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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: Ethan_Hunt on May 31, 2001, 03:29:49 AM

Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: Ethan_Hunt on May 31, 2001, 03:29:49 AM: (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaming-age.com%2Fmedia%2F2001%2Fmay%2Fwave%2Flogo.jpg&hash=a0f26f6b3ff60fa9b7349d220affc88f74723e54)

Nintendo’s Wave Race is widely regarded as the benchmark for water-based racing titles, but Eidos Interactive is hoping to up the ante with Wave Rally on the PlayStation 2. Adding credibility to Wave Rally is the inclusion of the official Jet Ski license, allowing Eidos and Opus Corporation, the developers behind the game, to throw in Jet Ski watercraft, Jet Pilot wet suits and other Kawasaki trademarks. At this time, Wave Rally is on schedule for a release in the winter.
“We are very excited about Jet Pilot and Kawasaki’s involvement with Wave Rally,” says Paul Baldwin, Eidos’ Vice President of Marketing. “When you think of quality, high performance and breakthrough technology involving personal watercraft, you think of Kawasaki and this will be reflected in the game itself.”
Wave Rally utilizes Opus\' \'GZWave\' engine resulting in ultra realistic waves and dynamic water physics enabling players to launch off rolling breakers and perform spectacular freestyle tricks. The game consists of various modes including, Arcade, Championship, Freestyle and 2-player Head-to-Head mode. Riders from across the globe will race in a number of diverse locations from the beaches of Florida to the fjords of Norway and the canals of Venice.

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Considering the image quality,this game looks very intresting,wonder if there is amovie of it any where?
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: TheGeezer on May 31, 2001, 03:54:23 AM: looks kewl.... wave race on the 64 had excellant gameplay so hope its similar on this version.
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: ##RaCeR## on May 31, 2001, 04:19:19 AM: Reflections look really good, yucky aliasing though...
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: fastson on May 31, 2001, 05:05:09 AM: Nice reflections..
Crappy textures..
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: Knotter8 on May 31, 2001, 05:45:06 AM: the 3rd pic looks greatest imo.
but, yep I gotta give credit to Rare and
the big N for Wave Race cause that still
looks the best.

Knotter8 :)
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: Toxical on May 31, 2001, 06:02:05 AM: The pictures look ok,
but the racer model sucks, what happend to his elbows? and knees? another Lego-man attempt at models? LOL :D
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: macabre on May 31, 2001, 09:07:47 AM: It looks nice, but Splashdown looks better imo. I want a movie to see how the water moves.
But it`s too early to make the final judgement on the two games.
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: STROKE on May 31, 2001, 10:35:40 AM: The name is Wave Rally, but why are there no waves? ;)
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: solid_snake87 on May 31, 2001, 10:49:17 AM: HMMMM. The reflections are great. But on the last pic, it looks like the mans knees are breaking apart:)ha ha. But overall I think it looks pretty cool, not any better than wave race64, but it looks cool.
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: Hawke on May 31, 2001, 11:05:22 AM: Heh, as with WaveRace64, the riders look like c**p. What\'s this with all the jetski games all of a sudden? Weird.

Now I got 3 to choose from, and I don\'t think I want to be owning more than one of these titles.

[edit] Just noticed, there\'s a straight line going through thek water in the last pic. Looks really bad. Horrible. Scream. Panic. Grab what you can and run for the hills. Eek.
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: on May 31, 2001, 04:47:44 PM: I love the way the reflections are blurred it looks SWEET.
I wanna see this game in action.
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: Falcon4 on May 31, 2001, 04:52:52 PM: eh.. looks ok.. but its release isnt for awhile, so i think that they will fix things up a bit. so far the water looks good, i like how its NOT seethrough like waverace.

so far the best have with the best water is jet moto 1, (jk) :)
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: Sublimesjg on May 31, 2001, 05:31:47 PM: yea i don\'t see the need for 2 jst ski games on the PS2 but whatever

this one looks either real early or very crappy

just doesn\'t do it for me at al at the moment but i will give it some time
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: ddaryl on May 31, 2001, 05:59:41 PM: thats the beauty of the PS2 we now have 2 water games to choose from

So far Splashdown by Rainbow Studios looks to be the best water race game. This includes N\'s waverace
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: Halberto on May 31, 2001, 06:38:19 PM: Is this from the creators from Wave Race 64? If it is all of them need a slap on the back of the head. Those are not PS2 graphics... nope... (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcwm.ragesofsanity.com%2Fotn%2Fother%2Fjpshakehead.gif&hash=3be64787c89b1062eafaf31f599f8bf1a7bffcc8)
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: Jumpman on May 31, 2001, 06:48:10 PM: Sorry, but I\'m really getting angry at people who don\'t innovate. Some ****-head stole my idea for a project in class today and now I just can\'t stand lazy people(I beat the fat ass up btw :)).

First of all, Wave Rally? The developer for this game apparently has no creativity fwhen thining up names. All he\'s doing is replacing the CE form Wave Race then adding a LLY. Can\'t they think of a better name than that? They deserved to be shot for that. At least Rainbow Studios can think of a good name.

Second, the gameplay screen is almost identical to Wave Race\'s. The speed meter, the laps, the number of misses left, everything is basivally ripped out of Wave Race\'s old one and put in here in a slightly different set-up. I\'m sorry but that\'s just wrong. How hard is it to create an original gameplay screen( or whatever it\'s called)? Bah, there is no excuse for that.

Yeah there not really innovative but there also crappy at graphics. The jet-skiers look horrible, the water looks to fake, the backrounds are crap, it looks terrible! Wave Race:Blue Storm is still the king for jet-ski games(yes it looks better than Splashdown, go download a ****ing movie for proof). This one is definitely at the bottom of the barrel.

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Originally posted by ViVi
Is this from the creators from Wave Race 64? If it is all of them need a slap on the back of the head. Those are not PS2 graphics... nope... (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcwm.ragesofsanity.com%2Fotn%2Fother%2Fjpshakehead.gif&hash=3be64787c89b1062eafaf31f599f8bf1a7bffcc8)

EAD, a Nintendo first-party, made Wave Race 64. Eidos is making this ****ty looking game.
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: wiseboy on May 31, 2001, 06:56:03 PM: These pics look fine to me. Nice reflections.
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: EThugg on May 31, 2001, 07:39:05 PM: I think both Splashdown and Wave Race Blue Storm look better.
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: SonyFan on May 31, 2001, 08:53:48 PM: Why do these pics have me crying for a new Jet Moto game on the PS2? It was one of the coolest games back when SingleTrac was developing it, and I hope that when they get done with TM:B, they have a chance to fit JM:5 in the schedule.
Title: First Look: Wave Rally (PS2) must look!!!!!!
Post by: EThugg on May 31, 2001, 08:54:56 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SonyFan
Why do these pics have me crying for a new Jet Moto game on the PS2? It was one of the coolest games back when SingleTrac was developing it, and I hope that when they get done with TM:B, they have a chance to fit JM:5 in the schedule.

Hell yea! I loved Jet Moto...