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Platform: Nintendo Wii
JEEP the undisputed King of Off Road Adventure, invites you to climb into the driver's seat and experience racing like never before! From the jungles of Central America to the frozen Alaskan tundra, this is adventure racing like it ought to be! Jeep Thrills! And Everyone else? Gets left behind
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:Nintendo Wii
Fun:
I'm not sure why this game is getting such bad reviews... My husband and 2 boys (ages 3 and 5) love this game. They mastered Mario Kart and this game was a no-brainer for them. They are all Jeep enthusiasts (inspired by Dad of course) so maybe that's part of why they love the game. The kids get a kick out of picking their Jeep style and color, and particularly like when the mud flings all over the screen. My 5 year old said it's just like going on the Jeep Jamboree in Vermont. For 20 bucks, this game rocks for the Jeep lover!!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:Nintendo Wii
Fun:
This is a fun game, plain and simple. My son & I had a lot of enjoyment out of racing our Jeeps, and exploring the maps. The additions of side-paths, & short-cuts (along with hidden jumps, like the stairs!) lends a lot of replay to this title, along with a very approachable game-play.
Is this the best title out there? No. Is this the best racing game, even? No. Is this a fun game, that can be played by all ages? Yes.
In the end, doesn't it matter if you're having fun?
Final review: Fun for the family, probably not for the hard/medium-core gamer.
Is this the best title out there? No. Is this the best racing game, even? No. Is this a fun game, that can be played by all ages? Yes.
In the end, doesn't it matter if you're having fun?
Final review: Fun for the family, probably not for the hard/medium-core gamer.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:Nintendo Wii
Fun:
You control your jeep with the Wii mote turned sideways. The game is Wii Wheel compatible, which is what I use. The basic gameplay is: gas pedal, brake, steering, and turbos. Steering and turbos is where this game has problems, mainly the turbos.
Firstly the steering, the jeeps don't turn well and that part won't get any better by unlocking other ones, because you can already pick a jeep at the beginning that has 100% handling and the turning isn't great at all. It can be difficult to take some corners and will always decelerate, sometimes completely and causing you to wipeout.
Bringing me to the turbos which you can use as you brake the corners and regain speed by using them. The turbos are the green bars left-side of the screen, they will refill somewhat quickly and you can use a lot or a little by clicking the trigger button. It works similar to Mario Kart's mushroom, except it refills. You must use this very often, if you don't, you miss an opportunity by just letting your turbo boosts just sit idly full. When you initiate a turbo, the camera that follows your car switches views, and makes your car smaller and the screen moves a little faster on the edges. The camera view switch is extremely annoying. It takes away from the flow of racing and it makes it a lot harder to focus on the turns and obstacles in your path. And since you must use the turbos very often, your view will go from BIG, small, BIG, small, BIG, small, etc. You can't turn it off, the option's menu is useless, you can only view the credits or change the volume for sound FX and the music. This is the biggest turn off for me. It didn't bother me too much at first, but after a while when I had to use the turbos at more frequent intervals, I literally got headaches from playing. I quit, went back to the game and still got another headache after thinking maybe it wasn't the game's fault. This is unplayable for me, I've never got a headache from a game or rollercoaster. WAY TOO MUCH camera switching.
Obstacles are easy to crash into and other jeeps can really mess you up by ramming into you. Another annoying part of the game, when you get close to other jeeps it lags like the Matrix effect. By design or flaw, its irritating and takes away from the flow of the racing as well.
The "A" button respawns your jeep and when I found this out I knew it was not a good sign, because the game creators knew that there are spots you can get stuck and it is impossible to move anywhere and whenever I had to use this it was game over, too hard to catch back up. The camera view switches when you reverse so you view backwards, it's kind of annoying since most games don't do this, but just a minor annoyance since you don't reverse too often.
The graphics of the jeeps and environment/race tracks are good, the interface and menu design look unpolished and cheap. I liked some of the shortcuts, the best one was with a tunnel in a mountain you can go through and it exits abruptly so you fly through the air till you land on the road.
Another downside is that you must unlock multiplayer before you can play it and much of the content must be unlocked.
This game had potential with some cool ideas like the refillable turbos and shortcuts. However, it is unbearable because of the turbo-camera-switch. The bad steering and easy crashing don't help either. Ever hear of DSI before? I'll give you a hint, they make lousy games.
