![]() ![]() ![]() Even looking at the screen shots in this article you can see that there is a lot of work and effort into making Micro Machines look as realistic as possible while also keeping the out there toy look of the cars and environment that looks like it was made by kids. Everything involved in making Micro Machines look large while small at the same time is amazing. Using multi-level tracks with interesting themes such as a Garden with a frozen section, a Pool table with poker chips and other gaming stuff, a mad scientist style track that features lasers and stuff, a worktable area with killer saws and hand-made ramps, and a kitchen level that needs to be seen to be believed. Graphically Micro Machines World Series is an amazingly good looking game. It’s way too easy to be outpaced by other computer controlled cars or players in this mode to the point where I ended up throwing my car into reverse when the race begins just so I’d drop out quickly and the game ends sooner. Miss a turn by an inch, and you might as well drive yourself off the table. The problem I had with Elimination mode is that the camera is working against you the most. Elimination mode is a single camera mode where you advance on a meter by taking out your opponents and being the last racer still going in the race, then rinse and repeat till a winner is crowned. This combines the racing of the Race Mode with the aggressive nature of the Versus Mode. The worst example of this is the third and final mode: Elimination. Where Micro Machines World Series has taken everything and gone ass backwards with it. I didn’t find the Versus mode entertaining at all as that is not what Micro Machines was about, but something that was a side product of the game. ![]() Now combine this with the over-steering problem that I mentioned before and you’ll begin to see why I had such a frustrating time with the Race Mode. This mode is precisely why the computer is so aggressive, they are designed only to destroy you over and over again until you magically beat them. The Versus mode is your usual skirmish, capture the flag and other style modes that all you do is drive around wider open spaces and shoot at each other till one side wins the battle. Where all this comes from is the modes that you are meant to be playing instead, the Elimination and Versus modes. I personally got to 2nd in a race, was inches from the finish line when all of a sudden I was hit with Nerf Gun darts, followed by two Nerf Bombs and a Nerf Hammer that when combined dropped my 2nd place finish to a 11th place finish in under 4 seconds. Another issue is that the computer controlled racers are tuned to destroy you at all times, so you will often find that when you get into the higher positions in a race, you will get hammered by some of the most insane bullshit ever seen in video games. The issue with this is that the previous Micro Machines games relies on very precise and tight controls, something that Micro Machines World Series doesn’t do very well as the controls are way too sensitive in the Race Mode to the point that you end up over-steering and going off the tables or other boundaries that are in this game. That’s the Race Mode that you are presented with when you first boot up Micro Machines World Series. Micro Machines World Series is a game that is primarily based around the racing of cars, though mini ones, around a track while using weapons to hinder other racers from finishing higher than you. Platform: Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Is this revival a pass like Crash Bandicoot, or does it fail like anything Mighty Morphin Power Rangers related? Fast forward to the nostalgia driven market of the 2010s, and we see a revival of the Micro Machines series on the PlayStation and Xbox consoles (as well as phones). This was Mario Kart before Mario Kart was a thing and it was amazing. This game was a hard racing game that would crush your soul while exciting you in every other way, especially if you were playing with friends. Back in the 1990s, there was a small and simple racing video game that a lot of us remember called Micro Machines on the Genesis/Mega Drive and Super Nintendo. ![]()
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