Full Throttle (1995)
Full Throttle is a 1995 point-and-click video game made by LucasArts and Softgold Computerspiele GmbH.
Ben Throttle runs the Polecats, the last real biker gang on a highway where cars drive themselves and the open road is nearly gone. He wakes in a dumpster, framed for a crime he did not commit, with his bike wrecked and a corrupt motorcycle magnate leaning on him. Tim Schafer's LucasArts adventure trades castles and pirates for leather, dust, and diesel. The voice work is dry, the world is grimy and lived-in, and the puzzles bend toward brawling and engine grease. Short, mean, and funny in a low growl.
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What is Full Throttle about?
Ben Throttle runs the Polecats, the last real biker gang on a highway where cars drive themselves and the open road is nearly gone. He wakes in a dumpster, framed for a crime he did not commit, with his bike wrecked and a corrupt motorcycle magnate leaning on him. Tim Schafer's LucasArts adventure trades castles and pirates for leather, dust, and diesel. The voice work is dry, the world is grimy and lived-in, and the puzzles bend toward brawling and engine grease. Short, mean, and funny in a low growl.
When was Full Throttle released?
Full Throttle was released on 19 May 1995.
Who made Full Throttle?
Full Throttle was made by LucasArts and Softgold Computerspiele GmbH.
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A few thoughts on Full Throttle
It runs on story and attitude more than reflexes, so reach for other narrative-driven games. The Walking Dead puts hard choices and sharp writing ahead of twitch skill, and Life Is Strange carries the same lived-in characters and mood. Both trust you to sit inside a world rather than just clear it.
Narrative games with a strong sense of style
Full Throttle is all mood, dry noir voiced with leather-and-diesel cool, on a highway where the open road is dying out. These games lead with the same confident style, wrapping their stories in a distinct look and tone you feel in every scene, not just the plot beats.
Atmospheric worlds with a grimy edge
Full Throttle's world is grimy and lived-in, all dust, rust, and roadhouse menace. These games share that darker atmosphere, building places that feel dangerous and worn, where the mood does as much work as the action and every shadow seems to hide something.