Ice Break
Sat Oct 17 2020 MikethebikedudeGive me an icebreaker and I’ll update the review to 5 stars. Lol seriously though, I literally can’t get past the 7th mission of the ice level. Right when I think, alright now I have to be nearing the end, more ice. Patience is definitely required here but I can’t help but feel like I’ve hit I wall (literally) that I can’t get past unless I pay up and buy boxes and pray to the lord all mighty there’s an icebreaker in one of them boxes because otherwise good luck with level 7 of the ice world. It’ll literally make you wanna take everything you hold most dear in the world and throw it all out of the window. But other than level 7 of the ice world (which I’m still stuck on) yea the game is pretty fun.
(Edit): I just beat level 7, and got the icebreaker finally. Here’s the five stars I promised ya.
Cards make for grindy play through
Thu Sep 24 2020 DonGuerillaYou can’t just download this and in a couple days expect to have enough cards to get through some levels. BIG TIP FOR THE ICE LEVEL- use the flag to break the ice. I managed to play the whole way through without the icebreaker. As for the level that is underground. It is nearly impossible to finish 8 without three regular batteries. This is messed up. The charge should hold up better. I have two of each battery and can not pass the 8th level in Karen’s after over 8 hours of playing this level with a good amount of skill. It’s just impossible. Also watching the ad to start from a checkpoint is often BROKEN. Please fix this. I watch an ad and expect to start from a checkpoint and once the game resumes it says “driver down”. What was the point of me watching the ad, to then see my driver dies immediately before I can move. Please fix this devs. I will not make any purchases in this game until these random loot boxes are at least 1 USD, per box. 3 USD is too high for me to gamble with. 3 items randomly for 3 USD, and I have 22 items. There is no value here. What I need is battery cards that’s it. Why not let me buy that and that only? I can’t watch videos for gems. And no more free gems to unlock with progression through XP. It feels like a cash grab honestly. And I refuse to gamble on what’s currently offered. I guess I’ll go from spending hours playing to just 3-4 times a day when the deliveries pop up. Really kind of sad.
Great Game but limited by wait times and the parts system
Thu Sep 03 2020 Josiah somarRovercraft 2 has a much better physics engine than rovercraft 1 making it a blast to play and along with a offer variety of parts to play around with, makes have much more depth than the original. However, the new parts system and linear level system is the major underlying problem with the game. The game starts off fine, with the game giving you an ample amount of parts to upgrade your rovers batteries and wheels, but you start slowing down once you reach the second planet until you eventually hit a level where it simply impossible to finishes as you don’t have good enough batteries to hold energy or enough power in the wheel to climb a hill etc. If this was rovercraft 1, you would just need to go back to a level you can finish to grind more coins to upgrade your parts but in rovercraft 2 you can’t go back. So what’s the only way to upgrade your parts? Deliveries. Deliveries that you wait for in real time ranging from 3-7 hours until you get a new delivery. There needs to be an easier way to get part upgrades that aren’t just a waiting game. I understand the devs want the players to buy crates for real money but it’s going to be hard to reel in new players for buy these crates when new players cant even see the bulk of the content in the game. So unless this system changes, my rating stays at a 2. I would rate it 1 but the improved mechanics in this sequel warrant acknowledgement.
Game is rigged.
Sun Dec 19 2021 ~CosmicUnlike “Rovercraft,” where you have freedom to “craft,” that is not the case with this game. Missions is basically the whole game, but you cannot win enough to upgrade or get new parts. You have to buy boxes from the store, which only give you exp for parts you already have, and a chance to win a new fixed part, not random. There is 1 chance to get a part per stage, and it’s from sending cargo.. but you can only do it 1 time, not repeatable. The other mode is basically endurance, with no rewards. Even the missions are nonsense, because they try to give you an “extra” load to carry on every mission, that is shaped differently on every mission, you have to build around it. AND.. I find that parts are more fragile and damage prone. The game physics are basically the same, nothing to complain about there. But I would NOT recommend this to anyone else to waste their time thinking it’s just like Rovercraft or a part 2.. i would still play Rovercraft 1. In fact I would download and play pong first. A severe lack of content in the game as well missions, there’s only like 4 stages with about 8 missions each.. really not worth wasting your time, stick with Rovercraft 1, more fun, more freedom, more parts, more things to do.
Lots of fun but a step backward...
Wed Jun 02 2021 English PhD StudentI'm a HUGE fan of the Rovercraft series--I love the engineering challenge of building a vehicle that will go the distance. Unfortunately, however, this sequel is not as good as the original for two reasons. The first is due to the batteries. Whereas in the first game you could get pretty great batteries, this game gives you lots of crappy ones, so your vehicles end up being made almost entirely of batteries, leaving much less room for creativity. The second reason is replay value--you could always go back and play completed levels in the first game with your new/upgraded parts which made those levels fun to play again. This sequel never allows you to just go back to an earlier level in the game, and once you beat the campaign, you just get these interminably long "exploration" levels that you can never beat, and mind-numbingly boring "delivery" mini-games to try to unlock new parts.
