What The Hell Happened To Wipeout? 

The single greatest racing franchise ever. It appalling to me that shitty generic rally games get numerous sequels while WipEout is pretty much done for.

I always liked Wipeout solely for the speed. it's incredibly fast, so fast that endgame speed classes are pretty much a blur and require perfect muscle memory to even clear races. I think that was both its blessing and its curse. Skill curve is too pronounced and learning the track by memory is essential for getting medals on TAs, Zones and some races. Venom class was pretty much a different game, almost boring. But then going up to Flash, Rapier, then Phantom was where the real meat was at. I believe the skill requirement, the technicality and complexity of its mechanics and some pretty dumb race design choices in 2048 is what eventually doomed the franchise. Wipeout was essentially a futuristic driving simulator, disguised as an accessible racer.

Hey wait a minute! Wipeout was definitely a Top Seller for the Vita!!

God whoever is playing this needs some serious practice

Imagine a new Wipeout game made on Unreal Engine 5 with amazing and well done realistic lightning, particle and destruction effects. Debris flying off ships after being shot by cannon, rockets and missiles etc, becomes part of the environment hazards and interaction adding a whole new gameplay factor to the franchise. VR support. Background stories and cinematics for each of the racing teams and pilots and so much more... Oh man, it would be freaking awesome!

Wipe out as far as I'm concerned is definitively the most Superior anti-gravity racing game ever conceived. I have been waiting for Sony to release a Wipeout PlayStation model. Until they do I will be in Xbox fan.

I wish they made a new Motorstorm game

It would be COOL if they *remastered* the original *Wipeout Trilogy* (the old style ship designs) with *HD/Fury/2048* *Graphic Engine* (like what happened with Crash/Spyro remakes)).

Wipeout VR is the best VR experience I've had yet. Really hope they make a new one with VR support. Im surprised they have hardly advertised it.

I absolutely love Wipeout, I've played every game since their releases and I really do hope they release a true sequel. The music is something I've always loved in all the games.

I still have my cartridge for Wipeout 64! So many great memories of that game.

I remember my Mum getting wipeout 3 on PS1 for me when I had no idea what it was. Was blown away by the art design, weapons, epic music etc. Great memories!

If you want to play a solid, fresh and modern Wipeout game, go and play BallisticNG.

Great video. I'm a huge WipEout fan, and any new game in the series would be an instant system seller for me!

I will never forgive Sony for closing Studio Liverpool or Evolution Studios until they bring back the IP’s they created.

I've always yearned for more F-Zero games but WipeOut has usually done well to fill that void.

wipeout and A.G. racing as a whole is a genre of games that are practically anti-mainstream by design they're difficult they have a steep learning curve they're practically impossible to just 'pick up and play' it's a genre that requires a lot of time and dedication that most people don't, and may never, have. it's only really kept alive by hardcore fans and it's already hard for said fans to get their friends and other people interested, let alone for the company's themselves to get other people interested. nowadays everything is about making it as mainstream and as accessable as possible, something that A.G. racing is practically incapable of being by design, so the genre will effectively always be niche. the genre will never stop having games but what games there will be will always be few and far between and mostly just be passion projects rather then games made with any actual profit in mind but that's part of what makes them beautiful they're only made for the hardcore they're only made for the dedicated they're only made for us *and* *we* *will* *never* *let* *them* *go*

WipeOut is LOVE! My Fav Game on PS4 by far! Please bring us a New WipeOut

If you have even a low end PC, and want that wipeout itch scratched, give BallisticNG a try. One of the best wipeout spiritual successors out there.

They need to make wipeout for ps5 wipeout omega PS4 works on ps5 60 frames a second in 4k HDR

One of my favorite racing series of all time!

Awesome video, I do miss the Wipeout franchise. I have played most of the games, missed a few. I'll have to get the Omega collection to get that feeling back in my soul.

"It's hard to make a bad WipEout game" Well, you haven't see WipEout Rush

tbh, I wouldn't be surprised if WipEout succumbed to the same fate as F-Zero, not forgotten by the fans, but not really acknowledged by the company that owns the IP, and probably will never be acknowledged until the far distant future.

Fun fact: When the original wipeout devs went to sony Liverpool some of them split and formed the studio 'curly monster's and developed the wipeout style game 'quatum redshift' for the original xbox

One of the few games that made my purchase of the psp Worth every dime. Stay blessed team gamingbolt 🙏

Man I still play whipeout to this day on my ps one.

The spiritual successor to the first few games is BallisticNG, well worth checking out.

Its pretty cool in VR

I am 39 years old, played Wipeout since the first one,. The tracks became to long, the originals were short intense tracks. I lost interest when the tracks became stretched out, It lost the feeling of speed and agility.

Completely agree Wipeout has to be the best futuristic racing game series ever Even just racing series in general 1. Gran Turismo 2. Forza 3. Wipeout

A remaster of the original WipEout ost just dropped on Spotify. Does that mean we may be seeing a remake of og wipeout

It's such a shame that wipeout is dying. Its far better than any racing game and this collection deserves #1 game of all time. Also can we all just agree that the intro cutscene for wipeout 2048 was amazing?

