You can fly around the track in any direction, which is great for waiting around a corner waiting to unleash triple rockets.
It could have been an epic fail if not for one sensible inclusion, a 180 degree flip option to face the other way. It’s not rocket science, WipEout finally got a deathmatch mode, and it’s nailed it. You will spend plenty of time on the new tracks and new life will be breathed into the old ones with the final and possibly the best of the new modes, Eliminator. There also seem to be fewer cases of you falling off the track for the slightest mistake. Far from it, they’re fantastically designed again with both day and night events. Not to worry though, it’s not like the new ‘normal’ tracks look shabby. We can only hope that a future update will have races on these versions of the tracks too. Frustratingly though all these levels are reserved for Zone, Zone Battle and Detonator, with the different, more floaty handling than the normal tracks. You can even see parts of the track pulsing to the music. With their simple, luminous colour schemes they really make the most of the 1080p output on HD TVs. That’s the only online interaction as it’s a single ship game with no room for extra racers.īoth of these modes look absolutely stunning as they use the Zone templates from the last game. It’s a nice change of pace for the game, that’ll see you return to climb the leaderboards of each track. It works a lot like the awesomely devastating Quake weapon from the original release. Or you could go for the EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) wave that you build up using the speed pads. There are also mines to avoid that require extra shots to take down. Naturally, hit any of these targets with your ship and you’ll incur damage. It’s basically Zone mode with shooting stuff. You have infinite clips of laser ammo fired with square and reloaded by circle. Ok, yeah it is WipEout so you’re doing it at thunderous speeds.
This mode is quite fun in single player but gets very hectic online and quickly becomes more about dodging the barriers than keeping your vessel on track at speeds exceeding 1000 km/h.ĭetonator mode is something very new to the series it’s more of a target shooting game. Hitting this takes a large chunk of your health. There are no weapons, but when you or anyone else does use a boost it creates a ‘barrier’ which is an obstacle on the track that’s a bit wider than your ship. Or you can re-absorb it to get some health back. You can unleash it at any time or max it out, then release it to propel yourself forward up to eight levels. Boosting is built up by filling up a bar by flying over the speed boost pads. This is similar to the old Zone mode but features competitors and level boosting with you needing to reach a set level first to win. Saying it’s an expansion is underselling it to say the least though.įury features 8 new race circuits, 13 new ships, 13 new Trophies, 6 new music tracks and most importantly three new game modes.įirst up we have Zone Battle. Fury is the first expansion pack to the leading futuristic racer, WipEout HD.
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