box 360: Disney/Pixar's Cars Review


It took awhile, but finally the game based on the movie Cars has arrived on Xbox 360. Featuring enhanced graphics and exclusive content it’s certainly better than what came before it, but the $20 higher MSRP over last-gen versions and late arrival make it a tough sell.

As with most other versions of the game, Cars’ Story Mode takes place in the open-ended world of Radiator Springs. Taking place after the events in the movie, Story Mode is basically a series of individual events strung together with cut-scenes between them. Players can explore the town and Ornament Valley to their heart’s content, collecting Bolt icons for bonus points and visiting various hot spots to trigger events. The world is surprisingly large for a children’s game (although nowhere near the size of a proper sandbox title like Gun), full of various cliffs, side roads, and other landmarks to make exploration interesting for younger children.