While i wouldn't say that i was not really impressed, i would say i was a little underwhelmed.
i read a lot about the menu been sharp and amazing. it does have nice music, but its shakey and fuzzy when you select something. i guess it's the future and that sort of thing happens??? even the studio liverpool logo suffers from Killzone-menu-itis.
Tracks, (now this is personal taste here) i played talons and was just like, yep bright, transparency, neon, the usual HD stuff, then played tech de ra and amphiseum...which almost had me...there are some really nicely lit, old school wipeout esque portions to these tracks which i loved...ruined by the HD design approach portions...in my opinion. it shows it is possible to do a HD version of older Wipeouts...which is a very very exciting prospect.
New ship designs, ugly. not for me.
Having said that, it has a great new soundtrack, some new game types and is totally worth the asking price as a fan of wipeout.
to me it is a mixed bag, of
'oh, that's kinda cool'
'don't like that' and
'damn, that's almost awesome'
i do wonder how a pack purely based on Wipeout as a core racer would have turned out. no new modes, just pure racing. new tracks, ships...e.t.c.