There’s not much of a story at this point other than you being a guy (sorry, ladies) with a garage and an ambitious plan to drive around town day and night-and without a wink of shuteye-collecting missions and raking in the cash that accompanies their fulfilment. And regardless of how you feel about the Switch version of The Witcher III, I’m inclined to think that the crew over at Saber Interactive are wizards of the craft, SnowRunner being no exception.Īnyways, imagine: a sprawling, beautiful, sandbox world, set in either Alaska, Russia, or Michigan (hey mom and dad!), where you’re given full range to explore at leisure-within the confines of one of the game’s 50+ officially licensed vehicles, obviously-and acquire an assortment of jobs from the locals who are seeking to rebuild their communities following recently tumultuous weather conditions. Yes, as with every Switch port, there are visual downgrades, and SnowRunner in particular has a lot of ‘pop-in.’ Still, even at this late date in the Switch’s lifespan, that games of this magnitude are playable on a handheld console continues to wow me. Don’t imagine The Witcher III, though, while I’m on the subject, it’s worth mentioning that Saber Interactive also handled the Switch port of CD Projekt Red’s chef-d’oeuvre, and it shows, meaning: the enormous size of the environments and the successful preservation of detailed features across variegated landscapes makes me think it’s one of those games that has no business snowrunning this well on the Switch. Yes! Imagine The Witcher III but instead of a cinematic masterpiece formed around well-written storytelling, and rather than walking or riding horseback, or fighting, or collecting items to craft alchemical decoctions, or weapons, or equipment… Or maybe it didn’t stick beyond an initial sense of bewilderment over the apparent randomness of the proposition.īut what if I told you that there was a video game, an off-road driving simulator, that combines the aforementioned premise with some of the best elements found in the RPG genre?! If you’re like me, someone who never played Saber Interactive’s MudRunner and only discovered their follow-up, SnowRunner, when it spun its tires on to the Switch this past May, the thought may have never occurred to you.

Have you ever dreamt of operating a massive off-road utility truck in the frozen backwoods of Alaska, plodding through snow, mud, rivers, and dangerous mountainside roads as you haul a trailer full of bricks, metal beams, or concrete slabs to your contracted destinations? Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? These are generally spoiler free, but may reveal some base plot points and mechanic details.

Can you play splitscreen on mudrunner