1. Finally this beauty is mine! I’ll be playing very shortly.

   
   Comment by Shin-Ra — Sep 25, 2008 @ 4:38 pm

2. Haven’t tried online yet (wasn’t working yesterday) but the single player is great. Just a bit disappointed it’s almost entirely Pure/Pulse based. Wicked game, though.

   
   Comment by Nofi — Sep 25, 2008 @ 4:40 pm

3. What else is in the update?

   Not sure if I want Wipeout, I was under whelmed way back when I played the first one

   
   Comment by noboard — Sep 25, 2008 @ 4:51 pm

4. Im 85% downloaded, will give my inpressions 2mor after “much” hands on…

   @noboard
   megaman 9 with demo!

   
   Comment by Mr. Monkey — Sep 25, 2008 @ 4:54 pm

5. Umm, isn`t this game supposed to be sold for under 12 GPB. On our local Czech PS Store is sold for almost 16 GBP. Why? It`s same product, no localization, no differences.

   
   Comment by alien — Sep 25, 2008 @ 5:01 pm

6. Will be picking this up tonight.. any chance of getting a full store update post?

   
   Comment by MrGilder — Sep 25, 2008 @ 5:05 pm

7. Why oh why is this game not out in Ireland yet? I’m just getting so unbelievably tired of this.

   
   Comment by puzl — Sep 25, 2008 @ 5:05 pm

8. I’m downloading the demo tonight, to see if it looks good on my 1080p TV. More native 1080p games please!!!

   
   Comment by Savage( PSN : CartBlanche ) — Sep 25, 2008 @ 5:06 pm

9. not yet availible in my region. going to have to wait till tonight after work

   
   Comment by Christopher L Lowder — Sep 25, 2008 @ 5:10 pm

10. I just had an awesome 12 race online tournament! Woooo! The adrenalin!! I´m getting that 1995 wipeout nostalgia all over again! Really, really good impressions so far!!!! Now back to the game!

    
    Comment by karmacoma01 — Sep 25, 2008 @ 5:15 pm

11. Oohh is there a demo for wipeout then? If so it’s a definate try and hopefully like.

    Thanks for the Megaman 9 info Mr Monkey, will also check that out for some old school action.

    
    Comment by noboard — Sep 25, 2008 @ 5:27 pm

12. It is now on the Irish store. Yey!

    
    Comment by puzl — Sep 25, 2008 @ 5:42 pm

13. @noboard & all who want to know

    i have posted the update on the tomb raider thread.

    https://threespeech.com/blog/2008/09/tomb-raider-underworld-jungle-ruins/

    
    Comment by manley — Sep 25, 2008 @ 5:44 pm

14. LOVING IT!

    Three offline golds (first race on ELITE) and came first in an online 8 player tournament by 12 points at the end.

    
    Comment by Shin-Ra — Sep 25, 2008 @ 6:03 pm

15. I want to know why the audio skips in game?!?… when its disc-less game too.. wtf.

    Please tell me its not just me?

    Gets really annoying really fast Other than that the game is simply awesome. Its a must buy.

    
    Comment by Ricky — Sep 25, 2008 @ 6:10 pm

16. me and a friend have a mutual turn taking in downloading stuff where we share psn accounts and costs of games. Anybody know if I’ll be able to download wipeout off his account? Or will it make a lock on his account/my account?

    
    Comment by Chubster — Sep 25, 2008 @ 6:30 pm

17. Sweet can’t wait for this to hit the US store tonight. I’ll be all over that for sure.

    
    Comment by wolfehound22 — Sep 25, 2008 @ 6:46 pm

18. FINALLY! Got my 1st trophies. And I simply love Wipeout (from PS1 on…). Guess PS3 is finally “there”

    
    Comment by Martin — Sep 25, 2008 @ 6:47 pm

19. downloaded and installed, but now me kid is home and on the Wii. dammit dammit…

    
    Comment by MrJimmy — Sep 25, 2008 @ 7:02 pm

20. Amazing - the one reason I bought my PS3 for does not disappoint on any level.

    
    Comment by Mark — Sep 25, 2008 @ 7:03 pm

21. 69% downloaded. nnnggg…

    
    Comment by technome — Sep 25, 2008 @ 7:18 pm

22. If I could actually download the git I could tell you my thoughts…its so slow, im guessing due to every sod trying to grab it all at once….oh well…LBP Beta it is instead tonight

