FoxKids.com Micro Maniacs Racing

"Hope You've Got Loads Of Friends To Come Over And Play With You Otherwise You'll Be BORED!!!!!!!!"

Micro Maniacs is a very weird game, indeed...but it's also pretty cool. Let's start the review, shall we?

Story 10/10: Dr. Minimizer has found a way to decrease world hunger...by shrinking everyone!!! However, he has to find out the ways of how the people would act in their ''new'' environment...sorta...so, he collected some people, shrunk them, and made them go through endurance tests...or, in other words, races. Very Unique. Great Story!!!!

Music 10/10: The music is great. I love the music. What else is there to say? Great Music!!!!

General Sound 9/10: The cries the little maniacs make are kinda...weird...yeah...the general sound...hmm...there isn't much, but they all sound good. Good Sound!!!

Graphics 9/10: They look small...very small...so, of course, the makers took advantage of that and didn't obviously pay much detail on what they looked like. The levels are spectacular!! They look so...big! Since you're small, everything else is HUGE! It all looks real good. Good Graphics!!!

Controls 7/10: The controls are very difficult. This ain't no Crash Team Racing, you know. When controlling your character, it can be tough at times but once you've played it a while, you'll get used to it and it'll be nothing. However, it takes a while to get used to... Ok Controls!

Gameplay 9/10: You race, you race, you race. It's as simple as that. Of course, you have the help of the moves that each character has to help you win. Not much else to say...in Challenge Mode, it gets so hard that you'll want to throw down your controller (like I did) and will make you hate the game for a long time before picking it up and trying again. Also, there are many restrictions to the track. You have to stay close and you can't take short cuts...big or small. You'll get penalized and it'll truly cost you the race. Sometimes, you can't even help but take the short cut and they'll still get on your back...that really sucks... But...that goes in difficulty, huh? Good Gameplay!!!

Replay Ability 10/10: It's a racing game! Beat the game once with a character, you unlock his/her Level 4 moves and a cheat if you did it all vertically. Then you've got 7 more characters to go for their Level 4 moves. After that, you can unlock 4 secret levels and 4 secret characters (in which you'll have to play and beat Challenge mode with them to get their Level 4 moves). It'll take you a while...if you don't cheat... Great Replay Ability!!!!

Difficulty 8/10: Challenge Mode sometimes gets a little too hard. However, all in all, it's alright... Nice Difficulty!!

Length 7/10: I'll say it again: Long without cheats, short with cheats. Of course, it also depends on what cheats you use... Ok Length!

Other: This game truly shines in Multi-Player mode...but not just with one friend...with 3 friends and yourself which makes 4 people!!!! You'll have a blast!!!!!!!!!!

Buy or Rent? Buy!!!!

Overall: 8/10

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 07/12/03, Updated 07/12/03