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Great video! I know this game isn't perfect, but there is a community of us who are very passionate for this game and want it to succeed and for the playerbase to grow. It really is bothersome that people won't even look at this game just because it's hotwheels which is seen as "for babies only". Hopefully this video spreads and gets popular so hopefully more people are convinced to join the race.
"saying Hotwheels is for baby's is stupid mindset to have". As there mostly based of reallife cars. This game is step up from First game in everyway. It's shame people have passed on this title. The game hasn't been out that that long, and struggle to find games. This game super fun deserves more eyes on it tbh.
I appreciate them adding more classics. They need to go further. I think that with the first one, they were trying to market to much younger children, rather than older games.
If there's ever a HW Unleashed 3, Milestone NEEDS to make sure that we can choose specific cars from the Hotwheels lineup. I know that adding literally 20,000 new hotwheels to a single game is a bit much unless its a huge MMO, but I just want to be able to play as my own favorite hotwheels that I own, you know? Maybe they can do something where you can take a year, and a model of car, and then color it. Like for instance, a '67 Chevelle would be the same as a '68 Camaro or something. All the cars from the same brand would have roughly the same stats.
I got the Unleashed 1 top edition on PS, only to find out the game was on Game Pass. RIP my money 💀 For *Unleashed 2:* As soon as the sales stall, it may come to Game Pass as well, to motivate more people to play the game and buy DLC/add-ons.
here is a link to where DLSS and Ray Tracing were added to the original game, this in turn lead to them both being polished and shipped with the sequel so yes, it does have ray tracing. www.nvidia.com/en-au/geforce/news/hot-wheels-unleashed-nvidia-dlss/
The fact that this game is hated because of "being the same as the first game" (while in reality is an improvement) but a game like Forza Horizon 5, which is the same as fh4 but worst, strives in both popularity and sales, just proves the hypocritical reason as to why we are here in modern racing gaming.
More so, a Gaming Community hypocrisy. I said that presentation wise, Spider-Man 2 felt like a copy paste of the first one. And I was almost crucified for that.
@@meta9988 It is Improving a Lot, it has gone from Abysmal to a Genuinely "good" Game since "Midnights at Horizon" and Torben Ellert taking over, but its never going to be better than good sadly as Mike Brown's unutterable Incompetence left the base game so Weak (that *Awful* , Boring, *Dead* , "Battle Royale* Focused map and the Horrible amounts of FOMO...) that it needs to be replaced outright in order to ever get past "good". I just hope Torben had the good sense to *Scrap* Mike Browns "FH4.7 - Forkknife with Carz 2: Woke Elektrik Boogaloo, now with even more FOMO!" Vision for FH6 and Start again from Scratch when he took over!
The more i look at the Hot Wheels Unleashed duology the more i wish newer racing games these days would have this level of passion and fun put into them rather than what its devolved into these days. While it does suck the lack of marketting and being connected to the Hot Wheels brand limits the total player base Unleashed 2 has i am glad it exists for those who want to play a fun arcade racer. Hell i put many hours into Unleashed 1 and i plan to do the same for Unleashed 2. Also just to get this out of my system and out of the way this game was robbed at the VGAs this year.
@@serperior2264 The biggest problem was just marketing it to the general audience. But that was something Hot Wheels as a brand was never really good at, so it never even bothered to try. Mattel and Milestone decide to stick to the core fan base and just market directly to them, and it worked. for Unleashed 2, It was essentially "second verse, same as the first" But with a heavier emphasis on listening to the fan base instead of Mattel higher-ups and stockholders.
@Suprasumo93 agreed. I guess the general racing community just doesn't want it to be a Hot Wheels game of all things. No idea why the racing game community avoids Hot Wheels games like the plague.
@@SRGIProductions It could be because Hot Wheels games usually don't have a good rep. They're often praised by fans, but by critics they're often mediocre titles, and if you put nostalgia aside, you can kind of see their point.
For me, Unleashed 2 is what the first game should have been. A lot of the issues that made me stop playing Unleashed 1 are gone in the sequel. It's a shame that Unleashed 2 was released in a busy time for games, so it seems it went under the radar for many.
Was there any promotion? Like, at all? Because I just discovered the game was a thing, through this video. It would suck for the game to fail for lack of publicity.
How do games go under the radar these days? You look on the market and see a month before they release. They release and you look through new games and clearly see all the new games. If you didn't see this game then you weren't paying much attention to the online market.
as a hot wheels collector its definitely good to know that Mattel cares about the IP alot to the point that the games they pump out occasionally arent generic shovelware but instead really good racing games
@@ShadowAssassin-vb5upwell at least they didn't crumple the dust on me unlike the poor, unfortunate kids of 1971. For context, It was that year where Mattel decided to use an impure form of Zamac metal to reduce production costs. This cheaper form of the metal alloy didn't mix properly when it was slagged and cast, resulting in a very brittle compound that would eventually break apart and crumple the dust over time. these are known as "crumblers" in the collector community and are essentially worthless. The crumbling issue was fixed after 1971, but it was a devastating blow to Mattel's image.
how they handle their new track builder system is somewhat debatable, but generally Mattel has been very cautious with the Hot Wheels brand. This brand is not perfect, but it has a lasting legacy.
It's a damn shame there's some sort of Hot Wheels bias in the racing game community. It's what I feel is the real reason why Unleashed 1 and 2 never had a big player base. The Unleashed series is a fantastic series of arcade racers If you strip away all the Hot Wheels branding. The core mechanics of the series can make for a very refreshing take on arcade racers, the only problem to the general public is that they're Hot Wheels games. just having the flame logo on it alone makes it very difficult to advertise to the general audience, If not outright impossible. folks are going to take one look at it and just say "Ewwww! Hot Wheels! what am I?! 6 years old?!" and completely ignore the games outright, despite their fantastic polish and sheer amount of content. These are also the same people who will happily buy every EA sports racing game every year. Fuckin' whales. Marketing tangent aside though, I'll personally play Unleashed 2 over the original nowadays. I just wish this game, much like the first one, didn't cost $50 out of the gate. I think this game is worth $30, $35 at most. At that price point it will take into account for all the DLC, including the AcceleDrome expansion. That was the one thing that was keeping me away from this game until Christmas time of 2023: The high price of admission. tl;dr This game is freakin' awesome, but damn is it hard to market to general audiences.
“Every EA sports racing game” you mean the two of them, and in the case of WRC debuted last year. I don’t know where you’re getting your anger from but it ain’t from a right place.
@@rexthewolf3149 So you are perfectly okay with EA creating the most bare bones of gaming experiences and locking the rest of the fun behind microtransactions? I see where your allegiance lies. EA sucked then, and they still suck now. Cry about it.
Recently watched your video regarding the first Hot Wheels Unleashed and seeing that you have just dropped a video regarding Unleashed 2 was surprising Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 was honestly the only game I was really excited for 2023 and it was definitely a huge improvement and my personal GOTY. Unfortunately,I feel like the game just didn't get the acknowledgement it deserved and the fact that it got overshadowed by Forza Motorsport which is objectively seen as a worse game than Unleashed 2 personally hurts me now thinking about it.