Some things to play in the absence of Wipeout: *Pacer* Supposedly made by X Studio Liverpool devs, it’s one of the more loved current futuristic racers, but one that flies under the radar due to being not very unique *GRIP* GRIP, supposedly made by both X Psygnosis and Attention To Detail devs, is noted aimed at the audience of Rollcage, but does have hoverships and breakneck speed. I would personally recommend this a lot, you don’t have to go through the campaign to unlock things, and it’s a genuinely fun and kind of ridiculous game *Antigraviator* A game considered decent but not most peoples first choice, has confused many with its weapons system and is sometimes referred to as a “shadow of Wipeout”. Like Pacer, it also suffers from not being very unique *Redout* One of the more widely loved games here, with arguably one of the greatest OSTs ever, Redout is insanely fun and fast. It lacks a proper weapons system but that’s forgivable due to the breakneck speed, the likes of which I’ve only seen in F-Zero GX before. Has three DLCS with new tracks to race on too. The only downside is that it used to have a reputation for frame rate issues, someone the devs (34 Big Things) are becoming a bit famous for *Redout 2* The soundtrack isn’t nearly as epic as the original Redout, but it’s the only sequel futuristic racing game we’ve had in years (Fast RMX was like five years ago) and the frame rate issues have returned, mostly on next gen consoles though, so if you’re okay with playing on 30 fps you should be good on that launch model Xbox One or PS4. Retains everything core to the Redout experience as well *Ballistic.NG* Has a habit of turning into a link whenever I type it, so click at your own risk. It’s basically classic Wipeout and is almost indistinguishable from 2097/XL. *Fast RMX* Still thought this would be worth bringing up. I don’t know much of anything about the Fast series so you’re stuck doing your own research

You know what is wrong with Wipeout? Why it doesn't get the attention it truly deserves and never really has? It is HARD. And most people just don't like that. They watch a game like this be played and see how good it looks, but Wipeout requires a lot of patience and dedication to get where it really looks cool , Rapier and Phantom class, and most people fizzle out far before that. People now want games that hold your hand, and let you look like a badass without being one. When this game was made, challenge was still a good thing but over the years, we got shooting games with x-ray vision, and all manner of hand holding because games have to stroke the ego and games that don't just fall over and let people win aren't fun ....which is why gaming is so bland now because everyone has to be able to enjoy every game and Wipeout has never been an " everyone can win " game. If you can play phantom class wipeout competently you are DAMN good and not just ok, and people get easy ass games , run thru them like wet poop paper, then get mad about lack of content and buy DLC. Wipeout is a game from a era that wanted to make great games to play. Nowadays the motivation is so different, bland and generic. Rant over

It wiped out dude.

PS5 needs a brand new Wipeout game with all the bells and whistles running at 120fps

I’d absolutely love a new wipeout title. Basically the exact same gameplay and physics in Omega but you manage your own team with ship and livery customisation. And split screen 2 player.

Sony really dropped the ball with Studio Liverpool and wipeout, which was historically a showcase of what any given era of PS could do. Not only did they drop the ball on a graphical/physics showcase, but they let a mechanically rich, difficult, racing game with a growing core fanbase slide out of their line-up. Wipeout was an expensive game to create and i dont think they ever reaped rewards relative to what they expected, but it was a game that could only pick up speed and grow from where it was at.

A Wipeout comeback would be perfect right about now with the PS5's 60fps, adaptive triggers and haptic feedback. Imagine feeling the firing of missiles or plasma when you blow up another racer!

Wipeout 2097 was/is the best Wipeout game ever & the music of Cold Storage, F.S.O.L, Orbital, Leftfield, Chemical Brothers etc was like 40% of the goodness.

I remember this game I would always get frustrated and just stopped playing yet it was fun.

Wipeout is definitely a System Seller for me!! since original PS I have a simple shortlist necessary for my PS5 purchase: Resident Evil, Elder Scrolls, and Wipeout - and yes I'll wait the long wait. Yes there's a few others too but not many.

Breaking into the Top 100 on WipeoutHD was and is my finest racing (life) achievement.

For me just the title alone makes me excited.

Eh I think we got our WipEout game now. Called BALLISTIC NG? It's heavily inspired by WipEout 3? Also, it's coming to the FUCKING SWITCH!

I loved wipeout 2097. Was a great game

2048? Unremarkable? Couldn’t disagree more!

Wipe out as a main system seller has long gone. But my thinking is a new Wipeout game as a VR seller may well be what Sony is thinking. Let's hope VR ps5 brings back Wipeout.

9 games total (excluding HD's solo release and Omega Collection) in the main series. The only one to be considered "bad" was Wipeout Fusion, 1 out of 9 GAMES. Legendary series. Sony does not know what they're missing by not porting Omega Collection over to PC and releasing a new mainline entry (which should also get a PC port). I don't pay for PS+ so I can't even play multiplayer yet I still have fun with this solo. Amazingly well crafted racing game, there is NOTHING like it.

really wish this franchise would get a new proper game. For now, we just have BallisticNG to fill the void Wipeout left behind.

Would love to see some speed runs of this game.

