Customer Reviews

WipEout HD [Online Game Code - Full Game]

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By now most everyone who plays video games is aware of the Wipeout series on the Sony Playstation family of consoles and handhelds. It's a futuristic racer where the "cars" are ships and no rubber meets the road here. Instead the ships float precariously over the surface of the track and weapons play as much a part of the racing as does maintaining a clean racing line.

Wipeout HD is the cumulation of years of refinement over 3 console generations. The controls, handling, graphics, music and speed are all supremely tuned and refined to near perfection. Wipeout HD is smooth, running at 60 frames-per-second at a full 1080p. The tracks and ships sport and almost unbelievable amount of detail - down to individual rivets on the hull of the ships. But don't worry about the details, most of it will go flying by in a blur as your speed down the track.

The game features 5 different game modes: Single Race, Time Trials, Tournament, Zone, and Speed Lap. The objective in most simple revolves around finishing 1st on the podium. How you get there is the interesting part. Simply following a clean line is never enough. Along the way you'll need to steer your ship over various speed booster pads and weapon pick up points. Weapons vary from unguided rockets to homing missiles to speed boosts and even more devastating and creative weapons. The rub of course is that your adversaries have the same access to these powerful and devastating weapons. Zones Mode is entirely different. You're alone on the track in a heavily armored ship speeding down the track. As you complete checkpoints and laps each subsequent lap is faster and faster. The goal is to reach the highest level zone possible. As simple as it sounds it's not. Zones is as challenging as it is unique. The tracks in Zones take on a hyper-colored, hypnotic tone where the color of the tracks and backgrounds change and morph to the tune of the game music. Very cool and very unique.

Speaking of music, the in-game tracks are a collection of techno inspired beats that fit the look of this futuristic racer perfectly. Though I'm not much of a fan of techno I did immensely enjoy the soundtrack of Wipeout HD.

The collection of 8 tracks is diverse and range from tracks with nice long straightaways and sweeping turns to more compact and technical tracks. Each track can also be run backward to add complexity to the game.

Difficulty can range from introductory to uber-difficult. Wipeout HD does feature a standard difficulty setting, Novice, Intermediate, etc. However, the primary means of differentiating the challenge comes in the race classes. The higher the race class the more difficult the enemy A.I. and the faster the ships travel.

As a bonus Wipeout HD also offers 2-player split screen and full online multi-player support. Given that Wipeout HD is only $20 I strongly urge any race fan to give Wipeout a spin around the track.

As a final note, Sony did release an optional DLC pack that adds more tracks and more ships.

Simply the best futuristic racing game on any system. Wipeout HD runs at 60 frames per second at 1080p lines of resolution, and it really shows. The art direction is as good as we have come to expect from other games in this long-running series, but now you can see all the little spinning bits of the ships in mindblowing detail. The game is fast and fun, offering a healthy challenge but not too difficult for a newbie to get into.

This is a terrific game.

Graphically, it's very impressive. Lots of color and crystal clear graphics, and the vehicles and tracks have an amazing level of detail and creativity. There is a special mode where you have to survive a constant acceleration through a track, where the track's colors are a graphic equalizer... it's stunning to look at.

This game plays very well. The game can be very challenging... but an update added a special easy mode, that makes the game welcoming for guests and novice players. The beauty and excitement of the game makes this one of the most likely games to put on when I have family visiting, but this game also accommodates a player who needs an intense challenge. Kids and non-gamers love this game, which shocked me because I consider this to be a game that rewards practice.

You have a variety of game modes. There are campaigns where you build points along several races, single races, and a few time trial modes. All are implemented in a way that's interesting. The classic races, where you use weapons and speed boosts while competing with other racers online or with AI, is polished and suspenseful.

If you like Wipeout... this will not let you down. This game has a lot of the content of a PSP Wipeout game, but this is no port... it's at the very highest level of graphical and technological sophistication as a PS3 game. There are some games you just have to own if you have a PS3. This is a steal at $20!

First of all, I wasn't exposed to Wipeout games in any way, I just knew about these games when I downloaded the demo at the PSN store, after a couple of months of having the demo sitting there and reading the raving reviews about this game I decided to purchased.
AND WHAT I WAS MISSING!
This game is awesome! Im not too much into electronica music, but the music in this game is perfect 5.1 surround goodness, I had found myself just listening to the tunes in the after race (photoshoot) for even longer than what the race took.
Same happens to the graphics, this is 1080p full HD we are talking about here, everything looks pristine, flawless colors, textures, the backgrounds and the tracks are all beautifully designed.
Gameplay and controls are just smooth, difficulty is adjustable, if you happen to just love heavy metal while racing, you can add custom soundtrack to the mix.
I haven't tried the online features yet, because I just cant stop playing this game campaign, I purchased this in a bundle with the FURY expansion which I have read that adds like 80 more races (this is almost as long as the orginal game).
The expansion adds new game features, new tracks, soundtrack and ships, you can read in other reviews about game modes that I will not explain here since I think its just irrelevant, take my word, this game is a masterpiece.
At $24.99 (HD and FURY bundle) this game its just the best deal at the PSN store, if you happen to enjoy video games, do yourself a favor, go a purchase this game right now.

