Wipeout Fusion

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Customer Reviews
enjoyable, addictive but downright flawed 2009-08-13 I've had Wipeout Fusion for less than a day but I'm already packing it up to send it back. Maybe I was just unlucky, but my copy of the game - sealed, brand new bought from another seller, Everything Direct - is deeply flawed technically. The Save, Load and Autosave functions do not work at all, even though I have a standard SCPH-10020 8mb memory card in slot 1 (it still has all my other saved games on it, and works fine). The game itself, via the interface, cannot seem to read or access the data that it created on the card: in the PS2 browser I can clearly see a 95kb Wipeout Fusion data file created on the day I got the game (this was the first time I had played any in the Wipeout series). But no matter what I do, it will not save progress, autosave, or even load a game. I had got several medals in the Arcade mode, but since I cannot save any progress, all that has been lost. Needless to say all these bugs severely hampered my enjoyment of the game, which was otherwise great. While this might be a simple case of 'caveat emptor', I cannot help feeling the game has a lot of technical issues and should never have been released without further testing. I could have paid £24 for the game instead of £8, but how do I know that copy would have been any better? It seems to be an issue with the game, nothing else. I know Wipeout Fusion is 7 years old, but it's not unreasonable for me to expect a fully functional game when I buy one in good faith.
A nice surprise 2008-09-19 I have been a fan of wipeout since the first game came out long ago, my fave game is 2097. i am quite active in the wipeout community. when this game came out way back, all i heard from die hard fans is that it was awful. this made me avoid the game... until now. it is amazing. the ships are nice, smooth and easy to control. the graphics are crisp and vibrant and the tracks flowing. the only flaws i find is the over use of the weapons and the open sections on the tracks. all in all this is a nice game to play and deserves a place in your wipeout collection.
Addictive racer that demands a second look. 2006-08-02 Ok, so upon loading up Wipeout Fusion (having played all the other Wipeout games) you think to yourself I hope this one's gonna be amazing. Then you start playing it and it seems really different to Wipeout 3 or 2097, so you're disappointed. You try it a few times but can't get to grips with the ships, the music or the racing, so you give up on it right...? Wrong! The second time I tried to get into this game I was hooked, I can't go back to playing the old games now because they are so outdated compared to this one. The graphics are beautiful, the levels are amazing and the fun factor is immense. The AI ships are so much more competitive in this release that it adds a whole new level to the game. Racing becomes a real battle, not only for 1st place but for survival. There is a great depth to the game which demands repeated playing, and persistance in order to unlock all the hidden features. The soundtrack is made up or breakbeat and techno tracks which angered some people. Wipeout 3 was made in 1999 when Trance was huge, and many people expected a similar soundtrack on this game. However, Trance was killed off by Lasgo, DJ Sammi and Ian Van Dahl before this game was released so the producers chose a more contemporary breakbeat soundtrack which really works well as a backdrop to high speed racing. The only thing that I can't defend are the ships, apart from the Piranha, the EG-S and the Van Uber, most of the ships are really naff. But I really enjoyed completing this game (100%) and I think that it is the best high speed racing game on the market. I paid £5 for it! You just can't go wrong with that kind of money. Give it a shot.
not as good as wipeout 2097 2005-11-16 expected it to at least as good as wipeout2097 or better. it wasn't. it doesnt even come close to 2097
One step forward, Two steps back 2005-04-26 Being a bigtime officionado of Wipeout 3 special edition, I waited with bated breath for the release of 'Fusion'. It came - I bought - I played - and I was sorely disappointed! Certainly there are some quite amazing graphics, music etc. but it just lacked that wipeout feel. If you want to be a particular driver the manual gives you the choice of several personas.... eh, - WHY? The ships themselves look like they were designed by the design team of Mad Max 2. Don't get me wrong. I may sound quite pedantic but if you're at all familiar with (and/or crazy about) previous incarnations of Wipeout, this one may not be for you. It just doesn't have that slick, futuristic, edge of the seat feel of it's predecessors. I'm sure a lot of effort went into it but it didn't happen for me.