Here are our Wipeout HD PS3 reviews from editors and members.
That it’s available to anyone with a broadband connection for an extremely reasonable price point instantly places Wipeout HD in the must-buy/must-have category for anyone who considers themselves a fan of high-quality, high-speed, white-knuckle racing.
The first Wipeout to make it to the PS3, available as as download on the PlayStation Network.
“At £12 you’ve probably already made your mind up about WipEout HD, but in case you’re on the fence we whole heartedly recommend you download it as soon as it hits the PlayStation Store.
September 23, 2008 It’s been a long time coming, but WipEout HD is finally about to hit the PlayStation Network.
The only problem I found during my extensive playtime was the very occasional lockup ironically, while the game idled in the main menu during flythroughs of the game’s levels.
Wipeout HD, alternatively stylised WipEout HD, is a downloadable entry in the Wipeout racing franchise, developed by Sony Liverpool for the PlayStation 3 video game console.
In the intervening years between its inaugural episode and the just-released Wipeout HD on PS3, the series continued to push the concept forward, from 1996’s seminal Wipeout XL to 2002’s underrated Wipeout Fusion to 2005’s Wipeout Pulse on the PSP, which almost single-handedly reinvigorated interest in the long-running franchise.
SCEA has finally released some new footage of Wipeout HD, the anti-grav racing game coming exclusively to the Playstation Network store.
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There are five main race modes in Wipeout HD: Single Race, Tournament, Time Trial, Speed Lap, and Zone mode.
This isn’t really WipEout’s PS3 debut, being a collection of things we’ve seen before, but as a teaser to what is surely to come it’s a highly polished and tremendously exciting game.
The first entry in the series on the PlayStation 3, the game is largely a high-definition remake of past elements from the Wipeout series including tracks and teams from the PlayStation Portable games, Wipeout Pure and Wipeout Pulse whilst adding some new features to the franchise.
Placing in these races which vary from normal competitive races to time trials and “zone” races earns you points.
Checking out new features & motion control.
The audio and soundtrack were also well-received, being “perfectly put to practice”.
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The player pilots an anti-gravity craft, selected from one of several teams and, depending on the game mode, competes using speed and weaponry in an attempt to beat the competition.
Visuals also differ greatly in this mode, with environments stripped of texture, replaced with a single colour that changes continuously in waves, whilst graphic equalizers on the track and scenery display the waveform for the currently playing audio track.
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The campaign mode is split into eight different events, each of which comprise a number of different races and race types, represented by a tileset of hexagons.
Should a player’s ship explode due to loss of energy, unlike the single-player mode, the player’s craft will reappear on the track some moments later.
Time Trial and Speed Lap times start getting lower and lower, and you’ll have to not only race cleanly but hit every boost marker and find the perfect section to use your own boost.
In addition to offline-play, Wipeout HD offers eight-player online play.
Wipeout HD allows players to control their craft by using the motion-sensitive features of the SIXAXIS controller.
While the high-quality nucleus of options defines Wipeout HD, it’s the little details that make it sing like being able to adjust the default settings of aspects like screen size, multiplayer tags, camera position, ghost-ship visibility, and Pilot Assist.
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