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WipEout 2048 |OT| Back to the Future
- Thread starter Snuggles
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Noisepurge
Member
2207 company.
Damn they couldn't have built a time machine or something?!
i'm sure they could take some hints from Kojima and just retcon the timeline.
(or release it as DLC and call it "Assegai R&D Company" or something)
Pai Pai Master
Banned
It's one of those things where I think it's really neat that they're sticking to their canon, but I am going to miss my favourite team.
DarkSoul520
Member
Great Job on the OT Snuggler! This is the only game I'm getting for the Vita for the time being, so I'm going to be putting quite a few hours on this one.
Also, everyone is talking about a patch to fix the load times, but where are people getting his? From what I've been reading, Studio Liverpool has been pretty much ignoring anybody talking about 2048 in a negative fashion for the time being.
Some Wipeout fans have been posting the following around to try and get Studio Liverpool's attention: http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8593
Not from the start, but I have a feeling the DLC will end up adding completely new teams to keep with the canon.
Also, everyone is talking about a patch to fix the load times, but where are people getting his? From what I've been reading, Studio Liverpool has been pretty much ignoring anybody talking about 2048 in a negative fashion for the time being.
Some Wipeout fans have been posting the following around to try and get Studio Liverpool's attention: http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8593
Not from the start, but I have a feeling the DLC will end up adding completely new teams to keep with the canon.
Takamura-San
Member
Now we need a Multiplayer OT for some races.
Didn't the psps wipeout very patch friendly. I remember reading they had good DLC.
Didn't the psps wipeout very patch friendly. I remember reading they had good DLC.
MikeE21286
Member
Noisepurge
Member
if i were Sony id be pretty quiet about fixing upcoming games too ;D expect news after western release.
First I've heard - got a source please?
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Never seen a source on the patch thing, and what little I've seen before this thread was just that they would "try" to patch it to reduce the load times.
Anyway, no Racebox is really disappointing. Haven't really followed this at all since it was a must buy for me, but does that mean you can't do ANY single player stuff that's not in the campaign, or is it just setup differently? That could easily be the most disappointing con.
And the timeline thing is cool. Wallet is ready for the game, and the DLC.
Anyway, no Racebox is really disappointing. Haven't really followed this at all since it was a must buy for me, but does that mean you can't do ANY single player stuff that's not in the campaign, or is it just setup differently? That could easily be the most disappointing con.
And the timeline thing is cool. Wallet is ready for the game, and the DLC.
From playing it, you can just do the races in order (they branch off a little too), and you can choose any race you've previously done too to try and get an Elite pass on it. But there's no "pick a mode, pick a team/car, pick a track, race" system, just the campaign.
I'd be curious to know what they could do to patch the game. It seems like the issue is a result of how the game fetches data and how much data it requires for the race. I'd imagine everything is pretty compressed and each race requires the complete track to be loaded into memory.
Unless they implemented some sort of data streaming (in which only a fraction of the data is required at race start) I don't see what else they could do. Just seems like they took the wrong approach to handling their data. I'd imagine this is the result of releasing the game so early in the systems life. When they started building the game they likely made some choices in how data would be loaded that didn't really work out for the final hardware.
More stuff unlocks away from the campaign line the further you get.
Time trials, for example, appear in the bottom left after beating the first season
SunhiLegend
Member
Drool
I have always loved everything about the WipEout series. Such an amazing artstyle, great electronic beats and superb gameplay.
If I didn't just have to drop nearly a grand on studybooks, i'd be mighty tempted to pre-order a Vita right away just for this game.
Shame my favourite WipEout HD team isn't represented though. Icaras 4 lyfe!
If I didn't just have to drop nearly a grand on studybooks, i'd be mighty tempted to pre-order a Vita right away just for this game.
Shame my favourite WipEout HD team isn't represented though. Icaras 4 lyfe!
Revolutionary
Member
Technically, yes.
Are any of the team names spelled differently than usual? Hmm..
My man.
-brofist
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I've killed a ton of time in Eliminator mode on Fury, just picking it up and playing a round or two here and there. Being able to do it on the go with combat mode would be awesome. I'll just have to see what's available when I get the game, some of the campaign challenges might be fine for that.
DarkSoul520
Member
Is it also confirmed that you can no longer check your records?
If so, that is also quite a bummer.
If so, that is also quite a bummer.
Koroviev
Member
I love eliminator mode. I wish more of my friends did, too
As for 2048, I'm cautiously optimistic. I love Wipeout, but I'm not excited about the load times and I must admit that HD may have ruined me with its framerate and resolution. We shall see.
Holy crap. :-x
Steve McQueen
Member
That is amazing. Fucking Wipeout is so good. Am hooked playing HD and Fury right now.
Load times in games are practically never even close to optimal, given the hardware. There are lots of potential reasons for that -- some could be fixed by a small code patch (inefficient loading/unpacking of assets), many more could be fixed for the download version by a redownload (bad data layout in storage), and only a small amount of them could only be fixed by a complete redesign.
It depends on what the specific problems are that have a major impact on the 2048 load times, but as of now I see no reason to doubt that they could be improved greatly in a patch.
I certainly hope you're right as they are borderline unacceptable right now. Makes the UMD based Wipeout games look speedy by comparison.
Has anyone compared loading of a race with a full grid to one featuring just a single ship? I wonder if that makes a difference.
PGR3 could suffer from load times of up to 75 seconds with a full grid while a single car race could be loaded in half that time, for instance. Might give us some indication as to where the bottleneck lies.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Drool
;_; Oh man.
Betta Lines
Member
Is that the Plasma? Or a new item?Some pics I took the other day...
that's a hilarious video. barrel rolls literally every 2 seconds.
The Elite
BOSS
That's sick.
TheExecutive
Member
EDIT:
Wrong thread
Wrong thread
The game almost looks better than HD/Fury, it will be amazing in person.
Well I felt nauseated. No way that I'll be able to make that my default view. Unless, I felt like barfing.
Btw, I must impress on the fact that this is one of the best looking launch title for the Vita.
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It would be shitty to sell individual teams but I'd be all for a Fury style expansion.
Played some Wipeout HD today in anticipation of this, Zone mode is so good.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Zone mode is stunning. One thing I do find with the 'regular' tracks is that the colour scheme makes it hard to see turns until you're right on them. Something I'll have to get used to, obviously!
Sweet game. Love the online integration with friends/leaderboards etc from the home screen; and the XP system.
Sweet game. Love the online integration with friends/leaderboards etc from the home screen; and the XP system.
GrayFoxPL
Member
Some pics I took the other day...
This screenshot is amazing, I feel dizzy!
Revolutionary
Member
FYI, playing 2048 with the 2097 soundtrack = total win.
Edit: lol, I'm playing MP with QA testers. Awesome.
Edit: lol, I'm playing MP with QA testers. Awesome.
Never bothered me either. Certainly wouldn't stop me playing a game.
Found out just now that I get Wipeout for just £5 with my 3G Vita. Rock and roll baby!