    
    Comment by elephant_stone — Sep 25, 2008 @ 7:29 pm

23. I can’t c it in my store?

    
    Comment by Iagdad — Sep 25, 2008 @ 7:56 pm

24. I found it

    
    Comment by Iagdad — Sep 25, 2008 @ 8:12 pm

25. Well done, Ray Charles. It’s so hidden away that you must’ve used all three CSI’s to help you with that.

    
    Comment by BaseballFury — Sep 25, 2008 @ 8:25 pm

26. @ noboard : Apparently the demo is available on the US store, but strangely it is lacking on the UK store. Much be the language barrier!

    
    Comment by Dominique ( PSN : CartBlanche ) — Sep 25, 2008 @ 8:36 pm

27. I must admit I’ve never really enjoyed previous Wipeout games. But this… is just unbelievable. It just grabs me by the neck and insists I have fun until my eyes want to pop out of my head.

    Awesome.

    
    Comment by Nathan — Sep 25, 2008 @ 8:36 pm

28. Its pure GOLD. Sense of speed is un-precedented and it looks amazing. THANK YOU!

    
    Comment by Malakai — Sep 25, 2008 @ 8:53 pm

29. ’bout time sony got this one out of there collective ###.

    oh, and loving it! 9/10

    
    Comment by MoreCakeNOW! — Sep 25, 2008 @ 9:48 pm

30. its damn awesome, I’ve already made a playlist of tack burnt from the first 3 games cds.. old school wipeout in gloooorious hd. online is sweet, zone mode is the greatest thing my eyes have beholded (beheld?).. zillion out of ten

    
    Comment by Liquidcalm — Sep 25, 2008 @ 10:00 pm

31. Any one else get skipping of audio?

    Im really boggled.

    
    Comment by Ricky — Sep 25, 2008 @ 10:32 pm

32. really, really liked it! it looks and plays as good as I hoped. The graphics is great, even though you dont get much time looking at it:P
    Is it just me getting a blurry edge on the upper side though? not horrible, but it shouldnt be there…

    
    Comment by BlueViper — Sep 25, 2008 @ 10:43 pm

33. HD visuals look great, ships handle brilliantly. The audio tracklist is abysmal, as expected. Luckily it has custom playlists. On the whole very impressed
    The Burnout trophy patch not being ‘retroactive’ is a serious FAIL. Why did Criterion leave it until the release date to inform people.

    
    Comment by Divine — Sep 25, 2008 @ 10:46 pm

34. Awesome in every possible sense of the word… if you have a spare 12 shiny pounds… buy this game, its easily worth twice as much

    
    Comment by Craig Girvan — Sep 25, 2008 @ 11:40 pm

35. AwEsOmE!
    ThAnKs SoNy

    
    Comment by andy — Sep 26, 2008 @ 12:28 am

36. Had a very nostalgic night playing through some of my all-time favourite wipeout tracks in glorious HD. I had so many of those “oh s*&!” moments and came out the other side up a couple of places. This is the game that is going to bring back that crazy playstation addiciton for me!

    
    Comment by puzl — Sep 26, 2008 @ 1:43 am

37. Someone please! 3rd time asking now. does your audio skip in game?

    I cant possibly think why mine is.. no one else is mentioning it.

    Bugged install :S? fs. Its really annoying.

    Can you re download purchased games? i might try re download and re install…

    Awesome but driving me up the wall with the audio stopping and skipping like a CD every few seconds.

    
    Comment by Ricky — Sep 26, 2008 @ 2:27 am

38. its pretty good. never been a real wipeout fan last wipeout game i own was 2097 i think it was called.
    but i can recomend every one to get this. its fun runs smooth and looks real nice. dont think ill ever get use to hovercraft physix i want my racers to have 4 weels ^^ still a real good buy.

    @ricky
    i havent hade any sound problems or any bugs/problems so far. and i think you can re DL stuff you slrady purchased from psn. pretty stupid if you could incase your ps3 broke or somethin then youd have to buy it all over again and that would suck

    
    Comment by mikkelito — Sep 26, 2008 @ 3:18 am

39. Ricky, audio skip for me too. Sound like one channel drops out for a second, then comes back on… Happens once about every 30 seconds.

