I’ll go into the newest additions to the game shortly, but ultimately if you’re reading this then you just want to know whether it’s like the classic games or not, and if by that you mean is it great fun and horribly difficult? Then yes it is! Offline skirmishes is where you’d expect Micro Machines to excel, and still 26 years on Codemasters know how to make local multiplayer exhilarating and dangerously competitive. Toybox Turbos gave us a naughty nibble of the nostalgic pie, making us realise that there’s still a place in our hearts for a daft toy-car racing game, but was it worth waiting nearly 3 years for the rest of the slice? Start your engines it’s going to be a bumpy ride. With outrageous characters, destructive weapons and diabolically difficult tracks to get your head round, Micro Machines: World Series definitely sounds like the next gen sequel fans have been screaming out for, especially considering we thought 2014’s ‘Toybox Turbos’ (Codemasters terrific unofficial Micro Machines revival), was the closest we were going to get. For avid fans who wanted a little bit of spice and carnage in their next gen revival, World Series brings with it an all new Arena match, a special event which pits your vehicles and their unique weaponry against each other for a cute, all out war it’s definitely a welcome addition in 2017. In this day and age, multiplayer reigns supreme, so it’s no surprise that World Series has focused its attention on online capabilities, reiterating the fact that what made this franchise so great was its chaotic multiplayer. Helmed by the Sheffield based (and Oddworld based at that) studio ‘Just Add Water’, World Series sets to bring the much loved, nostalgic arcade racer back into the spotlight with help from industry giants Codemasters, the team that brought it to life in the first place.
Micro Machines: World Series is the latest release from the critically acclaimed top down racing franchise, out now on PS4, Xbox One and PC. It may have caused grey hairs to sprout early, but Crash Bandicoot 2 filled my afternoons with joy and anger, and now in glorious HD I can do it all again after work! Whilst everyone was playing Gran Turismo, I was winning gold and having a blast on Micro Machines V3, and now 20 years later I can relive my tiny 4 wheeled victory … I think? Sometimes nostalgia can cloud our judgements and make treasures from our childhood look that little bit shinier, so I ask myself, is Micro Machines World Series one of those cases? Barely a day went past that I didn’t play Tekken 2, and though it does have its shortcomings, Tekken 7 is a breath-taking spectacle to behold. In the late 90s there were 3 video games that ruled my childhood, and as luck should have it all 3 of those franchises have been revitalised in 2017.
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