Playstation HOOTERS ROAD TRIP is really, really awful

[Atari7800]

Has anyone played this piece of shit? I bought it because it was a new and cheap late-release game with big boobies, but I thought I would get a half-decent racing game to boot. I mean, how many racing games does the PSone have by now?

The game looks like shit and is almost unplayable... I did the test-drive and could not keep the car straight to save my life. Weave to the left, weave to the right. Digital or analog, it did not matter.

My question... with SO MANY racing engines available for the PSone, why couldn't the developer just license an old racing engine? I'm not talking Gran Turismo 2 or Ridge Racer or anything, just some half-decent racing engine based on something cheap yet playable like Burning Road or S.C.A.R.S. or something like that. Certainly the developer could have gotton an old racing engine CHEAP and made a half-decent game, yet they spent as little as possible and got what they paid for.

Avoid HOOTERS ROAD TRIP at all costs!

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[Keir]

I think Digital Press picked it as the worst game of 2002.

[Alex Kidd]

But it's got boobs man, BOOBS! (wish there was an emoticon for O's with nipples in 'em)

What is it about game developer using sex to sell games?
Who actually falls for it?

Alex Kidd

[MankeyMan]

But it's got boobs man, BOOBS! (wish there was an emoticon for O's with nipples in 'em)

What is it about game developer using sex to sell games?
Who actually falls for it?

Alex Kidd

*coughs*

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You never saw me do it.

[geelw]

Has anyone played this piece of shit? I bought it because it was a new and cheap late-release game with big boobies, but I thought I would get a half-decent racing game to boot. I mean, how many racing games does the PSone have by now?

...My question... with SO MANY racing engines available for the PSone, why couldn't the developer just license an old game engine...they spent as little as possible and got what they paid for...


WARNING: insert tounge firmly in cheek before proceeding further.

yeesh. first of all, it's a HOOTERS game for cryin' out loud. people don't go to HOOTERS for the food, they go for the HOOTERS (that they can't touch or leer at for too long). it's the same thing with the game. they could have put out a HOOTERS shooter with a fried chicken leg for a ship, no power-ups and one level, and you probably still would have bought it. a couple of years ago i went to a HOOTERS once with some friends, and i thought it was the dumbest "theme" restaurant i'd seen. i mean, c'mon! you go there, and there are families with KIDS eating along with a bunch of red-meater cheater wife-beaters lookin' to attempt to maybe kinda sorta get lucky if they leave a big tip. if it were a topless restaurant with "specials" on the menu (nudge, nudge, wink, wink), then i could see the purpose...but i digress. when you buy a racing game for HOOTERS, you don't get a good racing game, you just get...well, you know.

as for why the developer didn't license an older racing game engine...um, how about they really didn't want to PAY for a one (it would have most likely cost more than what the video & still photo budget for the game was)? i'm sure the foks who put out the game knew it would sell to a whole lot of boobies with not enough sense to look up past the neckline and see that there was air in the gameplay too. but hell, the game was only 10 bucks- don't complain too much. try ford racing instead. it's annoying at first (because of the slower cars you have to drive for the first few seasons), but it's a MUCH more competent racer for the money...

[IGotTheDot]

-Sarcastic mode on-

Thanks for the info. I was going to run out and buy it based on the title alone. We all know how good licensed games are and you gotta figure a licensed game based on a cheesy restaurant chain would rock!! Thanks for saving me my hard earned dollars!!!

-Sarcastic mode off-

[Atari7800]

You people need to be pummeled with shitty chicken fingers and soggy greasy fries.

How about Ford Racing Meets Big Tits?

[Retsudo]

I think the only people who would buy that game are guys who never seen real Hooters. Same thing with that Volleyball game on the GC. It's for people who cant get the real thing. Or see the real thing.

[wberdan]

i dunno i like shitty games-
i think ill be picking this one up soon

willie

[bargora]

I'm waiting for Dead or Alive Maximum Hooting. Watch as Kasumi serves up...wings!

You hear me, Team Ninja?

[Britboy]

I feel I must point out that this game is NOT affiliated with the Conspiracy Entertainment PS2 game "Road Trip", which is an excellent game and currently available for $19.99

[ManekiNeko]

Greg's post was awesome. The comment about a Hooters shooter (Hooters shooter... hey, that's fun to say!) makes me wonder what a Hooters game would have been like on the NES or even the Atari 2600.
Hooters (the restaurant) is just one big cock tease. It's not scintillating enough for horny men but too risque for prudish women (paging Dr. Chocobokick... paging Dr. Chocobokick...). The end result is an underwhelming dining experiences that satisfies nobody.

JR

[hamburgler]

It would be really stupid to see someone actually buy the game and like it afterwords.

[Brisco]

Between this & the Amazing Virtual Sea Monkeys, the end for this system, much like the passenger side mirror, is closer than it appears.

