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• gamedeal user

  Jul 1, 2014

  Bought within a set a long time ago and decided to play it again, so price isn't a factor in this. Also, I do not normally play driving games (racing or otherwise) and have not played [url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/227300]Euro Truck Simulator 2[/url] (newer by the same developer). Pros: - Surprisingly good traffic AI (although not very realistic), they normally slow down for ya, but had a guy run me off the road after a weigh station. - Surprising depth and possible re-playability. - Decent graphics for a 7 year old game. Cons: - Poor key bindings (did not have a steering wheel) - Repetitive (as can be expected I guess) - Difficulty entering cities from highways - Bad camera angles To elaborate, I enjoyed my few hours of playing. My time was spent making a delivery from Dallas to El Paso (something), El Paso to Albuquerque (Coal), Albuquerque to Dallas (Explosives). I found the West and East legs to be easy and tedious, with the north and south legs to be more difficult. I noticed that there's a way to buy many trucks and trailers as well as have contracts created for companies. I did not investigate the business side of the game, but do know it's there for another play time. I used a key pad which had most of the keys bound to and found that the bindings were not terrible, but limiting. I could not use the number pad to answer radio calls and had no idea what each of the codes meant. All in all, my biggest gripe was the limited access road to high way connections. When heading south on I35 from I40, I had to go through Dallas and come back around in order to reach my destination. This was the most annoying of the destinations, but I had a similar problem in El Paso and Albuquerque. [b]tl;dr: In summary, I would recommend this to someone who is a fan of the genre, otherwise I wouldn't. 4/10[/b]
• gamedeal user

  Aug 29, 2014

  This was what i used to play back when i was about maybe 7 and i wasnt allowed on the internet. I played this game day after day until the disk somehow broke into peices while in the cd drive and i havent played it for 4 years since. Then i realized this was on steam for a price of 9.99. Then i bought it so much nostalgia. So on to the review This game was made back in 07 and its impresive with how good it looks even for being 7 years old. There getting old but they still look good, Pros. -Graphics look nice for a game made back in 07 -Good game to run on older pc's that cant run euro truck simulator 2 (or 1) -Affordible -Many trucks to buy in game (with ingame cash not dlc) -Single delivery mode (You have infinate money and you can choose any truck you want) -Pretty decent Ai traffic (But not very realistic though) -Capable of modding (No workshop support but online you can download trucks and other things and simply drop it in your mods folder in the 18 wheels of steel directory Documents>18 wos american long haul> Mods Cons. -Hard to enter cities from highways (Or interstates) -Annoying controls -Minor glitches barely noticible though So heres my rating Graphics: 9/10 These graphics are good for a 07 game. Gameplay: 9/10 (Gets repetive but who would of guessed) Music: 7/10 Music was ok but in game theres a radio in your truck that you can add your own music to (Google it) overal. 8.5/10 Bottom line. Euro truck simulator 2 but in america and older graphics
• gamedeal user

  Sep 1, 2014

  i saw a ufo flying in the sky
• gamedeal user

  Oct 29, 2014

  Shows it's age a tad, but a very sold trucking sim, more so then Extreme trucker. 7/10
• gamedeal user

  Nov 28, 2014

  A good ole classic 18 WOS game.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 4, 2011

  This game is definately worthy of it's 100 metacritic rating, not only is the story immensely well thought out, the graphics beutifally detailed and the game so massively atmospheric but it's also a gameplay experience like no other. The only reason critics didn't rate it higher was because there isn't a number that could be big enough to accurately measure how good this game is. This is a game that should be owned by all people.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 30, 2014

  Always has been a favorite from my childhood up until now. Love that the company is making a new American Truck Simulator.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 18, 2015

