Snuggle Truck – superb racing game you won’t be able to put down!
by Paul Wilks
May 31, 2012 9:23 AM –
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Snuggle Truck is a superb physics based racing game that is beautiful to play and literally packed with bonus features. The aim of Snuggle Truck is to smuggle cute animals into a zoo as fast as you possibly can in your truck. There is traverse challenging terrain and make sure the animals don’t fall out! Brilliant graphics, fun sound and challenging gameplay compliment an original twist on the physics-based arcade-racing genre.
Price: Free, $1.99
Tested on: HTC One X
Content Rating: Everyone
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- Excellent visuals!
- Great sound!
- Accurate and intuitive physics-engine!
- Lots of customisation!
- Build your own tracks and race those uploaded by community members!
Cons
- On a phone, I found some of the navigation buttons a little small.
Features:
Snuggle Truck pits you as the driver of a small vehicle containing a variety of cute animals, with your job being to smuggle them into a nearby zoo. What makes this challenging is the bumpy and inhospitable terrain that lies between you and the zoo. If you hit a bump too hard the animals can easily be thrown out of the back of the truck and you ultimately lose rewards for that. Get as many animals to the zoo as possible for various end-of-level achievements.
Controls are simple. Tap right to accelerate and left to reverse. When in the air you can tilt your device to ensure you land upright. Additionally, either double tapping your truck or shaking your device activates power-ups. There are a few different menus which are easy to navigate, although I thought on a phone some of the tabs were a little on the small side.
The game immediately reminded me of other physics based racing games we’ve reviewed before, such as Zombie Rider and Turbo Grannies- themed side-scrolling racing titles that rely on staying upright and completing the level as fast as you can. However, after some serious playtime with Snuggle Truck I have realised it is very different. It’s a game that, well… keeps on giving.
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Because you are transporting loose animals in the back of your truck, you have to be very careful when hitting bumps and divots in the road as the animals are prone to fall out. Therefore you have to go as fast as you can but also being as careful as you can. There are initially more than 50 levels to play in a variety of difficulty levels; Easy Levels, Medium Levels, Hard Levels and Extreme Levels. You further have some Pro Level Packs you can access in the ‘More’ tab. Then there are loads of community-created levels (in the Level Portal) to download and try out too. If that wasn’t enough for you there is even an in-build and easy-to-use tool that lets you design and create your own levels!
On top of all this you can customise the look of your truck, and there are several options to choose from including; Hippie Truck, Fire Truck, Dragon Truck and Leopard Truck. The animals are typically the small, cute and cuddly kind although you can swap these entirely for pandas. Therefore you can change the look of the game to suit you, with plenty of options to try out.
If all this is a little bit too ‘cutesy’ for you, why not try the alternative- Smuggle Truck. Gameplay, graphics, etc. is more or less identical, but instead you’re running the dubious course of people smuggling.
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Snuggle Truck – Challenging terrains
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Snuggle Truck – Combine speed with care to reach the end with all the animals
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Snuggle Truck – Make it to the zoo safely
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Snuggle Truck – Forest level
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Snuggle Truck – Cave level
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Snuggle Truck – Turn all your creatures in pandas
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Snuggle Truck – If you manage to lose all your animals the level is over
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Snuggle Truck – Creat your own unique levels
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Snuggle Truck – 5 different awards per level
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Snuggle Truck – Additional free levels
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Snuggle Truck – Tutorial
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Snuggle Truck – Level portal intro, lots of user-created levels to try out
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Snuggle Truck – Lots of levels to choose from
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Snuggle Truck – In-built links to level editor tutorials
Fun Factor:
There is something immediately rewarding about rescuing animals and smuggling them to a friendly zoo. The gameplay which is often frantic and challenging is also persistently fun and engaging. I think additionally, because you can customise the look of your truck, explore community created levels and even design your own, it’s a game that has significant diversity and entertainment value.
Addictive:
The game is massively addictive and something you’ll want to play over and over again. There are so many levels to take on and awards to win on each level it’s extremely absorbing, oozing that ‘one more try‘ factor throughout. Additionally, levels last less than 1 minute so it’s also a very casual game you can play either in short bursts or for prolonged periods.
Graphics:
While the graphics are ‘only’ 2D there are perhaps an example of the very best 2D graphics we see on Android. Highly detailed, colourful, bright and full of animation- the visuals burst from the screen throughout the game. True eye-candy.
Furthermore, the levels are highly detailed and incredibly well designed, featuring all kinds of terrains which all look superb. There are caves, forests and deserts to both race and create yourself, and these are each rendered beautifully.
Accelerometer, Vibration & Sound:
The accelerometer controls work great and are not over responsive, instead complimenting gameplay well and making it intuitive rather than something you have to wrestle with.
Sound is great too. The music is catchy and not too annoying and the sound effects are brilliant, animals cooing when you catch a fuzzy, engine noises and plenty more besides.
Tags:
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Physics-Based,
Race Car Game,
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Snuggle Truck
Categorised in: Arcade & Action
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