Don't get me wrong--I still play the game a lot--I just wish there were better batteries and more stuff to do after you beat the campaign.
The game is broken and devs don’t care.
Sun Jul 11 2021 Bben1994Another pay to win game that is purposefully designed broken to get you to spend money to play or progress. The part system is abysmal. Multiple players have complained about it and the devs don’t want it fixed. The levels get to the point where you need certain parts to progress, but cannot possibly have with the amount of parts drops given through the campaign missions. Your only options? Play delivery mode once every 5 hours and hope and pray you get the part you need or spend countless amounts of money on gems for loot boxes that may or may not have the parts you need in hopes to progress. No option to spam ads for boxes or earn upgrades in other ways. And the devs don’t care. Go through the reviews. Player after player has complained about this since the time this game has been released. Would easily be fixed by an update and they refuse. Don’t waste your time. Just delete and move on.
Great game, just needs a little polishing
Thu Sep 03 2020 DaveCotyLike others, I was excited to play this since I loved the first one. I’ve been playing for a while now, and I’m now stuck on the ice planet as I don’t have the right parts to break through ice. I’m ok with how the new parts are obtained, but I think it would be better if essential items were gifted when the new planet is unlocked. I want to keep playing, but I’m literally stuck in the campaign, and I have to wait several hours for the delivery mission cooldown, which is a little disappointing. The other mode only grants coins, which doesn’t really help me at this point because I already have more than enough saved. If there was another way to obtain new parts (without having to buy chests), I think it would greatly improve the gameplay so I’m not forced to sit around waiting to *hopefully* get the part(s) I need in the next delivery mission.
Not as good as the 1st RoverCraft game.
Thu Jan 28 2021 jcx70tToo much grinding involved. The first RoverCraft is way more fun. After playing for one day you will be stuck on a mission waiting for RNG to unlock the upgrade you need to continue progress. I still play but only cargo delivery missions to unlock upgrades. Which is one mission every 5hrs. So far it’s been a month and still waiting to upgrade my batteries to be able to progress in the game. The first game is better. In this version there is no win scenario on each planet. You just run til you are out of battery power. And each planet feels the same. No sense of accomplishment upon completing a difficult planet like in the first. You can’t even pick the planet here you want to explore. The first week of playing I thought this was a bug. It’s not. The planets are on a timer. Should of kept the same formula as the 1st game. Just add new tools/physics/locations/graphics/etc and you would’ve had a killer game. Not this paywall-grinding mess.
It’s an awesome game, but…
Tue Jan 31 2023 Mr. Dan the ManSo I downloaded this roughly a month ago, and I absolutely loved the original, In fact I still play it sometimes. However there are some drawbacks.
Firstly, the upgrade system is somewhat complicated. You have to unlock a part, then unlock upgrade keys and hope said part is in the upgrade box, so which you have to collect so many points to upgrade. Which is far easier when playing the infinity race.
Some of the levels are too easy, while others I’ve played for a week to finish! But I have to say, the fun is in the challenge!
But the biggest downside for me, is that I can’t go further than 4K meters before the game crashes and closes out! Meaning if I’m playing the infinity race, and made a lot of progress, then BOOM* all gone.
Now for some more good! Like I said before the game can be super challenging, but half the fun is discovering the best way to build your machine, to fit the track and your driving style. Which has kept me hooked to the game! Along with carrying different types of cargo, making you hone your skills more and more. And it’s the challenging transports like these that really make the game worth playing! So I’d say, all in all, I’d give the game a solid 8/10!
Fun game, but not really
Sun Nov 15 2020 Denver ZeaI enjoy this game, I really do. But some things about it really grinds my gears.
The whole parts system is VERY annoying. You hardly ever get parts for what you actually need from boxes (specifically battery parts), and there's no way to get specific ones, besides parts from events. For some players it completely halts progress. And since you can only do so much every day, it's VERY tedious. Oh yeah, and the crate prices. Nobody smart enough is gonna pay that much for just ONE BOX you can sometimes get through delivery missions. Maybe three or five for that price would be acceptable.
Also, some of the levels. The difficulty is pretty inconsistent (it might just be me). Some levels you can do in 1-3 tries, others will challenge you, which is good. But one in particular though, Marena 8, is straight up impossible. I've tried hundreds of times, still not getting to the end. There are multiple parts of the level that require different setups to actually get past. Like near the end of the 2nd section, where it drops, and there's an upwards slope at the bottom. Almost every time I flip over, ending my run. I just really hate this level and it makes me want to quit. But I'm not though, because I want to enjoy the rest of the game. Maybe I'm doing it wrong, I don't know.
Doubt anything will happen, but thanks anyway for reading.
