![]() ![]() ![]() Boost through meaty, plastic straightaways That's not a bad thing-and I had a good-enough time with Unleashed to write about it at Ars, as I think some people will really enjoy what's going on here.īut you'll have a better time with HWU going into it fully aware of its weird and tricky design decisions-along with quibbles about its in-game economy of cars and tracks. In my week of testing the game ahead of its launch this week, I found that Hot Wheels Unleashed feels like a Micro Machines skin on top of the modern, hardcore-leaning Trackmania series. Yet while handsomely modeled toy cars and cute environments might look like a basis for newbie-friendly racing, it's not the case here. To be fair, that specific concept isn't necessarily common in gaming, but Codemasters' legendary Micro Machines series holds a lot of water for a certain type of arcade-racing fan. This week's Hot Wheels Unleashed is one of the best video games ever made using licensed toy cars. ![]() Links: Amazon | PlayStation Store | Xbox | Nintendo eShop | Steam | Official site The studio’s two other most recent games involve motorcycles as well - October’s Forza-for-bikes sim Ride 4 and December’s MXGP 2020.Platform: PC (tested), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Switch Milestone’s Monster Energy Supercross 4 will launch March 8 and MotoGP 21 is coming April 22. Hot Wheels Unleashed will be available for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X. There’s also a track editor, and creations may be shared online with the community. The game should have a heavy collection angle, too, as skins, track sets, cars of varying rarity, and other features were mentioned. Hot Wheels Unleashed will let players “drive the cars as if they were playing with the die-cast toys,” according to the news release. Hot Wheels has lent its name to several video games going back to 1984 its most recent appearance was as an expansion to 2016’s Forza Horizon 3, which included the orange stunt track courses. Siblings have been launching them through orange plastic loops, corkscrews, and at one another since the Nixon administration. ![]()
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