Unleashed 2 is certainly my Game of the Year. I was also very bummed that Forza Motorsport won over Unleashed 2, especially given how broken the game is. at least nothing from EA won.
Glad to see a video on this game. Unleashed 2 is such a step up from the first game. I really wish it was easier to find games online for it, but the lack of marketing, and a lot of people thinking there's not enough here to justify this being a sequel rather than an update to the first game (which I don't agree with) really hurt this game. I think the coolest thing about this game is the new movement options. Jumping, double jumping, and side dashing really help make this game stand out compared to every other racing game out there, including the original Unleashed. On top of that, I actually really like these options being tied to the boost. It essentially makes the boost meter in this game equivalent to a super meter in a fighting game or something, where you need to carefully manage your limited resource on what you think is important to use at the time. If I had to complain about it, I'd say I wish more of the tracks utilized jumping for taking shortcuts, rather than for simply avoiding obstacles or falling off the track. Hopefully this game will eventually get more of a following as word of mouth spreads about how good this game is.
What caused unpopularity with this game is primarily the online mode. People wanted to play their custom tracks with others online in the first game, but couldn’t. This issue still isn’t resolved in the sequel. People were already hesitant that this game was far too similar to its predecessor, but the unchanged online mode is what made the difference.
@@Jellyman1129 This seems false. I just watched a video from a HWU2 online tournament that featured custom tracks made by the tournament host, so it seems like the option is there.
@@Jellyman1129 How is that debatable? It seems like you can play your custom tracks online with friends. How else was that online tournament played with the host's custom tracks if it isn't an option?
The *_one_* thing that's kept me from sinking any money into this game is the fact that all signs indicate that they still haven't implemented the ability to race custom tracks against CPU opponents. As someone who has spent hours upon hours upon hours upon hours of their life designing and racing custom tracks in any racing game that allows it - from Re-Volt to Crashday and even Hypersonic Xtreme, as mid as that game was - the complete inability to actually experience my custom creations without having to deal with all the drawbacks of McDonald's Wi-Fi utterly shattered my feelings for the first game and precluded any excitement I could've felt about the second game. There are good customization-heavy racing games and there are good unrealistic arcade racing games, but there' hasn't been a single good customization-heavy unrealistic arcade racing game since before Ubisoft hijacked Trackmania. The fact that Unleashed 2 could have easily been everything I've *_ever_* wanted out of a racing game, but it just... *_isn't..._* is what kills me the most.
This is why I appreciated little big planet carting so much because they allowed for the CPU to race on your creation. They even had a whole tool that made sure that the a lot AI followed where you pathed, The tool is called pathway finder. That’s all they would need to implement in this game. I’m almost certain that’s why they don’t have AI on custom tracks.
I want to play this game so bad. But I recently got into TEKKEN 8 and Street Fighter. I am a HUGE Acceleracers fan. Haven't had to money to buy this, but now I do, so I might buy it. Thank you for the awesome review.
In case everyone hadn't realized, the Hot Wheels Unleashed videogames are all about childhood. Even loved the second Hot Wheels Unleashed game for the fact it featured cars from Hot Wheels Velocity X and a skillset system to tailor our vehicles to our driving style.
I used to "double jump" my cars as a kid, and seeing that in Unleashed 2 put a smile on my face. It works so well with boost flying, a carry-over from the first game.
I feel the same way with this game. There's a lot to enjoy in this game, but it sucks that no one is playing it. Maybe it's because of the marketing, I really don't know. In a weird way, I actually like this game more than TCMF. Also, a fun fact about this game that is related to myself, the MS-T Suzuka, DAVancenator, and Group C Fanasty that they use in the game, I own the exact versions that they used in the game.
Just as I see this video, I also see that the Premium Edition of this game with all the DLC is like 35 dollars on the PS Store. Isn’t that a fun coincidence?
I bought the game because of this video, originally thought this was gonne be a copy and paste of the first game because of money, but it genuinely is a step up from the first game. Also milestone should just make an acceleracers game at this point
In my opinion there's a few things you missed or didn't want to talk about this game, maybe due to making the video too long but I feel that should be brought out, there's also an improvement in both the liveries, as you can now do and use stickers for your liveries, and the implementation of crossplay between pc and consoles(excluding switch) as as otherwise the online pc lobbies would most probably be 2 or 3 players half of the time
Really great video! I didn't know there was an Acceledrome track on this game until I saw this video, so my reaction was probably the same as Moses, lol. It's really sad to see the "traditional" arcade racer be represented by only one game these days, but it's a relief to know how good this game is. The lack of touch with the community is one of the key reasons why some racing games these days fall flat. Yet, a Hot Wheels game nails that aspect! Btw, it would be really cool to see a Burnout video eventually! Happy New Year to you guys!
Thank you! We plan on doing a Burnout video at some point, not sure which game which would be covered first, but it’s in the drafts! And happy new year to you as well
I genuinely did not know a sequel had even been released, this video is the very first thing I had ever seen on Unleashed 2! I'll definitely have to pick it up, so happy to hear that the awful blind boxes had been replaced.
I know it probably wont happen, but u really want them to make a dlc pack thats just all the tracks of hot wheels beat that remade. I feel like giving those tracks a second chance with the amazing face pace gameplay could be awesome
I loved the idea of racing Hot Wheels and enjoyed the first Unleashed for a while, but once I was finished with the initial playthrough it started to show its problems--no real balance between cars, little to no replayability, audacious monetization chief among them. When I learned I'd be expected to pay full price to 'upgrade' the game for the PS5, I noped out and haven't touched it since. I can't see myself trusting the publisher to not do this a second time, so the title is at the very least half-right--I won't be playing this game.
Only person I've seen in this comment section that's speaking a lick of sense, lol. You could make a bajillion videos in an attempt to praise this game and try to tell people "Ya don't know what you're missing", but the sad reality is that most of the core playerbase was burned out by the first game and does not feel like further supporting the companies behind this game because of how the first one was handled, and there's every chance this game will pull the same stunts. It's on them to earn that trust back not on the players to just blindly fork up cash to them just because the first game's 'nickle-and-dime' machine didn't work the way they wanted, lol.
Will Play it, Loved the Original on Gamepass, and I do not mind being seen as "childish" by a few CODWZ Obsessed Teenage Edgelords who would not know a good Game even if you clipped them around the Head with the Amaray Case! Hot Wheels or not (and Hot Wheels is indeed a Major Part of my Early 90's Childhood!) a Game *this* good belongs in my Collection (no, not Gamepass this time, but an *actual Purchase* , PC Version so I can use my RTX3080Ti to really *Crank* those RT Effects to Ultra! and still get a locked 60!) ) but I am going to wait for the Complete Edition so I can get it for £20 instead of £200+, as well, I am not a Fan of Paid DLC, I will take Paid DLC over FOMO any day of the Week (FOMO should be made *illegal* IMO!) without Question , but it makes games so Expensive that One Game is 2 Months of Disability Payments Gone! so if I can save money by Waiting for a STEAM or Xbox Store Sale, I do! Hope they add the Proper 1966 Anime Version of the Mach 5, or at the very least the Movie Version, at some point to go with the Air Ram Jump and the Direct Shout out to the Speed Racer Movie in the Launch Trailer. Agreed, we need more pure Arcade Racers! There are far too Few! EA? *Bring Back BURNOUT* ! NFS is *Dead* and has been for Over a *Decade* Now (The last Good one was Hot Pursuit 2010, and that was the First Good one, for Me, since Hot Pursuit 2!) so, Bring Back BURNOUT!
