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I bought this on the online store. This is one of the games I put when people come to my house, just because of the sweet 60fps graphics and the powerful 5.1 music. The actual gameplay is difficult, making it more for hardcore gamers, but it's fun to play with a friend in split-screen mode. I just wish it had 4-player split screen.
After enjoying the powerful sound and music of Wipeout HD, listening to the poor sound in Modnation Racers is just painful...
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Before starting this review, I should mention that I purchased the downloadable version of this game from the PlayStation Network. I did not purchase the disc version. The version I have contains the full game (not just the demo version).
Wipeout HD is a racing game based on pure speed. It is NOT a kiddie-type racing game like Mario Kart. But it's also not nearly as serious as games like the Gran Turismo series. It's probably closer to F-Zero in terms of gameplay, but with far more events to compete in.
There are about 12 racing teams to choose from. Some of them, such as Icaras, have a very high top speed. Others like Triakis, have a sturdier exterior that allows them to sustain more damage before crashing out. Each racing team has several alternative skin ships you can unlock by accomplishing various feats in the game. Each ship handles differently, so part of the replay value involves trying all the ships so you can find what works best for you.
Here are the events you can compete in:
Single Race: True to its name, you will compete against 7 other racers to see who can cross the finish line first. How many laps you go (3-5) depends on the speed class you select. Venom is for beginners. Flash is for intermediates. Rapier is for experienced racers. Phantom is for experts.
Speed Lap: The goal of this event is to race the fastest lap possible. You get 99 laps to play with. This is a good way to practice a track many times without having to select it on the main menu.
Time Trial: Think of this as a Single Race event without any rival racers or weapons. The goal is to race 3-5 laps as fast as you can.
Detonator: Think of this as F-Zero meets Roadblasters (the old NES game). Various bombs are scattered over the track and your job is to blast them away with your cannon as the ship goes faster and faster each lap.
Eliminator: This is the demolition derby event in which you get points by destroying other ships with your weapons. The faster you can destroy rival ships, the more points you accumulate. Once you reach the target number of points, the event ends.
Zone: This is a neverending event that tests your reflexes. You will go around the same track over and over again, but every 10 seconds your ship will get a little bit faster. This leads to some really high speed classes that you cannot select in the main menu, such as Zen, Subsonic and Mach1. This event ends when your ship sustains too much damage.
Zone Battle: This event is like a combination of Zone and Eliminator. Your speed will gradually get faster, but you can increase your rate of speed significantly by running over speed pads and charging up a power meter. You can decide to use your power meter to restore ship energy and give yourself a shield, or you can use it to permanently increase your speed class and gain "zone points." Increasing your zone points will create a permanent zone barrier obstacle that can only be destroyed if another ship crashes into it (at the expense of a lot of ship energy and zone points). First one to reach the target zone point threshold wins the event.
Campaign Mode: This consists of a series of racing events on a set list of tracks. There are 16 racing campaigns, each consisting of multiple individual racing events. In order to unlock other racing events within a racing campaign, you need to place in the top 3 of a race or meet the criteria for at least the bronze medal in an adjacent event. Campaign Mode can be extended by altering the difficulty of the events (novice, skilled and elite). The tracks range from the high speed simplicity of Anulpha Pass to the twisty and technically demanding Chenghou Project.
There are several fun powerups you can use to boost your speed, attack rival ships, or increase your ship energy. These powerups can be obtained by flying over red panels on the ground. Be advised that sometimes these panels are placed right next to green speed panels, which means you sometimes have to choose whether you want a speed boost or an item. This requires the tactical use of powerups. It's clearly not a game of button mashing like other games geared for younger people.
Wipeout HD also has an online component, allowing you to race against others if you can access the internet. At the time of this writing, the online mode is a bit buggy because of recent updates that were brought about to improve compatibility between PS3 and PS Vita versions of the game. But it is playable. I will still give this game five stars because it does just about everything else flawlessly. The speeds are high, the music perfectly catches the mood, the graphics are beautiful, and the action is intense. Throw in a ton of racing events to suit all sorts of enthusiasts and you have the quintessential racing game.
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I've been playing this series since it's initial release on the PS1 and Sega Saturn back in 1995 [holy crap that was 18 years ago!]. While the original Wipeout is extremely dated and more or less owned for nostalgic/collectible reasons, the sequels just kept getting better and better, for the most part.
