WipEout HD: Fury Review

By Dan Whitehead Published 28 July, 2009

Same speed, different game.

Version tested: PlayStation 3

It's rather disheartening that almost a year after its release, WipEout HD is still the only game properly delivering on the glittering promise of the high-def generation. 1080p resolution and 60fps should be the rule, not the exception, and returning to Sony Liverpool's ferocious future racer it still retains its power to impress. Even hours into a prolonged session, there are moments where you're distracted by some particularly lovely moment - some gracefully detailed track curve thrown past you at eye-watering speed that makes you sigh inwardly and wonder why all games can't look this good.

The lush visuals are nothing new, however, and we are gathered here today, dearly beloveds, to consider the game's first salvo of downloadable content. The Fury add-on has a lot to prove, not only maintaining the high standard of its parent but justifying its price, which, standing at a big and scary £7.99, is almost equal to what the full game costs.

You'd be forgiven for expecting the usual track pack, with a few new vehicle skins sprinkled on top. What we actually get is an honest-to-goodness expansion, a suite of three new game modes that transform and evolve the core WipEout experience in major ways. Some of the new stuff will be familiar from Pulse and Pure on the PSP, but blazing from a decent-sized LCD, it's meadow fresh.

Installing the hefty 700MB download instantly changes the game. The XMB graphics are altered, the menu screen is an angry red rather than pristine white, the music pounding techno instead of chilled ambient. Fury, indeed. If it's all too much you can swap back to the old front-end from the options screen, but chances are you'll be too busy diving into the new single-player Campaign grid or firing up the Racebox to try out the new tracks.

'WipEout HD: Fury' Screenshot 1

At higher difficulties, Eliminator is one of the most thrilling - and punishing - things you can do with a PS3.

There are 12 additions to the available courses, and all are drawn from the recent PSP past of the series rather than the classic PSone and PS2 years. From the guts of WipEout Pulse we get the loop and chicanes of Talon's Junction, the rollercoaster drop of The Amphiseum and the sweeping curves and hell-for-leather straights of Tech De Ra. Modesto Heights completes the traditional tracks, dropping in from WipEout Pure with its twisting tunnel, plunging accelerated dives and a jump spot for those showboating barrel rolls.

All are worthy additions to the line-up, though it's hard not to feel that the cream of Pulse and Pure had already been skimmed off in the original download. Most fans will still be hoping for the classic tracks from the 32-bit years to make an HD appearance, and their absence is now the only glaring hole in the game's arsenal. All four tracks are also playable in reverse, while Zone tracks Pro Tozo, Mallavol, Corridon 12 and Syncopia are also available. That's 12 tracks - assuming you're happy to count reversals as separate entities - and since they cross-pollinate with the tracks already available, it adds up to a muscular selection.

More interesting, however, are the new game modes. These genuinely enhance the core of the game and, in one instance, pretty much reinvent it as a twitchy high-score arcade game.

Eliminator will be the most recognisable - it's another transfer from the PSP. A deathmatch in stylish WipEout clothes, it ditches pole position in favour of carnage, with victory coming from being the first to reach a set score rather than crossing the finish line or chalking up a certain kill total. Since you can score points for causing damage and completing laps, and lose them for each respawn, it adds a tactical wrinkle to play that the straight slaughter of the PSP version couldn't offer. You can also hit L1 to spin around and take aim at racers coming up from behind, which looks cool and is enormously satisfying.

Zone Battle is the second new mode. At first it seems like a rejigged version of the Zone challenges with a full racing grid, but there's more to it than that. Similar to Eliminator, you're trying to reach a specific Zone Level rather than win a race. Everyone is accelerating all the time, automatically, and your maximum speed keeps increasing. The longer you keep going, the more Zone Levels you attain.

Obviously, when played with more than one racer, this means that everyone would level up at the same time, so there's another twist. Hitting boost pads charges up your Zone Meter, which can be traded in for a Zone Level boost. The more pads you hit, the more Zones you'll skip. Doing this also leaves behind a Zone Barrier, which will slow down whoever hits it. Luckily, you can also opt to trade your Zone Meter for a temporary shield, which makes you immune to Zone Barriers.

