EG gives WipEout HD 9/10

Excellent news, I’m so glad to hear this. Wipeout is one of my favorites and a landmark franchise!

Very excited about this. Can’t wait for release.

Really looking forward to this too. I don’t think the franchise has reached a high since WipeOut 2097. Really hoping this brings back memories of that.

2097′s one of my all time favourite games, I reckon. Very cool.

Wipeout 3 SE was amazing, so was Pure. There have been plenty of highs in the series.

2097 is probably still my favourite game on the original PlayStation. While the franchise improved technically I don’t think the series ever had tracks that were as good as those.

Well, most of the 2097 tracks were in 3 SE anyway..

For £12 it’s just a no-brainer, but it’s actually quite a canny price-point. There is a relatively meagre amount of tracks and repetition makes an impact very quickly. At anything above £15, it would have been a far less winsome proposition.

Will be interested to see how good the online is.

/whispers

Any mention of custom soundtracks to play behind this? If so, SOLD….

Bummer of a release date though

pjmaybe, it’s confirmed.

Lol @ EG @ PS3lol.

Ahh, I like their honesty, and a 9/10 from them is a blessing.

You’re not really complaining about a 9 from EG are you No_PUD? I’d go back to sampling pet food if I were you.

So you still think I am a rabid PS3 fanboy?

No, as I said, it’s a blessing from them, becuase it’s a great mark. And EG are totally ‘PS3lol’.

No, I don’t think you’re a rabid PS3 fanboy. I do think you’re a little delusional if you think that EG are anti PS3 though. I’d guess it’s cognitive dissonance at play.

Did you not read the EG live blog of the Sony Press Conference at Leipzig for example? I never said they were anti-PS3, just PS3lol. I would be prepared to argue semantics there. It was snarky and hilarious to be honest. Not something I found with the Live Microsoft Keynote in Japan, where Ninja Blade seemed to impress.

But I realise listing it with the scores in my comment, may imply I question their marks; I don’t.

EDIT: Cognitive dissonance? Just looked it up, and all I can say is don’t stress yourself analysing me or Eurogamer, it’s clearly not your forte

I thought it fit pretty well actually. You clearly can’t deal with the contradictory opinions.

Did you never read the EG opinion articles on how the PS3 was the real next gen and was twice as powerful as the 360 and made the 360 look like it didn’t belong in the same generation? You want snarky? Try this: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=59135

Could it be, just possibly that certain things impress certain people and other things don’t? Or perhaps that you’re letting your own bias cloud your opinions… I mean, for such a biased site I feel it’s a little strange that EG awarded Sony wins for 7 out of 11 categories for their Games Convention showing.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=226743

btw… where’s the live EG coverage of the MS keynote in Japan? I can’t find it.

Nice job…

An article on the Xbox 360 at it’s launch in ’05 . As I said in another comment section, consoles always have bad launches, and the PS3 wasn’t even out then. Little did they know the PS3 would have an even worse launch.

Doesn’t cognitive dissonance mean, you have contrasting views in your own mind? Not someone elses opinon?(seriously, maybe I read misleading defintions)

I think that it’s all subjective ultimately (as you said), but their infrequent lack of impartiality certainly wouldn’t affect scores, nor do I think I have seen it in a review. Afterall they are the ones who recognsie ‘PS3lol’ as a term .

It’s just two contrasting but valid opinions that you can’t deal with… they don’t have to be yours alone. But anyway, that’s besides the point.

You dismiss that xbox article because it’s old, but we’ve seen articles running either way, time and time again. The point is that you see the critical PS3 articles and you take note… you’re bound to because you care about the console. You don’t pay any attention to the critical 360 articles because you couldn’t care less about MS.

It’s like forgetting that someone has agreed with you 100 times because they disagreed with you twice. Go and take a close look at their liveblogs for instance… they’re ALL written in that snarky style that says everything sucks. It’s just the way they do it.

I think EG have been overcompensating for that “PS3 is the real next gen” article ever since they wrote it.

Yes we’ve seen articles like that time and time again, but not on Eurogamer. But please don’t make it seem like the date is irrelevant. PS2 was still on top, and everyone expected the PS3 to follow suit.

The Leipzig examples are basically such because only Sony announced anything, or had an obvious showcase.

And I can’t find the Microsoft Event Live Blog either.

I think we’re wasting our time either way. I think you will be convinced I am delusional always. But really it’s subjective. And I can’t see any other proof that there isn’t a bit of editor specific bias about on Eurogamer.

And the only other thing I can say, is I have never said this about any other media outlet. It’s why I think it’s a bit unprecedented to say I am delusional. Not only that but I recognise when there is some impartiality TOWARDS the PS3 elsewhere at IGN for example.

You’re right, I still think you’re delusional.

But short of EG removing their 360 section I don’t think you’d be persuaded otherwise on their bias.

If you say so.

You’re the one who’s starting to sound delusional.

@ Psychotext I agree with you, EG lost me a while back. I like opinionated sites but they take it to the next level, the absurd.

I am interested in seeing more wipeout reviews, though i will be playing hard regardless.

I think that was me, not Psychotext. I think.

I think it might have been in relation to my comment about the way they write their articles… the “everything sucks” bit.

Who knows in this crazy world though! Cats and dogs living together, and No_PUD eating up their lunch.

You guys are great, go ahead share the credit

Well those are the only certainties in this life If only it tasted better.

EDIT: Mortiferus, you’re just jealous I am not cheerleading for you. Psychotext is who I side with, always. Here buddy, take the credit

I think you deserve it all No_PUD, I wouldn’t dream of taking it from you.

p.s. I love you…

@Psychotext oh, I burn with jealousy!

It’s not a pretty colour on you….