  I LOVED this game when it first came out. That said, I loved ALL of SCS's trucking games throughout the 18WoS series. The game has decent control, great economy and company management and brilliant truck ownership detail. Before I get ahead of myself, however, here's a real list of pros and cons to this game: =PROS= - Decent graphics: This game may be old, and it does show it's age, but the graphics still look alright, if a little dull at times. - Good control: This game is no ETS2, but it definitely feels right. Its a bit slick at times, but you have to remember you are driving a heavy truck. - Company management: Manage everything from the trucks, to the drivers, right down to the contracts and companies. - Truck AND trailer management: ETS2 fans will like this... You can BUY TRAILERS. Just a little bit of extra management and a bit of extra content to buy. =CONS= - AGE: This game shows it's age... alot. The sound is low quality, the graphics are dull as stated before... it's an old game. - Bugs: This game has its share of bugs and issues. I personally have problems with the fov not setting properly. I have to manually set it for it to look right. - Fatigue: The game's fatigue system is realistic to the game time, but the distances to game time are not realistic. I woke up at the edge of a city, and by the time I got to the other side, I had to sleep again. I suggest turning fatigue off in the config files. - Scenery: This game also shows it's age in scenery. It's a bit dull and repeatitive. I enjoyed the game, and I still go back and play it occasionally. I would reccomend the game to anyone who likes other 18wos games, or trucking games in general.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 20, 2015

  This game is an excellent precursor to the euro truck simulator series as well as the upcoming American Truck Simulator from SCS. It has few minor issues that may deter many gamers from giving this classic title its due. The cities are not fleshed out. They are essentially hubs to drop cargo and get new assignments. The Fines for stopping too far over the line at red lights seems rediculously high, and the braking distance for a bobtailed tractor is a little far, but oh well. The meat of this game is spent driving miles and miles of bland landscapes sharing the road with what appears to be all students on their first day of drivers education classes. Having said all that, however, I still enjoyed playing this game and finding out by trial and error what we were supposed to be doing, other than delivering and picking up cargo. If you enjoy simulation games, this may peak your interest. If you are more of the Need for Speed type, pass this by.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 4, 2015

  The 18 Wheels of Steel series has come a long way since its humble beginnings back in 2002. Tagged as Hard Truck: 18 Wheels of Steel (which was a sequel to Hard Truck 2: King of the Road), it was the first that used the Wheels of Steel tag name as the game play differs completely from racing trucks delivering goods. Since then, there were another four instalments where, besides the graphical enhancements, many changes were made like Mexico being left out then arrived back, sleep timer comes and goes and so on. It seems that every game after the first, developers ValuSoft couldn’t make up their minds what to leave out or to use. Well, the sixth game in the series, 18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul, it seems ValuSoft finally made up their minds and just chuck everything in from all the previous series thus making this game the ‘final copy’. And it certainly shows as this simulator will be the closest you ever get other than driving the real thing. So my real purpose for playing this game is for the love of driving. America / Canada and bits of Mexico has a diverse range of landscapes to discover and thankfully, the game’s visual aspects is quite decent. Nothing ground breaking however still pleasant to look at. In addition to the pretty decent physics, you have a good feel driving around with a massive haul trailing behind. For instance, delivering glass was pretty easy going however when I delivered those oversize tubes through the Rocky Mountains (i.e. from Calgary to Vancouver), with snow smashing on my windscreen, it got my adrenaline running as I need to be very careful dodging traffic as well as ensuring my truck doesn’t tip over. And because you can play your own music using the truck’s radio player, it’s a great experience to have (yet the music needs to be on .ogg format). So whilst the game’s intent is to build an empire, I felt it failed in that respect as there’s no competition at all. You can sit back, relax and listen to your radio channel whilst having the cash rolling in. Granted, the beginning is quite rough as you need to do some real repetitive jobs (X – Beyond the Frontier anyone?) however once you have the money to buy another truck, trailer and hire additional helpers, the game’s difficulty level gets a lot easier. However, if you, like me, like to drive the open world and seeing vast landscapes, you will enjoy this game as America is a pretty country to see. With its majestic mountain ranges, endless deserts, Great Plains and of course, bustling cities, developers Valusoft chose the correct country to display all of this. However, because it also plays on as a business simulation, it missed the mark. Full review: http://www.gamespot.com/18-wheels-of-steel-american-long-haul/user-reviews/2200-12653156/ 8 / 10