Dan Locke
1st April 2010, 07:58 PM
Reason 1: the graphics.
Oh, dear, the graphics. Look at them:
http://s2.sigmirror.com/files/66281_9blki/screenshot393256sa.jpg
It's bad enough that they're low-res and pixellated, but get a load of the poly count! It looks like everything's made out of cardboard! And the colors are all too dull and washed-out - they don't hold a candle to F-Zero's vibrant palette!
Reason 2: the music.
Wow. The music is absolutely horrible. It's all synthesizers and drums, and it's so repetitive! Where are the guitars? Where's the hook? The bridge? The chorus and verses? Yup, it's pretty bad - I'd rather drive nails through my skull than hear it again.
Reason 3: the gameplay.
So, the graphics are bad, and the music is worse, but the gameplay is truly the cherry on this sundae of sci-fi racing pain. The steering is completely screwed-up - the hovercrafts slide around all over the place, they wobble in the air like they're sitting on Jell-O, and they can't make it around a corner without the stupid airbrakes. Even worse, they stop when they touch the walls! If the worthless controls don't make getting around the track hard enough, the enemies do - they're always shooting at you with rockets and missiles! What is this? Halo?
Conclusion: Wipeout 3 is a bad, bad game.
I hope that you can see just how awful this abomination of a "racing" game is. The blocky graphics aren't worth the few pixels that they take up, the music is like getting an ear operation from R2-D2, and the ships handle like elephants in mud. Add in a tacked-on combat element that unsuccessfully tries to add depth, and you get a miserable mess of a game. If you want to have fun racing hovercrafts in a sci-fi setting, pass on Wipeout 3 and get any of the excellent F-Zero games instead - you won't regret it.
BY THE WAY, IT'S APRIL FOOL'S DAY. JUST THOUGHT THAT I'D LET YOU KNOW.
Oh, dear, the graphics. Look at them:
http://s2.sigmirror.com/files/66281_9blki/screenshot393256sa.jpg
It's bad enough that they're low-res and pixellated, but get a load of the poly count! It looks like everything's made out of cardboard! And the colors are all too dull and washed-out - they don't hold a candle to F-Zero's vibrant palette!
Reason 2: the music.
Wow. The music is absolutely horrible. It's all synthesizers and drums, and it's so repetitive! Where are the guitars? Where's the hook? The bridge? The chorus and verses? Yup, it's pretty bad - I'd rather drive nails through my skull than hear it again.
Reason 3: the gameplay.
So, the graphics are bad, and the music is worse, but the gameplay is truly the cherry on this sundae of sci-fi racing pain. The steering is completely screwed-up - the hovercrafts slide around all over the place, they wobble in the air like they're sitting on Jell-O, and they can't make it around a corner without the stupid airbrakes. Even worse, they stop when they touch the walls! If the worthless controls don't make getting around the track hard enough, the enemies do - they're always shooting at you with rockets and missiles! What is this? Halo?
Conclusion: Wipeout 3 is a bad, bad game.
I hope that you can see just how awful this abomination of a "racing" game is. The blocky graphics aren't worth the few pixels that they take up, the music is like getting an ear operation from R2-D2, and the ships handle like elephants in mud. Add in a tacked-on combat element that unsuccessfully tries to add depth, and you get a miserable mess of a game. If you want to have fun racing hovercrafts in a sci-fi setting, pass on Wipeout 3 and get any of the excellent F-Zero games instead - you won't regret it.
BY THE WAY, IT'S APRIL FOOL'S DAY. JUST THOUGHT THAT I'D LET YOU KNOW.