Customer Reviews

Hot Wheels: Beat That

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

My cousin received this game for christmas, and I ended up playing it when he wasn't. First off, I'd like to say that at first, I thought this was a pretty good racing game. The cars are easy to control, and the layout is pretty straightforward.

However, there are several issues I have with this game.

First of all, I was disappointed to learn that it was the same tracks that were used throughout the game. There's about 12 of them, but there are a total of about 120 races required to 'beat' the game. What does this mean? It means that each of these tracks is used several times. This can get tedious, and even a little boring. There is no challenge of different tracks!

I also witnessed several problems with the programming of the game. There are glitches that make the sound stop working, glitches that make words stay on the screen long after they should have disappeared, and glitches that make cars freeze (and I'm not talking about using the ice power-up).

However, most disappointing to me was the fact that it is IMPOSSIBLE to fully beat the game.
For each race, you are rated from 0 to 5 points. The game is truly beaten when all 5 points have been scored for each race. However, for one of the races, it is impossible to get all five.

On each level there is a final 'tournament' race, where you go through four different tracks. On one particular level, one of the requirements to get all five points is to go through each of the shortcut areas. However, there IS NO shortcut area in one of the tracks!

This surprised me. I thought that surely the programmers wouldn't have overlooked such a big detail, and that i simply couldn't find it. But after searching the track thoroughly, and looking for answers on the internet, I have accepted that there is, in fact, no shortcut area.

Honestly, for a $15 Nintendo DS game, you're probably getting your money's worth.

Hot Wheels Beat That has 30 unique unlockable cars. You will need to use a combination of precision driving skills and competitive weaponry as you race your competition through life-size environments in your effort to claim 1st place. Some of the weapons that are available are mines, rockets, freeze beam and turbo boost. As you progress through the game you move to different tracks that are in different areas of the house. My Son really likes this game and I have played it several times myself and thought it was one of the best games that I have seen for the Nintendo DS so far.

My son had been looking for this game for months. Well, I finally came to look for it here and ever since my son received this game, he's been playing it everyday. He loves it! Any child that loves hot wheels or car games are sure to love it, too.

I thought I was about to play one of the worst racing games ever, but to my surprise this game become very addicting, very quickly.

Until this game, games like Mario Kart and Asphalt Urban GT 2 where at the top of my list of favorite racing games, but this one I think I have been the most addicted to.

to start off you have 3 sets of rounds you can play. You must complete the first to unlock the next, which is Turbo, Nitro and Something else... in each category is 4 sets of races on each of the 4 tracks, and then a tournament. In the first tournament, you start on the Desktop track. The first race is is a normal 3 lap race, to see who comes first. The second is elimination, where every 30 seconds the person in last place is eliminated till there is only 1 car left. The 3rd is destroy all your opponents.

On the tracks, there is some pretty good areas for a DS game. Racing along desktops, golf courses and what not. You also can drive through rings of random power ups, you can get nitro blasts, ice things that you shoot and if it hits an opponent they will be frozen in ice for about 3 seconds, this electricity thing that does the same sort of thing as the ice, a health shield that protects you from enemy attacks, mines, a plasma bomb that will take away enemy's weapons if they have any, and 3 rockets to blast at your opponents.

Also there is a bar that says hotwheels, when you do enough skids or tricks, im not sure what exactly regenerates this, but once it flashes, you can power up your weapons by hitting the R button. Your rockets will become heat seeking, 3 x mines & Ice, and longer range or time on the plasma and shield.

It may sound a bit boring running about 120 races through the same 4 levels, but each time, there is a mission to do. It may be to destroy between 10 to 30 opponents, race through all the shortcuts, do a perfect landing on a stunt, or gain a certain amount of points... but there is one flaw in the game.

On the last level, in the first desktop tournament. It tells you you have to go through every shortcut. But on the 3rd round of the tournament, there is no shortcut on the track, making it impossible to get a perfect completion score.

As you win races, you unlock the next race, till you get the tournament which is 4 races in a row, one after the other, and when you win, you unlock the next category, and extra cars. There is about 30 cars, all ranging in different speeds, grip, handling and how fast they gain the hot wheels charge up.

Overall, besides there being no shortcut as i mentioned, and the occasional glitch, which i thought made the game look more interesting, this is a pretty good little racing game. Very easy at first, but does pose a few challenges in later levels.

I bought this game gently used for my 6 year old son for christmas. It arrived quickly and played like new in his DS. He absolutely LOVES this game and I've played it a couple of times and enjoyed it too.

I bought this for my kids (boys ages 5 & 7) it's a super fun, not too hard game that even me and my husband love to play

the best car race game, many options, many cars, smooth movements, all kind of "power, weapon" options,

amazing, finished all 585 credits, please build more games like that!!!

This game is played by my younger sons but I have taken a couple of turns too. It is fairly easy to play - hold down the A button down for forward and B for backward motion and the arrow pad for direction. It keeps them interested enough to remain in rotation.

There are 12 tracks that mimic actual Hot Wheel play sets and my boys liked this detail. They did not get bored with the same tracks being used over and over again for all 100+ races although I could see an adult or older kid losing interest in repeating the same tracks so often.

I found myself playing this game for much longer then I thought and it was fun to race the car around, trying for that perfect score of 5. Your performance is rated 1-5 after each race.

Since this game is still played with 6 months after purchase, it was worth the purchase price. It is not one of those games that got played with all the time and then put away to gather dust.

My seven year old says, " I love the game because of the power ups and you can do some cool things. You can shoot missiles, supercharge, and use a star to shut down a car." He recommends it to any boys who enjoy car racing games. Hot wheels beat that!

My four and a half year old likes the game. Is not the best at handling the car in the game, but he likes it anyway.