What you said about collaborations with Spongebob, made me think of a few fun ideas: - Burger car with Spongebob and Patrick figures sitting in it - A driving sea shell with a grumpy Squidward figure - Mr. Krabs in a standard boat - a standard boat with Spongebob and Mr. Puff inside - Oh and how about Larry Lobster in a big a muscle boat-car thingy
Unleashed 2 is so much better than the 1st one in many ways. The sense of speed, the graphics, new locations, new game modes. The car list itself is so much better than before, no character cars, so many iconic and forgotten 2000s fantasy cars, a mix of real licensed for the modern collectors, its the perfect Hotwheels game and yet people still bound to complain "same as before". The upcoming DLCs are quite promising, with more acceleracers and highway 35 cars
With the roster of vehicle types you can choose, obstacles, and even sideways boost, this game reminded me so much of the Motorstorm series and how I want it to return so badly. Something along the lines of a Motorstorm Trilogy remaster or even remake will excite me to no end, but Unleashed 2 is scratching that itch for now.
12:15 and 12:26 are both out of bounds tracks that were created via a glitch in the track editor so it is nothing the developers would ever make for their official tracks.
Once I whip some cash together, this game is definitely going into my Xbox Library, seeing that they've fixed a lot of main problems that the original Unleashed had, I am convinced this game is a MUST PLAY for any arcade racer fans, so yes I will play this game
the worst part of Hotwheels unleashed 2 is it's price. 249BRL + 159.90BRL Season Pass 1 + 159.90BRL Season Pass 2 = 569.79BRL, or ALMOST HALF MINIMUN WAGE IN BRAZIL. This is not sustainable to almost anyone. Ig if i wanna play, pirating it is...
Grid Legends has an eliminator mode. came out in 2022 personally, I wasn't able to get into the first HW Unleashed game. it felt quite repetitive and I didn't like the career mode, the grind, the blind boxes, most of the cars, or how it shoved the currency you could pay real money for down your throat all the time. I'll give this a shot when it's free or something. ps for the love of go stop re-using that footage for the R8 taking the jump. it's seared into my brain better than my mother's own voice.
The game has a mixed rating on steam, mostly due to being steam deck verified, yet having a bug that breaks game starting lv 3. Also many are not happy how game feels like $50 DLC
this whole video was super cool to sit through and i genuinely enjoy this game there's one serious complaint. Krazy 8s has been snuffed once again. It doesn't appear in this game or the previous title, despite appearing in both Acceleracers AND velocity X. Feels like a genuinely baffeling omission from the roster for such an iconic car, and to be fair in showcasing my bias, my favorite car. In it's place i use to maelstrom which drives excellently and lives up to my velocity X childhood dreams but i do hope that Krazy 8s makes its way into the roster (despite the fact it doesn't show up in any DLC leaks).
These 'Out of Bounds' tracks kinda look like the Storm Realm and the Water Realm from AcceleRacers. It's so sad that we won't get them, but hey, we can recreate them in Track Builder.
This brings back some nostalgia. I remember playing those CD Hotwheel games with the track editor and campaign mode where you could unlock cars to add to a display case section menu
I refuse to play NFS cuz it's arcade I only like simulators but dam I love this game lol it's kinda like initial d even tho it's arcade there is still a skill set that can make you good
Unleashed 1: acceleracers cars unleashed 2: acceledrome map and more cars Unleashed 3: we are going to the realms baby, and here is your accelechargers
I gotta be honest I’m not mad about how easy it is to get cars. 1. It’s an arcade racer geared towards changing how you drive per car type/event so it doesn’t ruin having these cars. 2. I do think it should be SLIGHTLY harder but not by much, maybe instead 2 days it’s a full week, hard enough to keep you interested but easy enough that you don’t get bored. At the end of it the games about having fun racing, how hard it is to get the cars doesn’t really matter that much.
Hey Ultraviolet, just watched your video on Hot Wheels Unleashed 2, and I'm hyped! 🚗💨 The Acceleracers Expansion Pack looks like a game-changer. I spotted the Twin Mill on the Hot Wheels Unleashed Instagram, and it's got me even more excited . Also, did you catch the Turbocharged | Acceleracers Trailer? It's epic ]! Can't wait to unleash my inner racer with the new DLC! 🔥
Unleashed 2 deserves FAR more attention. It improves upon so much from the original, ya get more cars, the handling feels better, and everything else gameplay-wise is just great! Blind Boxes aren't a thing anymore AND we have the acceledrome now with more cars to come! I just genuinely don't understand. This is one of THE most bonafide perfect racing games out there yet it flies under the radar for folks bc simcade or the "it's the same game" excuse🙄 Pisses me off knowing forza motorsport somehow won best racer over it at the game awards🤦♂️
This reminds me alot of an old PS1 game called RC Revenge. I spent countless hours on that game back then. Im not sure if this hotwheels game has weapons, but if it does, then im definitely buying this game later today.
Responding to the title: Because it is too expensive in my country. $90 for Legendary and $50 for Base game. $50 to miss on a lot of content simply doesn't make sense to me. Bought the first one for 40$ with all DLC, and it wasn't long after launch Edit: As soon as the Legendary version gets close to $50 I'll buy it. Game looks great!
If you played the first 1 Unleashed 2 is better. Improve to the car classes, the jump and side boost, more game modes, upgrades (skills) optional. I just wish the cars that was in Unleashed 1 that wasn't license was in the 2nd. Back to the car classes it nice to have the high the class the better the car and as you unlock more of the track. A Stock class car is not going to make those gaps like a Powered or Ultimate class car.
This year I was thinking of getting some games. I wanted to try something different, regardless if its old or new. And after watching this video, believe it or not you got my attention. I'm interested in this game now and I'll probably buy it when I get some extra cash. This game looks very fun to play and honestly I miss having fun games. That might sound strange to some people but considering the current demographic I'm not surprised at all. People always complain about how there's no "variety" in racing games anymore yet whenever games like this release. People don't touch them simply because they're "Hot Wheels" just like you said. But anyways, great review, great video, and nice work! Also I loved the detail you mentioned about the toy cars having fingerprints on them, which to me it really gives off that vibe of playing around with your toys just like from your childhood, carrying them around, and imagining the toys going around a track you made up in your head. I too also missed having elimination type of races in racing games. I did not know this game had one. Honestly those types of races were one of my favorites. That was my thing man. I can't remember the last time a racing game had that type of race.
Due to the weak multiplayer system they deprived this game of the success it deserves. I don't like the new game modes they added in HWU2 and despite this I consider this game the best arcade racer. In my personal ranking, I put it on par with Mario Karts and Wreckfest when it comes to gameplay enjoyment..