[christianscott27]

i'm suprised it sucked that much, hooters has a long standing sponsorship realationship with NASCAR, they should have played that angle with booby pit crews.

heres my take on that place...my sister worked there for a few years and she got me a job there. i was in high school and there i was frying wings in the daytona beach hooter's, at the time it was a really fun place to work and not for the cleavage. i had NO chance in hell with any of the girls since i was 16, skinny and known as "heidi's little brother", besides i'm more of a leg man. they treated the cooks very well, we got a cash cut of the tips so in addition to my laughable wage i got a paper cup stuffed with $5 bills every night i worked. they also got me drunk for free many times, yes it was on company property and yes it was the store mananger giving me the beers, thats the kind of crazy place it was.

my sister and the other girls laughed all the way to the bank, they didnt feel very exploited since most of them were your typical beach bunny cop dating bottle blondes to begin with. the funny thing was that my mother had no clue what the theme of the place was until I brought her in to eat..HEHEHE she thought it was named for an owl like on the sign. i always thought they should open up a ladies lounge called peckers.

5 years after i left the place i got a registered letter from a lawyer asking me if i wanted to join a class action suit against hooters for sexual discrimination against men...i just laughed.
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[slapdash]

Hooters (the restaurant) is just one big cock tease. It's not scintillating enough for horny men but too risque for prudish women. The end result is an underwhelming dining experiences that satisfies nobody.

It's the last legitimate job option before becoming a stripper for some of these girls, and strippers aren't exactly my cup of tea.

On the other hand, there are some very nice (disposition I mean, not considering looks) young ladies working there too. And men, though not in the serving areas, as far as I've seen.

Oh, and as far as a corresponding "Peckers" restaurant, there was a parody with a rooster theme called "Cocks". I don't the parody was clothing only, not an actual establishment, but who knows.

[ManekiNeko]

"It's the last legitimate job option before becoming a stripper for some of these girls, and strippers aren't exactly my cup of tea. "

Legitimate? Whoa, that's stretching the term a bit. Hooters is certainly more mainstream than any nudie bar, but it's still pretty mysogenistic... just look at the dress uniform for the employees!
So, how's the food there, or were you even paying attention to that? :D

JR

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[slapdash]

"It's the last legitimate job option before becoming a stripper for some of these girls, and strippers aren't exactly my cup of tea. "

Legitimate? Whoa, that's stretching the term a bit.

Perhaps I should have said "non-nude"? Some of the girls are sweeties just making a buck, some of them are just making a buck, and some look and act like -- and maybe additionally are -- strippers.


Hooters is certainly more mainstream than any nudie bar, but it's still pretty mysogenistic... just look at the dress uniform for the employees!

Actually, there are many levels of dress allowed the employees... If you're not comfortable with the hot shorts, you can wear normal shorts. If you're not comfortable with the low-cut T-shirt, you can wear a normal T-shirt, or even a long-sleeve. But of course, you may not get as good tips as you would showing it all. So, a lot still choose to dress slinky, but they're not forced to. Good way to avoid the wrath of the discrimination laws...


So, how's the food there, or were you even paying attention to that? :D

I'm a shy boy, so I probably pay more attention to the food, or my dining companions at least, than I do the ladies. But, for the most part? It's crap. It's not good food. But, the buffalo chicken sandwich is respectible, so that's what I usually order. Some people seem to love the hot wings, while others think they're crap. Your mileage may vary.

[E Nice]

Has anyone flown on that Hooters airline? :P

[christianscott27]

i spent nearly two years in high school working in the open kitchen at hooters, while my sis waited the tables so i know of what i speak. none of the girls i knew were strippers or even skanky. most were like my sister, girls who had waited tables in other chain joints like the olive garden who wanted to make the most money they could. nobody was dating the customers thats for sure, most had cop type boyfriends, you know the type with custom neon pickup trucks? these girls were all community college student types who drove around in cute little CRXs and dyed their hair.

most of them had "its a living" contempt for their customers and most of the customers tried to act like they were there for the wings. a common sleazy/cheesy move was to put all the dirty plates toward the back of the booth so the girl had to lean waaay over to clear them. in the kitchen we had a series of gags to play on the girls, one was called "putting on the high beams". this trick involved taking the metal scoop out of the ice machine and then touching it to a girls bare back, the chill would perk up the nipples. another was making lemon tops, chicken legs and a well placed clam into a naked woman and then putting it up with a girls order tray. one time the boss taped a sign to the back of one girls jeep that read "honk if you want a hummer"...and nobody complained, the money was good and it was a fun job. being the "little brother" of the girls gave me the guilty pleasure of tying up the girls t-shirt knots before they started their shifts..oh the shoulders!
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[Dahne]

I can get pretty feminazi sometimes, but IMHO, you have to consider this:

If someone's getting money for looking pretty, who's exploiting who? LOL