note Despite it being created in 1995, during the Sequel Gap between the first two F-Zero games - the Nintendo game wouldn't be turned into a series for another three years. If you’ve got nothing against racing games, this is currently the best of the Vita’s crop.Wipeout (sometimes styled wipEout or wipE'out") is a series of futuristic racing games developed by SCE Studio Liverpool (formerly Psygnosis), widely regarded as the PlayStation's answer to Nintendo's F-Zero series. Fans of the Wipeout series can buy this game in confidence, and for people who aren’t familiar with the franchise, this is a much more friendly introduction that also shows off what your Vita can do. These are relatively minor criticisms of what is undoubtedly one of the strongest launch titles on the Vita yet. Lastly, there’s the surprising length of load times, something not expected from a game on a cartridge. You basically just log in, hope for the best and race whatever event you find yourself in, rather than customizing your lobby selection. Finally, although the game does sport both online play and even cross play across the PS3, the online play itself lacks the depth of Wipeout HD, giving players little choice in what kind of matches they find themselves in. The streamlined look of past games made it easy to see where the track was going and how to turn, but the more cluttered and crowded textures of 2048 occasionally make it difficult to see the track layout and requires more aggressive memorization on the part of the player. There’s also an issue with some tracks being more difficult to “read” than past tracks in the series. The traditional controls themselves are also hampered somewhat by the small size of the analog sticks but this is something that can be overcome with familiarity. The game, as expected, uses the touch screen features, and while it’s fine for menu navigation, the touch and tilt oriented controls are still not as accurate as the traditional controls. Unfortunately it’s not all wine and roses for Wipeout 2048.
Anyone can play and finish this game now without requiring a massive time commitment to practice, but only those that put in the practice will get those Elite Passes. So normal races might require a player to only finish at a minimum of fifth place-out of eight racers-in order to be considered a “success,” whereas only a first place finish will qualify for an Elite Pass. The key difference is Wipeout 2048 now awards a “basic” pass and an Elite Pass for advancing through these courses.
Players still engage in normal events such as best lap times, normal races-with combat-and specialized races focusing more on kills than finishing placement. The campaign has also gotten an unusual tweak to progression that makes the game more accessible to neophytes without compromising on the high level of skill that peak gameplay demands. It adds a small but significant extra strategic layer to racing as players now have a choice about which kind of enhancement they want to add to their AG racer, whereas before, players simply ran over a red pad and dealt with whatever they got. Small but clever design changes have been implemented into the racing, such as the division of offensive and defensive pads yellow pads grant missiles, rockets and the like, while green gives shields, leech beams and auto-pilot. 10 tracks are spread across three racing seasons, and players start off with a small selection of ships that are gradually unlocked through leveling up and completing optional races. The racing tracks are new, so is the music, and a large array of tweaks have been made to the basic gameplay to give it a fresh feel.
Unlike Wipeout HD, this is all pretty much new content. The Vita doesn’t have access to that resolution and horsepower, although it manages to clock in at a very respectable, very solid 30 fps. The overall presentation of the game is a small but noticeable downgrade for those paying attention after all, the last version, Wipeout HD and its Fury expansion were running on a PS3 at 1080p with a variable frame rate that averaged 60 frames per second. Instead, portions of tracks have been grafted onto everyday streets recognizably our own, and even the Anti-Grav racers themselves have a whirr and whine similar to the engines of today. This is not the super sleek, aerodynamically approved future of the previous games. Wipeout 2048 takes a look at the Future-Past with a visitation to the period when anti-gravity racing first became widespread and dedicated tracks had yet to be constructed all over the planet. Sony’s Liverpool studio took a slightly different approach with their latest game, as can be easily seen by the name.
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