| Jeep Thrills | 
 enlarge | From: Zoo Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $15.90
You Save: $4.09 (20%)
New (13) Used (4) from $14.97
Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 1405
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 10158
UPC: 802068101589
EAN: 0802068101589
ASIN: B000WWNRHY
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 18 Customizable Jeep vehicles - including futuristic concept cars! | | • | 35 intense tracks - with one main objective: Conquering the terrain and the elements and owning the planet! |
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Product Description
Climb into the driver's seat and experience racing like never before in Jeep Thrills. From the jungles of Central America to the frozen Alaskan tundra, this is adventure racing like it ought to be. Leave everyone else behind.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Great for Jeep Enthusiasts!! January 6, 2009
I'm not sure why this game is getting such bad reviews... My husband and 2 boys (ages 3 and 5) love this game. They mastered Mario Kart and this game was a no-brainer for them. They are all Jeep enthusiasts (inspired by Dad of course) so maybe that's part of why they love the game. The kids get a kick out of picking their Jeep style and color, and particularly like when the mud flings all over the screen. My 5 year old said it's just like going on the Jeep Jamboree in Vermont. For 20 bucks, this game rocks for the Jeep lover!!
A fun, easy/simple romp. December 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fun game, plain and simple. My son & I had a lot of enjoyment out of racing our Jeeps, and exploring the maps. The additions of side-paths, & short-cuts (along with hidden jumps, like the stairs!) lends a lot of replay to this title, along with a very approachable game-play.
Is this the best title out there? No. Is this the best racing game, even? No. Is this a fun game, that can be played by all ages? Yes.
In the end, doesn't it matter if you're having fun?
Final review: Fun for the family, probably not for the hard/medium-core gamer.
 TJ (Truly Junk) December 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The handling on the jeeps is not responsive at all. It is impossible to keep up with the rest of the pack when trying to race, therefore hard to unlock any features. Maybe ok for kids, but for real racing, not recommended.
Better off downloading Excitebike for NES December 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game wouldn't be worth buying if it was 3 bucks. This game makes the Burger King X360 games look 10/10. No matter what you do, don't buy this game.
Had My Fill of Jeep Thrills December 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
You control your jeep with the Wii mote turned sideways. The game is Wii Wheel compatible, which is what I use. The basic gameplay is: gas pedal, brake, steering, and turbos. Steering and turbos is where this game has problems, mainly the turbos.
Firstly the steering, the jeeps don't turn well and that part won't get any better by unlocking other ones, because you can already pick a jeep at the beginning that has 100% handling and the turning isn't great at all. It can be difficult to take some corners and will always decelerate, sometimes completely and causing you to wipeout.
Bringing me to the turbos which you can use as you brake the corners and regain speed by using them. The turbos are the green bars left-side of the screen, they will refill somewhat quickly and you can use a lot or a little by clicking the trigger button. It works similar to Mario Kart's mushroom, except it refills. You must use this very often, if you don't, you miss an opportunity by just letting your turbo boosts just sit idly full. When you initiate a turbo, the camera that follows your car switches views, and makes your car smaller and the screen moves a little faster on the edges. The camera view switch is extremely annoying. It takes away from the flow of racing and it makes it a lot harder to focus on the turns and obstacles in your path. And since you must use the turbos very often, your view will go from BIG, small, BIG, small, BIG, small, etc. You can't turn it off, the option's menu is useless, you can only view the credits or change the volume for sound FX and the music. This is the biggest turn off for me. It didn't bother me too much at first, but after a while when I had to use the turbos at more frequent intervals, I literally got headaches from playing. I quit, went back to the game and still got another headache after thinking maybe it wasn't the game's fault. This is unplayable for me, I've never got a headache from a game or rollercoaster. WAY TOO MUCH camera switching.
Obstacles are easy to crash into and other jeeps can really mess you up by ramming into you. Another annoying part of the game, when you get close to other jeeps it lags like the Matrix effect. By design or flaw, its irritating and takes away from the flow of the racing as well.
The "A" button respawns your jeep and when I found this out I knew it was not a good sign, because the game creators knew that there are spots you can get stuck and it is impossible to move anywhere and whenever I had to use this it was game over, too hard to catch back up. The camera view switches when you reverse so you view backwards, it's kind of annoying since most games don't do this, but just a minor annoyance since you don't reverse too often.
The graphics of the jeeps and environment/race tracks are good, the interface and menu design look unpolished and cheap. I liked some of the shortcuts, the best one was with a tunnel in a mountain you can go through and it exits abruptly so you fly through the air till you land on the road.
Another downside is that you must unlock multiplayer before you can play it and much of the content must be unlocked.
This game had potential with some cool ideas like the refillable turbos and shortcuts. However, it is unbearable because of the turbo-camera-switch. The bad steering and easy crashing don't help either. Ever hear of DSI before? I'll give you a hint, they make lousy games.
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