Firstly the steering, the jeeps don't turn well and that part won't get any better by unlocking other ones, because you can already pick a jeep at the beginning that has 100% handling and the turning isn't great at all. It can be difficult to take some corners and will always decelerate, sometimes completely and causing you to wipeout.
Bringing me to the turbos which you can use as you brake the corners and regain speed by using them. The turbos are the green bars left-side of the screen, they will refill somewhat quickly and you can use a lot or a little by clicking the trigger button. It works similar to Mario Kart's mushroom, except it refills. You must use this very often, if you don't, you miss an opportunity by just letting your turbo boosts just sit idly full. When you initiate a turbo, the camera that follows your car switches views, and makes your car smaller and the screen moves a little faster on the edges. The camera view switch is extremely annoying. It takes away from the flow of racing and it makes it a lot harder to focus on the turns and obstacles in your path. And since you must use the turbos very often, your view will go from BIG, small, BIG, small, BIG, small, etc. You can't turn it off, the option's menu is useless, you can only view the credits or change the volume for sound FX and the music. This is the biggest turn off for me. It didn't bother me too much at first, but after a while when I had to use the turbos at more frequent intervals, I literally got headaches from playing. I quit, went back to the game and still got another headache after thinking maybe it wasn't the game's fault. This is unplayable for me, I've never got a headache from a game or rollercoaster. WAY TOO MUCH camera switching.
Obstacles are easy to crash into and other jeeps can really mess you up by ramming into you. Another annoying part of the game, when you get close to other jeeps it lags like the Matrix effect. By design or flaw, its irritating and takes away from the flow of the racing as well.
The "A" button respawns your jeep and when I found this out I knew it was not a good sign, because the game creators knew that there are spots you can get stuck and it is impossible to move anywhere and whenever I had to use this it was game over, too hard to catch back up. The camera view switches when you reverse so you view backwards, it's kind of annoying since most games don't do this, but just a minor annoyance since you don't reverse too often.
The graphics of the jeeps and environment/race tracks are good, the interface and menu design look unpolished and cheap. I liked some of the shortcuts, the best one was with a tunnel in a mountain you can go through and it exits abruptly so you fly through the air till you land on the road.
Another downside is that you must unlock multiplayer before you can play it and much of the content must be unlocked.
This game had potential with some cool ideas like the refillable turbos and shortcuts. However, it is unbearable because of the turbo-camera-switch. The bad steering and easy crashing don't help either. Ever hear of DSI before? I'll give you a hint, they make lousy games.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Jeep Thrills
Lots of fun played it with my grandson and gave to all my grandchildren for Christmas this year.
Works well with stick or wheel.
Works well with stick or wheel.
Published 4 months ago by silvermisty
jeep thrills
wow we had fun! but we soo suck at this-we are getting better everytime, having fun and we played for over an hour! fun game!
Published 4 months ago by kenogirl
Arrived quickly / daughter loves it
My daughter had been wanting this game for a while as she loved the Playstation version. It arrived quickly and efficiently and my daughter still loves playing it.
Published 8 months ago by Damian Humphreys
Feels like a game from 80s
It is not what the name tells you. Simple race that too of 80s era, with little control.
You will hate it if you have ever played Need for Speed
You will hate it if you have ever played Need for Speed
Published 9 months ago by psj
Just ok, nothing great
This is an extremely hard to drive racing game. My 6 year old son got this for his birthday yesterday and we can't even unlock any of the tracks, only the ones that are unlocked... Read more
Published 12 months ago by D. Apgar
Good beginner racing game
Personally, since I have played a lot of racing games I found that the Need For Speed Pro Street and Undercover are the best for the Wii. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Heather Larrabee
Jeep Thrills
Very cool game, got it for a new jeep owner, for "inspiration". Good graphics, pretty accurate vehicles. Has some of the new Jeep concept vehicles along with the classics. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Adam Hall
It's was just okay for me Dawg
Game is very challenging racing against computer.
Need to place in top 3 in order to unlock other vehicles and courses. Read more
Need to place in top 3 in order to unlock other vehicles and courses. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Pfunk
Don't waste your money!
What a dissapointment! When you first start you're struck by the fact that there is a very limited Jeep choice and constimization (whoopty-doo, you get to pick the color). Read more
Published 16 months ago by Steve Brasen
The more you play it, the more fun it is.
This is amazingly fun. The more that you play it, the more fun it gets. You can unlock new vehicles, and new tracks. It takes skill to unlock the new vehicles, which makes it fun. Read more
Published on April 12, 2010 by Steve Lunde
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