It sounds complicated, and to begin with it takes some getting used to. Once you grasp the fairly simple mechanism at the heart, however, it becomes a fiercely strategic way of playing. Jostling for position to hit the pads, risking damage in the process, and then working out the optimum time to hit that boost and ratchet your speed up in one eye-popping burst - there are lots of ways to approach the race, and there are depths here that will surely make this a multiplayer favourite.

Finally there's Detonator, perhaps the strangest addition to WipEout in the series' history. Played solo, it's essentially a rail shooter, a bit like Rez crossed with Audiosurf. As with the Zone modes, you're constantly accelerating and this time each lap represents a stage. You have a cannon which can fire a limited number of shots before it has to reload, and the track ahead of you is littered with mines and bombs. Consistent accuracy in clearing these out of the way rewards you with a score multiplier and bonuses, but any that you miss on each lap become more deadly next time around. Couple that with your escalating velocity and it soon becomes a terrifying suicide run.

'WipEout HD: Fury' Screenshot 2

Detonator mode in action. It's WipEout, but not as we know it.

You do have some defence, in the shape of an EMP burst which - like the Zone Meter - is filled by hitting pads on the track. The higher you fill the EMP meter, the further your burst will travel, clearing everything in its path but clocking up a fraction of the points you would have got for shooting them yourself.

It's a leaderboard game, basically, and a fiendishly addictive one at that. Using the glowing neon style of the Zone races, the Detonator experience takes on a nightmarish Tron feel, and those who manage to stay alive to stages 10 and above will have earned their bragging rights.

With a whole new 80-event campaign designed to showcase these new modes, along with a smattering of traditional races and fastest-lap challenges, Fury almost doubles the size of an already generous game and therefore thoroughly warrants its asking price. One of the best downloadable games available now has one of the best expansion packs. If you've drifted away from WipEout's charms, having milked the original release dry, then strap yourself to the sofa and get ready to be sucked back in.

9 / 10

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  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #1 3 years ago

    i concur this is how DLC should be done

  • abrakababra #2 3 years ago

    Got this the other day, eliminator mode is so much fun when you get used to it.
    Perfect for anyones summer drought blues, whip out that credit card and buy it already!

  • MisterCraig #3 3 years ago

    I want a Playstation 3 for this game and the expansion!

    Money Please!

  • wizlon #4 3 years ago

    How much is wipEout HD in the first place? I played the demo again the other day and decided I may have to invest.

  • JHuxley #5 3 years ago

    @svd_grasshopper

    No idea why your comment has been buried. It's correct. In fact Ridge Racer is more 1080p than Wipeout, which uses a varying resolution to keep the framerate up.

    This is a better game though.

  • Max_Powers #6 3 years ago

    Downloaded this on the weekend. It is absolutely AWESOME!

  • mingster #7 3 years ago

    Wow sounds good...
    I don't mind paying for DLC if you get this much extra.

  • andromeda #8 3 years ago

    only game ive got PSenvy for...
    In my dreams im playing this on 360!

  • TriggerHippie #9 3 years ago

    A brilliant addition to an already wonderful game. Your PS3 will hate you if it has to go to school without this on its hard drive.

  • Psychotext #10 3 years ago

    I always wished that I enjoyed Wipeout games. Everyone seems to like them so much but they never gelled with me. =/

  • KujiGhost #11 3 years ago

    Yeah. I am a big fan of the originals and I would love a PS3 for this.

  • FooAtari #12 3 years ago

    1080p resolution and 60fps should be the rule, not the exception,

    So true, there has been nothing HD about this generation. People have a go at the Wii for not being HD forgetting that most games are half assed HD, running at higher res than SD but still having to be upscaled to get 720p resolution (nevermind 1080)

    And even then most still can't manage a solid a 30, when even 30 doesnt offer a smooth experience.

