Customer Reviews

Hot Wheels Jetz

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This game has a lot of potential for entertaining kids. However, I've had the same trouble as the other listings. We can never move on to another mission because the system always fails and I have to physically reboot time and time again! It's very frustrating for my 5 year old son who just loves the game. Too bad that THQ doesn't have much of a customer support program. Maybe they know the troubles and don't wish to accept responsibility.

The earlier review had it right -- I also can't get this game to run, with the same symptoms he/she described. I have tried it on 2 different systems, Win98 and Win XP, with the same results. This is the only game so far that has failed to work on these systems.
There is no troubleshooting information provided with the product. Mattel's and THQ's web sites have absolutely NO support information for this game.

If/when I hear from THQ support (they predict a 2-business day turnaround for email support requests), I'll add another review.

Save your money.

This game rocks. After a very simple installation, it ran quite well. Best when used with a Joystick, it takes a bit of getting used to as far as control goes, but once you have it down, it's a lot of fun! There could be more levels, but the free-fly mode lets you wander around shooting little army men, and you can go through the levels again and again. At the price, it's well worth the money, and I'm sure I'll keep coming back to play it again and again! (If you like Toy Commander, this is an exceptional game to satisfy your 'needs' on the PC!)

This should be so simple: write a game for the Windows PC, make sure it works, sell it, provide basic support. THQ (the game authors) fail miserably at each step. The game attempts to run in 640x480 resolution (remember that?) and gets totally confused in the process, ending up with the screen settings and exit buttons hidden way off the screen and inaccessible. Being a poorly written application it does not allow the user to switch (escape?) out of it to another Windows application nor do a ctl-alt-del boot. No, THQ is special, they require a hard reset please if you dare leave their application. Finding nothing works is compounded by zero support on the web for this product (despite copious promises of such) and the usual minimal interest M-F 9-5 toll call phone support rings unanswered.

Avoid this game (Hot Wheels Stunt Driver is pretty lousy though that kind of worked) - but especially avoid amateur software house, THQ.