This means the victories aren't empty – it’s an achievement simply to pass. The frenetic, anything-can-happen nature of WipEout means that even when the player is pipped at the post on the final stretch and just misses the pass requirements, the track can be replayed with knowledge and confidence. To make a gross understatement, it gets tough.īut while the singleplayer campaign is tough, it isn't frustrating. It may even get to the point where the Retry button becomes worn out through over-use. It's not long before the player is fighting tooth-and-nail to keep within the top three just to pass the course, ramming gracelessly into acute corners and absorbing helpful offensive weapons just to stay alive. While the first couple of races - slow, C-class, weapon-free jaunts through the game's easiest tracks - might not pose much of a challenge, the game soon ramps up the difficulty with faster speeds, tighter corners and sharper, more ruthless competitors. Of course, the challenge of being the only human on the track, and thus the only racer capable of genuine human error, has always been one of the draw-cards of the WipEout series. If this doesn't sound like you, fine, but don't let the automatic doors clip your fleshy, fallible backside on the way out. It's not the racer’s fault - the ridiculous speed with which races are run, combined with the assault each track mounts on the five senses, means players are going to fall over again and again and again before they have any hope of staying up. It's an attitude that permeates everything in 2048, up to and including the gameplay.īy the time racers hit the 2049 season in singleplayer, their greatest enemy will not be the AI they're racing against, but their own human limitations. It's a love letter to the unfaltering advance of technology, an ode dedicated to the magic of circuits and computers and engines and little flashing lights. It lauds the innovation and talent of those who made the car what it was, and of those who will do the same with future cars (assuming that those future cars are, in fact, sleek, ultra-fast hovercars). The cinematic acts as a mission statement.
WipEout 2048, the latest in the futuristic racing series, opens with a video detailing the evolution of the wheel, from its humble origins in old automobiles to its redundancy in the face of the hoverpads you're about to encounter.
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