    It's been a pretty poor showing, especially as I have been gaming at higher than HD resolutions on my PC at decent frame rates for years.

    Anyway, this looks petty good and will probably download it.

  • bnazir #13 3 years ago

    downloaded yesterday and was *very* late for work the next day..

  • Bloodhunter #14 3 years ago

    Gah, I still need to get the orignal WipEout HD let alone an expansion, I'll probably buy it in a pack or whatever sometime..

  • Freek #15 3 years ago

    Wipeouts clean artstyle lends itself perfectly for a high res experience. Other games tend to favor high detail, fancy effects and go for a lower resolution/framerate.

  • sneetch #16 3 years ago

    Awesomeness.

    Hmmm... want a PS3 more and more now.

  • deathdealer619 #17 3 years ago

    stunning great game, great dlc, but remember there are no good games on the ps3 compared to the xbox lol what a load of shit!

  • Rens11 #18 3 years ago

    looking even more immense than before!!!

  • Eighthours #19 3 years ago

    It's a brilliant expansion. But I do find it somewhat ironic that you're saying it's the poster child for 1080p and 60fps gaming, when an article from your very own Richard Leadbetter revealed the tech stuff to be somewhat smoke and mirrors! :)

  • Darren #20 3 years ago

    "WipEout HD is still the only game properly delivering on the glittering promise of the high-def generation. 1080p resolution and 60fps should be the rule, not the exception..."

    Sorry, but unless you want simplistic graphics as standard then the current crop of consoles are simply not powerful enough to guarantee 60 fps nor have sufficient memory to handle every game at 1920x1080p. Geez, there are still a large number of games that can't even run at 1280x720p at 30 fps without graphical issues such as tearing and slowdown so 1080/60p as standard was only ever a pipe dream IMO, one conjured up by Sony as a way to make their PS3 sound more impressive than the competition! At least Microsoft's 720p expectations were more realistic if not exactly 100% true.

    The fact is that if you want to play most of your games at 1080p and at 60 fps then there's only one (or two) platform(s) available: the PC (or Mac, if you're that way inclined). ;)

    As for WipEout HD Fury, I was actually a little disappointed with it. It's still a very good and very enjoyable game but the new vehicles are just slightly modified versions of the existing ones and the new tracks don't feel as different as I'd hoped plus there are only four. Still at a penny under £8 it's still to grumble really and WipEout still remains one of the best downloadable games on the PS3.
    Edited by 2 at 28/07/09 @ 12:17

  • Mooglepies #21 3 years ago

    @ Freek: This has large amounts of eyecandy going on in the races as well. The only times I've encountered slowdown in it are in 2player mode (expected) and when some nutter uses a quake and there's some stuff going on like rockets/plasma/boms or whatever. That's about it.

    This game looks and plays stunning and is entirely deserving of its total £20 asking price (standard and Fury).

  • Moonprince #22 3 years ago

    Hardly smoke and mirrors really. Going a bit far with that comment :/

  • Darren #23 3 years ago

    P.S. I noticed more slowdown in these new tracks and, thus, screen tearing than in the original WipEout HD. Granted I'm playing at 1080p though so it's too much to expect the PS3 to be able to handle that resolution at 60 fps without the odd hiccup here and there. That it manages psuedo-1080/60p at all is a tremendous achievement really given how lovely the game looks.

  • WinterSnowblind #24 3 years ago

    Does anyone know what the last skin you unlock for the new ships is yet?
    I've heard you need a medal in each cell to get it, but no one seems to want to elaborate on what the skins actually look like.

  • SeesThroughAll #25 3 years ago

    This expansion is brilliant. It breathes life and novelty into Wipeout HD, and turns it into the best Wipeout ever.

