ]), lack of proper gameplay, and poor truck controls.<ref name="GameSpot: Review" /> Additionally, he labeled the game as "easily one of the worst-looking ]s released in years" and "almost completely broken and blatantly unfinished in nearly every way", declaring that ''Big Rigs'' was "as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend".<ref name="GameSpot: Review" /> Navarro rated the game a 1/10 (described as "abysmal"), the lowest score ''GameSpot'' allowed and had up to that point.<ref name="GameSpot: Review" /><ref name="GameSpot: Frightfully Bad" /> He later argued that ''GameSpot'' should have introduced a 0/10 rating for ''Big Rigs''.<ref name="GameSpot: Frightfully Bad" /> The game remained the only one to have received a 1/10 rating from ''GameSpot'' until 2013's '']''.<ref name="GameSpot: 1 out of 10" /> In the site's 2004 year-end accolades, ''Big Rigs'' was named the "Flat-Out Worst Game" and the editors stated that they would henceforth use the game's winning trophy to represent the award.<ref name="GameSpot: Flat-Out Worst" /> | |||
| ] released a patch that addressed some of the game's complaints. With the patch, the opponent vehicles participate in the race, but stop before they reach the finish line, keeping the game impossible to lose. "Nightride", the non-functional track, was replaced with a mirror image of the first track, "Devil Passage 1". A re-released version of the game also replaced the "YOU'RE WINNER !" text with "YOU WIN !". The patch also added sound effects, a feature that was missing from the original game, and later copies shipped with the patch by default. However, no effort was made to alter the physics of the game, and other common complaints were not addressed.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /> | |||
| In 2014, Alex Carlson of ''Hardcore Gamer'' remarked that, because ''Big Rigs'' lacked a challenge, incentive to play, and ability to lose, it could not be accurately described as a game.<ref name="Hardcore Gamer: Worst" /> According to Steven Strom of '']'', "''Big Rigs'' isn't just a failure of programming (thanks to numerous bugs and crashes). It's a failure of creativity."<ref name="Ars Technica: Metacritic" /> '']''{{'}}s Paul Chenevert was torn between calling ''Big Rigs'' "hilariously campy or just shamefully terrible".<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /> | |||
| == Development == | |||
| ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' was ] in ], though commissioned by ]-based company ].<ref name="GameSpot Review" /> The game was developed offshore so the company could produce the game at a relatively low expense of about {{US$|15,000|link=yes}}, compared to costs three to five times higher when working with other European or United States-based developers.<ref name="yourewinner.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.yourewinner.com/index.php?action=stitovinterview |title=Q and A with Sergey Titov, CEO of TS Group |date=September 21, 2008 |website=yourewinner.com |accessdate=April 7, 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201150355/http://www.yourewinner.com/index.php?action=stitovinterview |archivedate=February 1, 2014}}</ref> | |||
| == Legacy == | |||
| ''Big Rigs'' was built on Eternity, a ] ] developed by Sergey Titov of TS Group Entertainment, who licensed it to Stellar Stone in exchange for a "large chunk of the company."<ref name="yourewinner.com" /> According to an interview with Titov on yourewinner.com, a ''Big Rigs'' ], the company "want to do things cheap and not willing to pay even 200-300 " to create an engine of their own. Titov is credited in the game as ] and co-programmer, but in the interview, he claims he "didn't have much design and development input or any power to stop from being released."<ref name="yourewinner.com" /> | |||
| ], writing for ''Kotaku'' in 2012, opined that the humorous video accompanying Navarro's ''Big Rigs'' review "immortalized" the game.<ref name="Kotaku: The War Z" /> A satirical review on '']'' significantly contributed to the game's popularity.<ref name="CD-Action: Matura" /> ''Big Rigs'' has attracted a ], with ''yourewinner.com'' forming a dedicated ].<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /> David Houghton of ''GamesRadar'' attributed the game's notoriety to its bugs, saying that, otherwise, "''Big Rigs'' would simply be an unremarkable, long-forgotten racing also-ran, rather than the festival of hilarity it currently stands as".<ref name="GamesRadar+: Glitches" /> Titov went on to work for ] on '']'' before releasing '']'' in December 2012.<ref name="Kotaku: The War Z" /> In September 2008, he stated that he was still in possession of the ] for ''Big Rigs'' and Eternity, but could not release the former because the game was still owned by Stellar Stone and GameMill.<ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" /> | |||
| The ] exhibited ''Big Rigs'' as part of its ''Bad Is Beautiful: An Exhibition Exploring Fascinatingly Bad Games at the NYU Game Center'' in April 2012.<ref name="Kotaku: Exhibition" /> In January 2015, Navarro performed a ] of the game for the ] charity event.<ref name="Kotaku: AGDQ" /><ref name="Giant Bomb: AGDQ" /> The English test of the 2022 Polish '']'' featured an excerpt from a ''Big Rigs'' review.<ref name="CD-Action: Matura" /> | |||
