![]() There are also “boss fight” races – massive twisting courses with two-to-three minute lap times that feature some of the most interesting design in the game. Working your way through this mode is the main way to unlock tracks, new cars, and in-game currency for more cars and upgrades. Outside of standard quick races, the “main mode” of Hot Wheels Unleashed is “City Rumble.” Essentially, it’s a series of quick races and time trials spread out on a node map – win one race, unlock other attached to it. But that one slip up, those three seconds you need for recovery…that’s when they smell blood in the water and attack. I can say that it didn’t seem like there was all that much rubber-banding when I was leading the pack – one or two cars would suddenly come up to give me trouble, but nothing egregious. This meant that, with one small mistake, the entire pack of opponents speeds past, making a drop from first to last a common occurrence. The AI drivers tended to pack together into a massive group in every race I ran. Then I load up my first race, make one bad turn, and the entire AI pack of drivers runs me down and zooms off into the distance. The game does give an option to set AI difficulty at the beginning, so I selected Medium, as I always use “normal” or “average” difficulty settings as a baseline for review. That is, when the AI wasn’t trying to constantly run me off the road.įor being a bright, fun, arcade-y racer, the AI in Hot Wheels Unleashed is shockingly aggressive. While I can’t say I mastered it during my time with the game, the few times I pulled off full 360-degree drifts perfectly just felt invigorating. Hot Wheels Unleashed is incredibly reliant on drifting, and you’re going to have to figure out your approaches and brake/gas timing on your own if you don’t want to be scraping paint on a curb. It’s racing fun for everyone!ĭespite the basic controls, it does take a bit of work and practice to nail the driving mechanics here. Drift those curves (or ride the wall the entire time like I was wont to do), hit those boost pads, and cross the finish line. Select your car, drop on to the track, and try to come in first place. The game is about as pure an arcade racer as you can get. ![]() Now, licensed games have moved away from their “THEY’RE ALL BAD” stigma in recent years, and I can say that this title holds to that trend…while also having a lot of fun with the license. Right off the bat, I was already unsteady going in to Hot Wheels Unleashed due to two main things: this is a licensed game from a toy line, and it doesn’t hide its attempts to play to nostalgia. The PS5 version was played for this review. They tossed into my hands a video game all about collecting and playing with Hot Wheels cars, presenting the racing action the way it probably looked in my head all those years ago.īut setting nostalgia aside, how good is the actual game experience?ĭeveloped and published by Milestone, Hot Wheels Unleashed is set for release on September 30th, 2021, for all core consoles and PC. It’s as I reminisce on this nostalgia that developer Milestone steps up to take advantage of it, as well as fill in the missing parts. ![]() You know, the ones with the launchers and loop-de-loops? An essential part of the toy car experience that I ended up missing out on…probably because said tracks were more expensive for my parents than just buying us kids more cars to play with. Unfortunately, we never had any of those fancy Hot Wheels plastic orange tracks. I have fond memories of dumping these cars out onto the floor, picking out some of my favorites, and racing them around a rug that had streets and buildings printed on it. It was to the point where my siblings and I had an entire plastic tub filled up with Hot Wheels and Micro Machines cars. ![]() I, like many others, also had a fondness for toy cars as a kid. Shoot that ActRaiser remaster and iCarly reboot directly into my veins, keep bringing on the nostalgia! ![]() And, what, can I say, I’m reveling in it. Games I played in my formative years getting remasters dropped out of nowhere. All the TV shows and movies I grew up with as a kid getting sudden reboots. It seems I’ve reached that age where my nostalgia is being pandered to. ![]()
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