Windows Windows. Most Popular. New Releases. Desktop Enhancements. Networking Software. Trending from CNET. Download Now. Developer's Description By Activision. Update the retail version of Monster Garage to v1. Full Specifications. What's new in version 1. Release December 5, Date Added March 3, Version 1. Operating Systems. Total Downloads 41, Downloads Last Week 1. Report Software. Related Software.
Superbike Racers Free. Take part in a big moto-racing competition. Need for Speed Underground 2 Free to try. Get behind the wheel and own the streets from dusk til dawn. Need for Speed Most Wanted v1. Most of the TV show's excitement comes from the team's interaction. They talk and hang out, but more importantly, they get intense when there is tension after a setback.
You'll find none of this interaction in the game. In fact, you never even know who your teamis because no one is introduced. All you ever see are four portraits in the top right corner of the screen. That's right, only four team members are in the game version, one of whom is always Jesse James. What's even more incredulous is that each team member has the exact same skills. Jesse will take just as long to weld a custom axle as any of the other three team members.
It would have been interesting if the team members had strengths and weaknesses, like they do in real life. You would then be forced to plan out your part schedule to make sure that you could finish in time. But alas, the game results in a simple "click-fest" when handing out assignments. Attaching or removing parts isn't any better. For example, say you want to remove a wheel. You first click on the wheel to bring up a close-up view of it, along with five lug nuts.
The wheel is removed. Welding is even worse. You'll trace a line with a torch to magically attach parts to the vehicle. These tasks actually aren't so bad in themselves. In fact, it's quite exciting to start a new challenge to find what you can tinker with--but it gets old quickly.
You can't skip these mundane activities, so you'll have to loosen five lug nuts on all four tires to remove the wheels every time. You'd wish you could skip them if you needed to restart the challenge--like if the game crashed on you.
Monster Garage suffers from some terrible interface design. Once you start a game, you can't get back to the main menu without saving the game. The only way you can get back to the menu is by selecting the "save and exit to menu" option.
In fact, this is the only way you can save a game. If you don't want to save and would rather load another game or if you'd like to quit , you have to press Alt-F4 to relaunch Monster Garage.
The activity timing could have also been tweaked. When you add or remove parts, the times seem to be arbitrary. For example, according to the game, it takes the team 20 minutes to remove one tire. Aren't these guys supposed to be experts? If you make it past day seven, congratulations!
Now you get to test your monster in a driving simulation. For example, the lawn mower needs to cut a certain percentage of a field while driving up and down the grass.
Sometimes it can be fun to finally get out of the shop, but this desire fades quickly because of the rudimentary execution of driving in the game. In the TV show, the monster must defeat a standard machine at its own game. Jesse would have to cut grass with the Ford Mustang lawn mower faster than a real lawn mower. But alas, you'll be driving in the fields all alone in the game version, which is just as well because the physics are rather absurd, particularly in the first three missions.
You'll skid, slide, and flip over countless times before you can finesse the system. The driving portion puts you in a small, controlled environment with bland textures. You'll notice clipping in some parts, especially when the water is inside the supposedly waterproof swamp buggy.
Car models look fairly similar to their origins, though parts do tend to be blocky and have low-resolution textures. The game has a radio function that plays fitting heavy metal music, but the track selection is limited. The shop sounds, like torches and power tools, are appropriate and are perhaps the only portion of the game that can say this. There really isn't much to keep you playing Monster Garage.
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