For me the best racing Game ever, better than part 1, i love it soooooo much ❤ I have no money right now, so i dont played the DLC, but i will buy it and have fun with in future 😎 Idk, i played it so much and it will not getting boring 😅 I will in future have more fun with the DLCs 🔥🔥 This game makes childhod dreams come true ❤️
Don't get me wrong! I love Unleashed 1&2! Especially 2 but please Mattel changes this goofy cringe background music to Unleashed 2❗️Do you remember Hot Wheels Beat That? This is background music at it‘s peak😍🤩No seriously, this new music in the games is quite annoying!
I really wanted to like the first game, but it was just so meh and the handling was poor and not what I expected. No.2 is just so good with handling like classic Sega games like my favourite Outrun 2.
The problem is they can't really do the overhead arrow as that a COPYRIGHTED GAME FEATURE AND I HATE COPYRIGHTING MECHANICS AAAAA. (looking at you shadow of wardor)
My main complaint for both games is still the same. Its hard to get to play your track in multiplayer. You can play them with freands witch is very nice. But if you don't have anyone to play with you gotta be really dedicatet and make many tracks. I wish you could just make a track and play it with strangers. Ofcourse it would be a voting and the old system would still be there. Maybe the track suggestion in the middle of the 5 choices could be a player in the lobby choosed a track before he went in? This would make it so you maybe got to play your track in the following week I guess. Instead of waiting 3 months and play every day to see if your choice is in the lobby. Im exgaggerating a bit, but its pretty accurate. At least for us casual players.
Recently bought the first one when it was on sale, and i can say that unleashed 1/2 are the only modern racing games that's worth a full price, they are a perfect reminiscent of beat that but they also an absolute fun arcade racers in the age of boring racing games. The only thing I can wish for is a new live action or an animated hot wheels movie
The first game, which I'm currently playing and the dlc, is ruined by absolute bullsh*! time trials and some crappy frustrating tracks. It's put me well off getting this sequel.
I bought and played the first Hot Wheels Unleashed, but was thoroughly unimpressed by numerous issues and design choices. Stale gameplay, awful car balance, poor track designs, a complete lack of AI support for custom tracks, and especially the monetization on an already AAA-priced game. I just don't trust Milestone with another one so soon after the first.
Y'know, thanks for enlightening me about this game. I know that I'd be late to this. But this video did make me want to give the game a try now. Just a shame that a recent update has caused Steamdecks to no longer be a choice to play this game. But I hope thats just bugged code that'll be resolved.
Well, it being a Hot Wheels game didn't stop me from buying the original Unleashed, so there's every chance in the world that I'll probably grab the sequel when it goes on sale. Solid video, overall.
Better then the old game, but still flawed. Physics is still bad, half of time spent in flickering loading screens, difficulty does not increase gradually but suddenly jumps to infinity in end game where doing bad, medium, good or very good is equal and only being millisecond perfect gets you beating the required time...
My main concern with this game is how bad they push microtransactions. Unleashed 1 made me sick with how hard they were trying to crowbar parents wallets open. The first video game I ever owned was Hot Wheels turbo racing for ps1, so I have a real soft spot for hot wheels games, but it really cheapens the experience if they peddle DLC at every turn it cheapens the game immensely.
I just finished the campaign for the first unleashed and cannot wait to get my hands on the second one. Hot Wheels are one of the biggest parts of my childhood and I thoroughly enjoyed the first one. It realized a lot of my childhood dreams and cannot wait to see how the second one plays and get my hands on a lot of the new cars. Thank you for such an in depth analysis of this game.
The only other game that I can immediately think of that has an elimination mode (my personal favorite game mode of any racing game ever) is Wreckfest, which was another pretty good arcade racer, I wished the modding scene was a bit bigger, that way the tracks could be as outlandish as Hot Wheels.
So we now have perfected the toy Hotwheels racing game, can we now get a full size Hotwheels game where I play as a full size human racing fullsize Hotwheels in a real Hotwheels city with orange track integrated into the world. Similar to acceleracers and Forza Hotwheels dlc
What he meant by "you wont play" is most people will probably not play it becouse it looks like a kids game. But they don't know its a really good arcade racer.
what keeps me away from it is because of how the first game had that terrible online mode. filled with idiots 2 second long tracks. also sim racers are lame. They are so slow. Sure their is skill involved. But it's def not as adrenaline inducing as an arcade racer
I have been wanting to play this so so bad. The first game was really enjoyable but I've been too poor to get it. As soon as I get a chance, I wanna get this
You know i want a new hotwheels games that is a good as unleashed but doesnt have the "racing toys" asthetic Like the forza dlc i want some beautfull islands, jungles, i want to race in locations similar to the movies I want these fantastical racing tracks that the ps2 era need for speed games had
we had an issue pop up that we weren’t aware of until now, but in the last segment there seems to have been a render glitch in where a clip of an R8 plays consistently. We apologize for this, and hope it isn’t too much of an issue
The fact that Forza Motorsport won best racing game over this or any of the other nominees is absolutely ridiculous.
Gaming Community
actually tragic
Its because the judges votes count for way more then community votes
@@micromaniac6176 than
Bought and paid for, like all "awards" shows.
Great video! I know this game isn't perfect, but there is a community of us who are very passionate for this game and want it to succeed and for the playerbase to grow. It really is bothersome that people won't even look at this game just because it's hotwheels which is seen as "for babies only". Hopefully this video spreads and gets popular so hopefully more people are convinced to join the race.
thank you so much!!
"saying Hotwheels is for baby's is stupid mindset to have". As there mostly based of reallife cars. This game is step up from First game in everyway. It's shame people have passed on this title. The game hasn't been out that that long, and struggle to find games. This game super fun deserves more eyes on it tbh.
I appreciate them adding more classics. They need to go further. I think that with the first one, they were trying to market to much younger children, rather than older games.
If there's ever a HW Unleashed 3, Milestone NEEDS to make sure that we can choose specific cars from the Hotwheels lineup. I know that adding literally 20,000 new hotwheels to a single game is a bit much unless its a huge MMO, but I just want to be able to play as my own favorite hotwheels that I own, you know?
Maybe they can do something where you can take a year, and a model of car, and then color it. Like for instance, a '67 Chevelle would be the same as a '68 Camaro or something. All the cars from the same brand would have roughly the same stats.
Well, you've certainly convinced me of getting this game.
Can't ever find a match
I got the Unleashed 1 top edition on PS, only to find out the game was on Game Pass. RIP my money 💀
For *Unleashed 2:* As soon as the sales stall, it may come to Game Pass as well, to motivate more people to play the game and buy DLC/add-ons.
Hot wheels inleashed 2 does not have ray tracing
here is a link to where DLSS and Ray Tracing were added to the original game, this in turn lead to them both being polished and shipped with the sequel so yes, it does have ray tracing. www.nvidia.com/en-au/geforce/news/hot-wheels-unleashed-nvidia-dlss/
First?
no
The fact that this game is hated because of "being the same as the first game" (while in reality is an improvement) but a game like Forza Horizon 5, which is the same as fh4 but worst, strives in both popularity and sales, just proves the hypocritical reason as to why we are here in modern racing gaming.
More so, a Gaming Community hypocrisy.
I said that presentation wise, Spider-Man 2 felt like a copy paste of the first one. And I was almost crucified for that.