| ''Big Rigs'' was originally intended to be released with ''Midnight Race Club: Supercharged!'' as a single, combined title. Instead, GameMill Publishing decided to split the project into two games, early in production.<ref name="yourewinner.com" /> Both games were released in their ] stage. The reason for the splitting is unclear, although Titov speculates it was to increase sales.<ref name="yourewinner.com" /> | |||
| == |
== Notes == | ||
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| {{Video game reviews | |||
| | MC = 8/100<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing/critic-reviews |title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Critic Reviews for PC |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=April 7, 2016}}</ref> | |||
| | GSpot = 1/10<ref name="GameSpot Review" /> | |||
| }} | |||
| ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' was critically panned and is considered to be one of the ]. The game holds an aggregated ] score of 8/100, based on five critic reviews,<ref name="Metacritic" /> making it Metacritic's all-time worst-rated video game.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/what-i-learned-playing-metacritics-all-time-worst-scoring-pc-games/ |title=What I learned playing Metacritic's all-time worst-scoring PC games |first=Steven |last=Strom |date=August 7, 2016 |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref> | |||
| == References == | |||
| It was featured on '']''{{'s}} "Games You Should Never Buy" segment, where series co-host ] described ''Big Rigs'' as "the worst game ever made" and refused to even rate it as their X/5 rating system does not have a zero score.<ref name="G4tv">{{cite web |url=http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/680762/nugget-from-the-net/ |title=Nugget From The Net |first=Stephen |last=Johnson |date=November 12, 2007 |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=April 7, 2016}}</ref> | |||
| {{Reflist|refs= | |||
| <ref name="Ars Technica: Metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/what-i-learned-playing-metacritics-all-time-worst-scoring-pc-games/ |title=What I learned playing Metacritic's all-time worst-scoring PC games |first=Steven |last=Strom |date=August 7, 2016 |website=] |access-date=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=September 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911010402/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/what-i-learned-playing-metacritics-all-time-worst-scoring-pc-games/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ] of ] called the game "broken", "terrible", "worst of the worst", and "atrocious", declaring that ''Big Rigs'' is "as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend"<ref name="GameSpot Review" /> and imploring of viewers, "Please do not play this game. We cannot stress this enough."<ref name="GameSpot Review" /> Considering the game "blatantly unfinished in nearly every way", Navarro's video review consisted solely of footage from the game interspersed with scenes showing him staring in disbelief, crying, beating his head on a desk and finally exiting the building and lying down in the middle of an alley in disgust. In the ] video ''Frightfully Bad Games'', Navarro stated "This game received the lowest score in the history of GameSpot, a 1.0 (Abysmal). And by lowest, I mean it can't go any lower. We don't hand out zeros, but maybe we should have for ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing''." For the next nine years, ''Big Rigs'' remained the only game to have scored a 1.0 on GameSpot, until this score was shared with '']'' in 2013.<ref name="GameSpot Worst">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/videos/1-out-of-10-the-worst-games-ever-reviewed-on-games/2300-6423361/ |title=1 out of 10: The Worst Games Ever Reviewed on GameSpot |first=John |last=Shaw |date=February 11, 2015 |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=April 7, 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311234032/http://www.gamespot.com/videos/1-out-of-10-the-worst-games-ever-reviewed-on-games/2300-6423361/ |archivedate=March 11, 2015}}</ref> Navarro later revisited the game in 2015, performing a ] of it for the annual ] charity event.<ref name="Kotaku Watch">{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/watch-someone-beat-one-of-the-worst-games-ever-made-in-1678344317 |title=Watch Someone Beat One Of The Worst Games Ever Made In Three Minutes |first=Patrick |last=Klepek |date=January 10, 2015 |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=April 7, 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314004820/http://kotaku.com/watch-someone-beat-one-of-the-worst-games-ever-made-in-1678344317 |archivedate=March 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Giant Bomb">{{cite web |url=https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/alex-did-a-speedrun-of-big-rigs-for-charity/1100-5167/ |title=Alex Did a 'Speedrun' of Big Rigs for Charity |first=Alex |last=Navarro |date=January 8, 2015 |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=April 7, 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311234027/http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/alex-did-a-speedrun-of-big-rigs-for-charity/1100-5167/ |archivedate=March 11, 2015}}</ref> | |||
