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Good controls, Too simplistic, little originality
posted by Shazbot (BROOKLYN, NY) Nov 26, 2007
Member since Aug 2007
Hot Wheels has some decent graphics and nice responsive controls but that is pretty much where the good stuff ends.
The "racetrack as part of a house" (the tracks are all in rooms) has been done before many times and while there are some nice multi-level aspects brought in with ramps and stuff, it is not enough to raise the standard of what has gone before - sometimes a good few years ago.
Despite the stats of the cars to select from being quite different we found little actual difference in performance between many of the cars except perhaps in handling of corners - the supposed differences in acceleration and top speed aren't really there and the slight difference there may be is negated by the power-ups and boosts in the game.
Battle mode is just passable but at least you have the fun of trying blow up your buddies cars. The random weapons allocation can be frustrating and frequently unhelpful.
There really is little new here and unless you are mad crazy keen on racing games or play with some younger kids from time to time I can't really find any reason to rent or buy Hot Wheels - it really just gets old too fast.
The "racetrack as part of a house" (the tracks are all in rooms) has been done before many times and while there are some nice multi-level aspects brought in with ramps and stuff, it is not enough to raise the standard of what has gone before - sometimes a good few years ago.
Despite the stats of the cars to select from being quite different we found little actual difference in performance between many of the cars except perhaps in handling of corners - the supposed differences in acceleration and top speed aren't really there and the slight difference there may be is negated by the power-ups and boosts in the game.
Battle mode is just passable but at least you have the fun of trying blow up your buddies cars. The random weapons allocation can be frustrating and frequently unhelpful.
There really is little new here and unless you are mad crazy keen on racing games or play with some younger kids from time to time I can't really find any reason to rent or buy Hot Wheels - it really just gets old too fast.
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