Hard Truck: Apocalypse is a 3rd person action/RPG is set in the post-apocalyptic environment full of menacing mysteries and unfriendly inhabitants. Nival has released the English SDK allowing you to create your own content. The package includes a map, script, dialog and quest editor, as well as all needed data and documentation.

Whether you choose to delve into the secrets of the post-war world that is HTA or just want to roam about getting into gun fights trucko-a-trucko, the game is a fun diversion that doesn't take a lot of thought or concentration. If you're looking for some hard driving gun toting action this is the game for you. Just remember to wear your rad suite when you play, you never know what type of environment you may be driving through.

In the early stages of the game when things are still new, there is in truth some fun to be had. Your basic truck is quite weak and not very heavily armed. Driving between towns either for missions, or just to explore, can be quite dangerous. Money is also very hard to come by, so buying a new truck, new cabin or new trailer is usually a big decision and something to look forward to. Unfortunately, the novelty of struggling to get by and make it from town to town soon wears off, as it doesn't take much over a couple of hours playing before you're rolling in cash and can't find a better truck to buy. Money is essentially everything in Hard Truck, once you have enough, nothing is dangerous to you as you can buy the best weapons and addons for your truck.

Destroying the alien outposts gave mankind several decades of relative peace. Driven by the desire to explore, people crossed deserts and mountains hoping to find the lost paradises of earth. The rediscovered lands of North America tempt adventurers with promises of freedom and wealth. But, as it has been for hundreds of years, fortune favors only the brave.

Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise of Clans is an addon to a vehicular Action/RPG set in an alternate future. New heroes and mysteries await you in the vistas of a post-apocalyptic North America. Special customization features, new types of weapons, and hi-tech bosses will immerse you even deeper into the ruthless world of Apocalypse, and your extreme driving skills will serve you well in its new multiplayer mode.

Unfortunately, the getting had yet to be initiated, even a dozen hours or so into this game. The game's pacing can best be described as "glacial," which is unfortunate when there are so many explosions and flying crap on the box. Sure, it's advertising and is subject to some, ah, creative representation of the game, but it's been a long time for me since the delta between box and game was so wide. In practice, the overwhelming majority of our "gameplay" consists of holding down the "W" key. The world of HTA apparently lost the knowledge of cruise control in the wake of a global thermonuclear war that has made every character in the game accustomed to wearing masks (a conceit that conveniently obviates the need to animate people's faces when they talk). There's a lot of "W" key going on because the game is apparently 99% terrain and 1% Point of Interest. In between the incredibly spaced-apart towns and villages you'll encounter random people driving around, most of whom want to kill you. The portion that don't tended to serve as an unintentionally hilarious example of the game's fascinating approach to AI pathing.

In the end, HT:A is a game where there could have been so much more. If the outside world was touched up in even the slightest, and the voice acting improved, the game would have been something beyond mediocre. Even in its current state it is a good and simple game that has a lot of fun packed into it.

For anyone looking for a Mad Max style car combat, post apocalyptic, trading simulator, go for this game. I wouldn't recommend this to game to most people though, but if you're curious and want something new, go for it, be explorative.

Sadly, that's only the tip of the leaky radiator, which is a real shame, as there's a pleasantly playable basic scheme of things here. You've got the freedom to explore the world, discover remote cities, scavenge better weapons for your truck, take on various side-quests and earn money to pay for upgraded systems or a new rig with chunkier armour and more cargo space. Chuck in some simple trading mechanics on the side and some branching choices in the lengthy main storyline, and you ought to be onto a winner, right?

Hard Truck: Apocalypse proves that a fantastic name can only take a game so far, and without compelling content a game just isn't worth playing. It's an appealing concept: a role-playing game set in a postapocalyptic future where you have to drive heavily armored (and armed) trucks across a vast wasteland, delivering supplies, scavenging loot, and blasting gangs of bandits off the road. In execution though, Hard Truck: Apocalypse is about as exciting as counting the grains of sand in a postapocalyptic desert.

CDV Software Entertainment USA and Buka Entertainment have shipped Hard Truck: Apocalypse to North American retail stores today!

You can also become a trader. Various items - such as wood or scrap metal - are worth more in some settlements than others. The map provides a handy interface to show who is paying what in the towns you've visited - so you can take advantage of it by filling up your truck's cargo capacity with the right materials. Since the game saves it for you, it also means you don't have to keep track of it yourself. Those supplies will often pay for the repairs and fuel you'll need to keep going (you can repair and refuel at the various gas stations around the countryside, also marked on your map, but you can't sell goods there).

The future is a bleak place in Hard Truck Apocalypse. The majority of the world's population has been wiped out due a mysterious incident. The few remaining survivors have done their best to rebuild and survive in the now unpredictable and hostile world. Gone are the complex jobs of a modern society. Instead the world of Hard Truck: Apocalypse (HT:A) is built upon simple trade, especially trading and shipping, which is where you the player come in. You're driving a truck, traveling from town to town performing various trades or tasks for the citizens within the cities.

CDV Software Entertainment USA and Buka Entertainment are pleased to announce that Hard Truck: Apocalypse, the post-apocalyptic game of battlewagons and big guns, has gone gold today. Hard Truck: Apocalypse will drop players behind the wheel of some of the biggest and baddest combat vehicles of the future as they fend off attacks from bandits while delivering supplies and upgrading their trucks with some of the deadliest armaments available.

Developed by Targem Games, Hard Truck: Apocalypse is set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland of diesel and dust, where bandits and mobsters rule the last remaining cities, controlling all vital trade routes and destroying any hope of a return to a lawful world. It's up to the player, as the driver of a heavy transportation truck, to blast through the mayhem and deliver needed supplies to desperate towns. The player's life depends on them becoming the ultimate offensive driver, while making sure they keep their trucks in top operating and fighting condition. It's kill or be killed in the world of Hard Truck: Apocalypse.

For a wasteland, things certainly look pretty. The game has a fairly advanced physics engine, so it's possible to knock down plenty of objects in the world, such as fences. This can create some crazy moments in combat if you're driving madly, plowing over everything while getting shot at. It also can create some problems. It's possible to run over something so that it elevates your chassis into the air, leaving you stranded in place. Despite the danger, the physics provide some cool effects. You also get a feeling that the game's style is somewhat inspired by the classic Fallout role-playing games, themselves set in a postapocalyptic world. Hopefully, the audio that we heard is only a placeholder, as it's the weakest part of the game's overall presentation. Still, Hard Truck shows definite promise, as it looks to be a unique take on the role-playing genre. The game is due to ship later this month.