Author Topic: Wipeout HD (Read 7610 times)

duckman2000 · « **on:** November 21, 2008, 09:28:30 PM »

Wipeout

HD

Wipeout HD + Blu Mar Ten

Poor other racing games for being such shit in comparison, but I guess they shouldn't be so shitty

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #1 on:** November 21, 2008, 09:44:08 PM »

for once, your irrational ps3 fandom makes sense

duckman2000 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 21, 2008, 09:53:37 PM »

Heh, Wipeout was the reason I even owned a Playstation. I was godlike at Wip3out. I doubt my old fart self can claim any records with this one, but it's hot. Now if we could only get some remakes of courses from the first 3 games.

Rman · « **Reply #3 on:** November 21, 2008, 09:58:17 PM »

Quote from: duckman2000 on November 21, 2008, 09:53:37 PM

Heh, Wipeout was the reason I even owned a Playstation. I was godlike at Wip3out. I doubt my old fart self can claim any records with this one, but it's hot. Now if we could only get some remakes of courses from the first 3 games.

ducky, do you have a 5.1 setup? wipeout hd sounds godly on 5.1.

cool breeze · « **Reply #4 on:** November 21, 2008, 10:00:15 PM »

Wipeout HD custom soundtrack support is unmatched

And while not a solo effort, HD and the two PSP games made me switch from being someone who really liked Wipeout games while preferring F-Zero to the complete opposite. Wipeout > F-Zero

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Until F-Zero HD...which will never happen

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fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #5 on:** November 21, 2008, 10:00:45 PM »

I WOULD LIKE IT IF I WAS ANY FUCKING GOOD AT IT.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 21, 2008, 10:07:38 PM »

Quote from: Rman on November 21, 2008, 09:58:17 PM

Quote from: duckman2000 on November 21, 2008, 09:53:37 PM
Heh, Wipeout was the reason I even owned a Playstation. I was godlike at Wip3out. I doubt my old fart self can claim any records with this one, but it's hot. Now if we could only get some remakes of courses from the first 3 games.
ducky, do you have a 5.1 setup. wipeout hd sounds godly on 5.1.

I only have one functioning ear. Stereo is an alien enough concept to me these days.

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on November 21, 2008, 10:00:45 PM

I WOULD LIKE IT IF I WAS ANY FUCKING GOOD AT IT.

If it's any help, I'm having trouble getting a handle on freaking Flash class right now. But hey, I'm handicapped. I thought it'd make me sick, but it actually makes the experience even crazier.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 21, 2008, 10:16:24 PM »

Oh yeah, and

19.99

Brehvolution · « **Reply #8 on:** November 21, 2008, 10:34:37 PM »

PS3

360

The Cell

duckman2000 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 21, 2008, 11:27:20 PM »

Pretty much

Classic Sony

chronovore · « **Reply #10 on:** November 22, 2008, 12:16:05 AM »

I'm getting closer and closer to wanting a PS3; the team interviews I've seen with the Wipeout HD crew made me want to support them, and less than USD20 is a great price for the crazy stuff they appear to have put in.

Also, they basically poo-poo'd the idea of "user created content" (i.e. user created tracks) because they rightfully think the increase in horseshit-to-quality ratio would bottom out, considering they've "spent days working on getting a single curve to work how (they) want it."

duckman2000 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 22, 2008, 12:23:18 AM »

The price is the craziest thing. This is like a ton better than any full priced game released this year.

As for content, I'd be happy with some remakes from earlier games. There's so much to be collected there that I don't think they will ever need to design new tracks.

cool breeze · « **Reply #12 on:** November 22, 2008, 12:25:42 AM »

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/21/vote-for-amazons-199-ps3-bundle/

apparently Amazon will have a crazy limited bundle thing for the PS3 where it's like $200, so if you want it, try to take advantage

duckman2000 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 22, 2008, 12:27:00 AM »

And seriously, if you guys don't have Blu Mar Ten in your custom soundtrack playlist, you're missing out on the party.

tiesto · « **Reply #14 on:** November 22, 2008, 12:48:11 AM »

^ I actually have some Blu Mar Ten on my custom playlist (the song "Black Water", which I bought on a Beatport buying binge a while back). Duckman do you know of the Brookes Brothers? Their song F-Zero is the PERFECT song for this game, ironically.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 22, 2008, 01:33:21 AM »

Nope, where can that be listened to? Right now, my playlist is filled with BMT, EZ Rollers, some old Biosphere, early Lekebusch and the Xpander tune (Wip3out)

duckman2000 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 22, 2008, 01:38:51 AM »

Oh yeah, I made a mistake with the playlist and put a Laika song in there ("King Sleepy"). Surprisingly, it actually works with the game.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 22, 2008, 02:16:15 AM »

Holy shit this game is good. Metropia

The game is totally making me dig through my old trance mixes.

