WipEout 2097/WipEout XL (PlayStation)Year of release: 1996Publsiher: Psygnosis
Deveoper: PsygnosisGenre: Racing
WipEout 2097 (or WipEout XL as it was known in North America and Japan) is a racing games that was published and deveoped by Psygnosis and released in 1996 for the PlayStation, 1997 for PC and Sega Saturn, 1999 for the Amiga and 2002 for Mac OS. It is the second game of the series and a sequel to the original game.
This game introduces the F5000 AG (anti-gravity) racing league whereas the original introduces the F3600 league with the former being much, faster, competitive and dangerous. Weapons from the previous game make a comeback with the addition of new ones (some of which are unused by A.I.)
Gameplay is not much different compared to the original, but it introduces new circuits. Streering the crafts can be difficult for beginners and using air-brakes can often help with tight cornering. The player can take damage from weapons used by A.I and eventually blow up, can recharge their energy through the pit stop, but speed is compromised.
The player can eliminate A.I crafts usually by using weapins (i.e. launching missiles, deploying mines, etc...) or bashing another craft towards the edge of the circuit, but only the player can blow up when their time limit is reached.
There are 4 classes to races in: Vector, Venom, Rapier and Phantom (guess which is the hardest). Just like the original, difficulty progress is the standard. The player must win the race to move onto a harder. Also the number of laps increases as it gets harder. The player must finish in at least 3rd place in order to move on to the next track.
While the soundtrack for the other versions WipEout 2097/XL were composed and recorded by CoLD SToRAGE (real name: Tim Wright) the PlayStation version features an exclusive soundtrack by electronic artists such as The Chemical Brother, The Furture Sound of London, Fluke, Phobek, The Prodigy and Underworld and CoLD SToRAGE himself.
All in all, It's an awesome game with an nice sountrack to it, and I would seriously recommend it to anyone who still owns a PlayStation. One of the essental titles, no doubt
MY RATING: 9/10
WipEout 2097 (or WipEout XL as it was known in North America and Japan) is a racing games that was published and deveoped by Psygnosis and released in 1996 for the PlayStation, 1997 for PC and Sega Saturn, 1999 for the Amiga and 2002 for Mac OS. It is the second game of the series and a sequel to the original game.
This game introduces the F5000 AG (anti-gravity) racing league whereas the original introduces the F3600 league with the former being much, faster, competitive and dangerous. Weapons from the previous game make a comeback with the addition of new ones (some of which are unused by A.I.)
Gameplay is not much different compared to the original, but it introduces new circuits. Streering the crafts can be difficult for beginners and using air-brakes can often help with tight cornering. The player can take damage from weapons used by A.I and eventually blow up, can recharge their energy through the pit stop, but speed is compromised.
The player can eliminate A.I crafts usually by using weapins (i.e. launching missiles, deploying mines, etc...) or bashing another craft towards the edge of the circuit, but only the player can blow up when their time limit is reached.
There are 4 classes to races in: Vector, Venom, Rapier and Phantom (guess which is the hardest). Just like the original, difficulty progress is the standard. The player must win the race to move onto a harder. Also the number of laps increases as it gets harder. The player must finish in at least 3rd place in order to move on to the next track.
While the soundtrack for the other versions WipEout 2097/XL were composed and recorded by CoLD SToRAGE (real name: Tim Wright) the PlayStation version features an exclusive soundtrack by electronic artists such as The Chemical Brother, The Furture Sound of London, Fluke, Phobek, The Prodigy and Underworld and CoLD SToRAGE himself.
All in all, It's an awesome game with an nice sountrack to it, and I would seriously recommend it to anyone who still owns a PlayStation. One of the essental titles, no doubt
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