    (60 gig p3 connected via hdmi to Sony str-dg820 receiver.)

    And yes, it’s very annoying.

    
    Comment by eXistenZialist — Sep 26, 2008 @ 4:42 am

40. This is in response with the guy with the audio issues… my wipeout hd audio is skipping. this is on a 320gb hd (not stock of course) and via Linear PCM HDMI. can you confirm that you have a similar setup?

    
    Comment by EternityInBlack — Sep 26, 2008 @ 6:44 am

41. I’m liking it. The visuals are a lot brighter and cleaner than I was expecting. Kind of like ratchet and clank I think.Ships handle very well and I can see that it is going to be very fast paced (once I get past the first few easy levels). This is definitely a game to show off what the PS3 can do. I’m slightly disappointed by the audio tracklist. Being a dance music fan and a fan of the soundtracks on previous games, I thought the tracklist could have been better. As someone else said, we can use custom tracklists so this is not really an issue. I love the presentation of the game. - The menu system with corresponding sound effects, animated background, and so on. It feels very well polished. Designers Republic would be proud. Time will tell if this taster of wipeout will be enough to satisfy me or if I’ll be longing for the full game. I’ve said it before - I tend to prefer these short-and-sweet downloadable titles as opposed to the full priced games. They’re easier on the wallet making it easier to vary your game collection.

    
    Comment by reakt — Sep 26, 2008 @ 8:19 am

42. Loving it….the zones mode is great with a music track with a good beat

    
    Comment by mjones — Sep 26, 2008 @ 8:47 am

43. Absolutely brilliant! had a couple of 12 race tournaments online last night, best online raceing experince I’ve had in ages!

    So glad it’s finally here!! Amazing

    
    Comment by tizzla — Sep 26, 2008 @ 9:25 am

44. @ Ricky - I’ve had no audio problems at all my end…this only happens in wipeout?

    
    Comment by tizzla — Sep 26, 2008 @ 9:28 am

45. This game has annoyed me already…first it took a millenia todownload, now it wont even let me past the menu screen withoutfreeeeezin’!

    Sort it out Pysognosis!

    
    Comment by elephant_stone — Sep 26, 2008 @ 9:32 am

46. the game freezes up in the menus if you have around 60 or more friends on your list!

    i also have a strange problem with it. on the main menu i can see it says PRESS SELECT in the top right corner. if i press it sometext comes on the screen that looks like game code and the game crashes if i click anything, anyone seen this?

    
    Comment by mr_jaffa — Sep 26, 2008 @ 9:43 am

47. @37 [elephant_stone]:

    Are you logged-in to the PlayStation Network at the time of the menu freezing?

    If so, try it again after logging out.

    Also, do you have more than 50 ‘Friends’ registered?

    If so, delete a few (to bring the total under 50), and see if that makes any difference.

    BFN,

    fp.

    
    Comment by fanpages — Sep 26, 2008 @ 10:00 am

48. It looks lush. It plays lush. It sounds fantastic. No skipping on my audio. All that I need, are my long lost skills. Where are they? I’m rubbish. Oh no. Must spend more time playing. I’d like some extra long and swoopy tracks so I can play extreme Zones with. Erm, oh I can’t think of anything much more that I’d do. I’m just loving it.

    
    Comment by LordOfRuin — Sep 26, 2008 @ 10:06 am

49. Yeh I’m liking it, didnt realise that this thread was here as the one about Fall of Man 2 seems to be sticky…. Just a shame that there isnt more from older wipeouts or indeed some new content.

    This will osund weird I guess but I think there maybe too much going on graphics wise, from a design point of view I really liked the minimal look of wipeout 3. I know in part this was because of the limitations of the PS hardware but I think it contributed a lot to the style. I remember playing it in a nightclub on a massive screen. Ah the memories…

    
    Comment by Terry — Sep 26, 2008 @ 10:06 am

50. My reaction to “WipEout HD”…

    I’m waiting for a demo version as I never liked the previous instalments in the franchise (on any of the PlayStation consoles).

    However, is “WipEout HD” really the demo version of the next title in the series (and you have to pay GBP 11.99 for it)?

    I suspect if a playable demo was going to be made available we would have seen it already (as the development team have had more than enough time so far to prepare one).