| <ref name="Big Rigs: Credits">{{cite video game |title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing |developer=Stellar Stone |publisher=GameMill Publishing |date=November 20, 2003 |platform=] |scene=Credits}}</ref> | |||
| In GameSpot's "Best and Worst of 2004" awards, ''Big Rigs'' was given the "Flat-Out Worst Game" award, despite the fact that the game was actually released in 2003. They said that they would use the "YOU'RE WINNER !" trophy as a symbol for the 'Flat-Out Worst Game' award from then on, but by 2005, a more generic logo was used.<ref name="GameSpot 2004 Awards">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamespots-best-and-worst-of-2004-awards-kick-off-friday/1100-6115069/ |title=GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2004 Awards kick off Friday |first=Tor |last=Thorsen |date=December 14, 2014 |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=April 7, 2016}}</ref> Actual sales figures for the game are unknown, although GameSpot has stated that "perhaps most disgusting of all is that this game actually sold copies. More copies, in fact, than more than half of finalists in the 'Best Game No One Played' category, the criteria for which is selling fewer than 20,000 copies of the game."<ref name="GameSpot 2004 Awards" /> | |||
| <ref name="CD-Action: Matura">{{cite web |url=https://cdaction.pl/newsy/matura-2022-big-rigs-jedna-z-najgorszych-gier-wszech-czasow-na-egzaminie-z-angielskiego |title=Matura 2022: Big Rigs, jedna z najgorszych gier wszech czasów, na egzaminie z angielskiego |language=pl |trans-title=Matura 2022: Big Rigs, one of the worst games of all time, on the English exam |first=Jakub |last=Gańko |date=May 9, 2022 |website=] |access-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007144956/https://cdaction.pl/newsy/matura-2022-big-rigs-jedna-z-najgorszych-gier-wszech-czasow-na-egzaminie-z-angielskiego |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ] reviewed ''Big Rigs'' in his '']'' persona, calling it "the worst game ever made", deeming that "in terms of functionality, is an all-time low."<ref name="YouTube">{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6DtVHqyYts |title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing - Angry Video Game Nerd - Episode 118 |author=] |date=March 19, 2014 |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=April 24, 2016}}</ref> | |||
| <ref name="CVG: Worst">{{cite web |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/407232/features/the-12-worst-games-of-all-time/ |title=The 21 worst games of all time |first=Iain |last=Wilson |date=May 25, 2013 |website=] |archive-date=May 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526192941/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/407232/features/the-12-worst-games-of-all-time/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| == References == | |||
| {{Reflist|30em}} | |||
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2003 video game "Big Rigs" redirects here. For other uses, see Big Rig (disambiguation).2003 video game
| Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing | |
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| Developer(s) | Stellar Stone |
| Publisher(s) | GameMill Publishing |
| Producer(s) | Sergey Titov |
| Designer(s) | Artem Mironovsky |
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| Composer(s) | Alex Burton |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is a 2003 racing video game developed by Stellar Stone and published by GameMill Publishing. The player controls a semi-trailer truck (a "big rig") and races a stationary opponent through checkpoints on US truck routes. Stellar Stone, based in California, outsourced the game's development to Ukraine, and the game was released in an unfinished state on November 20, 2003. Due to a multitude of bugs and lack of proper gameplay, Big Rigs was critically panned, became the worst-rated game on review aggregator websites Metacritic and GameRankings, and has frequently been cited as one of the worst video games of all time by gaming publications.
Gameplay
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is a racing video game. Although the game's packaging states the objective as racing over US truck routes to be the first to deliver cargo and avoid arrest by the police, the game features no law enforcement. The player chooses from four playable semi-trailer trucks ("big rigs") and five truck routes, although selecting the fourth route will cause the game to crash. Once selected, the player navigates their truck through checkpoints using the arrow keys. Driving in reverse allows the truck to accelerate indefinitely, while releasing the associated key will instantly halt it.
There is no time limit to complete a race, and the opponent does not move. The player's truck can pass through the opponent and all objects placed on the route due to a lack of collision detection. Off-roading bears no traction penalty, hills can be ascended and descended without affecting the truck's speed, and traversal is possible in the void outside the game map. Completing a race rewards the player with an image of a trophy bearing the phrase "You're winner !" [sic].
