The maps are larger, and thus more open than race tracks, but as a result driving from one objective to the next is often a laborious task, with very little happening between. Not the good kind of chaotic, we should note – the messy, uncontrollable, kind. This also explains why only ground vehicles are present and why the hovercraft, rather inexplicably, explodes upon touching water.Įven with a slim assortment of vehicles and just three modes – King of the Hill, Capture the Flag, and Bomb Delivery – Battle Mode still suffers from being too unpredictable and chaotic. Developer Just Add Water, best known for their Oddworld remakes, had to keep the Battle Mode balanced. And as you’d expect, the two G.I Joe vehicles – World Series is chock-a-block with Hasbro product placement, incidentally – lend some heavy firepower.Ĭlearly, a lot of thought has gone into creating unique arsenals for each vehicle, and it also explains why the roster comprises of just twelve cars. A bright yellow ‘DOG’ digger can place gun turrets and erect walls the fire engine can push opposition back with a hose. The ambulance vehicle acts as a healer, restoring health via a glowing green beam, while the shotgun-toting police cruiser can buff the damage of nearby players. Still not convinced? In Battle Mode, each vehicle is loosely linked to a class type, and each has their own arsenal of attacks including an ‘Ultimate’ that charges over time. Even the achievement list bares resemblance to Blizzard’s almighty online shooter. With loot boxes that bestow new skins, alternative lines of speech and different spray tags, the Overwatch influence is beyond obvious. Rather than building on the foundations of 2014’s Toybox Turbos, what we have here is a radical overhaul clearly intended to compete with Rocket League, and more bizarrely, Overwatch. It looks similar to Micro Machines games of yore, with its breakfast table courses and such, but under the hood it’s a very different beast.
We should be in safe and familiar territory here, yet after playing a few matches it soon transpires that World Series is anything but. Micro Machines’ core concept is so simplistic that it isn’t in need of an explanation.
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