High Voltage Hot Rod Show

"High Voltage Hot Rod Show isn’t a bad game, but it is a victim of the smaller WiiWare design philosophy. Games on download services can be low extra content as long as the polish is there, but in the case of Hot Rod Show the initial game design is decent, but the overall control, camera, and balance isn’t quite there. Each of the game’s five cars drive identical in order to encourage balance, but in reality players will often pick their favorite out of the bunch right away, and have no reason to switch around (during load screens the game suggests the opposite, but I wasn’t personally driven to do it)."

"Here's the deal with High Voltage Hot Rod Show: it's fun to play and offers a return to the slightly isometric overheard viewpoint of classic racing games before 3D first-person perspectives were king along with accurate motion controls and stunt-type tactics, but it's not a deep game at all. It's easy to learn, moderately challenging to master, and much more fun with friends than alone, but the experience will be over very quickly. Now, it's a WiiWare game so it is not going to be as expansive as one might expect of a disc-based game, and as a quick diversion played in short bursts it's enjoyable, but it will grow stale far too soon for most core players."

"High Voltage Hot Rod Show is lots of fun to play. With its emphasis on stunts rather than items or vehicle tweaking the game carves out a niche seen more often in snowboarding games than in vehicle racing. Although the game is catchy and unique, players should not expect it to live up to the standards set by the big names in videogame racing. It’s short course list, lack of online play, and easy computer opponents mean that the game will have a short life span unless you bring some friends over to play it with you. Even so, with it’s amusing and easy to pick up and play mechanics, its multiple controller options, and easy on the eyes graphics this is a solid WiiWare release which is worth investigating."