  • paulf #26 3 years ago

    its not just the resolution and framerate that make this game, the art direction is superb and gameplay is really well balanced - great game

    oh and the menu's are superb great ui

  • fiery_jackass #27 3 years ago

    I'd love this. Can't help wishing that the weapons would go away though. My wide-eyed addiction to the first Wipeout was all down to the fierce concentration required to smoothly navigate the tracks at pant-shredding velocity. That's been on the wane (for me) ever since. The pyrotechnics are neat and all, but I hope you can turn them off.
    Edited by 1 at 28/07/09 @ 12:30

  • thesombrerokid #28 3 years ago

    one of the only things on the ps3 that makes me want one shame the consoles too expensive to warrent buying for one small game like this, the add on pack makes it more interesting still though

  • SeesThroughAll #29 3 years ago

    But I do find it somewhat ironic that you're saying it's the poster child for 1080p and 60fps gaming, when an article from your very own Richard Leadbetter revealed the tech stuff to be somewhat smoke and mirrors! :)

    The article you refer to actually praises this dynamical frame buffering technology of "smoke and mirrors"!

    /checks Eighthours EG profile and comment history

    Hmmmm... Now I see where you're "coming from"... ;)

  • Darren #30 3 years ago

    @fiery_jackass - Well I hate the Eliminator events in this game; being forced to destroy opponents in order to win is just tediousl so it is definitely my least favorite mode by far. WipEout is at its best for me when I'm perfecting my lap times, doing the Zone events or just focusing on racing.
    Edited by 1 at 28/07/09 @ 12:39

  • paulf #31 3 years ago

    @fiery_jackass

    iirc you can turn off the weapons in multiplayer and racebox

  • SeesThroughAll #32 3 years ago

    @ Darren: Sucessful Pacifist? :)

  • jamhead #33 3 years ago

    Does anyone else feel that although very pretty when running in 1080p, that some of the extra PS3 horsepower could have been better used in creating more environmental effects (better: weather, rain, fog, better smoke, leaves on track, dust, birds, animals, vehicle damage...) even if it was at the expense of a couple of lines of screen resolution?

    I know it's kind-of 'the Wipeout look', but it's almost too pristine... makes it feel like a simulation of a simulation!

    Still very much enjoy the game - could just feel like being a little more 'connected' with the virtual environment sometimes.

  • BritishBlue1 #34 3 years ago

    I just bought Fury and it's hard to say just good it is for 8 little pounds, it's not a full game but it bloody well feels like it. I tried Eliminator over PSN and got absolutely slaughtered, the whole track was just carnage. Easily one of the best PS3 racers out there.

  • BritishBlue1 #35 3 years ago

    LOL@Darren

    You are such a carebear. :p

  • paulf #36 3 years ago

    @jamhead

    interesting point, I don't think it would be wipeout if that was the case though so I'd have to disagree

  • Beano #37 3 years ago

    "what about ridge racer. isnt that 1080p 60fps?!"

    Yes, RR7 is 1080p/60FPS :)

  • Darren #38 3 years ago

    @jamhead - I can't say I've ever considered weather or animal life for WipEout really. The look of the game has always been futuristic utopian and as such totally unreal so the lack of ambience has never crossed my mind. I suppose in that respect it does feel exactly like a video game as opposed to a recreation of something that might one day become reality.

    When you consider that WipEout HD was delayed because the developers were having trouble getting the game to run smoothly at 1080/60p and how many people are actually playing this game at that resolution (less than 5% I'd wager) then you do wonder why they didn't just stick with 720p max., v-synced with either more vehicles or those weather effects, birds, etc., you mentioned. I guess the answer is that it was Sony who pushed for a 1080p not the developers.

  • Miths #39 3 years ago

    This is almost certainly the best DLC pack I've seen for any console game yet - pretty much a full expansion pack rather than just the few extras you usually expect from DLC.
    And damn it's one hell of an expansion pack :).

  • Beano #40 3 years ago

    "I'd love this. Can't help wishing that the weapons would go away though. My wide-eyed addiction to the first Wipeout was all down to the fierce concentration required to smoothly navigate the tracks at pant-shredding velocity."