    BFN,

    fp.

    
    Comment by fanpages — Sep 26, 2008 @ 10:07 am

51. AWESOME…AWESOME…AWESOME.
    been playing all night, and I am completely wiped out!! Is it just me or is it REALLY hard?? I aced the first round with all golds, but in the second grid I am struggling to get silver and bronze? Need more practice I guess…Online racing with weapons is incredible, fast, smooth, easy to get into and no lag. Visuals in Zone mode are like nothing I’ve ever seen before. I can understand why the big serious health warning was slapped on…well worth every one of the 1199 pennies. I would happily have paid full game price for this…

    …did i mention it was AWESOME!!!

    to anyone having problems, I havent experienced any yet, but I have read some other threads that suggest it has something to do with large buddy lists?? If you have more than 50 friends, the online mode will freak out…not sure why? I havent had any problems with audio or image.

    Speaking of audio, being able to play your own music in game is excellent. Wipeout and Linkin Park go very well together…I wish other games, like motorstorm, would use this feature.

    Anyhoo, at work now, but will be online again tonight…my PSN is xMonkeyWrenchx, all friend requests welcome.

    race on wipouters

    
    Comment by xMonkeyWrenchx — Sep 26, 2008 @ 10:14 am

52. I think I’d have been more impressed if it had come out on time. After such a long build up, it would be hard for ANY game to live up to expectations.

    Although it is visually stunning, the gameplay is not anything special in my opinion.

    
    Comment by Aragorn1001 — Sep 26, 2008 @ 10:18 am

53. Must own PSN title for any PS3 owner with a HD TV. Worth every penny and a real showcase for the power of the black box!

    
    Comment by Nathaniel — Sep 26, 2008 @ 10:19 am

54. This game is amazing……as somebody else mentioned it definitely brings back the exhilaration of when i played the first one on the ps1. zones is the crazy good……..and i don’t even have an HD tv. gonna buy one soon just because of this game. well done all involved in this fantastic game. nooch.

    
    Comment by pEETb — Sep 26, 2008 @ 10:56 am

55. Played all night picked up 8% of the trophy’s already.
    I have loved this series since day 1. Game is off the hook! Worth every penny, I have had no audio or any issues at all.
    @Ricky
    You can re-download from your account manager, it might help.

    @xMonkeyWrenchx

    no I never found it that difficult got gold on all so far in first second and third sets.
    your skills will come back young padwan be patient, although I did get my ass destroyed online a few times, its completely different online in the sense that humans are about 2000% more aggressive and keep shooting me

    I absolutely love this game, who needs LBP,,, no no I take it back I need it.

    
    Comment by manley — Sep 26, 2008 @ 11:41 am

56. @manley
    thankyou for the encouragement master manley!!

    Spend many hours practising this weekend, I will. LOL…

    
    Comment by xMonkeyWrenchx — Sep 26, 2008 @ 1:15 pm

57. I also got my ass handed to me a few times online!! best place so far is second, I did do very well in a tournament though, missing the win by just a few points…

    
    Comment by xMonkeyWrenchx — Sep 26, 2008 @ 1:16 pm

58. lmao

    I think poll position is a big advantage online.

    
    Comment by manley — Sep 26, 2008 @ 1:23 pm

59. I have just spent the night playing Wipeout HD, it is well worth 11.99 it is simply stunning and plays awesome. Also loving my new xmb wallpapers! Looking forward to new tracks and ships to download in the coming months and will be happy to pay for more track etc.. Incase anyone saw me online last night (Bennibop) I cleaned up! Haven’t lost my touch at all!

    
    Comment by Ben — Sep 26, 2008 @ 1:54 pm

60. Impressions (not inpressions) so far,
    Graphically quite stunning, only complaint is the crowd looks a bit static in the pre-race preview, but as you zoom past them when racing it doesn’t matter in the slightest…

    Real-time damage on the ships would have been nice too but you can’t expect the moon on a stick…

    Had no sound problems, speakers did pop once but that is down to my old amp…
    (hooked up with TOSLINK cable, not HDMI)

    Had a quick play with motion control, pitch and steering was not as bad as I thought it would be, Pitch only was really good… Still have motion sensor set to off for now though…

    Highlight so far is Zone with colours that slightly change with the music is eye melting…
    (had to use eye drops last night - No Joke)

    In game custom soundtrack support will be a great blessing after sinking many more hours in the game when boredom with the default soundtrack kicks in…

    All in all, worth £11.99 and also worth the painfully long wait, looking forward to the new downloadable tracks/ships in the near future…
    (hope they are still free like they were for Pure, if I remember correctly)

    
    Comment by Mr. Monkey — Sep 26, 2008 @ 5:09 pm

61. @ 40 and other audio problem people..

