PlayStation 3 User Reviews

The visually and sonically brilliant Wipeout series is given a HD facelift and some additional modes to compliment the excellent challenge-ladder system introduced in Pulse. Perhaps a little too tough for the casual gamer, but Wipeout veterans will relish the new challenge.

I completed a few of the tournaments but it felt like a chore to play. I don't get the praise, this is a PSPortable game rebranded! and it shows in its short tracks (shorter than the ones on PS1 games) and the simplified physics, ships don't feel like ships anymore, very stiff, very arcadey. The Wipeout series deserved a proper title on PS3 instead of a port of a PSPortable game with cleaner graphics which imo art design wise is a lot inferior to the Blade Runner esque look of 2097/ Wip3out.

Different than most other racing games but nevertheless I still don't feel comfortable to play this game.

Как фанат серии скажу, что в этой части разработчики разошлись не на шутку. Начиная от графической составляющей до музыкального сопровождения! В этой игре идеально все! Разработчики настолько тщательно подошли к поставленной задаче, что переплюнуть и собрать, что либо подобное вряд ли у кого-нибудь получится. Повторюсь, коммерция убивает великих разработчиков и лучшие студии, которые были не просто частью Playstation с самого начала, но и тем костяком, которые относились к созданию игр с особым трепетом и душой! Всем пис!

I've always enjoyed racing games more than I've been good at them. What I liked most about this game is that it accomodates players like me. One doesn't have to get first place in every race to advance on to the next set of maps, and I was able to complete the whole game without ever getting any better at sliding around corners without running into things. It's pretty, sounds great, and successfully imparts a sensation of zipping past things at barely-sub-sonic speeds.

I played this game round my friend's house last week, and it was a terrible F-Zero clone. The graphics (obviously) are better than F-Zero, but overall it is bad. The controls are under average, for the most part they are fine, but my vehicle kept stopping, even though I didn't let go of the button.

Un juego que regalo Sony cuando hubo el corte por los **** fin, al regalarlo supe que no seria gran cosa, **** fue así, es peor de lo que pensé, uno de los peores juegos de velocidad que ha caído en mis manos (virtualmente hablando) en fin, no lo recomiendo en absoluto, seria tirar el dinero, no vale la pena ni regalado la verdad, no se como compañías tan grandes gastan un dineral en videojuegos tan patéticos como este...

This is a terrific addition to the Wipeout series, and definitely one of the best racing games ever. Great graphics, great gameplay, fun and simple controls... And the sound... The sound is just amazing! Fans, and people who are not familiar with the series, will enjoy this wonderful new installment to the franchise, and I definitely recommend it to any gamer who enjoys a good racing game. It may not be perfect, as far as track designs single-player replay value goes, but it's still really good. 9/10

Besides the obvious mind blowing graphics Wipeout HD also offer a delightful sound experience as well as a enough challenging career mode. Well worth to invest in, even a few years after release date.

Wipeout with excellently smooth controls and polished graphics. Career mode has decent length, variety of game modes, great stuff. Downside: only tracks from past games. Upside: all your favourite tracks again.

Same old Wipe Out. Entertaining, addictive and very, very fast. I have the same thrill as more than 12 years ago when I played it on PS 1. Again, it is the same game with remastered graphics. Do not expect anything more than it provided you with 12 years ago. Just pure and simple fun!

Mildly entertaining, a good diversion from disc-based games. Ive definitely played better racers before, and I'm sure i will play more in the future. Graphics are ok, but not great. Weapons are somewhat fun. Not really my genre of game. Vehicles have barely any variety, they all handle pretty well the same and look the same as well.

The sound, graphics, and presentation of this game are absolutely fantastic. For aesthetics it gets full credit completely. You can read about those anywhere, so I won't go into detail. Unfortunately, it's a game you have to get into and learn fanatically to have any chance at winning. This would be great if I had to develop a skill set - I go nuts for deep and difficult games, like Demon's Souls for example, that make you concentrate and get better to win. But memorizing tracks is pure tedium, not any kind of creative design choice, and that's all the challenge comes down to. Whether or not you know what's coming up, and if you can run the track perfectly enough for that gold to advance to the next track, which you'll have to memorize in the exact same way. There's no depth at all to the skill, it's just whether or not you know exactly what to do for that particular track. With some leeway and better difficulty options it would have been so much better to me, but as it is it's only for those who want to devote their lives to it for a few weeks. And that's why you haven't heard of it more, because it's impossibly difficult, and who wants to go through that just to win a game?

it is impossible not to enjoy yourself when you play this highly addictive arcade racer. Absolutely worth the download. Wipeout HD is among the best games on PSN. The DLC, Fury, is also worth downloading as it expands the singe-player immensely.