Wipeout went VR with the Omega collection. That's what happened :-)

I love the VR mode in Omega. I'm one of those lucky people who doesn't ever get motion sick in VR but I tell you, WipEout VR had me retching. I did disable all the comfort options though, so I kinda had it coming.

Why didn't you guys talk about Formula Fusion (now called Pacer) which was made by the original Wipeout team? Or Redout? These games are the legacy. Such a missed opportunity.

wipeout always was my have fun race whenever i was tired of gran turismo but since gt sport came out , F , it became my main racer game , i love this series and i need a new one !

I would be more than happy with a MID-BUDGET PS5 WIPEOUT. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY SONY CANCELLED THAT GAME. IT’s very annoying. I tried PACER, the game released by the former wipeout team in 2019, it’s advisable for wipeout fans but a bit expensive (40€ on psn). I miss these games so much, arcade racing games like wipeout or burnout… I wish companies and media focused more on midbudget games. Not only on starfields and boring unoriginal american games.

Who's still playing Wipeout in 2024?! I fired up the old PS3 and have been playing Wipeout HD for the last few days. It's a timeless classic.

I loved Wipeout but I wish there was a way to play your own music whilst racing. Me and mate managed to figure out a way but it was only on a racetrack by racetrack basis (cue up the game CD, pause when about to race, insert your disc of choice, cue track, and then unpause and race!).

Just imagine playing a new wipeout and playing it on a simrig where you control the ship with like a flight simulator wheel and then vr support that would be an amazing experience

Loved this one growing up

My favorite was 2048. Such a good game

What The Hell Happened To F-Zero?

it's funny because Wipeout Rush is releasing next year

The best wipeout game in my opinion was wipeout fusion, futuristic anti- gravity racing cars with a hint of realism going through the maps it made me feel like I could see myself racing there’s cars. And having 16 cars all racing is so much better than 6 the pit stop was so good as it acted a technical element to the game

dont forget about amiga port of WipeOut 2097

I cant think of anyone who didnt like wipeout, and I think a lot of people were waiting for a new Wipeout that never happened and then it became lost in a lot of peoples memories, shame tbh

Scratching my Wipeout itch from playing BallisticNG on PC. Has full mod support. It's amazing!

Whoever piloted those background races hit more walls than I did during my drivers test........

I remember that when I was a kid I used to play Wipeout all the time on ps2

I hope they make a new Wipeout, it should get a new one, it was so loved on ps3 as long as I remember

We are fickle, things that are poppuler today get stale after a while of seeing them over and over again, we will want something new, so hopefully wipeout can be reinvented and back on our screens, there have been a lot of anti grav games besides wipeout but none have the amazing handling and feel that wipeout does.

I wish wipeout soundtrack series was up on iTunes

I'm confused, I played all the anthology of wipeout throughout the console developments through the course of console upgrades. The developers dictate the progress of its heritage and only the players can truly demonstrate how well this game is going moving forward. This video has massively misrepresented this game. It will always be there.

Yeah, I miss this game! =\

PACER has entered the room. 😊

Studio Liverpool is gone. Dev's scattered everywhere. The closest game that the past remaining Dev's made is Pacer. It's in Steam.

Fond gaming memories. Wipeout was a classic game.

I like how half the footage is them slamming into the wall cause same

I will also argue that it Wipeout (and Motorstorm) is a system seller. Hell it’s why I even dipped my toe into the Sony realm. I bought a PSP because of pure, I bought a PS3 because of motorstorm, I bought a PS4 hoping to get new games in the serious. But closing evolution was the last straw. Never buying a Sony console again till those games exist

Welp, we're getting a shitty app so maybe its a sign of a full entry into the series in the near future?

As for someone who lives in Liverpool I’m so sorry for everything.

Fzero? please do a video on that

Man said Wipeout 2048 is somewhat unremarkable. Literally the best racing game of all time in terms of mechanics. But it does need some tournaments in career mode.

Wipeout 64 still is my favorite racing game

Watching this in 2023, and I'm fearful that the PS5 will be the first Sony console to never have a WipEout title.

I have pretty much no plans to buy a PS5 for now ... unless they announce a new Wipeout game.

My childhood

That happened to Extreme-G ??

Fusion was the last true Wipeout game in many ways i.e. one that was designed for the latest home console hardware. All the others have been handheld games or ports of handheld games. That doesn't makenthem bad, of course, I like them all but Wipeout hasn't been a major series for Sony since Fusion. I wish this weren't true, but Wipeout was always more influential than wildly popular.

Got the wipeout c9llection using ps plus.

I love WipEout and MotorStrom

Wipeout XL was the best of all.

wipeout needs a simulator.. period.

They can't make anothet killzone because guerrilla is working on another horizon

At least,I could enjoy wipEout Pure & Pulse in my PSP emulator (PPSSPP)

If I had a PS4 I'd get Wipeout Omega. If Omega was on PC, a lot of people would buy it with money sitting on the table.

We deserve a new WipEout so bad...

It got to the point that players got sick of waiting and decided to go nuts. Ever heard of Redout or Pacer?

My favorite wipeout game is hd fury I have played the first one but the controls was kind of bad I still liked it thought