Clustertruck

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6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 83 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 83
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 83
  3. Negative: 14 out of 83

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  1. EttGlasVatten
    Sep 28, 2016
    10
    This game is freaking amazing!

    Jump on truck. Stay on truck! Pretty much it, and really playful abilities! Great variety of levels.

    My favorite indie game of the year!
  2. PixelCore
    Sep 27, 2016
    9
    originally posted on www.pixelcore.co.uk

    Ever wanted to live out the truck scene in The Matrix: Reloaded? Well now you can, in Clustertruck. It even comes without the rubbish plot! Clustertruck is a game about truck drivers who’ve never driven a truck before and are completely oblivious to their immediate doom. You, the hero, or a guy who’s finally realised transporting cargo over    originally posted on www.pixelcore.co.uk

    Ever wanted to live out the truck scene in The Matrix: Reloaded? Well now you can, in Clustertruck. It even comes without the rubbish plot!
    Clustertruck is a game about truck drivers who’ve never driven a truck before and are completely oblivious to their immediate doom. You, the hero, or a guy who’s finally realised transporting cargo over dangerous terrain isn’t worth it, must jump, dodge and weave your way to the finish line.

    Performance on my machine was great and I didn’t experience any frame drops or hitching. What I did experience though was a lot of crashing. I never experienced any crashes while playing, but starting up the game was a nightmare and more often than not, crashed to the desktop. Hopefully, this is something that will be fixed on launch. There’s not much more to say about performance, as the settings are the standard unity ones. There’s a few settings in game that allow you to turn off things like bloom and V-sync though. Aesthetics of the game are minimal and I’d more than likely be saying the same thing if I was running the game on a potato powered calculator.

    The soundtrack for Clustertruck, is awesome. Sometimes when I’m reviewing a game, I’ll turn the sound down to listen to a podcast or my own music. Not with this game. Each level has it’s own variation and I found myself turning my speakers up, rather than turning them down. I found the music would will me on to get one more level in before I shut down the game and helped me to feel immersed in the environment. Good soundtrack or subliminal messages? You decide.

    Clustertrucks first world starts fairly easy and has you jumping over trucks with minimal effort. As well as jumping on top of the trucks, you can jump on the back of them for a height boost allowing you to clear several trucks at once. Levels soon start getting hard, though, with large rocks falling down onto your pathway and stopping everything in their tracks.

    One level had me jumping across trucks impaled on spikes and it took me a few tries (over 50) to beat it. This is where the cool matrix like feeling comes in, and it felt amazing to chain difficult jumps together. I never felt that the way the character controls was hindering my cool moves.

    Like most games these days, Clustertruck has a number of abilities for you to choose from. You can have two at a time, one on your left click and another on your right click. All the abilities in this game are really fun to use, and I felt that each one changed how I played in a significant way. The jetpack was my favourite and allowed me to skip over a lot of difficult parts simply by flying way over the top of them. Some aren’t so helpful as they are fun, though.
    The grappling hook led me to my death more times than not on the later levels, but it was fun swinging from truck to truck on the easier ones. The slow-mo power up was also great, and just added to that matrix feel even more and it was exhilarating to watch trucks fly past me in slow motion.

    Clustertruck has a lot of levels, over 80 in fact. Each world’s theme varies and takes you from the barren desert to medieval villages, all the way up to hell. What struck me the most, was how the difficulty in each level fluctuated. One level I’m flying throughout the air without a care in the world, and the next, I’m slamming my fist on the table in frustration. Despite that, I feel like this is all by design.

    Clustertruck makes you feel like a truck jumping God and then slams you back into the ground like the amateur truck jumper you are. Not that that isn’t fun. It felt amazing to finally beat a level you were stuck on, and boy did I get stuck. The last level took me over 100+ tries to beat and could be really frustrating sometimes. I won’t spoil the final level because it’s great. I hope you have the same trouble as I did.

    The replayability potential here is great. Now that I’ve completed the game, I’ve gone back through each world to earn points to try out abilities that I hadn’t picked up before. Speedrunners are going to have a field day with this game and unfortunately, I didn’t have the patience to work out why some dude had managed to beat a level in 1.2 seconds when I was barely getting through to the end in 20. There’s also a level editor that will increase replayability even more and I dread to think the evil levels people are going to create, and with workshop integration, it’s going to take off in a big way.