This is not the best Wipeout game in the series. This game is in no way better than Wip3out on PSone in terms of gameplay, level design, sound or graphics. It is a hodgepodge of the different Wipeouts. I felt it was average and not rewarding in the end. Gameplay wise, the level design and physics aren't polished. The ships don't feel like planes anymore and are more stuck to the track. Up and down controls on the joystick does almost nothing, whereas in Wip3out they were required to get a good time. With the blatantly cheating pilot assist option this ceases to be a game. A mentally challenged person with a candy bar in their hand could win with this on. No Wipeout game should have pilot assist. Unfortuneate its required for some of the final levels in which the computer almost cheats, then final levels become blatantly easy. The new Zone and Shooting modes are so easy as to be useless filler. If they had increased the difficulty or expanded on them more it could have added to the game. Zone battle is so bizarre I'm not sure its a game. I never lost. The graphics aren't quite as focused as other games, but some of the cell shading and gradients are excellent. There is also good use of 3d forms. Regular Textures and off track scenery are kind of poor, and not very conceptual like Wip3outs mega mall and industrial zones etc. Ship Design was excellent however. The sound design is okay, but the music selection is very bad. It is so grating to the ear and so violent that it doesn't match with the games graphical feel. I had to use my own songs. I felt the music was really poor. There are still some dynamic sound issues, like the music being stuck muted when your ship is low on damage. Lastly the game froze during loading once and I don't know why. So there are still glitches somewhere. I got this game for free, and it is only so-so. I can't recommend anyone playing this when Wip3out is still the better game in the series.

WipEout HD is an enjoyable futuristic racing game that launches the WipEout series on to the PlayStation 3. Anyone who's played a WipEout game will instantly be able to dive into this game. It's great to have something unique on the PlayStation 3 for once. You pick from a selection of lovely designed ships - which their designs match the futuristic look and feel of this game - and pilot them through tracks and try to claim 1st place in WipEout HD's race modes. As well as race modes, there are other satisfying modes such as time trials that race you against the clock and try to complete 3 laps around the track as fast as you can, speed lap which is similar to time trial but you just do a single lap trying to race around the track as fast as possible, tournament where you race through several races and have the most points at the end of the tournament and one interesting and fun mode, zone mode where your ship starts out at slow speed and you progress through the speed zones and passing each zone makes your ship go faster until your eye sockets bleed and your heart jumps out of your body (by the way, the throttle is disabled!) and the more you travel, the more points you earn. This mode in particular shows off some stunning, colourful visuals with beautiful patterns and the pattern changes when you advance to other speed zones. The modes maybe great and keeps things interesting in this game but the visuals are mind boggling. The futuristic tracks, environments and even the ships look gorgeous and the graphics are polished. The visual effects are also colourful and vibrant like from the charging of the plasma before it fires (the explosion it emits when it hits a target or barrier is just as good) to the wavy pattern of lines that the missile leaves as its chasing its target. Speaking of weapons, Sony Studio Liverpool has brought back some of the ace weapons from previous WipEout games like the plasma and rockets and they work just as well in this game than in previous WipEout games. They are fun to use and makes races more exciting and it's a good thing that the weapon selection covers all situations no matter if you're far behind or in front of the pack. Now the game play: The pace of the game is electrifying. WipEout HD provides you with fast and furious racing (and in some instances like the Phantom Class races and later Zones in Zone mode, insane) and the controls are just perfect for dealing with the quick pace of the game. A.I and event difficulty has 3 difficulty settings to choose from: Novice, Skilled or Elite. This makes the game accessible to more casual gamers where they can just enjoy themselves and not get too frustrated playing the game on Novice and more experienced gamers can be given a tough challenge on Elite. This is a game (especially in the higher speed classes) that demands quick reflexes and perfect use of the ships airbrakes to navigate through tight corners without hitting the boundaries of the track. It may seem hard at first to master cornering quickly and the boundaries on the tracks are quite small, practice makes perfect in this game. The track design is simple but well executed and couple with the excellent visuals that this game has, it makes them look striking. It is a shame that all of these tracks are taken from the 2 PSP WipEout instalments, WipEout Pure and WipEout Pulse but I haven't played them so I guess it doesn't matter for me anyways and anyone else who hasn't played the PSP instalments. As with most WipEout games, you need some awesome music to listen to while flying around the tracks and blasting your opponents off the track and WipEout HD has you covered. The soundtrack is excellent with a good selection of electronic/dance tunes which sound as though they belong in the WipEout world. Sony Studio Liverpool even composed original music for the menu screen (which by the way is one of the most well designed and eye catching menu screens ever) which kicks ass and if you've bought the WipEout HD fury pack, it's even more pleasing to watch. Anyway, WipEout HD may be quite a tough game to play but it's easy enough to be played by casual gamers. Costing 12 pounds, WipEout HD is remarkable value for money and considering that your getting a solid campaign and multiplayer modes, there is no reason not to own this addictive racer.