To be honest, brothers, I just finished a long trip in "Truck Life". I parked the car on the side of the road and watched the sunset in the game sinking little by little, and suddenly I felt a little emotional. This game, at first glance, sounds like a simulation of truck driving. Compared with the ones we played when we were children, it is simply a product of two different worlds.
I was still in elementary school at that time, and I saved up half a month's pocket money to go to the arcade just to play “18-Wheeler Truck” for a while. The screen was blurry like a mosaic, the steering wheel only had two buttons, and pressing the horn sounded like farting. But at the time, I felt that I was pretty cool. I could sell goods, refuel, and read street signs. I felt like this was an adult's world. Later, when I went to junior high school, "European Truck Simulator" was popular in the computer room, but at that time it was all stand-alone, and one person drove alone. There was not even a living person on the road. Driving for a long time felt like being in jail.
Look at the current "Truck Life", my dear, I was stunned when I opened the game. If you wipe the raindrops on the car glass with the wiper, the water marks will be clearly removed. When we set off from the city in the morning, the fog had not yet dissipated, and the yellow light from the street lights was haloed. When we drove past the entrance of the vegetable market, we could still see the stalls of the vendors. At noon, the sun shines into the cab, and the reflection on the dashboard can be seen. I told my nephew who had just entered college that when your uncle played games when he was a kid, cars were made of just a few cubes. Now in this game, you can feel the smell of diesel in the fuel tank through the screen.
What's the funniest thing? Now this game can actually change cars. An old friend of mine drives a Wuling Hongguang in real life and is laughed at by us every day. As a result, in "Truck Life", he built himself a bright red car with a high roof and a long head, added a chrome exhaust pipe, covered the body with latte art, and modified a subwoofer. He told me, brother, my back hurts from shopping in real life, but in the game I finally fulfilled my dream of watching Optimus Prime in "Transformers". Do you think this game understands the hearts of middle-aged men? 😭
Let's talk about this gameplay. In the past, when we played games, the task was to get from point A to point B, which was as boring as working. What now? When you are running on a mountain road, you take a turn and suddenly find the snow-capped mountains in the rearview mirror. The sense of vastness is more exciting than watching a travel promotional video. Sometimes I encounter a thunderstorm while running at night, and lightning suddenly lights up the entire skyline. I have to say, at that time, I really felt that this game was not just a game, but more like a way to relax my spirit.
The game industry has changed a lot in recent years. In the past, we squatted in front of the TV to grab the controller, but now we are alone on the sofa playing mobile games. In the past, we had to play Goldfinger to insert the cassette, but now even the radio station in the car can be connected to the Internet to play songs. But to be honest, it's not all about the graphics and technology that have changed. If you think about it carefully, the gameplay of "Truck Life" is essentially the same as when we ate instant noodles in front of pixel cubes - we all want to escape reality and find a place to take a breath. It's just that young people today are more stressed. After a day's work, they lie in bed and turn on their mobile phones, drive their own customized trucks, listen to the roar of the engine, and look at the simulated fireworks outside the window. On the contrary, they can calm down more than watching short videos.
Many young players around me ask me, uncle, what is this game about? There are no monsters to fight, no equipment to explode, and the plot is not exciting. I told them, you know how to watch the clouds in the game now when you are tired. At that time, we played games until midnight, and we had to secretly turn down the volume while hiding from our parents. Times have changed, but the feeling of "on the road" we want has never changed. "Truck Life" translates this feeling from the memories of our generation into the way you are used to now.
Finally, let's be honest. If the pace of life is so fast that you can't breathe, you don't have to add money, and you don't have to pursue any end point. Just take an order in "Truck Life", drive on the road to the west, roll down the windows (although there are no real people in the car, but you can make up your mind), listen to the song, and watch the scenery slowly recede in front of the windshield, you will feel, hey, it turns out that slowing down is also a way to live life.
Okay, I'm going to run another order, and the target is the gas station on the other side of the snow mountain. If we meet on the road another day, remember to honk the horn. We can be regarded as people who have been stuck in traffic together in different time and space. 🚛💨