Hot Wheels Unleashed Review – This legendary toy car has finally come back to life. The presence of Hot Wheels Unleased in the worldofracinggamesseems to be a breath of fresh air for manygamers.Not only for Hot Wheels lovers, thisgameis also suitable for casualgamerswho want to play a racinggamethat is fun and easy to understand.
Gamehas all the things needed agameracingarcaderanging collection of cars are taken directly from the original toy, crazy racing track, a variety of items to be collected, as well as a variety of customization that can be done in it.
Plus,the gamealso offers a nostalgia for fans of both the first Hot Wheels pleased to collect and play the original toys, watching the animated series, or playgamesadaptations such as Hot Wheels: Beat That or Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge.
Then how about this Hot Wheels Unleashed? Will thegamebe able to meet the expectations of fans who have been waiting a long time since the last Hot Wheels game was released? Here is the Hot Wheels Review: Unleashed.
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Bringing Hot Wheels to the real world
One of the right decisions and achievements achieved by the Milestonedeveloperis to presentphotorealisticvisualizations with car models and tracks that are displayed like real toys.
Thanks to the use of Unreal Engine 4, various materials ranging from plastic to metal that are in every car look like real. Even details such as the connection of toy prints to fingerprints also appear if players really want to pay attention to them.
This realism is supported by the trajectory and location that also appear no less detailed than the car. From dungeons to the top of skyscrapers, all the locations that appear in thisgamelook stunning. The lighting especially for the room looks beautiful with various light reflections on various surfaces.
Massive collection that must be completed
ust like in the real world, Hot Wheels Unleashed also focuses on cars that must be collected. Until thisreviewwas written, there are a total of 68 toy cars that can be collected.
The car selection also varies, from Hot Wheels original cars in various shapes to real-world cars like the Ford Mustang to the DMC DeLorean from the Back to the Future movie.
These cars can later be collected by buying directly at a higher price (and limited choices) or trying their luck through the blind box.
Just like the original toy, each car in thisgamealso has its own rarity. There are 4 levels of cars, namelyCommon, Rare, Legendary,andSuper Treasure Hunt. For cars in theCommonandRaretiers,players can performupgradesthat will increase their performance as well as their rarity. Unfortunately, the improvements made later will not change the visualization of the car.
Meanwhile,LegendaryandSuper Treasure Huntcars cannot beupgraded,but they already have high performance and are indeed very difficult to obtain through theBlind Box.
Some cars from this category also have their own uniqueness such as the uniquenitroussound in DeLorean Back to the Future. Finally, there are also cars withSecret Carstatus and as the name suggests, these cars can only be obtained from secret races in thecampaigngame.
Collect things through City Rumble
Continuing the previous topic regarding thecampaign, Hot Wheels has focused on player progress in acampaigncalled City Rumble. Although it is called acampaign,there is actually no story that players will follow in it. City Rumble functions more as a mapping ofeventsthat will be carried out by the next player.
On the positive side, eacheventhas its own unique prize. Starting from currency,gears, blind boxes, to a collection of items for theBasementorTrack Editor. A progressive system is also implemented so that players must complete certain races to be able to continue thecampaign.The good thing is that it makes everyeventin it feel significant to do.
Moreover, completing the collection of items for theBasementandTrack Editorcannot be obtained from thegacha.So thecampaignhere has another purpose that is more than just making money. In addition, there are alsoSecret Eventsthat can only be opened if the conditions are met by the player.
Exciting racing but minimal variety
The gameplayof Hot Wheels Unleashed is quite simple and easy to understand. The unique thing is thephysics of thecar in thisgamemoves like a toy. So that the car being driven will feel light and easily overturned when hitting a barrier or not landing properly, especially for tall cars.
However, it is unique tothe gameis what makes it different from thegamesracingarcademostly. Turning system with a ‘brake-to-drift‘ mechanism is often found in various racinggames, but the main challenge that players will face is how to master every turn on the track, perfect thedriftso as not to lose speed, and also execute shortcuts.
Unfortunately, the variety of races provided in thisgameis minimal, because there are only three modes provided, namelyquick race,time attack, and boss race.
Simply put, aquick raceis a race against 11 other cars. While thetime attackrequires players to advance on the track against a predetermined time limit. And the last is theboss race, this race is similar to thequick racebut has a longer, more complicated track and has various additional challenges in it.
The choice of locations provided is also limited, which is only in six locations, but fortunately all the existing locations are presented with very interesting visualizations. Fortunately, the Milestonedevelopers arealso quite skilled in building a varied track in each race which ultimately makes each race has its own uniqueness and does not feel repetitive.
Take a break with side content
In addition to racing your toy car on an orange plastic track from the ceiling to under the table to complete thecampaign,players can also take a break to do various side activities while relaxing. One of them is modifying the player’s personal space called ”Basement“.
Here, players can enjoy all the pieces that have been collected to modify the room according to the player’s taste. Players can change thewallpaperdesign , floor type,furniturechoices,to various small accessories.
Players are also free to determine the color of almost all existing furniture so that any changes made will feel personal. The cool thing is that all the modifications in this room will later appear when players race in thebasementlocation .
Then the second is theTrack Editorthat was mentioned earlier. Here, players can use a variety of trackpartsthat have been collected to create their own dream track. Players can choose one of 6 available locations and fulfill it with the player’s imagination on the Hot Wheels track of his dreams.
In addition to the standard track, there are also various variations such as jumps, magnetic tracks that allow the car to stick against gravity, to specialpartsthat previously existed inboss racessuch as spiders that emit a binding web to dinosaur heads that can bite players’ cars.
Get creative with your toy car
In addition to modifying theBasementand also creating a race track, Hot Wheels Unleashed also gives players the ability to modify the paint and stickers of their favorite Hot Wheels cars.
Players can change colors, give various stickers, to determine the material used for various parts of the car. The controls provided are quite flexible and simple so that the process of setting the stickers will feel easy in no time.
And after busy modifying, players can also take pictures of cars or even tracks that have been created using thePhoto Modeprovided by thegame.
The Photo Modeprovided by this game is also quite complete, ranging fromzoomsettings,focus, filters, effects, to variousframesto beautify the photos taken.
Conclusion
In the end, Hot Wheels Unleased offers agameracingarcadefun especially for those who do like the Hot Wheels. There is nostalgia as well as a sense of awe to see this toy car can be driven directly on a crazy track that might previously only exist in fantasy.
Players will also easily adapt to the controls of thisgamewhich is quite simple, but still has room for improvisation and makes players master thisgame.Theavailablecampaignswill also give players clear directions on what to do next to be able to collect all the things in this game.
However, thisgamehas a fairly heavygrindingprocess to get enough money to buyBlind BoxorGearstoupgrade yourfavorite car. Locations that are limited to 6 with very minimal game modes may feel repetitive for some players.
Fortunately, all that hard work will pay off when players finally get the toy car they want or manage to maximize the performance of their favorite car.
Some activities besides racing are also quite fun to do. So makingthisRp 400,000gamevery feasible to play. Hopefully in the future thisgamewill getupdatesor expansions to add content that is still lacking in thisgame
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