Good game for kids?

[LegendExeter]

As the title suggests.

 

Good game for kids, or are the trophies in general past their skill point and will have to be finished by an adult?

 

What can you tell me about the game, is it fun, too repetitive, wide car selection?  Pros/Cons?

[Lil-Gameboy123]

1 hour ago, LegendExeter said:

As the title suggests.

 

Good game for kids, or are the trophies in general past their skill point and will have to be finished by an adult?

 

What can you tell me about the game, is it fun, too repetitive, wide car selection?  Pros/Cons?

As the author of the game’s trophy guide and its expansions so far, I can say that this game can be good for kids if they love racing games or playing with Hot Wheels in general.

 

However, the trophies for the game may be past their overall experience since you are required to beat the Unleashed Time Goals and win 1st place in every race. Although you can change the difficulty to Easy, the time trials will still be challenging on their own.

 

On the other hand, the DLC trophies are extremely easy, since you are only required to get one Unleashed goal in each expansion, alongside winning a Quick race on any of the DLC tracks and upgrade one of the new DLC cars once. But I would recommend either getting the Hot Wheels passes (Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3) or waiting for a discount on them because they cost $15 each and they are not cross-buy between PS4 & PS5.

 

Aside from the trophies, the game is quite fun overall with a huge majority of cars to choose from. Most of which can be obtained in Blind Boxes, which are purchased with Hot Wheels coins that you obtain in the game and no micro transactions are involved. On the other hand, you can purchase special branded cars with actual money (Superman, Street Fighter, Barbie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, etc).

 

As far as Pros, the game has two different forms of multiplayer: one for online against other players and another for local couch play. You can also design and publish your own race tracks, so then you don’t have to play the same ones over and over. You can even customize the cars in your collection, whether it’s from liveries that other players made or your own creation (one of my cars looks like Buzz Lightyear and another looks like The Krusty Krab on wheels). Lastly, recent updates and DLC releases have introduced Racing Seasons, where players can collect rewards for just playing the game and completing daily missions for a limited time. These seasons have  2 tiers: one that is free for everyone, while the other is Premium, which is only accessible after paying about $6 for it. They reward a variety of goods, such as limited time cars, coins, gears (for upgrading cars), player profile customizations, and more. Previous racing seasons were DC Super Heroes and Villains, SpongeBob SquarePants, and now Jurassic Park for the new movie.

 

As far as Cons, the worst thing that could happen during a race is that your car can lose control and start bouncing all over the track on some sharp turns. Another con is that the boss race tracks that you first encounter in the City Rumble (the games story mode) have their own environmental traps that can easily ruin your race, although they can be avoided (one boss track has tornadoes that can stop your car, another boss track has scorpion venom that can drain your nitro boost for a few seconds, a third track has ice that can make you slide around and lose control of your steering, a fourth has ghosts that can blind you and cover your screen like the squid in Mario Kart, etc). Lastly, as I mentioned earlier, the DLCs are not cross-buy compatible, so you would need to shell out $30 for one expansion in order to play it on both systems, which is why I recommend getting them on discount. Even the main game itself is not cross-buy compatible ($50 for one copy, $100 for both).

 

With all that covered, I will say that this is one of the best racing games I’ve played in a while. Playing Hot Wheels Unleashed as an adult really brings back the nostalgia of playing with Hot Wheels cars as a kid, while also helping me develop or retain my driving skills for racing games in general. In conclusion, I would definitely recommend giving this game a try.

[LegendExeter]

16 hours ago, Lil-Gameboy123 said:

 

Your reply

 

Thanks so much for that indepth analysis and response.

 

I think I will pick it up for my son then, I can handle the time trials, and he really loves Hot Wheels.  I kind of wanted to make sure there was a good selection of cars, as I remember cars that I had when I was a kid 30 years ago; so I'm hoping the game has some nostalgia value to it as well.

[djb5f]

He will love it.  Easy to play, lots of vehicle selection, unlocks, etc.

 

Time trials is the only difficulty to the trophies (some tight times and need to know some off the wall shortcuts that most kids would not be interested in looking up).

 

 

[Rikorus_Boss]

Hello,

 

Whole story can be played in local coop?