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Review of Micro Machines V4

I got an opportunity to review the new Micro Machines game called Micro Machines V4. Not sure why V4...maybe there were 3 of them before??? I remember there being one on the NES (does that show my age? darn!) but nothing afterwards. Anyways, the game was very entertaining and brought back old school memories of those lil guys but after the nostalgia wore off, I was still left with a good game.

Pros:

First of all and a big plus for this game is that you have 750 micro machines that you can unlock. You can even trade them with other PSP players or move them over to your PS2 and play them there. I didn't get to try the trading because no one else I knew had this game and I didn't have the PS2 version of the game. The one thing I wish they would have done with these 750 unlockable Micro Machines would be to give them more details and paint jobs. They are all very bland and very little detail on them.

Another pro to this game was the tracks you get to play on. Most of the ones I played on were very fun, unique, if not aggravating at times. There are 40+ tracks that can be unlocked. You start with 2 (a pool table and a museum track). One thing about the tracks I did unlock was that they were all very short. This isn't a problem with the PSP because you want short game time on a portable but since this is the same game on the PS2 I think I would have wanted these tracks to be a lot longer.

Weapons are another fun thing about this game. There are 20 or more weapons that you pick up Mario Kart style to use in battle and races. One thing I liked was that the more weapons you pick up the heavier your car is and slower you move. This put a different spin on things.

Cons:

Would have like the cars to be more detailed and better paint jobs.

If playing on the PS2, the tracks would be way to short.

The major con to this game is how hard it is to play. At first you are stuck with a very crappy car and it is a challenge to win and open up more cars. However, once you open up a few more cars the challenge dwindles down. Don't get me wrong here. It still was challenging to me but I suck at car games for the most part and the control on the PSP was hard for me to master. I think this game may have been built to be easy and fun and there is nothing wrong with that. I just think that hard core driving sim players should stay waaaay far away from this game.

Final Thoughts:

Did I enjoy this game? Yes
Would I have bought this game before playing it? No
Would I buy this game now after playing it? No
Rating (1-5): 3.25

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