Very funny episode, but a lot of that is simply because of how hilarious Big Rigs is as a game...it speaks for itself, it's so ridiculously silly in so many ways! But regardless, it was a good episode for sure. I like that he was thorough and played all three versions of the game, too.
It's really kind of "cheating" for James to be reviewing PC garbage from Eastern Europe. So much of that stuff just gets dumped on the market with no regard for quality at all. He says it's the worst game he's ever played, but that's only because it's his only experience with bottom-end PC shovelware.
I hope this is just kind of a one-off review due to all the requests, and that he doesn't touch PC garbage any more. Part of what's amusing about (almost) all the bad games on AVGN is that they did go through some kind of QA, and that they at least aspired to something. Big Rigs obviously just had zero aspirations other than a minimal level of functionality. It's so bad but so easy and empty I don't see how you can really get mad about it.
All that said, both parts where he throws the truck into reverse and goes like 500 miles per hour were hilarious.
You're right that bad PC games are worse than the worst console games since there can be no QA, but you're also wrong -- I don't think there has ever been a retail game as unfinished as Big Rigs. Even the very worst PC games generally function in some sense... games like Skydive, Extreme Paintbrawl, etc. technically at least sort of work. Big Rigs doesn't. It was released in probably pre-alpha state. There's nothing else, at least nothing else sold for money, quite like it.
On that note, Extreme Paintbrawl would be a good one for a review, if he wants another of the worst PC games ever published.
Oh, the same people who did Big Rigs did make a second PC racing game, which is kind of just a more complete Big Rigs (same tracks!). It's Midnight Race Club: Supercharged. It's not as unfinished as Big Rigs, unfortunately, so it's just completely terrible, not hilariously unfinished. Though it probably isn't completely done either -- I think you still can't lose.
Isnt the guy behind Big Rigs the same one responsible for War Z? So yeah...
Not the same programmers or development staff, but yeah, the same guy produced both games, that's true...though he claimed that he had no responsibility for Big Rigs actually being released in the state it was (
http://www.yourewinner.com/index.php?action=stitovinterview).