Nice looking game, but I feel zero adrenaline rush when I play it. It's simply not exciting to play. The environments are also very cluttered which makes things more confusing than they need to be when you're trying to anticipate turns and items coming up on the horizon. I know they're trying to show off the power of the PS3, but come on...less can be more! We don't need a billion billboards and random flashing lights all over the place for the game to look cool. What they need to do is revamp the original Wipeout for the PSX with updated HD graphics, keeping everything else EXACTLY the same. Now that's a game I'd enjoy.

My first ever experience with Wipeout HD came on the original Playstation (PSX). The game was magnificent, with crisp graphics for is time, amazing tracks, fast paced racing and a killer sound track. Push forward to the Playstation 3 Era and we have Wipeout HD. Not only does HD capture the beauty of past Wipeout games but managed to raise the bar another notch.

What Wipeout HD brings to the table is a fast paced racing game that will test your reflexes and driving skills. The tracks can be run in both standard and 'reverse' mode. The standard game comes with 87 tracks/Events to partake in throughout the campaign. Time trials, races, ZONE runs, fastest lap events etc. On top of having 87 events to go through you have a large selection of ships to chose from as well as an online mode where you can challenge strangers and friends to races.

Mix that fast pace racing with a few power-ups to cause some chaos during the race, and a killer techno based sound track and you may not put this game down!

Sound/Music: 9.8 (Wicked Soundtrack!!)
Gameplay: 8.7 (Solid. The tracks are fast and furious with plenty of variety)
Graphics: 9.0 (The graphics are very nice in 1080p. Colors and textures are sharp and crisp)
Replay Value: 9.1 (Variable AI difficulty settings, online racing, time trials, trying to get 87 gold medals... far to much to do!)
Value: 8.1 (At $19.99 you are getting a very good value here. The game has tons of content that will keep you busy for a long time; however there is a better BUNDLE package out there)

OVERALL: 89.4% What we have here is a great game for the racing fan. It gives racing that futuristic feel, high speed and weapons with a fine degree of skill needed to truly compete at higher difficulty settings and online. This is the kind of game any racing buff can pick up and never put down again. The variety and options available are more than plentiful to keep you occupied for some time.

*NOTE: This game now supports 3D
*BUNDLE PACK: This game is available on the PSN via a $24.99 bundle pack (WipeoutHD+Fury DLC). For an additional $5 you get the FURY DLC (normally $9.99). FURY will add more tracks, ships and a new campaign.

*NOTE: Wipeout HD requires around 1.2 GB of disk space (The bundle pack requires 1.9 GB)

I've played Wipeout since the original came out over a decade ago. This version is no different, except the graphics and framerate have improved significantly. If you've never played Wipeout before, the game that comes closest is F-Zero for the Nintendo. I think F-Zero is the spiritual predecessor to this game. Get it if you are a wipeout fan or a fan of racing games. Just be aware that the game is extremely difficult to master as is just about any decent racing game these days.

I still play Wipeout Fusion on my PS2 & it's one of my favorite games, so I thought I would love the PS3 version - wrong! This game goes beyond challenging to nearly impossible. I spent a couple hours just trying to place on one of the 2 (yes, only 2) tracks you get to start with & could never get anything but last place, no matter which ship I used (even when I found the shortcuts). They also only give you the crappiest, most worthless weapons to start, so they're no help in getting ahead. While the previous Wipeout titles also started you off small & had challenges to get past, at least you could make it past a few of them before getting frustrated at hitting a wall. Now I'm sure that eventually, I could possibly get over the walls in this game, but I have no desire to play the same two tracks over & over & over again (& then some more) just to get to a 3rd track & do it all over again - not when there are much better games I could be wasting my precious free time on.

For me, the worst part of having downloaded this game is that I can't even sell it for a few bucks (or even cents) to get some of my money back. Beyond the graphics, this game's got nothing - it is literally the worst game I've ever played.

This is an excellent addition to the Wipeout series and is one of the reasons I went for a PS3 over a 360 (well, that and the free blu-ray player). The 1080 HD graphics are incredible.