Wipeout HD Fury

This is one of those cases where my shallow graphics-whore side has riled up all my hype for this game. I have never been interested in futuristic racing games with hovercrafts, well I did play Wipeout on the PSOne but I was never a fan. So when Wipeout HD rolled out on the PSN for the PS3 a while back I shrugged and moved on with my gaming life barely remember it but now with the release of the extensive expansion pack called Fury I actually feel pretty hyped about this whole game.



The main reason of this change of heart can be observed in the pictures found in this blog entry and yes, I am aware that they do not fairly represent the full glory of the 1080p resolution that your experience when you play the game. That's right, HOLY FREAKING GOD this game is running a resolution of 1920×1080 and at 60 frames per second! Now you may think that I'm late to the party since Wipeout HD was doing this always but I counter that I just didn't find the art-direction of the original game as exciting as I find it in this new expansion. The art-direction in this new expansion is just way out there drop dead gorgeous, not to mention it looks insanely slick and interesting to look at due to the way they've done the colours.



Like I said, this is not really a genre I'm into at all but the slick design and technical achievement of the game has awed me to the point where this will be my next gaming purchase. I also read that you can use your own music while playing this so I'll dig out my most experimental instrumental music to go along with the game. Not to mention that from all accounts there is enough content on this downloadable game with expansion it could in theory be sold as a retail game on disc. However the best part of it being a download only PSN game is that Wipeout HD + Fury go for half the price of a new retail game. Anyone interested in seeing one of the best looking games I've seen this gen in motion can click the link below for a cool video.



Wipeout HD Fury Gameplay