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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: ddaryl on August 24, 2001, 03:20:33 PM
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http://au.playstation.com/news/fusion_body.jhtml
WIPEOUT FUSION WILL HAVE YOU STUCK IN YOUR SEAT!
This latest version of the cult anti-gravity racing game is set almost exactly one hundred years after the original. It is 2150, a time of huge technological advances and The Federation have decided to make use of these advances: the time is ripe for a new Wipeout F9000 League, with more teams, more craft per race, and more venues.
Wipeout Fusion makes full use of the massive potential of the PS2’s Emotion Engine hardware to re-define the meaning of speed and produce stomach-churning racing action against a backdrop of graphical splendour and a thumping soundtrack. It incorporates sophisticated dynamic lighting, interactive scenery in diverse locations and a myriad of particle effects to create a futuristic and atmospheric environment in which to race.
Tracks are dotted about the globe in seven huge racing venues, each with its own interactive features, three courses of increasing difficulty and differing terrain provide racing variety. There are jump ramps; special trigger pads that raise and lower bridges and open and close routes; crossroads that have a tendency to encourage pile ups; new air jumps that throw the ships vertically into the air and even an astonishing gravity pad that instantly flips your ship 180 degrees to race on a piece of track directly overhead. Some even have free-running areas that don’t limit the pilots to following the track, along with shortcuts for experienced players to take advantage of.
The craft themselves are far more sophisticated: where the original Wipeout vehicles had seven parameters to control their movement and handling, the new craft have 48, giving unprecedented control, superb manoeuvrability and blinding speed in excess of anything capable in conventional racers.
Craft are also more varied than previously with much greater difference in handling characteristics – it’s quite possible to be rammed off the circuit by heavier vehicles (in fact one team specialises in this tactic) – and slightly different race setups even within the same team. The superior technological capabilities of the PS2 mean that there are also more craft racing on the track at any one time than ever before, with 16 speed-freaks putting pedal to the metal and thumb to the missile launcher.
Each craft also has an upgrade path with six different improvable performance parameters. Conversely, improved ship-to-ship collision effects and breakable sections, along with a cumulative damage feature that builds to affect handling and performance, can mean that in the end the ship is completely destroyed and the pilot forced automatically ejected, for collection and retrieval by rescue droids…
Improved ship and pilot A.I. mean that rivals act – and react – more realistically than in any other racing game. The introduction of an innovative new individual driver character feature means that there are drivers of different skills, ability and driving styles, who block, ram and make driving errors. There are even popular and unpopular racers. Pick a hated character and your race will be a whole lot more eventful, as rivals go out of their way to set you up and take you out; similarly, if you continually target and hinder another character, watch your back - they will remember, bearing a grudge not just in that race, but throughout the season!
Foremost among the many new features is the greatly enhanced arsenal of weapons at your disposal. To aid your chances of victory you have both standard weapons and team-specific super-weapons producing effects of spectacular ferocity; as well as an array of carefully selected power-up pads dotted at strategic intervals about the tracks and specialised weapons for multi-player mode.
There are also more playing modes than ever before – six in all, including a revised arcade mode, the full league option and an elimination mode; as well as time trial and endurance racing and a secret zone mode. Throw in unlockable reversed track racing and you have 42 tracks in all, providing unrivalled breadth and longevity of gameplay. Due to literally hit the streets in November here in Australia, Wipeout Fusion promises a racing and gaming experience you won’t forget!
:D :D :D :D :D
Just give me a NA release Date. Its looking great
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
There are about 25 more screens so follow the link !!!!!!!!!!! [/size][/color]
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Stunning...
To good to be true... literally
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Thanks for the info,
this is a potential kick-Azz game too, :cool:
Reminds me of that Starwars Pod-racer game,
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There\'s another preview of the game at
http://www.playstation2online.org.uk/Previews/Wipeout_Fusion/body_wipeout_fusion.html
It got me pretty hyped about the game :D
Shame that this game isn\'t even offical for you "Americans"
:p :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :p
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Nice try son, but we all know it will be in the states ASAP
and I cannot wait, so stick that in your pipe a smoke it :p :p :p :p
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I totally forgot about this game!! I dont know how that happened.
This is now in my top 5 games most wanted list.
Those screens look awesome
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they\'ve cleaned up the aliasing issues, shadows look cool as well.
I never forgot about this game but there hasn\'t been alot of info. SOny has a European show sometime next month I believe that coincides close to the time of ECTS. I suspect we will get alot of news on Wiepout Fusion there
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Originally posted by ddaryl
Nice try son, but we all know it will be in the states ASAP
and I cannot wait, so stick that in your pipe a smoke it :p :p :p :p
Does it come out in the states first??? WHY???? It\'s a europeon developed game. But then again I suppose they want to impress people in the US with the GCN and xbox coming out soon.
