Is Rig ‘n’ Roll Worth Buying?

[GinXeng]

Honestly, its not terrible, but its not great. The quality and lack of effort does not show 7 years of production in this game.

[USA Trucker]

Originally Posted by GinXeng

Honestly, its not terrible, but its not great. The quality and lack of effort does not show 7 years of production in this game.

I would have to agree here. I would give it a 6/10. This game has all the ingredients to be a truly great game if 1C/RnR/Softlabs would take the time out to actually read what the consumers want and our likes/dislikes. Yes, one of the better companies would benefit greatly if they took RnR's game and made a better one with the consumer in mind. After 7 years in the making, this is all they got to show us for $35 bucks.

[Kolorabi]

I agree there's a serious lack of polish here, but in terms of _fun_, this game is in a whole different league than the SCS games (except perhaps Extreme Trucker, which is the most enjoyable SCS release so far, but very very limited).

I've been looking forward to Rig'n'Roll since 2003 or thereabouts, after having a great time with King of the Road. Every year I've tried the latest SCS truck game to see if they've managed to capture some of the fun of King of the Road, and every time I've been bitterly disappointed by them. Rig'n'Roll is definitely not all I wished for it to be, but it's sure a lot more enjoyable than anything SCS has done, ever.

[gg14870]

The current version of the game is horrible! 1C has the ideas but they can not execute them properly. I have 18 Wheels of Steel Pedal to the Metal from SCS. It was made in 2005 and it still works better the Rig n Roll. I hope that 1C can fix all the bugs. Prospective buyers and buyers are just running on hope now and that their money was not wasted. We are all waiting for the patch that migh not even come. Prospective buyers interested should keep tabs on the forum and see when the game has been fixed enough to be decently playable.

[hauptmann]

Good points all...ultimately , the game as is right now..is just too arcadey ,dumbed down and mainstream, and yet far more of its target audience (trucking fans) would prefer a realistic, simulation type game, like 18WOS.

[gg14870]

1C makes so many high-tech war games that keep getting better and better. Their simulation games, however, stink. Freight Tycoon's graphics are horrible, in my opinion. It also seems that 1C did not put much effort into Rig n Roll. I do not understand how a good company could release a game with so many bugs, have all these forums, and still not fix all the problems or even acknowledge the problems presented by the players.

[Mr luder]

Originally Posted by gg14870

1C makes so many high-tech war games that keep getting better and better. Their simulation games, however, stink. Freight Tycoon's graphics are horrible, in my opinion. It also seems that 1C did not put much effort into Rig n Roll. I do not understand how a good company could release a game with so many bugs, have all these forums, and still not fix all the problems or even acknowledge the problems presented by the players.

good point, but you missed the point, that they even ignore the players.

some quotes of the last interview with igor:

Quote:11. As you can see, a lot of people are complaining about the delivery time and the game feeling like a race. Will there be a patch that would give us the option to "turn on/off" delivery time.


Well the situation is a little bit different here as I can see it. We have thoroughly studied lots of resources where players discussed our product and came to the conclusion that opinions tend to be quite different. A lot of people expressed their opinion and said that it would have been uninteresting for them to drive around without the said time, because they feel the absence of the ‘delivery spirit.’ It is possible to introduce such an option, but the difficulty of its implementation (necessity to revise some of the missions etc) looks unjustified as of now.

wait what?! "delivery spirit"?! ... yeah right igor, exactly thats what 99% sayed...

1. As you know there were plenty of talking in praise on game but the words of criticism were too. There were not traffic lights, speed limit signs and pedestrians much to our disappointment. Can we expect these things in a patch or international version of game?


In the real world there are almost no traffic lights on the recreated Californian highways, hence you will not see any in the game. We are looking at bringing the pedestrians back in the forthcoming add-ons. As for the game itself – the Russian and international versions will not be any different.

uhm.. there is more then just highways.. you remember?! i guess you should, since you produced the game, didn't you?
remember those (tbh. nice) towns in the northern part of the map?! you shitting me if you tell me there are no traffic lights anywhere.



just to make one thing clear and i guess that explains it very well:

They stooped to the lowest level, and then broke through the ground when they did this interview.

thanks signsmasher for those words, you made the point pretty clear.