Way out West

Xpander, Hybrid mix

Purple Filth · « **Reply #18 on:** November 22, 2008, 11:03:12 AM »

Quote from: Borys on November 22, 2008, 10:48:29 AM

Real-talk: do you only make PS3-themed threads here?

i guess he has to keep the place from being a 360 only circle jerk especially since that Justin dude is out.

or the ps3 the only system he has now (RROD?) and actually playing its games.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 22, 2008, 12:38:11 PM »

Poor Borys can't play Wipeout HD :'(

Oh yeah, and added Mean Red from Pure to the playlist.

Phantom

Tieno · « **Reply #20 on:** November 22, 2008, 01:11:11 PM »

Quote from: duckman2000 on November 21, 2008, 10:16:24 PM

Oh yeah, and

19.99

Where do you live? In europe it's 18euros! Aren't you a swede?

duckman2000 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 22, 2008, 04:48:22 PM »

Swede living in the US.

tiesto · « **Reply #22 on:** November 22, 2008, 05:41:08 PM »

Quote from: duckman2000 on November 22, 2008, 02:16:15 AM

Holy shit this game is good. Metropia

The game is totally making me dig through my old trance mixes.

Way out West

Xpander, Hybrid mix

I thought you weren't a prog fan, duckman?

Xpander

Hybrid

Way Out West

BTW, you should definitely youtube Brookes Brothers, they have a lot of good liquid D&B perfect for the game.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #23 on:** November 22, 2008, 05:52:48 PM »

I don't mind the music, or at least not the earlier things; listening to new stuff, it all sounds like Reason sample template 1 through 15. I really don't like the terminology, though. Techno, trance, house, what was wrong with that trinity to warrant further distinctions?

duckman2000 · « **Reply #24 on:** November 22, 2008, 06:36:26 PM »

~~Hey, do you have the Wip3out (short) mix of Xpander?~~

Never mind, found it

duckman2000 · « **Reply #25 on:** November 22, 2008, 08:41:23 PM »

Auricom

Generation redeemed confirmed

duckman2000 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 22, 2008, 10:48:17 PM »

And to answer one shithole of a critic named Guy Cocker, who once claimed that Wipeout HD gives fans nothing they don't already have: it's fucking Wipeout, beautifully realized on the PS3. Hell, it's the first awesome Wipeout on a console since Wip3out SE, and Cocker the Asslicker has the gall to bitch. Jesus fuck what a cunt.

Then again, why the hell am I reading reviews of the game anyway?

Ubermall

bork · « **Reply #27 on:** November 23, 2008, 02:22:12 AM »

I still need to get this, sounds good. But for now I have Motor Storm 2 (which is

) to keep me busy.

Tieno · « **Reply #28 on:** November 23, 2008, 06:09:21 AM »

Quote from: duckman2000 on November 22, 2008, 10:48:17 PM

And to answer one shithole of a critic named Guy Cocker, who once claimed that Wipeout HD gives fans nothing they don't already have: it's fucking Wipeout, beautifully realized on the PS3. Hell, it's the first awesome Wipeout on a console since Wip3out SE, and Cocker the Asslicker has the gall to bitch. Jesus fuck what a cunt.

Then again, why the hell am I reading reviews of the game anyway? Ubermall

To complain about them in lengthy posts cause you're duckman!

Was that the eurogamer review?

duckman2000 · « **Reply #29 on:** November 23, 2008, 11:49:01 AM »

Quote from: dcharlie on November 23, 2008, 07:31:14 AM

i got to say though - i do love the game, but it doesn't offer anything new for wipeout nuts. It's simply the perfect execution that makes it so good - i do still want the REAL next Wipeout so if that's what he was getting at in the review then i can dig that.