I can't play multiplayer with any player
People who praise Forza Horizon 5 clearly have never played it.
@@meta9988 It is Improving a Lot, it has gone from Abysmal to a Genuinely "good" Game since "Midnights at Horizon" and Torben Ellert taking over, but its never going to be better than good sadly as Mike Brown's unutterable Incompetence left the base game so Weak (that *Awful* , Boring, *Dead* , "Battle Royale* Focused map and the Horrible amounts of FOMO...) that it needs to be replaced outright in order to ever get past "good".
I just hope Torben had the good sense to *Scrap* Mike Browns "FH4.7 - Forkknife with Carz 2: Woke Elektrik Boogaloo, now with even more FOMO!" Vision for FH6 and Start again from Scratch when he took over!
@meta9988 I mean FH5 is a great game. Just not an outstanding one
The game has received NO ADVERTISEMENTS. This channel is the FIRST channel I'm seeing talk about it.
The more i look at the Hot Wheels Unleashed duology the more i wish newer racing games these days would have this level of passion and fun put into them rather than what its devolved into these days. While it does suck the lack of marketting and being connected to the Hot Wheels brand limits the total player base Unleashed 2 has i am glad it exists for those who want to play a fun arcade racer. Hell i put many hours into Unleashed 1 and i plan to do the same for Unleashed 2.
Also just to get this out of my system and out of the way this game was robbed at the VGAs this year.
My brother who is 15 and I am 25 he said I'm obsessed with a kids game I nodded and kept on playing for more hours
Wasn't expecting another Unleashed video! Really freaking cool! This game really needs more attetion!
we love these games! we just had to make another
@@serperior2264 The biggest problem was just marketing it to the general audience. But that was something Hot Wheels as a brand was never really good at, so it never even bothered to try. Mattel and Milestone decide to stick to the core fan base and just market directly to them, and it worked. for Unleashed 2, It was essentially "second verse, same as the first" But with a heavier emphasis on listening to the fan base instead of Mattel higher-ups and stockholders.
@Suprasumo93 agreed. I guess the general racing community just doesn't want it to be a Hot Wheels game of all things. No idea why the racing game community avoids Hot Wheels games like the plague.
Agreed
@@SRGIProductions It could be because Hot Wheels games usually don't have a good rep. They're often praised by fans, but by critics they're often mediocre titles, and if you put nostalgia aside, you can kind of see their point.
For me, Unleashed 2 is what the first game should have been. A lot of the issues that made me stop playing Unleashed 1 are gone in the sequel. It's a shame that Unleashed 2 was released in a busy time for games, so it seems it went under the radar for many.
Releasing right between both a NEW Sonic and NEW Mario game was dumb.
Was there any promotion? Like, at all? Because I just discovered the game was a thing, through this video. It would suck for the game to fail for lack of publicity.
No, none whatsoever.@@VixYW
I had no idea there was a sequel until this video was recommended to me 🤷♂️
How do games go under the radar these days? You look on the market and see a month before they release. They release and you look through new games and clearly see all the new games. If you didn't see this game then you weren't paying much attention to the online market.
as a hot wheels collector its definitely good to know that Mattel cares about the IP alot to the point that the games they pump out occasionally arent generic shovelware but instead really good racing games
I feel like the quality of the materials the newer cars are made out of are cheaper feeling than some of the cars from a few years ago or so.
@@ShadowAssassin-vb5upwell at least they didn't crumple the dust on me unlike the poor, unfortunate kids of 1971.
For context, It was that year where Mattel decided to use an impure form of Zamac metal to reduce production costs. This cheaper form of the metal alloy didn't mix properly when it was slagged and cast, resulting in a very brittle compound that would eventually break apart and crumple the dust over time. these are known as "crumblers" in the collector community and are essentially worthless. The crumbling issue was fixed after 1971, but it was a devastating blow to Mattel's image.
how they handle their new track builder system is somewhat debatable, but generally Mattel has been very cautious with the Hot Wheels brand. This brand is not perfect, but it has a lasting legacy.
It's a damn shame there's some sort of Hot Wheels bias in the racing game community. It's what I feel is the real reason why Unleashed 1 and 2 never had a big player base. The Unleashed series is a fantastic series of arcade racers If you strip away all the Hot Wheels branding. The core mechanics of the series can make for a very refreshing take on arcade racers, the only problem to the general public is that they're Hot Wheels games. just having the flame logo on it alone makes it very difficult to advertise to the general audience, If not outright impossible. folks are going to take one look at it and just say "Ewwww! Hot Wheels! what am I?! 6 years old?!" and completely ignore the games outright, despite their fantastic polish and sheer amount of content. These are also the same people who will happily buy every EA sports racing game every year.
Fuckin' whales.
Marketing tangent aside though, I'll personally play Unleashed 2 over the original nowadays. I just wish this game, much like the first one, didn't cost $50 out of the gate.
I think this game is worth $30, $35 at most. At that price point it will take into account for all the DLC, including the AcceleDrome expansion. That was the one thing that was keeping me away from this game until Christmas time of 2023: The high price of admission.
tl;dr This game is freakin' awesome, but damn is it hard to market to general audiences.
“Every EA sports racing game” you mean the two of them, and in the case of WRC debuted last year. I don’t know where you’re getting your anger from but it ain’t from a right place.
@@rexthewolf3149 So you are perfectly okay with EA creating the most bare bones of gaming experiences and locking the rest of the fun behind microtransactions? I see where your allegiance lies.
EA sucked then, and they still suck now. Cry about it.
Literally everyone who wants to play HWUnleashed is a grown adult lol. I guarantee like, MAYBE *three* people are under 15.
Recently watched your video regarding the first Hot Wheels Unleashed and seeing that you have just dropped a video regarding Unleashed 2 was surprising
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 was honestly the only game I was really excited for 2023 and it was definitely a huge improvement and my personal GOTY.
Unfortunately,I feel like the game just didn't get the acknowledgement it deserved and the fact that it got overshadowed by Forza Motorsport which is objectively seen as a worse game than Unleashed 2 personally hurts me now thinking about it.
The winning of Forza Motosrport was the biggest insult to racing games community. Any other mentioned games were more worth the award than FM.
@gregoryhause00 The game awards are a joke. They nominated an esports coach who didn't coach in 2023.
Unleashed 2 is certainly my Game of the Year. I was also very bummed that Forza Motorsport won over Unleashed 2, especially given how broken the game is.
at least nothing from EA won.
Thx for the Video. This game needs more exposure
you're welcome!!!
Racing ( Boomer ) Community : _"Noooo It's An Arcade Toy Car Racing Game!!! It's Not That Good!!!"_
Me : *"Hahaha Hotwheels Cars Go Brrrrr!!!"*
😁
Guess I'll pick Unleashed 2 today, cause yeah it's the game I want.
thats so nice!
