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Wipeout Pulse Comments by Dan Whitehead

25 July, 2007

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01SniperWolf
25/07/07 @ 10:43
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F-ZerOOOooooo is better than Wipeout, I want a Wii F-Zero with a Wii-board that can hover.

Make it happen Nintendo.
Aretak
25/07/07 @ 10:43
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I've never really gotten on with WipEout. The only one I wasn't rubbish at was Wip3out on the PSone.
souljacker2000
25/07/07 @ 10:46
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WipEout was sso much fun, looks terrible these days though
myiagros
25/07/07 @ 10:49
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i love wipeout and can't wait for this and WipeOut HD.

I'm still playing WipeOut Pure, and it doesn't feel like its been 2 years since its release. I really hope the online doesn't prove just how bad i am though.
ecureuil
25/07/07 @ 10:51
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"There's also a new race team to play as - EG-X -"

:O

There's a EuroGamer team?! :D
dirigiblebill
25/07/07 @ 10:56
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Lol. With 'middling statistics' too :D
Goffee
25/07/07 @ 10:57
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I think I had about 60-70 golds before I gave up on Pure with all the downloads - time to dig it out and get warmed up again. Yummmm, if only I can put Killzone (with the new free expansion missions) down

Proving the PSP has great games and cool extra FREE content too... none of your Wii Points or Zone muffins here.
El_MUERkO
25/07/07 @ 10:58
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yum!
Murbal
25/07/07 @ 11:00
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Can't wait, I'm still getting innordinate amounts of fun out of Pure.
Aurifex.
25/07/07 @ 11:03
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Is it me or does the screen shots make it look cartoony.
myiagros
25/07/07 @ 11:09
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I do hope Zone mode makes a return that was great fun, but unfortunately with only 3 events was all over before it really started.

It was a really easy way to get an awsome vehicle though.
Hughes.
25/07/07 @ 11:18
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There's supposed to be a Zone mode for every track now. This game is as good as bought.
OllyJ
25/07/07 @ 11:21
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I wish theyīd tone down the reliance on weapons, Iīd take em out all together and just have speed boosts, the AI just hammer you with missiles as soon as you are in the lead meaning that itīs kind of pointless memorising a track.

itīs not mario kart so why even bother? canīt we just have a futuristic racer where itīs a world where people donīt want to blow each other up for sport!

love Wipeout hate the direction itīs gone in.
SBfistfun
25/07/07 @ 11:22
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Wipeout!

Exciting!

10 years ago!


zzzzzzzzzz
hokuto_no_rob
25/07/07 @ 11:42
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If I want a memory test I'll play Brain Training.
dirigiblebill
25/07/07 @ 11:47
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love Wipeout hate the direction itīs gone in.

The direction it's gone in? Wipeout has always had ludicrously over-powered weapons.

Seem to remember there being a racing-only option on one of the pre-Pure incarnations though. Maybe it'll make a return for Pulse?

I really, really, really cannot wait to make you suckas eat my dust on infrastructure mode. There shall be much wailing and gnashing of teeth ;)
Yaster
25/07/07 @ 11:53
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I love Wipeout I does, F-Zero for grown ups
fiery_jackass
25/07/07 @ 11:56
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>>Olly>I wish theyīd tone down the reliance on weapons

oh me too, and I'd thought I'd be the only one to think that. The weaponry absolutely gets in the way of the excitement of the race, it gets right on my nipple ends. The original wipeout, when played without weapons, was such a pure, clean racer, total concentration required at the top speeds in the Qirex etc. I'd like a return to that, and to its flowing tracks. If necessary, 2097's wall scraping could be retained, but not its jerky, disjointed layouts (with the notable exception of that German track).
kangarootoo
25/07/07 @ 12:01
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I don't think stills ever quite do justice to any incarnation of this game. High frame rate and blistering speed are core to what makes the Wipeout experience. How it looks at speed is really what counts.
Zanuah
25/07/07 @ 12:08
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Cool.

