Neil McFarland on Wipeout Pure's Omega Pack - Kotaku Comments

Neil McFarland on Wipeout Pure's Omega Pack

pylon_trooper — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:14:43 MDT

The track was great, shame about the unnecessary verbosity of the interview. I mean, what is this, a CD review of Autechre or something?!

"...this is not old-school, this is old testament, and it's as important as the fucking bible."

Something to that extent.

pylon_trooper

Neil McFarland on Wipeout Pure's Omega Pack

PlaidNinja — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:35:17 MDT

Wow, this is pretty interesting. Marketing or not, its still pretty cool looking.

PlaidNinja

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agustin2489 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:41:55 MDT

I'm kind of seeing people complain about the death of video games. If it matters so much, go make your own game. I'm not trying to troll, I'm just tired... too tired...

agustin2489

Neil McFarland on Wipeout Pure's Omega Pack

joelface — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:21:52 MDT

that was an awesome level, but the article/interview/review thing was a little overthetop.

i appreciate that the writer was trying to match the creativity of the level in his writing, but ending a quote with "...", spasms mcfarland as he contemplates the possibilities

or whatever... it just comes across cheesy and silly.

but still.. i do like the idea of an artist redesigning and changing the mood of games as DLC.

he really would make a fuckin' RAD gta universe. although it definitely wouldn't be GTA anymore afterwards.

joelface

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Accordion — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:18:33 MDT

wwwww@deathscent:

Wipeout is dead when Phantom class is easy…

…not going to happen.

If you can have time to see the corner, your not going fast enough.

Accordion

Neil McFarland on Wipeout Pure's Omega Pack

SuperMekman — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:10:49 MDT

cool! a "creepy-chick" ride!

SuperMekman

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chiablo — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:38:23 MDT

I've never played Wipeout Pure, but that track seemed really really short. High on asthetics, but short on length and difficulty.

chiablo

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Does Not Equal (ダズノット) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:13:40 MDT

When does the US get the Pulse packs? Or did I miss something? They're not on the Sony store.

Does Not Equal (ダズノット)

Neil McFarland on Wipeout Pure's Omega Pack

Tei — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:10:43 MDT

No bad, but the video has bad quality. This calls for a HD version :D

Tei

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ohhello — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:33:36 MDT

This is a really nice looking track.

ohhello

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Dauragon C. Mikado — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:20:26 MDT

This track reminds me of the last 20 seconds or so of the video for Go With The Flow by Queens Of The Stone Age

Dauragon C. Mikado

Neil McFarland on Wipeout Pure's Omega Pack

johnny_ultimate — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:03:29 MDT

Woah haven't played a Wipeout game in years, but those tracks look hypnotically trippy. Who needs mind altering drugs? Well, maybe the track designer.

Will give the interview a read, always nice to see some kind of original aesthetic and artstyle at work.

johnny_ultimate

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Accordion — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:03:12 MDT

the Omega pack was PAL regions only…amazing content for free, puts the Pulse packs to shame.

It is disappointing that Wipeout HD is taking so long to release, it isnt the 'next gen' Wipeout but Pulse in HD

Accordion

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fuchikoma — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:48:43 MDT

Wish I could get that... it's not listed on the US Pure site, which is broken anyway - no downloads. :/

@Knoxximus (360/PSN):
Soon. I'd say that's Wipeout HD.

fuchikoma

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Ph0Xy — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:47:44 MDT

Am I the only one who thinks this looks ALOT like AudioSurf?

Ph0Xy

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Knoxximus (XBL/PSN) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:33:10 MDT

OH! Also, when are we gonna get to play the version that was shown in the movie Hackers? At least, I think it was Hackers.... O_o

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

Neil McFarland on Wipeout Pure's Omega Pack

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:32:32 MDT

The 1st Wipeout also made me ask, "What the hell is this 'Red Bull'? Is it beer?". Of course we all know what it is now, but back then, not so much.

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

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shouting_niltz — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:52:28 MDT

What i loved about WipeOut was how it sounded and looked so futuristic in a way i cant explain. Futuristic games allways existed, but WipeOut was in another level.

I just loved the graphic design work involved in all the project, from the packaging to the in-game menus and icons and track decoration. The Designers Republic made a hell of a job back then with all the japanese inspired graphic design, and im glad to see that another one of my favourite designers collective, 123Klan, has worked in WipeOut's Omega Pack!

In some way its true, with the first WipeOut, and then 2097 (XL in the States), they mainstreamed some game aspects. They created a modern visual identity that was so hot back then! I mean, everybody was playing 16-bits games and then BOOM! we began playing 3D games, that didnt looked like Mega Drive's (Genesis) Virtua Racing, with sublime graphic work and a direct-from-cd soundtrack where you could find The Chemical Brothers!

The idea of "the future is now" lived in that game, it represented a new era and (at least in Europe) everybody wanted to be part of the new gaming era that was rising; WipeOut was one of the must buy games that came out on launch day. All games wanted to follow that modern attitude, so its easy to think that some game characteristics became mainstreamed and even associated to pop culture.

I guess that i stopped playing the series after Wip3Out, because there was nothing new to be introduced. 3D, digital sound, etcetera, were nothing new anymore. The 16 bit to 32 bits jump was a lot more of a revolution because of the NEW factor. I guess the series got lost after that, only really enjoyed by who lived the first WipeOut experience.

I just wished that something new could be added to the series, something that could give it the boost it needs to repeat the past glories! :P An handheld version did in fact give it a boost, but now im waiting to see what they'll manage to do on the PS3.

shouting_niltz

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scotty — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:33:16 MDT

@thaKingRocka: Didn't see that coming...

scotty

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pharcotix — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:15:04 MDT

anyone know how to get these tracks? looks pretty crazy. and wipeout pulse is awesome. i never played a wipeout until pure but I love the 2 psp games.

pharcotix

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thaKingRocka — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:12:07 MDT

@Malvolio the Magician:
surprisingly enough, it was called Wipeout 64.

thaKingRocka

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Malvolio the Magician — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:10:13 MDT

@deathscent:

Wipeout was on the 64?

Malvolio the Magician

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thaKingRocka — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:07:24 MDT

it's a shame i can't get into wipeout anymore. i love this track design, but i simply don't want to play wipeout. i tried pure and pulse or whatever. i have owned all of them, and they simply don't do it for me anymore. xl owned my mind for months, but the series never took hold of me again. i guess wipeout will forever belong to high school nights circa 97 as a beloved alternative to studying mathematics. nothing negative about this track though, i think it's top notch.

thaKingRocka

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deathscent — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:59:28 MDT

@Malvolio the Magician: what the hell are you talking about? for the 64, this was one of the best games you could play. it was ridiculously hard, and it was fun because you could keep on playing it. these new versions demonstrate your MSN marketting as they look terribly easy, especially when the guy controlling the thing crashed like twenty billion times and still comes in first. this is not what wipeout was, and this will never be what wipeout should be. this is a bastardization of what was once a phenomenal game.

deathscent

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lanion — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:49:39 MDT

There is the country called Japan were there was mainstream marketing before Sony entered the market.

This is not something that Wipeout started. The most famous song was Firestarter which isn't exactly multi-platinum. Things only got really bad in America with Halo 2, imo.

lanion

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Malvolio the Magician — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:45:53 MDT

Wipeout: from a time when every game had to import the right sort of cool.

I hate this game, not because of how it plays, but what it represents. It symbolizes the death of gaming games and the birth of msm marketing. I don't like it, never liked it. I'm really uncomfortable with it.

Sony entering the video games industry has been bad thing, as well as good. Mostly bad. They're converging everywhere.

Malvolio the Magician