I really regret not having played the other games before, but I am thankful to whoever hacked the PlayStation Network, because otherwise I could have gone without playing it. This game alone made me a fan of WipEout, The Designer’s Republic and Studio Liverpool (even thought Sony decided to terminate the studio). This is a very welcome bonus for those of us who are not fans of electronic music, which is so prevalent in the game. In WipEout HD, the player can change the soundtrack for any songs in the PS3 hard drive. WipEout has always had a very special relationship with music (for example, the disc of the first game could be inserted on a regular CD player in order to listen to the game’s soundtrack). As you can imagine, Fury focuses on combat and destruction rather than in a traditional race mode. The Fury expansion adds the following modes to the game: Eliminator, Zone battle and Detonator. It was even relatively easy to organize a “Bling Brigade” race (a race which requires 8 simultaneous players to use a special silver paint-job in their ships). I’ve never had a problem to find opponents in any time of the day or night, which is also notable for such an old game. The online community is keeping strong and constant even to this date. This is something notable due to the neck-breaking speed characteristic of the game. All of my online races have been as smooth as the offline races. I have ran many times in the online mode, including 8-player tournaments and I have never experienced any kind of lag, even on my third-world internet connection. The online mode deserves special recognition. Feel free to skip to the last few minutes of the following video to understand what I am saying. Watching a good run in the last zones is something really spectacular. It requires patience, lightning-quick reflexes, and endurance. In my opinion, this is by far the most interesting mode in the game. The normal aspect of the tracks changes to something very reminiscent of the Tron bike races and every time the player completes a set of laps, the colors change in a very flashy way. In a game with really good graphics, this mode is particularly gorgeous and shows off the talent of The Designer’s Republic. It sounds simple, but it is very hard and, more importantly, very addictive. In the Zone races, your ship accelerates by itself gradually and the goal is to survive as long as possible. WipEout HD offers several game modes: Race campaign, Single race, Tournament, Time trial, Speed lap, and Zone. I did not know that a racing game could offer so much, and to top it all, I got all this for free. I am ashamed to admit that, before playing this game, I always thought that the WipEout franchise was only a cheap copy of F-Zero, and I was very happy to be proven wrong. As I had not played any WipEout game before, I choose WipEout HD Fury as one of my free downloads based only on the graphical aspect, and, to be honest, I am very happy to have chosen it. Like many people, I got this game totally free as an apology from Sony, after the PlayStation Network service was interrupted.
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