    I somewhat agree - I also prefer pure racing Wipeout experience but Fury is a nice diversion. Hopefully we will see a more racing/speed focused DLC pack in the future... Wipeout HD Stream? ;)

  • Darren #41 3 years ago

    Virtua Tennis 3 is 1080/60p too by the way, that is proper 1920x1080 not the stretched horizontal resolution 1080p that most other PS3 games are bar Ridge Racer 7. NBA Street Homecourt and FIFA Street 3 are also proper 1920x1080 too but they run at half the framerate of the lower 720p resolution, i.e. 30 fps.

    The number of 1920x1080p games this generation running at 60 fps can be counted on the fingers of one hand and you'd still have spare ones left! As mentioned WipEout HD is not really a true 1080p game anyway as the horizontal resolution doesn't remains fixed at 1920 pixels, instead it drops on the fly in order to maintain a 60 fps framerate. ;)

  • Eighthours #42 3 years ago

    the art direction is superb

    Damn right. Zone Battle mode is gorgeous, while Detonator is like an evil version of Tron. The eye candy is truly lovely. :)

  • Doctor_What #43 3 years ago

    Is this still ridiculously hard? I enjoy the first core Wipeout HD release, but it quickly gets too demanding on my time for me to get the best from it.

  • BritishBlue1 #44 3 years ago

    Darren, who in their right mind gives a shit about that claptrap you're blathering on about? The game's fun, end of story. Nobody's gonna notice any of that crap at the speed you're going in Wipeout anyway.

  • Retroid #45 3 years ago

    It's bloody gorgeous (especially Zone, I wish the entire game could be played like that) and excellent value. The Fury add-on was one of the easiest DLC decisions I've ever had to make. Love it!

    (Even though I'm not that great at it)

  • Zebula77 #46 3 years ago

    Ahhhh, one of my top five PS3 games just got better - has a happy!

    It's still hard if you insist on playing Elite difficulty only, but since you can change the difficulty at all times, it's not really an issue any longer. Also, this DLC is probably the best one out there, with the possible exception of the Big Surf Island pack for Burnout Paradise. There IS noticably more slow down this time around, especially in Elimination mode where the number of explosions and weapon effects sometimes reaches insanity, but I hope a patch will fix this.

    I'm absolutely loving this at the moment, and the review is spot on.

  • Darren #47 3 years ago

    @BritishBlue1 - Well Sony obviously care because 1080p was one of the big selling points of the PS3 according to them, something that made their machine superior to the competition. If it wasn't for their absurd "HD begins when we say so" statement and claims that "True HD is 1080p" then we'd all be playing 720p games and not caring one iota about 1080p for games on the consoles. So you can blame them for that... :p

    My point still stands though. How many people are actually playing this game at 1920x1080p anyway? How many people play the game at 720p even?

  • el_pollo_diablo #48 3 years ago

    A reversed track does NOT count as a new track.

    :D

  • seasidebaz #49 3 years ago

    When you consider that WipEout HD was delayed because the developers were having trouble getting the game to run smoothly at 1080/60p

    No, it was delayed because they were having problems with Trophy support.

  • ShinigamiRyuk #50 3 years ago

    Pure magic this dlc - add me if you wanna race GreenGoblin81

  • Eighthours #51 3 years ago

    Is this still ridiculously hard? I enjoy the first core Wipeout HD release, but it quickly gets too demanding on my time for me to get the best from it.

    I didn't get a PS3 until after the first patch for Wipeout had come out, but I'm pretty sure it added extra difficulty settings. Novice setting is far from hard until well into the game. Have you played it since the patch? If not, you should give it another try!

  • peterfll #52 3 years ago

    Couple of questions:
    - anyone know what the music is on the new UI menus? I'm *loving* it.
    - anyone else still getting tearing \ dropped frames after the patch install?

  • Eighthours #53 3 years ago

    No, it was delayed because they were having problems with Trophy support.

