# Full Throttle (LucasArts)

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Full Throttle (LucasArts) and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its biker setting and as a favorite from their early teens. The most common caveat is that its timing-based wall-kick sections can leave players stuck.

## Why people recommend it

- Fondly remembered from early teens (1 comments): "that was the sweetspot for my early-teens mind" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49785889))
- Cool biker setting (1 comments): "the setting about bikers (how cool is that?)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49788637))

## What people warn about

- Getting stuck on timing wall-kicks (1 comments): "it is really annoying when you get stuck on a weird timing-based wall-kick game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49791097))
- Action sequences may hurt the game (1 comments): "I still sometimes think the game is better without the action sequences" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49793221))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Sid Meier's Pirates!](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sid-meier-s-pirates.md): 61 recommend
- [Grim Fandango](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grim-fandango.md): 41 recommend
- [Myst](https://hackerapproved.com/p/myst.md): 31 recommend
- [Monkey Island](https://hackerapproved.com/p/monkey-island.md): 29 recommend
- [Doki Doki Literature Club](https://hackerapproved.com/p/doki-doki-literature-club.md): 25 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Full Throttle (LucasArts)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/full-throttle/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).