Big Mutha Truckers
| Big Mutha Truckers | |
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European cover art
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| Developer(s) |
Eutechnyx Raylight Studios |
| Publisher(s) |
Empire Interactive THQ Destination Software Zoo Digital Publishing Spike |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS |
| Release |
November 27, 2002
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| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (PS2) 66.41% (GC) 65.36% (Xbox) 65.35% (DS) 56% (PC) 55.80% (GBA) 50% |
| Metacritic | (GC) 63 out of 100 (PS2) 62 out of 100 (PC) 61 out of 100 (Xbox) 59 out of 100 (DS) 48 out of 100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Edge | 6 out of 10 |
| EGM | 5.83 out of 10 |
| Eurogamer | 6 out of 10 |
| Game Informer | (PS2) 7.5 out of 10 (Xbox) 7.25 out of 10 |
| GameSpot | 6.2 out of 10 |
| GameSpy |   |
| GameZone | (Xbox) 6.5 out of 10 (PS2) 6 out of 10 |
| IGN | 6.3 out of 10 (DS) 6 out of 10 (PC) 5.3 out of 10 (GBA) 5 out of 10 |
| Nintendo Power | 2.5 out of 5 |
| OPM (US) | |
| PC Gamer (US) | 71% |
| Playboy | 53% |
| The Village Voice | 7 out of 10 |
Big Mutha Truckers, also known as Bakusō Convoy Densetsu: Otoko Hanamichi America Roman in Japan, is a 2002 racing video game developed by British studio Eutechnyx. Set in fictional Hick County, the game revolves around completing trips between cities, delivering goods, and competing in races while at the helm of an eighteen wheeler. The game is available on Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Xbox, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance and PC, but enjoyed only mediocre critical and commercial success due to repetitive gameplay, dated graphics, and lackluster sound. The game uses Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" as its theme song. The sequel is Big Mutha Truckers 2.
The game's plot revolves around one of four available characters and their quest to inherit the family business. With plans to retire from the family business, Ma' Jackson challenges her four children, Cletus, Earl, Rawkus, and Bobbie-Sue, to a "Trial by Truckin". She gives each sibling 60 days in which to make deliveries to various cities in Hick State County, with the company going to the sibling with the most money in the end.
Big Mutha Truckers is primarily a racing game, in the same vein as 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker. Players spend the majority of their time on the road, navigating the highways between the game's six cities: Salt Sea City, Capital City, Greenback, Skeeter's Creek, Smokestack Heights, and Big Mutha Truckin' Incorporated. The player will earn most of his or her money through trade, shipping goods from cell phones to beer, with additional opportunities from mini-games and challenge races.
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