Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise Of Clans Preview

E3 2006 First Look Preview

It is a bleak future and out of the devastation that has risen across the North American landscape there has arisen tribes of humanity, battle for survival. Welcome to the world of Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise of the Clans, a standalone title from NIVAL Targem Studio and Buka that continues the tale told in the original game.

Ok, up front, the biggest addition to the game has been the incorporation of multiplayer game modes with eight players (according to Buka's Ivan Bunakov) battling it out in a setting slightly reminiscent of a Mad Max movie. With arcade-style power-ups floating in the air, players will be encouraged to hit the ramps and take combat to a whole new level (pun intended). The whole multiplayer element was said to be akin to the style of multiplayer featured in Quake, though with vehicles as the stars.

In addition to the multiplayer, there will be new vehicles and new missions available with vehicles that were not playable in the first game now playable in this title. And players will be able to customize vehicles, adding new skins and other elements to create either a unique look or a clan-wide look.

The game was demonstrated at E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) in Los Angeles Wednesday. Bunakov discussed aspects of the title while an extended trailer of the game played, underscoring key points in the presentation.

The quest system has been reworked to make it better, and new bosses have been added as well. Not only that, but vehicles have critical hit locations, as well.

Fast-paced, with a solid look, Hard Truck Apocalypse will like appeal to fans of the first game or anyone seeking a shooterl-style game, based in vehicles revving on high speed.

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