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Essays 09 January 2020, 19:11

author: Darius Matusiak

Dark Horses of 2020 - The Best Upcoming Small Games

In times of game-services and budgets of millions of dollars, there's fortunately a good deal of underdog games that can really surprise the players. These are the productions that don't get so much attention, but can turn out dark horses of 2020.

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SnowRunner: A MudRunner Game

  1. Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
  2. Genre: off-road sim
  3. Developer: Saber Interactive

Driving out of deep mud in heavy rain with a truck weighting a few tons is nothing compared to trying to keep up with the behind-the-scenes upheavals between Spintires and MudRunner. Althjough the former got a new expansion recently, introducing the Chernobyl area, Spintires MudRunner is now a slightly different game that will get a full-fledged sequel by 2020. And to further complicate the names (or clarify – we'll see), it will be called SnowRunner: A MudRunner Game.

Whether we'll drive through mud or snow isn't relevant. What counts is that we hop into vehicles that you can't drive in any other game and roam complete wilderness in them. This time, we will get to Alaska, among other places, where we'll encounter snow and ice. We will get various gadgets and improvements to the trucks, such as a winch, and the main attraction will be the ability to drive in a four-person cooperative.

It's for you if:

  1. you're tired of safety barriers, racetracks, and toying with model cars in Forza Horizon and Need for Speed;
  2. you're looking for a driving simulator with really good and advanced physics;
  3. you don't feel the need for speed; you have mud in your blood!

  1. Read more about SnowRunner: A MudRunner Game

Darius Matusiak

Darius Matusiak

Graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Journalism. He started writing about games in 2013 on his blog on gameplay.pl, from where he quickly moved to the Reviews and Editorials department of Gamepressure. Sometimes he also writes about movies and technology. A gamer since the heyday of Amiga. Always a fan of races, realistic simulators and military shooters, as well as games with an engaging plot or exceptional artistic style. In his free time, he teaches how to fly in modern combat fighter simulators on his own page called Szkola Latania. A huge fan of arranging his workstation in the "minimal desk setup" style, hardware novelties and cats.

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