Did you ever play the floor is lava as a child? Well Clustertruck is kind of like that, but instead of leaping from static furniture, you’re leaping from speeding trucks while dodging lasers, giant hammers, and avalanches.
Clustertruck is a fast paced indie platformer developed by Landfall Games and published by tinyBuild. It was initially released on Steam and Playstation 4 on September 27, 2016. Then for Xbox One on October 28, 2016. And finally for the Nintendo Switch on March 15, 2018.
Landfall has built a bit of a reputation for making fun games with odd physics. Games like Stick Fight: The Game and Totally Accurate Battle Simulator.
Clustertruck has a simple concept; leap from truck to truck to get to the end. It seems like a simple thing to do, but as the games goes on and you progress through the levels, a variety of obstacles will be thrown at you.
The art style is the same as most of Landfall’s other games, very polygonal, but also visually appealing.
The music is also quite nice. It’s face paced and gets you amped up for all the action packed leaps and flips you’re going to be doing.
There are 9 different worlds, each with 10 levels to complete. Each world has its own theme and corresponding obstacles. There are ones like medieval world where you have to dodge gigantic contraptions and laser world where you have to avoid lasers like it’s a spy movie.
Along with the 90 levels, there is a seemingly infinite amount of user created levels made by other players.
To help you complete levels that can be difficult with just skill alone, there are abilities that can be purchased with style points. There are two kinds of abilities, movement and utility.
Movement abilities are things like a jetpack, a grappling hook, double jump, etc. Things that allow you a wider range of movement through the level. But if you don’t use these carefully, you could end up just flinging yourself into an obstacle.
Utility abilities are things like time slow and portable truck. These abilities can help you out when you can’t just jump to the next ruck to solve your problem.
Style points are earned by completing a level, finishing the level on your first try, and pulling off some tricks. You can quickly accumulate points if you focus on doing so. There are also some levels that are better for earning points than others.
I did have one large issue with the game though. Given how random the physics can be each time you play a level, there is an element of luck and chance thrown in there, so sometimes pure skill won’t net you that first try bonus.
I’ve done some levels where all the trucks had crashed or exploded before even getting close to the end, so I had no way of reaching it on my own.
Because of this, the game can occasionally be aggravating. If you’re someone who isn’t able to shrug off the occasional cheap death, then you may want to reconsider getting this game.
Otherwise, even with my issue with this game, I had fun with Clustertruck and would recommend it to others.
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