Come on, let’s go star truckin’!
Raw Fury has announced that they’re bringing Monster and Monster’s star-hauling game, Star Trucker, to PC in 2024.
I know what you’re thinking, “Isn’t Elite Dangerous just another name for Star Trucker?” Yes! Except Star Trucker is a more literal version of that. It’s more like if you jammed Elite Dangerous into Euro Truck Simulator 2 and then removed all the superfluous bits. For example, I see no mention of space pirates or combat of any kind within the walls of this press release. Nor in the twangy trailer.
What I do see is the kind of approach I love. There’s this slowly building philosophy in the sub-mainstream game development community where tactile gameplay is beginning to slide in. Specifically, when it comes to driving games, there’s a push to make you feel more like a person in a vehicle rather than the vehicle itself. That means having to get out and perform maintenance or take care of your meat-vessel needs. This is in contrast to games like Euro Truck Simulator 2, where you have no real existence outside of your truck.
We’re star truckin’ round the stars
The trailer doesn’t show off a lot of gameplay, but it does depict things like patching holes in your truck. It looks like you activate things within your truck by actually looking at them and interacting. Moreover, during the sequence where the player fixes the exterior of their space-truck, you get a glimpse of the interior, and it seems to be more than just a cockpit.
That’s more-or-less just speculation. What Star Trucker does promise is hauling jobs, goods of the legal and less-than-legal variety, and customization of your space-rig. There’s also a CB Radio that allows you to “interact with a fully voiced cast of characters for an authentic trucking experience.”
PC is the only announced platform for Star Trucker, while the release window is for the wide-open road of 2024.
