There’s a solid game underneath the cheap facade, and it took me completely by surprise. I’ll be sure to make mention of them as we go, but as a whole, my experience with the game has been really positive. I’m really digging Hot Wheels Velocity X despite the issues I can level at it. I could pick at the other smaller flaws for a while, but that’s not why this post exists. In fact, the budget constraints are apparent at almost every moment, with game design that falters in the latter half of the game, and environments just don’t have the creative flair of the ones preceding it. The the music is repetitive, boring and poorly produced. The visuals are sparse, even though they display fair amounts of creativity. Still, a polished, perfect experience this is not, and there are things about Hot Wheels Velocity X that are not so great. I wasn’t expecting much at all, but I decided to give it a whirl and before I knew it, three hours had passed and I was absolutely engrossed. And I really only found it by chance, and happened upon its existence while searching through Steering Wheel compatibility lists for the PS2 and Gamecube. Hot Wheels Velocity X is as fresh a gaming experience I can possibly have these days, at least when talking borderline-retro titles.
So there! No nostalgia to cloud my judgement.
As much as I love me some vehicular action, I seriously doubt I’d have picked a kids game like this over the more mature offerings I was drowning in on the Xbox. Truthfully, even if it was an Xbox title, I’d have likely skipped it anyway, because, well, it’s a Hot Wheels game. I owned an Xbox back in those particularly glorious sixth-generation days, and owing to the fact that this game found release on the PS2, Gamecube and PC, Hot Wheels Velocity X completely passed me by. Now, before we get started, I have to tell you that I have no nostalgia attached to this game. Quality? Fuck that! GIMME THOSE SALES!ĭisappointing then, but every so often, you’d get a game like Hot Wheels: Velocity X. Kids licensed games were even worse, generally speaking.
OK, they were mostly misses, as with startling regularity, hot properties of the day were shoehorned into genres they had no place being in. Licensed games of the 90s/00s could be hit or miss. I really didn’t think I’d be sitting at my desk – in 2018, no less – writing about how fantastic a game Hot Wheels Velocity X: Maximum Justice is, yet here we are.
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