    I thought it was delayed because it failed that epilepsy test because of the music effects in Zone mode.

    (These effects seem to have been added back in to a certain extent now, after the initial HD release didn't quite have them in the same abundance as the early videos - although it did still have some. Anyone know the history of this?)

    What's great about Fury is that the snazzy new graphical stuff is carried over to the old campaign, meaning that Zone in HD looks even better now. I WISH I was playing this on a 1080p screen.

  • PrivateJoker #54 3 years ago

    - anyone else still getting tearing \ dropped frames after the patch install?

    No problems for me, still awesome looking as before.

  • VandelayIndustries #55 3 years ago


    Wipeout HD was great anyway with its game-play and audio/visual design, but Fury is DLC as it should be done. More of the same as well as taking the time to experiment with new game-play types, with Detonator they've turned Wipeout into a decent score attack shooter. I love these new modes.

  • seasidebaz #56 3 years ago

    I thought it was delayed because it failed that epilepsy test because of the music effects in Zone mode.

    Forgot about that bit. It was initially delayed cos trophies didn't work due to the amount of memory the game took up or something along those lines, then it got delayed again because of the epilepsy thing. Good memory you!

  • Beano #57 3 years ago

    @Darren : I belive the claim was the next-gen would not arrive (or begin) before PS3?

    Not that it's any less arrorant :D

  • Beano #58 3 years ago

    "No, it was delayed because they were having problems with Trophy support."

    Joke?... otherwise : Bollocks.

  • Beano #59 3 years ago

    " anyone else still getting tearing \ dropped frames after the patch install? "

    Yes, tearing and frame-drops are more apparent after 2.0/2.01. Some people just can't see it.
    Edited by 1 at 28/07/09 @ 13:52

  • Zebula77 #60 3 years ago

    Haven't noticed too much tearing myself, but the drop in frame rate is apparent in places. Not so much as too ruin the experience, but still - hope it gets fixed.

  • seasidebaz #61 3 years ago

    @Beano:

    Not entirely bollox...

  • Eighthours #62 3 years ago

    Haven't noticed too much tearing myself, but the drop in frame rate is apparent in places. Not so much as too ruin the experience, but still - hope it gets fixed.

    I'm only noticing that when INSANE CARNAGE is going on in Eliminator mode. Which is an understandable point for the frame rip to dip! :)

  • Beano #63 3 years ago

    @seasidebaz : It's still bull. It was delayed for a number of reasons and they used the delay to add more features - trophes was just one of them and not THE reason for the delay. Trophy support is basicly just a API call for developers and does not take more memory or performance from a game. That's why so many games have added it so easily post-release.
    Edited by 1 at 28/07/09 @ 14:04

  • BritishBlue1 #64 3 years ago

    @Darren

    I say again, how is all this relevant to Wipeout Fury? And who in their right mind is going to notice or care? Sony's past comments are irrelevant.

  • Kremlik Verified Co-Founder, Crash To Desktop #65 3 years ago

    I have to say this and 'Spolsion man on XBLA have kinda proven a point these past two weeks the Arcade/PSN games are actally comming out a lot better quality then their Disk counterparts and are becomming better value for money, most of my money HAS gone on the/PSNXBLA games over this past year..

    Betwen the retro clasics like Banjo, Monkey Island, BC:RA and games like the above, Braid, Castle Crashers, Fat Priness, even Trine and Plants VS Zombies on the pc - the indie market is becomming a force to be reckoned with
    Edited by 2 at 28/07/09 @ 14:14

  • 3william56 #66 3 years ago

    The slowdown/tearing which came with V2.0 and the Fury install has been basically eliminated by the 2.01 patch. Hardly a quiver from rock solid buttery smoothness now, and only when insanity breaks loose in Eliminator. And yes, the difficulty has been further patched; before V2.0 races were still pretty daft even though the rest of the modes had been humanised. Now there appears to be a consistent difficulty right across the board.

    Now it's a couple of WO2097 tracks away from 10/10. Utterly stunning game.