    Clustertruck is an unusual game, but it’s an addictive game that I found hard to put down. There’s a lot to do here at launch and with the inclusion of a level editor, I see this game having a long life in both level creation and speed running communities. While the fluctuation in difficulty can be frustrating at times, the relief and joy of completing a hard level overcome that initial frustration. Truly a breath of fresh air in light of the busy AAA schedule.    … Expand
  3. ToFewViews
    Dec 4, 2016
    9
    ClusterTruck is a extremely fast paced plat-former where the levels consist of jumping from roof to roof on trucks that have a mind of your own. They move around quite random and can make it difficult to not fall to your death. Maps usually have massive drop offs, ramps, Slow motion, death traps and many other ways to die. There is also a nice amount of themes to the maps, Some Retro someClusterTruck is a extremely fast paced plat-former where the levels consist of jumping from roof to roof on trucks that have a mind of your own. They move around quite random and can make it difficult to not fall to your death. Maps usually have massive drop offs, ramps, Slow motion, death traps and many other ways to die. There is also a nice amount of themes to the maps, Some Retro some medieval but it helps keep the game fresh.ClusterTruck shines when you are in the middle of those "Oh crap" Moments, When your go off of a drop off or double jumping hundreds of meters ahead you get a great feeling of speed and action. ClusterTruck is at it's prime when you start to master the game and learn how to double jump just right or how to handle your speed and momentum.There are lots of upgrades to choose from like Jet pack or double jump that can completely change how you play. The game has a fair amount of levels to work your way through but they also have a level editor so the possibilities are endless. If your a fan of fast paced extremely intense action games I really Recommend ClusterTruck, It's in a league of it's own.… Expand
  4. H4T3F
    Oct 13, 2016
    10
    its really an amazing game
    it doesn't make sense,its buggy as hell,doesn't have a story but its fun!
    one of my favorite games of this year
    you should get it
    its really fun and awesome and you will die of laughter (probably)when playing this game
  5. RedLemon
    Jan 4, 2017
    10
    Totally amazing experience.
    Soundtrack is great!
    Gameplay is great!

    If you ignore all the bugs the game has then you will enjoy Clustertruck.
    The game title wasn't misleading and I got what I saw.
    It's a Cluster ton of Trucks!

    My favourite song is the Truck or Treat by Karl Flodin
  6. RagingPoet
    Dec 29, 2017
    8
    Clustertruck is the best truckjumping simulator ever made. Great gameplay, basic visuals, almost non-existent everything else.
  7. MotzaBall
    Mar 29, 2018
    9
    At its core ClusterTruck is an addictive balls on the walls speed platformer that will leave you satisfied when you accomplish any one of its 90+ levels

    Definitely pick this title up
  8. ReedYT
    Nov 8, 2020
    10
    Hey guys, welcome back to my channel, my name is Durv and today I’m going to be telling you all about how my teacher had a crush on me!

    Also I got the pure achievement the game is good
  9. DrawidsAR
    Jan 11, 2020
    9
    Я не знаю за что можно снизить оценку игре, все что она должна делать она делает, она не ставит перед собой высочайшую башню на которую гразится залезть. Единственный минус - это все таки прокачка. Она есть, но возможно, без нее было бы лучше, а может, без нее было бы намного скучнее проходить позднею стадию игры без новых механник.Я не знаю за что можно снизить оценку игре, все что она должна делать она делает, она не ставит перед собой высочайшую башню на которую гразится залезть. Единственный минус - это все таки прокачка. Она есть, но возможно, без нее было бы лучше, а может, без нее было бы намного скучнее проходить позднею стадию игры без новых механник.
  10. Lizard_8
    Mar 1, 2020
    8
    Game is challenging, small, so this is a good game to kill your time. But thats not a fully done game for me.
  11. Serapter1
    Feb 8, 2021
    9
    There's like 80+ levels and nearly every single one either adds something new to the table or adds upon what you know in a great way. Somehow an incredibly silly concept makes you feel the most like a badass
  12. Ultamik3y
    Apr 6, 2021
    8
    I haven't played many platformers, but this is a solid game. It took me about 5-10 hours, and it was consistently fun. It's kinda hard, but it only got annoying a few times. The graphics aren't great, but honestly, I couldn't care less.
  13. jolychik
    Jul 3, 2022
    8
    некоторые уровни слишком заёбные местами, а так пройти за вечерок самое то

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. New Game Network
    Feb 7, 2017
    71
    For what it’s worth, I rather liked Clustertruck. It takes a patently absurd premise—one so strangely specific that one wonders if they came up with the name first and worked backwards from there—and expands it out into an exhilarating, goofy little experience, served in bite-sized courses. It’s not the start of something special, but nobody could possibly say it’s not special enough in its own right.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2017
    75
    Clustertruck’s simple, fast gameplay was boiled down to three cardinal rules: 1) reach the finish line, 2) jump from truck to truck, 3) the floor is lava. [13/2016, p.75]
  3. Let's Play Video Games
    Jan 1, 2017
    90
    ClusterTruck is a simple game, and it manages to flawlessly pull off almost everything it does. The sporadically iffy controls make the last level is a total pain in the arse bordering on the unfair, but with a one in 90 fail rate it just feels petty to even bring it up. With hectic play, visual flair and an easy to use level editor, I’ve never had this much fun being hit by a truck.
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