You won't regret it
Glad to see a video on this game. Unleashed 2 is such a step up from the first game. I really wish it was easier to find games online for it, but the lack of marketing, and a lot of people thinking there's not enough here to justify this being a sequel rather than an update to the first game (which I don't agree with) really hurt this game. I think the coolest thing about this game is the new movement options. Jumping, double jumping, and side dashing really help make this game stand out compared to every other racing game out there, including the original Unleashed. On top of that, I actually really like these options being tied to the boost. It essentially makes the boost meter in this game equivalent to a super meter in a fighting game or something, where you need to carefully manage your limited resource on what you think is important to use at the time. If I had to complain about it, I'd say I wish more of the tracks utilized jumping for taking shortcuts, rather than for simply avoiding obstacles or falling off the track. Hopefully this game will eventually get more of a following as word of mouth spreads about how good this game is.
thats so nice of you!!!!
What caused unpopularity with this game is primarily the online mode. People wanted to play their custom tracks with others online in the first game, but couldn’t. This issue still isn’t resolved in the sequel. People were already hesitant that this game was far too similar to its predecessor, but the unchanged online mode is what made the difference.
@@Jellyman1129 This seems false. I just watched a video from a HWU2 online tournament that featured custom tracks made by the tournament host, so it seems like the option is there.
@@RednekGamurz That’s debatable. Not being able to play your custom tracks online is the biggest criticism fans have with both games.
@@Jellyman1129 How is that debatable? It seems like you can play your custom tracks online with friends. How else was that online tournament played with the host's custom tracks if it isn't an option?
12:00 The whole "race in the environment" thing was done really well in Micro Machines V4. The tracks there were just marked lines in the environment.
That game was amazing! For a total of 720 cars with LOADS of environments and tracks to drive through, it was endless fun.
The *_one_* thing that's kept me from sinking any money into this game is the fact that all signs indicate that they still haven't implemented the ability to race custom tracks against CPU opponents. As someone who has spent hours upon hours upon hours upon hours of their life designing and racing custom tracks in any racing game that allows it - from Re-Volt to Crashday and even Hypersonic Xtreme, as mid as that game was - the complete inability to actually experience my custom creations without having to deal with all the drawbacks of McDonald's Wi-Fi utterly shattered my feelings for the first game and precluded any excitement I could've felt about the second game.
There are good customization-heavy racing games and there are good unrealistic arcade racing games, but there' hasn't been a single good customization-heavy unrealistic arcade racing game since before Ubisoft hijacked Trackmania. The fact that Unleashed 2 could have easily been everything I've *_ever_* wanted out of a racing game, but it just... *_isn't..._* is what kills me the most.
This is why I appreciated little big planet carting so much because they allowed for the CPU to race on your creation. They even had a whole tool that made sure that the a lot AI followed where you pathed,
The tool is called pathway finder. That’s all they would need to implement in this game. I’m almost certain that’s why they don’t have AI on custom tracks.
I want to play this game so bad.
But I recently got into TEKKEN 8 and Street Fighter. I am a HUGE Acceleracers fan. Haven't had to money to buy this, but now I do, so I might buy it.
Thank you for the awesome review.
Go for it!
Do it. As a fan of AR and HW, you will have a blast with the game!
In case everyone hadn't realized, the Hot Wheels Unleashed videogames are all about childhood.
Even loved the second Hot Wheels Unleashed game for the fact it featured cars from Hot Wheels Velocity X and a skillset system to tailor our vehicles to our driving style.
I used to "double jump" my cars as a kid, and seeing that in Unleashed 2 put a smile on my face. It works so well with boost flying, a carry-over from the first game.
I feel the same way with this game. There's a lot to enjoy in this game, but it sucks that no one is playing it. Maybe it's because of the marketing, I really don't know. In a weird way, I actually like this game more than TCMF. Also, a fun fact about this game that is related to myself, the MS-T Suzuka, DAVancenator, and Group C Fanasty that they use in the game, I own the exact versions that they used in the game.
Just as I see this video, I also see that the Premium Edition of this game with all the DLC is like 35 dollars on the PS Store. Isn’t that a fun coincidence?
I bought the game because of this video, originally thought this was gonne be a copy and paste of the first game because of money, but it genuinely is a step up from the first game.
Also milestone should just make an acceleracers game at this point
In my opinion there's a few things you missed or didn't want to talk about this game, maybe due to making the video too long but I feel that should be brought out, there's also an improvement in both the liveries, as you can now do and use stickers for your liveries, and the implementation of crossplay between pc and consoles(excluding switch) as as otherwise the online pc lobbies would most probably be 2 or 3 players half of the time
we haven't really used livery editor at all, so its not something we're aware of, sorry!
Really great video! I didn't know there was an Acceledrome track on this game until I saw this video, so my reaction was probably the same as Moses, lol.
It's really sad to see the "traditional" arcade racer be represented by only one game these days, but it's a relief to know how good this game is. The lack of touch with the community is one of the key reasons why some racing games these days fall flat. Yet, a Hot Wheels game nails that aspect!
Btw, it would be really cool to see a Burnout video eventually! Happy New Year to you guys!
Thank you! We plan on doing a Burnout video at some point, not sure which game which would be covered first, but it’s in the drafts! And happy new year to you as well
I hope they will ad more acceleracer themed tracks those would be a blast to play through
They did. There's a whole expansion.
I genuinely did not know a sequel had even been released, this video is the very first thing I had ever seen on Unleashed 2! I'll definitely have to pick it up, so happy to hear that the awful blind boxes had been replaced.
I know it probably wont happen, but u really want them to make a dlc pack thats just all the tracks of hot wheels beat that remade. I feel like giving those tracks a second chance with the amazing face pace gameplay could be awesome
I loved the idea of racing Hot Wheels and enjoyed the first Unleashed for a while, but once I was finished with the initial playthrough it started to show its problems--no real balance between cars, little to no replayability, audacious monetization chief among them. When I learned I'd be expected to pay full price to 'upgrade' the game for the PS5, I noped out and haven't touched it since. I can't see myself trusting the publisher to not do this a second time, so the title is at the very least half-right--I won't be playing this game.
Only person I've seen in this comment section that's speaking a lick of sense, lol. You could make a bajillion videos in an attempt to praise this game and try to tell people "Ya don't know what you're missing", but the sad reality is that most of the core playerbase was burned out by the first game and does not feel like further supporting the companies behind this game because of how the first one was handled, and there's every chance this game will pull the same stunts. It's on them to earn that trust back not on the players to just blindly fork up cash to them just because the first game's 'nickle-and-dime' machine didn't work the way they wanted, lol.
Will Play it, Loved the Original on Gamepass, and I do not mind being seen as "childish" by a few CODWZ Obsessed Teenage Edgelords who would not know a good Game even if you clipped them around the Head with the Amaray Case!
Hot Wheels or not (and Hot Wheels is indeed a Major Part of my Early 90's Childhood!) a Game *this* good belongs in my Collection (no, not Gamepass this time, but an *actual Purchase* , PC Version so I can use my RTX3080Ti to really *Crank* those RT Effects to Ultra! and still get a locked 60!) ) but I am going to wait for the Complete Edition so I can get it for £20 instead of £200+, as well, I am not a Fan of Paid DLC, I will take Paid DLC over FOMO any day of the Week (FOMO should be made *illegal* IMO!) without Question , but it makes games so Expensive that One Game is 2 Months of Disability Payments Gone! so if I can save money by Waiting for a STEAM or Xbox Store Sale, I do!
