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Things on Wheels

Things on Wheels
Cover art of Xbox 360 version
Developer(s)Load Inc.
Publisher(s)Focus Home Interactive
Platform(s)Xbox 360
ReleaseMay 12, 2010
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Things on Wheels[a] is a 2010 racing game developed by the indie developer Load Inc. and published by Focus Entertainment. It is the sequel to Mad Tracks (2006). The game was released on May 12, 2010, for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade and has been met with a negative reception for its gameplay and graphics.

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot.

In Things on Wheels, players control remote control cars in racing competitions.[1] While racing, they may choose to collect power-ups, such as shields and a freezing ability.[1] Single-player mode tasks players to race against a CPU player. Outside the game, players may use a sandbox mode to freely learn tracks.[2]

Development

Following the completion and release of Load inc.'s Mad Tracks (2006) port for the Xbox Live Arcade, studio began development of the project. With it's innovation in racing game genre been non-linear track design.[3][4][5] In addtion to game's szie of 150 megabytes alongwith Track editor that wasn't featured in Xbox Live version of Mad Tracks, due to initial limitations of game size in XBLA at the time.[6]

Microsoft Windows version of the game was cancelled, despite been planned.[7]

Reception

On Metacritic, the game has a "generally unfavorable" rating of 41 based on 11 critics.[8] Jack DeVries of IGN criticized the game's CPU players' faultiness and stated the single-player campaign was "boring" with a "poorly written" story.[1]

Multiple reviewers felt negatively towards the game's graphics.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ Abbreviated as TOW

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e DeVries, Jack (June 1, 2010). "Things on Wheels Review". IGN. Archived from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Todd, Brett (May 20, 2010). "Things on Wheels Reviews". GameSpot. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "Load Inc. creating another XBLA toy racer in Things On Wheels". Joystiq. January 31, 2008. Archived from the original on February 1, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  4. ^ de Matos, Xav (May 29, 2008). "Posts tagged Things on wheels at Xbox 360 Fanboy". xbox360fanboy. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  5. ^ Williamson, Steven (January 30, 2008). "Southpeak to publish Things on Wheels for XBLA". Hexus. Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  6. ^ "Mad Tracks : interview Dennis Bourdain". Jeuxvideo (in French). June 19, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Matos, Xav de (May 29, 2008). "X3F Interview: Load Inc.'s Denis Bourdain". Engadget. Retrieved May 13, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ a b "Things on Wheels". Metacritic. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  9. ^ "The Greatest Games of All Time: Gran Turismo". Features. GameSpot. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
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