It's still something we haven't had, you know. It's a beautiful, smooth running Wipeout and it's running on the PS3, as opposed to a PSP. As said, we haven't had a genuinely good Wipeout on a console since Wip3out, and I'm certain that Wipeout fans are the last ones to feel jilted.

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cool breeze · « **Reply #30 on:** November 23, 2008, 12:05:40 PM »

Quote from: dcharlie on November 23, 2008, 07:31:14 AM

i got to say though - i do love the game, but it doesn't offer anything new for wipeout nuts. It's simply the perfect execution that makes it so good - i do still want the REAL next Wipeout so if that's what he was getting at in the review then i can dig that.

I am curious to see if they will make a real, new Wipeout for the PS3 in the future. I remember that SOCOM was another Sony series that got it's 'classic' verison on the PS3 with Confrontation with a real full game coming in the future (whether it's MAG or not, I don't know), so maybe Wipeout will get the same treatment? And I really want Twisted Metal Head-On HD.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #31 on:** November 23, 2008, 12:14:55 PM »

Whenever they do, I hope they bring back the pit stop. Not being able to drop mines at the the pit entrance=fail.

Quote from: the lyte edge on November 23, 2008, 02:22:12 AM

I still need to get this, sounds good. But for now I have Motor Storm 2 (which is ) to keep me busy.

MotorStorm 2 is

, but this is just plain

.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #32 on:** November 23, 2008, 10:58:49 PM »

Wipeout HD makes old electronica new again confirmed

Zone + Komtur=

Zone + Point Blank=

duckman2000 · « **Reply #33 on:** November 24, 2008, 11:05:27 AM »

I know we've heard different things on the development of the "real" Wipeout PS3, but it's been a while now since I heard anything new. Not sure if that's good or bad. But they obviously have a good base there now with WOHD, so they would really just have to focus on implementing features and porting tracks over, preferably from Wip3out. Of course, we don't know yet what the extent of DLC will be for WOHD, do we?

duckman2000 · « **Reply #34 on:** November 24, 2008, 11:35:51 AM »

Auricom

cool breeze · « **Reply #35 on:** November 24, 2008, 01:17:25 PM »

Quote from: duckman2000 on November 24, 2008, 11:05:27 AM

I know we've heard different things on the development of the "real" Wipeout PS3, but it's been a while now since I heard anything new. Not sure if that's good or bad. But they obviously have a good base there now with WOHD, so they would really just have to focus on implementing features and porting tracks over, preferably from Wip3out. Of course, we don't know yet what the extent of DLC will be for WOHD, do we?

Maybe Sony has smartened up and isn't showing games 1 to 2+ years before release.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #36 on:** November 24, 2008, 02:35:51 PM »

Or, perhaps they are showing it right now, in "Prologue" form. Add a map pack of past efforts and maybe some new designer ones, a patch adding persistent online team alliances, and you'd have a full blown sequel. I don't see how they could or would even need to make it look better than it already does, so it will be all about adding features. Well, hopefully.

cool breeze · « **Reply #37 on:** November 24, 2008, 02:47:57 PM »

I don't know if that would be the best solution since Wipeout HD is really more Wipeout Pure HD. The improvements found in Wipeout Pulse would be appreciated if they did make a 'new' Wipeout game. I do think that graphically the game is pretty much everything I would want it to be at.

drohne · « **Reply #38 on:** November 24, 2008, 02:48:37 PM »

as gorgeous as wipeout hd is, its psp roots kind of show in the scale of the backdrops. they feel kind of dinky, though on some tracks they've added touches like air traffic. i think an original ps3 wipeout could look better, though maybe they'd have to drop the resolution

duckman2000 · « **Reply #39 on:** November 24, 2008, 09:11:38 PM »

~~If there is one critical flaw of this game, it'd be that there is no way to set infinite laps in Time Trial. Or just a free ride option.~~

Speed Laps in Racebox

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #40 on:** November 24, 2008, 10:02:32 PM »

Am I crazy or did the new patch make it so that when you play Speed Lap you are forced to do all 7 laps even if you get a Gold? I know it was like that on PSP, but I coulda sworn that when I first got Wipeout HD they would nix the challenge as soon as you clinched a gold time.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #41 on:** November 24, 2008, 10:21:09 PM »

Nope, you still finish once you get gold. Unless it's a bug on a specific course.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #42 on:** November 24, 2008, 10:22:30 PM »

Didn't happen for me yesterday, maybe it was just some weird occurrence.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #43 on:** November 27, 2008, 09:44:40 AM »

Metropia Reverse

duckman2000 · « **Reply #44 on:** November 28, 2008, 08:24:45 PM »

Christ, Speed Lap in Racebox is some addictive stuff.