Hope they add the Proper 1966 Anime Version of the Mach 5, or at the very least the Movie Version, at some point to go with the Air Ram Jump and the Direct Shout out to the Speed Racer Movie in the Launch Trailer.
Agreed, we need more pure Arcade Racers! There are far too Few! EA? *Bring Back BURNOUT* ! NFS is *Dead* and has been for Over a *Decade* Now (The last Good one was Hot Pursuit 2010, and that was the First Good one, for Me, since Hot Pursuit 2!) so, Bring Back BURNOUT!
What you said about collaborations with Spongebob, made me think of a few fun ideas:
- Burger car with Spongebob and Patrick figures sitting in it
- A driving sea shell with a grumpy Squidward figure
- Mr. Krabs in a standard boat
- a standard boat with Spongebob and Mr. Puff inside
- Oh and how about Larry Lobster in a big a muscle boat-car thingy
Don't Forget, Mermaidman and Barnacleboy's Invisible boat mobile, both visible form and invisible form.
Unleashed 2 is so much better than the 1st one in many ways. The sense of speed, the graphics, new locations, new game modes. The car list itself is so much better than before, no character cars, so many iconic and forgotten 2000s fantasy cars, a mix of real licensed for the modern collectors, its the perfect Hotwheels game and yet people still bound to complain "same as before". The upcoming DLCs are quite promising, with more acceleracers and highway 35 cars
I actually really loved the character car. They looked so cool but yea. Excited to see the future
With the roster of vehicle types you can choose, obstacles, and even sideways boost, this game reminded me so much of the Motorstorm series and how I want it to return so badly.
Something along the lines of a Motorstorm Trilogy remaster or even remake will excite me to no end, but Unleashed 2 is scratching that itch for now.
12:15 and 12:26 are both out of bounds tracks that were created via a glitch in the track editor so it is nothing the developers would ever make for their official tracks.
Once I whip some cash together, this game is definitely going into my Xbox Library, seeing that they've fixed a lot of main problems that the original Unleashed had, I am convinced this game is a MUST PLAY for any arcade racer fans, so yes I will play this game
Smol car gaem has dinosaur dlc.
I am simple man
I see dinosaur,I play,it gud :DDDDD
Big amount of acceleracers related content in this video worked great as HWU propaganda and I'm all for it.
thats so nice of you!!
the worst part of Hotwheels unleashed 2 is it's price.
249BRL + 159.90BRL Season Pass 1 + 159.90BRL Season Pass 2 = 569.79BRL, or ALMOST HALF MINIMUN WAGE IN BRAZIL.
This is not sustainable to almost anyone. Ig if i wanna play, pirating it is...
Any cars from Highway 35/World Race? Would love to get my hands on Ballistik.
Grid Legends has an eliminator mode. came out in 2022
personally, I wasn't able to get into the first HW Unleashed game. it felt quite repetitive and I didn't like the career mode, the grind, the blind boxes, most of the cars, or how it shoved the currency you could pay real money for down your throat all the time. I'll give this a shot when it's free or something.
ps for the love of go stop re-using that footage for the R8 taking the jump. it's seared into my brain better than my mother's own voice.
Just started playing this game today, and wow! What a great game. So much better than FM.
i hope they make a battle force 5 dlc at some point
I personally love the fact that the Acceledrome from acceleracers is a dlc for this game 😊
The game has a mixed rating on steam, mostly due to being steam deck verified, yet having a bug that breaks game starting lv 3. Also many are not happy how game feels like $50 DLC
Yet people defend Forza....
@@RaiuAdami 🤣
I respect the game for being different and i have soft spot for hot wheels.
But i much prefer the hot wheels games where the cars are real life size.
It's sad this game went through the grid legends experience
I'll buy it when I'm done building my PC
this whole video was super cool to sit through and i genuinely enjoy this game there's one serious complaint. Krazy 8s has been snuffed once again. It doesn't appear in this game or the previous title, despite appearing in both Acceleracers AND velocity X. Feels like a genuinely baffeling omission from the roster for such an iconic car, and to be fair in showcasing my bias, my favorite car. In it's place i use to maelstrom which drives excellently and lives up to my velocity X childhood dreams but i do hope that Krazy 8s makes its way into the roster (despite the fact it doesn't show up in any DLC leaks).
12:24 and actually, it isn't. That's because is an Out Of Bounds track, and I hope Milestone won't fix this bug, otherwise there will be rampage.
They are no water in this game
These 'Out of Bounds' tracks kinda look like the Storm Realm and the Water Realm from AcceleRacers. It's so sad that we won't get them, but hey, we can recreate them in Track Builder.
This brings back some nostalgia. I remember playing those CD Hotwheel games with the track editor and campaign mode where you could unlock cars to add to a display case section menu
I refuse to play NFS cuz it's arcade I only like simulators but dam I love this game lol it's kinda like initial d even tho it's arcade there is still a skill set that can make you good
Agreed 💯
Unleashed 1: acceleracers cars
unleashed 2: acceledrome map and more cars
Unleashed 3: we are going to the realms baby, and here is your accelechargers
maybe th 3rd installment will have all enviorments from Unleashed 1 and 2
Ironically the only other game with an elimination mode is F1 23
Im still wondering when theyll release a sequel to stunt track challenge
I gotta be honest I’m not mad about how easy it is to get cars. 1. It’s an arcade racer geared towards changing how you drive per car type/event so it doesn’t ruin having these cars. 2. I do think it should be SLIGHTLY harder but not by much, maybe instead 2 days it’s a full week, hard enough to keep you interested but easy enough that you don’t get bored. At the end of it the games about having fun racing, how hard it is to get the cars doesn’t really matter that much.
Hey Ultraviolet, just watched your video on Hot Wheels Unleashed 2, and I'm hyped! 🚗💨 The Acceleracers Expansion Pack looks like a game-changer. I spotted the Twin Mill on the Hot Wheels Unleashed Instagram, and it's got me even more excited . Also, did you catch the Turbocharged | Acceleracers Trailer? It's epic ]! Can't wait to unleash my inner racer with the new DLC! 🔥
would you kiss him?
Unleashed 2 deserves FAR more attention. It improves upon so much from the original, ya get more cars, the handling feels better, and everything else gameplay-wise is just great! Blind Boxes aren't a thing anymore AND we have the acceledrome now with more cars to come!
I just genuinely don't understand. This is one of THE most bonafide perfect racing games out there yet it flies under the radar for folks bc simcade or the "it's the same game" excuse🙄
Pisses me off knowing forza motorsport somehow won best racer over it at the game awards🤦♂️
There is a sequel? How the hell did I not hear about it before now???
This reminds me alot of an old PS1 game called RC Revenge. I spent countless hours on that game back then. Im not sure if this hotwheels game has weapons, but if it does, then im definitely buying this game later today.
Crap.
Responding to the title:
Because it is too expensive in my country. $90 for Legendary and $50 for Base game. $50 to miss on a lot of content simply doesn't make sense to me. Bought the first one for 40$ with all DLC, and it wasn't long after launch
Edit: As soon as the Legendary version gets close to $50 I'll buy it. Game looks great!
