Status KP_Neato_Dee Aug 28, 2019
Having a good time with this (emulated) on the PC. I'm stoked to finally be awakening to my love of arcade racers, so I'm making an effort to play the greats I've missed out on!
Wipeout Pure (2005)
3.55 from 66 ratings
212 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 46 backlogged · 15 wish listed
WipEout Pure is the first adaptation for the PSP of the long-running Wipeout series. Players take part in a futuristic racing league known as the FX300 Racing League and control a fast hovercrafts on tight, cornering tracks, vying for first place in one of many tournaments. There are ten anti-gravity vehicles available to use (two need to be unlocked), each …
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WipEout Pure is the first adaptation for the PSP of the long-running Wipeout series. Players take part in a futuristic racing league known as the FX300 Racing League and control a fast hovercrafts on tight, cornering tracks, vying for first place in one of many tournaments. There are ten anti-gravity vehicles available to use (two need to be unlocked), each with their own characteristics in speed, handling and acceleration. Vehicles are further divided into classes that are unlocked gradually. In later classes most of the vehicles become much faster and require more precise steering at fast speeds. In the same vein, players can unlock new tournaments.
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Details
- Developers
- SCE Studio Liverpool
- Publishers
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Genres
- Racing
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
- Series
- Wipeout
- Events
- Sony E3 2006 Press Conference, Sony Pre-E3 2004 Festivities
Release dates
- Mar 24, 2005 (North_America) PlayStation Portable
- Apr 07, 2005 (Japan) PlayStation Portable
- Sep 01, 2005 (Europe) PlayStation Portable
Rating distribution
5 stars
8
4 stars
24
3 stars
30
2 stars
4
1 star
0
Community All Reviews Statuses
Review Slantindicular 3/5 · Oct 22, 2018
Racing Hurts on the PSP
Racing is hard to do on this console setup. I rubbed my thumb pretty raw on the PSP analog nub after just a few races. But even if you get around the limitations of the console controls (through emulation, for example) the racing game is still relatively bland. It does have good visuals, especially for the console, and the music …
Racing is hard to do on this console setup. I rubbed my thumb pretty raw on the PSP analog nub after just a few races. But even if you get around the limitations of the console controls (through emulation, for example) the racing game is still relatively bland. It does have good visuals, especially for the console, and the music fits the game aesthetic well. But the tracks just don't have much variety, the weapons don't feel diverse enough, and this game just generally lacks "soul." It is not objectively bad, just not very memorable or engaging.
Better to spend your time with something a little more interesting. And if you are going to emulate anyway then you might as well play something a little more robust like Jak X: Combat Racing or some Mario Kart entry, or even Extreme G.
Three stars for graphics and decent game-play. There are just dozens of better titles out there for more modern gamers for around the same price point.