Wipeout XL/2097 was for me, the pinacle of the series. It was the fastest racer I have ever played with the most solid soundtrack, and when you go to the Pirhana Class, it was downright ridiculous. The upgraded weapons with the ability to put a code in to change the ships to things like a shark, a bumble bee, and a pickle flying a space ship that has a minigun with endless ammo just sealed the deal.
Wipeout 3 [Wip3out]was a great sequel with updated camera positions, new game mechanics, and the overall feel of the tracks altered. The corkscrew in the mall was a very nice addition as was the weapon changes and teh ability to grapple another ship and steal its shield. The soundtrack was done by Sasha with exclusive tracks written just for the game. It featured other talent like Chemical Brothers, Propellerheads and Orbital.
Wipeout64 was more or less a spinoff of WipeoutXL. It was a really well executed effort considering the hardware they had to work with. The game itself felt like it lacked any soul even with fairly good track design and a soundtrack sporting Fluke and Propellerheads. It wasn't a bad game by any measure, but it was noticeably limited in what a cart could do versus a Cd.
Wipeout Fusion sucked. It was a futuristic racing game that had the Wipeout name slapped on it. It didn't feel like any of the previous games and it was glaringly different in almost every aspect. Screw this game.
Wipeout Pure and Wipeout Pulse were released on the PSP system of which I do not own and have never played either of them.
Wipeout HD/FURY: When this game came out I was EXTREMELY happy. I had been looking forward to this since WO3 and from what I had heard/seen about it, this was going to be a true spiritual successor. This game lived up to every bit of my expectations. The track design is solid with a learning curve hard enough for the seasoned player to become frustrated but with the drive-assist it would keep novices on track to keep going. The weapon selection is well done with more or less a collection of the previous games weapons. The addition of Racing Zone where it is just you racing in a heavily saturated cell shaded dream like zone where the object is just not to blow up. You race around the track getting faster and faster with each lap, and the 'zone' changes speed and layout colors as you progress. You have no brakes, and you get no power ups.
There are several new teams added to the mix as well as the original group giving you quite a selection to browse through. Each Team has unlockable ships after a certain amount of use. These ships have upgraded attributes like shields and better steering.
You can take a snapshot of your ship after you cross the finish line and edit the photo as well as far as color saturation, focus point, angle etc. You can use this as a background for your PS3 if you like.
The music is decent. There is a varied mix of talent on the soundtrack with people like Ed Rush & Optical, DJ Fresh, Stanton Warriors, Kraftwerk and Noisia. But now, if you wanted to, you can load your own music from your PS3 hard drive which is fantastic.
Wipeout Fury is DLC released to compliment HD. It sported new ship models, new tracks [all borrowed from the Pure and Pulse games] and new music from Noisia, Crystal Method and Two Fingers. It was more or less an entire game in itself more than it was an Add On.
This game is well worth the purchase if you are at all a fan of the series or if you just like racing games with weapons. The graphics are sharp, the game play is well tailored to fit the needs of whomever is at the controls and the replay value is high.
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I actually got this as the playstation download version, so I don't have this "complete" version. But I do feel like I can say with some authority that this game sucks.
I still play Wipeout Fusion on my PS2 & it's one of my favorite games, so I thought I would love the PS3 version wrong! This game goes beyond challenging to nearly impossible. I spent a couple hours just trying to place on one of the 2 (yes, only 2) tracks you get to start with & could never get anything but last place, no matter which ship I used (even when I found the shortcuts). They also only give you the crappiest, most worthless weapons to start, so they're no help in getting ahead. While the previous Wipeout titles also started you off small & had challenges to get past, at least you could make it past a few of them before getting frustrated at hitting a wall. Now I'm sure that eventually, I could possibly get over the walls in this game, but I have no desire to play the same two tracks over & over & over again (& then some more) just to get to a 3rd track & do it all over again not when there are much better games I could be wasting my precious free time on.
For me, the worst part of having bought this game is that I downloaded it, so I can't even sell it for a few bucks (or even cents) to get some of my money back. Beyond the graphics, this game's got nothing it is literally the worst game I've ever played.
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