    Nope I am using HDMI for the video and AV cable to a hifi for the audio… the sound effects of the game are fine, its just the music skips like a CD so I dont think it has anything to do with how its hooked up

    Mind you i am on a 320GB Samsung drive. But as someone else mentioned they get it on the standard 60gb so.. wtf

    Glad its not just me then… any ideas? Seems might not be the cause. Haven’t tried re installing yet.

    
    Comment by Ricky — Sep 26, 2008 @ 10:20 pm

62. I was going ment to say “setup seems not the be the cause”

    But yeah… any ideas anyone?

    
    Comment by Ricky — Sep 26, 2008 @ 10:22 pm

63. well.. you know its messed up when you typo even worse in a typo post… you get what i mean anyway -.-

    /sigh (needs sleep)

    
    Comment by Ricky — Sep 26, 2008 @ 10:23 pm

64. please:

    * allow sideshifting via the D-pad <>
    * introduce the Pulse/Pure HUD as alternatives (via DL?)
    * do not forget people with SD - resolutions when presenting the interface (the zoom-function = unfortunately only soso)

    congratulations on the sound-guys too! in 5.1 this is nothing short of astounding

    
    Comment by Stingo — Sep 27, 2008 @ 1:39 am

65. I had audio glitches on default settings with the supplied music - using my own music no glitches even with audio effects on. Optical cable to surround amp, 720p res.

    Game is amazing. Every bit.

    
    Comment by SoliidSnaake — Sep 27, 2008 @ 2:13 am

66. I now have had audio glitches too, the cd skipping sound…
    Think it comes from my hard-drive being a bit fragmented. I have downloaded a fair few demos/video trailers and deleted them…

    Its only happened twice so far, but if it gets worse I am going to back-up my hard-drive and format it…

    
    Comment by Mr. Monkey — Sep 27, 2008 @ 11:37 am

67. I love this game, I want a full new Wipeout now with new tracks / teams etc. Any news??

    
    Comment by Terry G — Sep 27, 2008 @ 2:07 pm

68. *guys* not guy…

    
    Comment by Mr. Monkey — Sep 27, 2008 @ 3:48 pm

69. I fell in love with zone… oh you cruel mistress.

    Great game, very hardcore, but at that price, it would be a shame if no one bought it.

    
    Comment by ThreeSpeechlover — Sep 27, 2008 @ 9:23 pm

70. Mr. Monkey. Don’t think that makes a difference. I just recovered a backup.. installed the game and still the same skipping. Hopefully its just a software issue/bug. That’s the way it looks to me.

    
    Comment by Ricky — Sep 27, 2008 @ 11:21 pm

71. By the way do the people with skipping have playTV? I do but I don’t have background recording or anything like that going on. I don’t even have the box plugged in when i’m playing so I don’t think it could be that.

    
    Comment by Ricky — Sep 27, 2008 @ 11:22 pm

72. WipeOut HD is Pure/Pulse tracks cobbled together and splashed into an HD mode (yeah, but which one and how high is its res?)

    It’s basically a Sony Studios Liverpool (or whoever produced it) demo code.

    You know? A technology demo…to see if they can get some HD stuff running so they can learn how to do HD games ‘properly’ in the future.

    Sony just happen to be charging gamers for it.

    Over & Out.

    
    Comment by Zed Zee — Sep 28, 2008 @ 9:18 am

73. This is £11.99? Castle Cashers on the 360 was 1200 MS points Xbox Originals are 1600 MS points can’t believe the level of complaints. It looks great and plays great. I owned the original PS when it came out and this is one of the games I bought at launch. I have even dug out my old Leftfield album and ripped it to the PS3. Flying around listening to Afro-left by Leftfield it doesn’t get any better!!

    
    Comment by mumraa — Sep 28, 2008 @ 10:41 am

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