Monster Jam 3: Path of Destruction

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To put it simply, this game is a step toward what I (and a lot of people) have been craving for ages; a true monster truck simulation. I don't want my trucks to shoot rockets, I don't want my trucks flying 50 feet in the air, and I don't want my trucks doing 14 backflips in a shower of sparks while there's no noticeable damage afterward. I want them to handle like monster trucks, crush cars like monster trucks, and get destroyed like monster trucks.

I do not own this game, but I borrowed it from a friend as I've done the past few Monster Jam titles. I played it for a good while before deciding that it still isn't quite worth my money for what it is (at least not until it drops to a much lower price). I will continue to pass up buying them until they can make a game that's more sim-like. They don't have to remove the arcade features if they don't want to, but I at least want the option to have realistic physics and damage to the trucks and the things they're destroying.

It's a little sad that the best monster truck freestyle simulator to date is still Stuntman's stunt creator from all the way back in 2002, yet every subsequent Monster Jam game pumped out is the same as the one before it with updated graphics. This game is finally starting to move away from all that, and I like it. I know some people may not, but that's why I'd rather see 2 options of how you want the game to control; simulation-like or arcade-like. If they can successfully create a game that makes me feel like I'm actually driving a hulking metal monster truck and not a giant piece of plastic shaped like one, they'll have my money in their pocket on release day.

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I see a lot of people hating on Monster Jam, but honestly, this game is no AAA game title. However, this Monster Jam title is definitely better than previous games. Sure there's a few things that maybe aren't so great, but honestly, as a tester for this game I played this for months and honestly it's not even close to being a terrible game. So if you're into Monster Trucks or want easy trophies, I'd check this game out!

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All my family enjoy every time Monster Jam Show comes to our country (Costa Rica). So we decide to buy the game for my kids and they really enjoy it!!! Easy to play, nice graphics.

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Others write much more detailed reviews than I do, so I'll only address the one part I wish I'd known before I bought this.

I have the Wii edition of the prior version, Monster Jam: Urban Assault. This one continues many of the prior game's themes, but omits the one that my kids and I liked the best: Devastator mode, where the objective is to drive around different city and industrial sites smashing as much stuff as possible. There are also no racing circuits through non-stadium sites, where the prior version had races through residential locations.

The physics model in this one appears to try and be much more realistic as well. This isn't a bad thing, but it does make it much more challenging for kids. I'm interested in whether this aspect of the difference is due to the platform change from the Wii to the PS3, or if it is common to all platforms.

It's still a fun game, but had I known that my favorite parts weren't included, I'd have waited until I found it on sale.

UPDATE:

Now that I've had this game for a week, I felt compelled to update my review and lower my rating one star.

Like the previous version, you have to make progress in the game to unlock access to additional trucks. This game makes it way too easy. There are only 20 levels, and you reach the next level after every 2-3 events, which take just a couple minutes each. So after 5 or so hours play time, I've unlocked everything. I could raise the difficulty level and do it all again, but the game just isn't interesting enough for that.

UPDATE2:

I think it's useful to know how interesting a game remains over time, so I thought it was worth adding that to this review. After unlocking all the venues, the game quickly got boring for me and my kids. In fact, the youngest asks for the previous Monster Jam game (Urban Assault) on the Wii instead. So we haven't touched the game in months, having used it only in the first couple of weeks of ownership.

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was looking forward to this game and it did not dissapoint, if u enjoy monster trucks this is a game for u.