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Finally, an update on this wonderful game. After a disappointment with XG3, I know this one will make up for it. Can\'t wait. Give us a freaking release date already, the sooner the better.
/ dm /
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Originally posted by Vulcan Raven
Does it come out in the states first??? WHY???? It\'s a europeon developed game. .
I never said it would be out in the states 1st. I just said it will be out in the state As Soon As Possible.
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Those are some very impressive screens. I was never really interested in any Wipeout games, but I think I\'ll have to try this one out.
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The WipeOut games have always kicked major ass.
Speed, thrill and some cool music...
Can\'t wait for this one!
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Like before, Wipeout helped PSX beat Saturn. This couldn\'t have had better timing.
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I have been looking forward to this game ever since we heard the first info on it. It is the most delayed game ever, and there still isn\'t even a release date. I hope it is released this year.
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Looks really good, the videos show alot of speed.I\'m really looking forward to this game :)
It looks real good
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Originally posted by ddaryl
Nice try son, but we all know it will be in the states ASAP
and I cannot wait, so stick that in your pipe a smoke it :p :p :p :p
I was just jokin\' man, i\'m just happy that all the games that are made in the uk rock.. and we get them a couple days before you!
Oh, and i don\'t have a pipe :(
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I knew you we\'re joking, but I just wanted to get my jab in as well
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Damn that is some great graphics. I always liked the wipeout series since part 1, and liked it ever sence. I hope it comes out soon because this is the #1 game I want.
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What an improvement!!! Nice textures!! One again, the PS2 POWER shows!! ;)
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Great shots. Thanx. This will be a must have.
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oh boy....oh boy....(slow down, stop panting):nerd:
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nice nice, the graphics have been upped several notches since i last saw them.
loooks like i have somthing to spend my 60$ on.
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aj caramba!!:eek: :eek:
Very nice!!
And lets not forget that it runs in 120fps.. (at least the physics engine does..)
Very nice Studio Liverpool.. Very good for their 1st TRY :D
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WOW! I totaly forgot about that game too. It looks like it will be worth a rent.
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Cool! Does anybody know anything about on-line play with it? Will it be an exclusive because there was a wipeout 64, but I thought that Studio Liverpool was owned by Sony?
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I think Sony just recently bought them. That may have been why there was a 64 version. :cool:
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My only gripe about this version of the game, is that alot of the crafts dont have that \'sleek\' look about them.
In Wipeout 2097, the crafts were incredible, really good designs, but now, some of them look like tanks...
I love the design of the Feiser team, or whatever it was called (the yellow and blue craft).
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This was the game that made the Playstation "cool"
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Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
My only gripe about this version of the game, is that alot of the crafts dont have that \'sleek\' look about them.
In Wipeout 2097, the crafts were incredible, really good designs, but now, some of them look like tanks...
I love the design of the Feiser team, or whatever it was called (the yellow and blue craft).
Yeah, but the fact that there will be 16 crafts racing on 1 track makes up for that. :)
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Sponsored by Kappa, heh...
Can\'t wait for this one. The earliest videos gave me a tingle in my tummy that this one\'s gonna be something special. Now that I\'ve got it a bit easier in the army after being assigned to my new post (= making graphical presentations and webpages for the Finnish armed forces) I might even have some time to pop in at home at evenings for some quick thrills :D
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I can\'t wait for this game either. It is now second on my list of games to get. MGS2 is the first :) Can\'t wait until this game comes out. Does anybody have an idea on when it comes out?
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I think its suppose to get released sometime in November in the UK :D dunno about US though :laughing:
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awesome!!!!! I miss Wipeout XL... I can\'t wait for this baby!:)
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I have Wipeout XL. It is a great game but it is damn hard. I stick to the beginner tracks ;)
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Looking really nice.
I was a little bit disappointed with WipeOut 2097 and Wip3Out( they were too easy), but I\'ve a feeling that this one will be the true sequel to that classic that was WipeOut. I only hope they make it at least as difficult as the first one in the series, where you had to know perfectly how to take the turns to stay on track( but with better AIs for the other pilots).
Originally posted by Toxical
Reminds me of that Starwars Pod-racer game
Nah, WipeOut is 10 times better than that crappy game. If it\'s anything like the previous ones( and for now it looks even better :)), you\'ll be amazed the first time you had the chance to use one of those aircrafts. It\'s mind-blowing.
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I hadnt played any wipeout game up until Wipeout 2097 went Platnium. I had never seen what the fuss was about for some strange reason. I then saw the platnium review and it gave it a 10/10 so I went and brought it that day and I still play wipeout to this day!!!
The more I think about this game, the more I want it. Only MGS2 and FFX are ahead for my most wanted. and then not by much.