If you played the first 1 Unleashed 2 is better. Improve to the car classes, the jump and side boost, more game modes, upgrades (skills) optional. I just wish the cars that was in Unleashed 1 that wasn't license was in the 2nd. Back to the car classes it nice to have the high the class the better the car and as you unlock more of the track. A Stock class car is not going to make those gaps like a Powered or Ultimate class car.
2:53 I see what you did there...
glad someone noticed
I haven't played the first but got the second. I had no idea this game was even hated and it sucks that it's the case because I adore this game.
I believe the lack of marketing of this game is another reason why not a lot of people play it
Nice video essay 👍💙🏁
Thanks! 😃
This year I was thinking of getting some games. I wanted to try something different, regardless if its old or new. And after watching this video, believe it or not you got my attention. I'm interested in this game now and I'll probably buy it when I get some extra cash. This game looks very fun to play and honestly I miss having fun games. That might sound strange to some people but considering the current demographic I'm not surprised at all. People always complain about how there's no "variety" in racing games anymore yet whenever games like this release. People don't touch them simply because they're "Hot Wheels" just like you said.
But anyways, great review, great video, and nice work!
Also I loved the detail you mentioned about the toy cars having fingerprints on them, which to me it really gives off that vibe of playing around with your toys just like from your childhood, carrying them around, and imagining the toys going around a track you made up in your head. I too also missed having elimination type of races in racing games. I did not know this game had one. Honestly those types of races were one of my favorites. That was my thing man. I can't remember the last time a racing game had that type of race.
Due to the weak multiplayer system they deprived this game of the success it deserves.
I don't like the new game modes they added in HWU2 and despite this I consider this game the best arcade racer.
In my personal ranking, I put it on par with Mario Karts and Wreckfest when it comes to gameplay enjoyment..
finally!!!!!! HOT WHEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For me the best racing Game ever, better than part 1, i love it soooooo much ❤
I have no money right now, so i dont played the DLC, but i will buy it and have fun with in future 😎
Idk, i played it so much and it will not getting boring 😅
I will in future have more fun with the DLCs 🔥🔥
This game makes childhod dreams come true ❤️
Don't get me wrong! I love Unleashed 1&2! Especially 2 but please Mattel changes this goofy cringe background music to Unleashed 2❗️Do you remember Hot Wheels Beat That? This is background music at it‘s peak😍🤩No seriously, this new music in the games is quite annoying!
The Sequel was a big improvement, having better Difficulty Balancing, more varied Events, better Upgrading
A much needed step up from the First Game.
I really wanted to like the first game, but it was just so meh and the handling was poor and not what I expected. No.2 is just so good with handling like classic Sega games like my favourite Outrun 2.
The problem is they can't really do the overhead arrow as that a COPYRIGHTED GAME FEATURE AND I HATE COPYRIGHTING MECHANICS AAAAA. (looking at you shadow of wardor)
My main complaint for both games is still the same. Its hard to get to play your track in multiplayer.
You can play them with freands witch is very nice. But if you don't have anyone to play with you gotta be really dedicatet and make many tracks.
I wish you could just make a track and play it with strangers. Ofcourse it would be a voting and the old system would still be there.
Maybe the track suggestion in the middle of the 5 choices could be a player in the lobby choosed a track before he went in?
This would make it so you maybe got to play your track in the following week I guess. Instead of waiting 3 months and play every day to see if your choice is in the lobby.
Im exgaggerating a bit, but its pretty accurate. At least for us casual players.
Recently bought the first one when it was on sale, and i can say that unleashed 1/2 are the only modern racing games that's worth a full price, they are a perfect reminiscent of beat that but they also an absolute fun arcade racers in the age of boring racing games.
The only thing I can wish for is a new live action or an animated hot wheels movie
The first game, which I'm currently playing and the dlc, is ruined by absolute bullsh*! time trials and some crappy frustrating tracks. It's put me well off getting this sequel.
I bought and played the first Hot Wheels Unleashed, but was thoroughly unimpressed by numerous issues and design choices. Stale gameplay, awful car balance, poor track designs, a complete lack of AI support for custom tracks, and especially the monetization on an already AAA-priced game. I just don't trust Milestone with another one so soon after the first.
Y'know, thanks for enlightening me about this game. I know that I'd be late to this. But this video did make me want to give the game a try now.
Just a shame that a recent update has caused Steamdecks to no longer be a choice to play this game. But I hope thats just bugged code that'll be resolved.
Easily the best racing game of 2023. Bought it day one!
Well, it being a Hot Wheels game didn't stop me from buying the original Unleashed, so there's every chance in the world that I'll probably grab the sequel when it goes on sale. Solid video, overall.
Better then the old game, but still flawed. Physics is still bad, half of time spent in flickering loading screens, difficulty does not increase gradually but suddenly jumps to infinity in end game where doing bad, medium, good or very good is equal and only being millisecond perfect gets you beating the required time...
My main concern with this game is how bad they push microtransactions. Unleashed 1 made me sick with how hard they were trying to crowbar parents wallets open. The first video game I ever owned was Hot Wheels turbo racing for ps1, so I have a real soft spot for hot wheels games, but it really cheapens the experience if they peddle DLC at every turn it cheapens the game immensely.
The reasons I'm not playing are way simpler: doubtful my PC even runs it, and its way too expensive for me (243 brazilian bucks)
I just finished the campaign for the first unleashed and cannot wait to get my hands on the second one. Hot Wheels are one of the biggest parts of my childhood and I thoroughly enjoyed the first one. It realized a lot of my childhood dreams and cannot wait to see how the second one plays and get my hands on a lot of the new cars.
Thank you for such an in depth analysis of this game.
This game is already dead.
Can't ever find a full lobby.
It's either 1 other person or it gets stuck in "searching for match" for minutes upon minutes
The only other game that I can immediately think of that has an elimination mode (my personal favorite game mode of any racing game ever) is Wreckfest, which was another pretty good arcade racer, I wished the modding scene was a bit bigger, that way the tracks could be as outlandish as Hot Wheels.
So we now have perfected the toy Hotwheels racing game, can we now get a full size Hotwheels game where I play as a full size human racing fullsize Hotwheels in a real Hotwheels city with orange track integrated into the world. Similar to acceleracers and Forza Hotwheels dlc
I like da game, but dlcs are too much $$ man!!!!👋
What he meant by "you wont play" is most people will probably not play it becouse it looks like a kids game.
But they don't know its a really good arcade racer.
what keeps me away from it is because of how the first game had that terrible online mode. filled with idiots 2 second long tracks.
also sim racers are lame. They are so slow. Sure their is skill involved. But it's def not as adrenaline inducing as an arcade racer
I have been wanting to play this so so bad. The first game was really enjoyable but I've been too poor to get it. As soon as I get a chance, I wanna get this
27:15 "An R8 and an El Camino"
*El Camino bodyslams the R8*
Timing folks.
You know i want a new hotwheels games that is a good as unleashed but doesnt have the "racing toys" asthetic
Like the forza dlc i want some beautfull islands, jungles, i want to race in locations similar to the movies
I want these fantastical racing tracks that the ps2 era need for speed games had