30+ laps of Metropia Reverse set to Airdrawndagger

Oh yeah, and FA, if you're still looking for music, check out Adam Beyer, especifically stuff from Ignition Key and onward.

Sweden

duckman2000 · « **Reply #45 on:** January 22, 2009, 01:34:46 AM »

60 laps of Metropia Reverse set to Amon Tobin > 30 laps of Metropia Reverse set to Airdrawndagger. Hottest game ever.

cool breeze · « **Reply #46 on:** January 22, 2009, 01:39:23 AM »

I actually got back to playing this. I'm so bad at making U corners that I can't understand what I'm doing wrong. I lean into it all the way, I do the turn, and maybe I need to balance my acceleration around 50 or so, but I can never get a smooth turn.

Playing it again also reminded me about how amazing the custom soundtrack support is for this game. I hope more game in the future have as much care for custom soundtracks as Wipeout HD. It's on such a whole other level than any game on any current console. Last game that had custom soundtrack this important was NFL 2k5.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #47 on:** January 22, 2009, 01:41:16 AM »

Lean heavy on the airbrake, and cut the corners as tight as possible, but not so much that you lose momentum. Due to the speed and floating nature of the crafts, you have to basically make the whole turn right as you hit the beginning of it.

Draft · « **Reply #48 on:** January 22, 2009, 09:04:36 AM »

I finally turned steering assist on.

Jesus Christ. It's like God mode.

tiesto · « **Reply #49 on:** January 22, 2009, 11:01:05 AM »

Adam Beyer's earlier stuff is more preferable, some good banging Swedish techno. His newer stuff is definitely much more minimal, like most techno nowadays. "China Girl" was huuuuuge in the mnml scene last year though.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #50 on:** January 23, 2009, 01:15:29 AM »

I used to love early Adam Beyer (particularly when teamed up with Lekebusch), but I'm not sure heavy techno would mesh well with the slick presentation of Wipeout. It's a trance game through and through.

Then again, I guess I just recommended Amon Tobin as part of the soundtrack. Not techno, but damned heavy.

cool breeze · « **Reply #51 on:** January 23, 2009, 01:23:15 AM »

for anyone who didn't know if they wanted this or not, there is a demo up on PSN

Bebpo · « **Reply #52 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:08:12 PM »

I played some Wipeout today and man, the sound design is amazing. This is probably tied with MGS4 for best sound IMO. The way they make the music/sound effects fade in and out depending on shields/explosions/etc... is AWESOME. And the music is so good and basey. I love playing Wipeout HD with the sound system way up.

Are they still going to do DLC expansions for this?

duckman2000 · « **Reply #53 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:10:35 PM »

I'd certainly hope so. I'd pay premium for a pack with tracks from 2097 and Wip3out.

Bebpo · « **Reply #54 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:16:48 PM »

you know, since so many of us have and enjoy Wipeout, we should do an official EB tournament. Between everyone in this thread I think we've got a full 8 person roster.

If you guys are down for the idea, we just need to figure out a time when people on all sides of the world can be not at work/asleep to play together. I'm guessing Saturday US/Sunday JPN/Sometime Euro.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #55 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:34:09 PM »

We're throwing a big party at our place on Saturday, or I'd be up for some Wipeout.

Rman · « **Reply #56 on:** January 29, 2009, 04:17:12 PM »

I'd be down. I suck so bad, though.

tiesto · « **Reply #57 on:** January 29, 2009, 04:47:05 PM »

Same here, I'm not that great but I'd love to play a tourney... preferably Sat or Sun afternoon est though, since I'm usually out at night.

Bebpo · « **Reply #58 on:** January 29, 2009, 04:57:36 PM »

How about
10pm on Saturday PST
1am Sunday EST
7am Sunday Euro
3pm Sunday Japan

I'm not sure if I got my times correct, but I think that's one way for most of the globe to be awake at the same time.

12-race tournament (60 mins or so).

Let's get a head count of who wants to and can be in.
1. Bebpo
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #59 on:** January 29, 2009, 05:03:17 PM »

I'm in

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