    Jamhead - look up in the sky over the new tracks, and you'll see flocks of birds. Fog and smoke though were tried to disastrous effect in Wipeout Fusion, with the utterly surprising conclusion that driving at 1800kmh in fog is not really smart.

  • Darren #67 3 years ago

    @BritishBlue1 - What you actually mean is that YOU don't care. That's fair enough but you don't speak for everybody, believe it or not. :p

    Re: tearing in Fury... I noticed as much post-patch as I did before and there's far more going on that there was with the original HD. But that's understandable given how pushed the PS3 is to output 60 fps at 1080p, how detailed the tracks are and how chaotic things can get when things get busy (explosions, weapons effects, etc.). It still doesn't take anything away from how impressive the game is technically, it's still an impressive achievement.

  • Ranger101 #68 3 years ago

    BritishBlue want's pole position as DLC.

  • FooAtari #69 3 years ago

    BritishBlue1
    Darren, who in their right mind gives a shit about that claptrap you're blathering on about? The game's fun, end of story. Nobody's gonna notice any of that crap at the speed you're going in Wipeout anyway.

    60 fps matters, especially in fast moving games, and especially in racing games. There is a very huge and obvious difference between 30 and 60 fps. I think 60 fps should be very important when developing games. I would rather they cut they eye candy back a little to get a nice smooth 60.

  • peterfll #70 3 years ago

    ^ indeed Darren.

    I actually love the game + the new Fury DLC. The dropped frames and tearing I'm seeing is minor and does not affect the gameplay. But that doesn't mean I'm going to deny seeing tearing and dropped frames. And it doesn't prevent some of us who are interested in such things discussing it.

    *jeesh* people are so touchy on the tinternet aren't they! ;-)

  • Max_Powers #71 3 years ago

    Menu music is also fecking great! Loving this game

  • BritishBlue1 #72 3 years ago

    "What you actually mean is that YOU don't care. That's fair enough but you don't speak for everybody, believe it or not. :p"

    Actually it's the other way round, mate. The vast majority of gamers who will ever play Fury won't give a thought about any of the nerdy tech talk. It's just the strange mindset of Eurogamer's...um, community that hype the tiniest details/flaws into something they're not.

  • peterfll #73 3 years ago

    ^ . ... then, mate, what are you doing posting on here being part of "said" community? I may not agree with everyone else, doesn't mean their point of view is any less valid. Or because you're not interested in "techie" stuff, someone else on here is.

  • Shakey_Jake33 #74 3 years ago

    I do love the new content, but it's pretty evident that the combat focus of the new play modes is pushing the engine a tad. Vsyncing is a regular occurence on the new play modes, and I've seen the dynamic framebuffer kick in more times in the past few days than the entire period before that.

    Not that this detracts from the overall quality of the package. The combat focus might not be for everyone, and I find Zone Battle to be quite forgettable, but I'm very pleased with the new tracks, and have had real good fun with Elimination mode. Give us some 2097 maps next time though!

  • BritishBlue1 #75 3 years ago

    @peterfll

    I didn't say his opinion wasn't valid. Digital Foundry, where I'd imagine Darren got most of that tech nonsense, has it's own forum, he should go discuss it there where it's more relevant.

  • peterfll #76 3 years ago

    So Blue, why are you also posting on the Digital Foundry comments, lamenting people for presenting the same opinions there? I don't understand. You're kinda getting emotive, accusing those of us who are interested in said technicalities as being fanboys with agendas. But if you actually took time out to look at people like myself and Darren, we have no bias whatsoever and no axe to grind. We typically own all three consoles and at the end of the day, occasionally indulge our nerd fetish for tech discussion. Amongst ourselves it's pretty harmless chat, and we can agree to disagree.

  • Collymilad #77 3 years ago

    Britishblue has a point.

    The average person will not care or see that a game isn't running in full 720/1080p.

