Micro Machines World Series Reviews
A failed effort to revive an old franchise that doesn't do anything particularly wrong but not delivering a compelling single player campaing.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
World Series really embraces an Overwatch format, presenting each of the game's 12 vehicles as a different personality and build.
Micro Machines World Series has a good variety of cars and tracks, and these tracks are the highlight of Micro Machines and even provides some fun for some time. Unfortunately, the inaccurate controls and the lack of content, game modes and an option to play the game offline even with other people, takes away much of the quality of this Micro Machines.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Stick with the 1991 original.
If you're interested in preserving the shiny aura that surrounds the brand name, don't play Micro Machines World Series.
Micro Machines World Series simply doesn't offer enough to players to keep them invested beyond playing it as a party game.
It looks nice, and it's fun to play for a short while - but it's such a pallid production that it just feels like a shadow of the game it could have been. Micro Machines deserves better.
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Micro Machines World Series succeeds in some areas, as the controls has been nicely revamped and the Elimination mode works fine and is fun... But for the rest, this game lacks so much content (modes, challenges...) we couldn't believe it!
Review in French | Read full review
At its core, Micro Machines World Series had the potential to be much more than it actually is. More modes, more options, and more cars could've made this into a much more formidable game.
Micro Machines World Series actually contains a great deal of enjoyable content but its lack of structure and dependence on a barren online community means that content mostly goes to waste.
Micro Machines: World Series has the presentation nailed and feels like playing with toy cars again. However, once the glitter of that presentation wears off you'll find a game that controls way too loosely to give any kind of satisfaction and more frequently provides frustration, and furthermore nothing to really incentivize you to push beyond that without anything to unlock. To paraphrase the Micro Machines Slogan, “If it doesn't control good, it's barely worth playing.”
You'd be better off with Toybox Turbos from the same studio. It offers much more content and isn't filled with product placement. Forget about this strange Overwatch-on-wheels clone until devs decide to fix it.
Review in Russian | Read full review
World Series needs to fix its matchmaking, or give you singleplayer modes if it wants to be taken seriously.
Micro Machines World Series fails to capitalise on what makes the toys and games so great, delivering a shallow experience unlikely to hold up against any level of nostalgia you might have for the tiny cars
Micro Machines World Series certainly has the capacity to entertain in short bursts, and particularly shines when played locally with a few mates, but its occasional performance issues, low budget sheen, and general lack of content ensures that it will be served more as a warm-up dish during a sociable gaming session, rather than the main course.
Micro Machines World Series is a poorly conceived installment in the generally likable Micro Machines series.
World Series has tons of potential. It controls well, has some really great ideas, and even has an addicting formula that would keep players coming back for more. The issue is that this game lives and breathes by the player based and right out the gate, there's no one to play with forcing players to then play with the AI which is just not fun at all.
Overall, this is a solid game that I, personally, will keep playing well past the date on this article. I’d highly recommend it for anyone who wants a couch or online co-op game to play with a few friends and talk some smack.
Codemasters had good intentions with the latest instalment of Micro Machines, but their decision to concentrate on the Battle Modes instead of refining the racing aspect of the game will ultimately cost them in the long run. As a result, World Series has ended up being a ‘jack of all trades' game. Rather than perfecting one aspect it attempts to cover everything, ruining the game in the process. If you are craving the true Micro Machines experience, try booting up one of the older games instead.