I want to play Pure again... too bad the plastic casing broke for the disc. :(
jon_egg
25/07/07 @ 12:17
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"Is it me or does the screen shots make it look cartoony. "

Those are months old. More recent shots are here:

http://media.psp.ign.com/media/882/88225...
xandoodle
25/07/07 @ 12:25
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F-Zero >>>>> Wipeout
Rollcage >>>>>> Wipeout

It's still a bit alright though...
Darkuss
25/07/07 @ 12:27
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God of War, Wipeout Pulse, Silent Hill Origins, Final Fantasy Tactics are some of the great games coming to PSP this fall!

Can't wait!
lasermink
25/07/07 @ 12:46
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Quantum Redshift > F-Zero, anyway.
jon_egg
25/07/07 @ 13:17
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>>Olly>I wish theyīd tone down the reliance on weapons

There's an option to switch them off in Custom League.
Xerx3s
25/07/07 @ 13:37
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WANT! \0/
mechamonkey
25/07/07 @ 14:07
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Christ theres some jaded gamers aroudn these parts.

Anyway, I've been replaying the first PSP Wipeout outing the last couple of weeks and its STILL amazing. Can't wait for this now.
Max_Powers
25/07/07 @ 14:09
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Aw shucks, and I was planning to do one the obligatory "PSP games are meh" comments
mechamonkey
25/07/07 @ 14:10
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I likes Wipout Fusion too, up yours moaners :)
OllyJ
25/07/07 @ 14:39
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">>Olly>I wish theyīd tone down the reliance on weapons

There's an option to switch them off in Custom League.
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Fair enough, it still doesnīt help it for me that the main game is unbalanced coz of it though, I wouldnīt buy a game for a custom league, I would just rather have a good wipeout that doesnīt punish you with overpowered attacks.
DanWhitehead
25/07/07 @ 14:52
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In all the games I played of Pulse in solo mode, I don't recall a single instance where unfair weapons use fouled me up. Not sure if I just got lucky, or if they've balanced it better, but it certainly wasn't an issue for me.
dsmx
25/07/07 @ 15:23
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reply to fod have you tried pressing x just when it says go?
mingster
25/07/07 @ 15:56
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yup x on the go is a turbo start you can go out in the lead..
peterfll
25/07/07 @ 16:24
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I though Pulse was rather lovely.

ps Mag Strip = "Magnetic" not "Magic" surely?
KILLA
25/07/07 @ 17:32
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why is this not coming out on ps2?
Feanor
25/07/07 @ 17:39
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Wipeout Pure is actually the only game I have bought for the PSP, and I got the system at launch. I do own two other games (Talkman and PES 5) but my mum got me those as presents.
Aurifex.
25/07/07 @ 19:43
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Cheers jon_egg, thoses shots look great. Some one needs to update their photo's then.
YourMessageHere
25/07/07 @ 21:33
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While I'm all for everything else new that Pulse does, I can't help feeling a bit apprehensive about the whole mag-strip idea. How about some trailers so we can see this thing working?
mingster
26/07/07 @ 09:57
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There's a prerelease demo of the game out already if you want to see how it looks/plays.
And very nice it is too.
Salaman
27/07/07 @ 09:32
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I had around 70 golds on my US copy (bought US PSP + Wipeout when there on vacation just around the launch) and then lost the UMD. I think I left it on a plane.
I just got hold of a new copy but as it's a Euro version the saves don't work and I had to restart from scratch. I have about 50 gold medals now and it's such good fun.

I've not noticed cheating AI though.
However, if you are in 2nd place and you both go over a weapon's pad before you overtake, you can expect the AI to use whatever weapon it picked up. If it was a boost they'll turbo straigh past you the second you overtake, if it was missiles they'll fire them (sometimes miss though), etc.
It may appear it's a case of "cheating AI" but it doesn't always happen and if it does, it's just a matter of the AI using strategy much as I would myself. (holding on to a weapon in case someone overtakes me).

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