  • BritishBlue1 #78 3 years ago

    peterfll,

    Because it said Wii, I assumed it was a proper article instead of DF. Guess I shouldn't have commented but it is annoying because my personal opinion is that DF, and many of it's articles, serves no real gaming purpose. If they actually labelled DF articles I'd never visit them.
    I mean does anyone here *really* understand the gibberish they write? Digital Foundry is like a really bad episode of Star Trek, sure, the script sounds technical and scientificky but in the back of your mind you can't help thinking "...what a load of bollocks...".

  • Triggerhappytel #79 3 years ago

    Ah, sweet. I was thinking of holding off on this due to Fat Princess and Trine coming very soon, but fuck it; I'll take the plunge.

    Although I wish Sony would just bloody release it on Blu-ray. If they can do it for Pain, they can do it for the best game on PSN.

  • SeesThroughAll #80 3 years ago

    Although I wish Sony would just bloody release it on Blu-ray. If they can do it for Pain, they can do it for the best game on PSN.

    Maybe they will after another DLC pack...

  • FooAtari #81 3 years ago

    because my personal opinion is that DF, and many of it's articles, serves no real gaming purpose.

    Whys that BritishBlue1?

    From the Welcom to DF blog entry

    our aims are remarkably straightforward – to go beyond the gameplay, telling you how games work, what makes them tick, and of course, crucially, what levels of performance you can expect from them.

    They look at the technical aspect of, wait for it, games.

    Just because it does not interest you, that does not mean it serves no purpose. Performance is very important to me, I'm not going to play a game that tears and drops frames left and right, as I'm sure you wouldn't. And that is a technical issue, which effects gameplay. Makes these things pretty relevant if you ask me.

  • seasidebaz #82 3 years ago

    our aims are remarkably straightforward – to go beyond the gameplay, telling you how games work

    They got this bit wrong, though. Bit like most of their articles. A lot of DF articles just blast technology stuff at the reader but most of it is rubbish.

  • Yodzilla #83 3 years ago

    WipEout HD just became one of the greatest racing games ever made with this DLC pack. It's completely great.

  • SaberEdge #84 3 years ago

    I got this and it is brilliant addition to Wipeout HD. Truly one of the best games I have played, downloadable or otherwise.

  • The_Inquisitor #85 3 years ago

    I haven't played anything but Street Fighter for the last 3 months. That is about to change... :-)

  • DaemonSpawn #86 3 years ago

    Wipeout HD is the only game I'd love to have PS3 for. But buy a console for one game... still, return of the Tech De Ra tempts me so much.

  • Eighthours #87 3 years ago

    So Blue, why are you also posting on the Digital Foundry comments, lamenting people for presenting the same opinions there? I don't understand. You're kinda getting emotive, accusing those of us who are interested in said technicalities as being fanboys with agendas.

    No need to defend yourself, fella. A simple look at Blue's profile shows exactly why he won't hear a word said against Sony.

    As for Fury, I'm looking forward to a proper online sesh tonight. Had a few races against various folk at the weekend and they were brilliant.

  • Retroid #88 3 years ago

    BritishBlue1: "If they actually labelled DF articles I'd never visit them. I mean does anyone here *really* understand the gibberish they write?"

    Strikes me more as your lack of knowledge in that area than their 'gibberish'.

  • EvilBob_leeds #89 3 years ago

    Claws away ladies.

  • Retroid #90 3 years ago

    Pointing out to someone that if a technical article is 'gibberish' to them then they need to read up on it rather than complain about them being written in the first place is hardly 'getting my claws out'.

    Anyway.

    Great game gets great DLC: buy it :)

  • Ryze #91 3 years ago

    Excellent. Psygnosis are the saviour of the PS3.

    Shame I've not yet completed enough of the original game to justify buying this...

  • spiny #92 3 years ago

    I just found a big fat reason not to get this:

    http://ww w.joystiq.com/2009/08/03/double...

  • Retroid #93 3 years ago

    spiny: "I just found a big fat reason not to get this"

    That reason no-longer exists because of complaints.