Development and release
The development of Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing was commissioned by Stellar Stone, a company based in Santa Monica, California, and founded in late 2000 that outsourced game development to Eastern European countries like Russia. Sergey Titov, the chief executive officer of TS Group Entertainment, licensed his Eternity game engine to Stellar Stone in exchange for a "large chunk of the company". According to him, Big Rigs was developed by a team in Ukraine. Although Titov is credited as the producer and co-programmer of the game, he claimed that he had neither much input on the development, nor the possibility to halt the game's release. He stated that publisher GameMill Publishing initially sought to release one racing game stock keeping unit but later decided to split it in two—Big Rigs and Midnight Race Club—and shipped Big Rigs in what Titov believed was a pre-alpha state. The game was released on November 20, 2003, for Windows and distributed exclusively through Wal-Mart stores. Titov later offered to replace the game with any Activision Value title for buyers sending him their game copy, sales receipt, and registration card, which twenty people did.
Reception
Reception| Aggregator | Score |
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| Metacritic | 8/100 |
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| GameSpot | 1/10 |
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing received "overwhelming dislike", according to the review aggregator website Metacritic. Based on five critic reviews, the site calculated a weighted average rating of 8/100, its lowest ever. The game also stood as the all-time worst game on GameRankings. Big Rigs has been cited as one of the worst video games of all time by GameSpot (2004), PC Gamer (2010 and 2019), Kotaku (2012 and 2015), Computer and Video Games (2013), Hardcore Gamer (2014), The Guardian (2015), and GamesRadar+ (2017). On X-Play's March 2004 "Games You Should Never Buy" segment, co-host Morgan Webb described Big Rigs as "the worst game ever made" and refused to score it, as the program's rating system did not allow for a zero score. Steve Haske of GameZone regarded it as the "most abysmal" racing game in 2011.
Alex Navarro reviewed Big Rigs for GameSpot in January 2004 and criticized the game's high number of bugs (including the absence of collision detection, enemy movement, and game physics), lack of proper gameplay, and poor truck controls. Additionally, he labeled the game as "easily one of the worst-looking PC games released in years" and "almost completely broken and blatantly unfinished in nearly every way", declaring that Big Rigs was "as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend". Navarro rated the game a 1/10 (described as "abysmal"), the lowest score GameSpot allowed and had up to that point. He later argued that GameSpot should have introduced a 0/10 rating for Big Rigs. The game remained the only one to have received a 1/10 rating from GameSpot until 2013's Ride to Hell: Retribution. In the site's 2004 year-end accolades, Big Rigs was named the "Flat-Out Worst Game" and the editors stated that they would henceforth use the game's winning trophy to represent the award.
In 2014, Alex Carlson of Hardcore Gamer remarked that, because Big Rigs lacked a challenge, incentive to play, and ability to lose, it could not be accurately described as a game. According to Steven Strom of Ars Technica, "Big Rigs isn't just a failure of programming (thanks to numerous bugs and crashes). It's a failure of creativity." Hardcore Gaming 101's Paul Chenevert was torn between calling Big Rigs "hilariously campy or just shamefully terrible".
Legacy
Jason Schreier, writing for Kotaku in 2012, opined that the humorous video accompanying Navarro's Big Rigs review "immortalized" the game. A satirical review on Angry Video Game Nerd significantly contributed to the game's popularity. Big Rigs has attracted a cult following, with yourewinner.com forming a dedicated fansite. David Houghton of GamesRadar attributed the game's notoriety to its bugs, saying that, otherwise, "Big Rigs would simply be an unremarkable, long-forgotten racing also-ran, rather than the festival of hilarity it currently stands as". Titov went on to work for Riot Games on League of Legends before releasing The War Z in December 2012. In September 2008, he stated that he was still in possession of the source code for Big Rigs and Eternity, but could not release the former because the game was still owned by Stellar Stone and GameMill.
The NYU Game Center exhibited Big Rigs as part of its Bad Is Beautiful: An Exhibition Exploring Fascinatingly Bad Games at the NYU Game Center in April 2012. In January 2015, Navarro performed a speedrun of the game for the Awesome Games Done Quick charity event. The English test of the 2022 Polish Matura featured an excerpt from a Big Rigs review.
Notes
- With a "1.0" patch dated November 2003, the opponent starts driving along the road but stops before the finish line.
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