Sledgehammer / Gear Grinder

Despite its age, this game is still pretty good.

I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand I desperately needed to ensure I could continue providing. Upon learning the severity of the self-inflicted damage, I became almost suicidal. Keep in mind that just a few months before this, I was the happiest man, with no history of depression or anxiety. I had never experienced anger outbursts, nor was I the type to break down and cry, but I was in a tough situation that truly prevented me from seeing the light on the other side. With nothing better to do, I looked for a game I could play WITH ONE HAND while recovering. Somehow, I stumbled upon this game and read some of the comments. I decided it was worth a try... I must admit I didn't beat the game, nor did I play as much as some of y…

Sledgehammer / Gear Grinder takes the simple idea of putting enormous weapons on heavy trucks and builds an entire arcade experience around speed, collisions, gunfire, and destruction. Developed by Targem Games and published by ESDigital Games, it sits somewhere between an arcade racer and a vehicular combat game, with little interest in realistic motorsport. Instead, the road becomes a battlefield where reaching the destination is often less important than surviving whatever is trying to destroy you along the way. The driving model suits this philosophy. Trucks feel substantial enough to make collisions entertaining without becoming cumbersome simulations of real heavy vehicles. Ramming an opponent can be just as useful as shooting it, and the constant combination of movement and combat gives encounters an energetic rhythm. There is pleasure in simply throwing a huge machine down the highway, using its mass as a weapon and responding to threats with whatever equipment has been installed. The handling can feel rough compared with more modern driving games, but its loose arcade nature complements the exaggerated premise. Combat provides most of the personality. Vehicles can be equ…

Definitely enjoyed this game alot. This feels like mix of flatout and carmageddon for some reason lol. But i really hated the physics, too inconsistent and may cause you to lose a few times.

And this game has better reviews then ridge racer unbounded? It was a peace of old russian code that was like 20 years outdated even for the moment of its release. Didn't worse even that 30 cents I spent on sale.

I managed to remember half of this game's name from when I played some demo of it when I was like 8 so I decided why not buy some old ass 2008 game that I don't even have nostalgia for but just happened to remember out of the hundreds of demos I downloaded on my moms pc. The game is pretty decent fun and the super cheesy acting and story I could barely even understand was pretty comedic.