by:	September 07, 2005

You would think for $20 that Big Mutha Truckers 2 would be worth every penny, when really it might not even be worth one. The game’s premises basically starts you out trying to raise money taking loads back and forth giving you cash bonuses in how fast you get things from point A to point B. You are trying to raise money to get you mama out of jail by paying off the jury, and you can choose between two slack-jawed yokels and a big bosomed blonde, who for some reason looks like she got a hole drilled in between her fun-bags.

To do so you go back and forth in very similar areas, listening to hillbillies complain on the radio while driving your truck. You are given almost to little time to do so, but eventually you get the hang of it going from point A to point B getting more and more cash. In many aspects it feels like the driving in Grand Theft Auto, expect you have a semi-truck with a trailer on the hitch, so turning takes some getting used to, and sometimes it just doesn't work. You go from stores to bars collecting information and sometimes getting side-missions that put you in other vehicles. Also while in stores, you can get some cargo and take it to where needs to go. The side missions you have take you in a SUV or other vehicle, and along the way in them you pick up UFOs or some other icons along the side of the road. These missions are a nice touch, but there aren’t enough of them to keep you coming back for more. The way any vehicle controls are either feels like boots in mud, or that you’re slipping around on ice, or in topsy-turvy world. As I said before the game has a “GTA feel” to it but then again, you really can’t go much of anywhere, or get out of your truck. All you can do is drive and drive and drive some more in very unexciting and usually uneventful missions.

The over all feel of the game is pretty offensive and not the least bit funny, the southern charm and quirks you might have had in a “Dukes of Hazard” game are nowhere to be found in this game and instead they replace it with the stereotype of trailer-trash retards. The visuals are so-so and at most times get the job done, with some nice modeling here and there but for the most part these are pretty basic “made in 2001” visuals. Nothing impressive for an Xbox game, and at times you might see the game lock up on you. Still, the visuals are the best part of the game so it at least has that going for it.

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This game is pretty bad in every way. If you got the $20 don’t spend it, instead maybe rent it, but even that I can’t really recommend. Unless you are the kind of guy who likes Crazy Taxi with less “craziness” or Grand Theft Auto without the “Grand Theft” you should look elsewhere.

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