Pulse Preview Code Impressions!

[Mad-Ice]

Man this is looking so sweet!!! Nice touch to be able to see the pilot.

[Dogg Thang]

These shots are great. The lighting effects are superb and the tracks look very cool. It does all seem very like an extension of the Delta pack - they're all very sci-fi. The textures on the craft seem a little busy but I'd say that probably doesn't matter in motion. The colours are superb - I love that it's all so bright this time around!

I was just thinking looking at the shots that it seems very much like Pure 2. To me, that's a great thing but it would be the first WO sequel that matches the previous game. The first four WO games are all world's apart in feel. Oh, actually except WO64 - does that count? I love Pure so I'm all for an evolution this time out.

Does anyone know what the announcer sounds like this time around?

[Rapier Racer]

Look at all those Assegai piccies IGN have good taste

Edit: How come some pics of the Assegai show it with 3 trails? That some sort of loyalty bonus upgrade thingie? Or when you get a turbo boost extra thrust appears

[RJ O'Connell]

D-o-double-g: Of course Wipeout 64 counts, even if it was published by an unfamiliar company (so was Wipeout Fusion in the US) and is on a rival console.

Assegai is looking sharp this year! Let's hope the maneuverability can compensate for the tissue shields.

[q_dmc12]

...they're all very sci-fi. Does anyone know what the announcer sounds like this time around?

hmm, ...Mr. Spock

[Frances_Penfold]

More Pulse pictures PLUS a video of in-game racing.

http://www.pspgen.com/modules.php?na...ticle&sid=4268

Looking good!

[RJ O'Connell]

The video looks sweet, but that pilot does it absolutely no justice.

Reminds me of myself when I started. -___-

[Frances_Penfold]

Yeah, the player really sucks. To be fair, it's likely he's trying to control the vehicle while holding a digital camera

[q_dmc12]

the airbrake loading screen looks like one of xdirex's illustrations

[The Uncreated]

"Finished" the game. Anything you all want to know about it besides the fact homing missles have been slowed WAY down, at least in this preview version?

Preliminary impressions. Track design is far better in this version -- way more conducive to flat out racing. There aren't as many harsh hairpins as in Pure. Wall clipping exists, as I did boost clear through a few supposedly solid overpasses. I'm sure it'll be worked out in the final version. Found at least one interesting shortcut (that wasn't particuarly easy to get to, I must say). Control on the magstrips is very twitchy; best is to simply line oneself up straight down the strip and hang on for the ride.

Musically the few tracks in the game were, on average, very alien and moody with a slow 4-4 ambient sort of vibe. Overall the game reminds me a lot of the movie Minority Report (my favourite movie).

The few ships that I did try did not exhibit any glaring control differences as they did in Pure; the A.G. does not seem to accelarate as meanly as it did before, mostly because I suppose all the ships have generally higher acceleration stats themselves. The vehicles generally feel more responsive overall. As for recovery from things like bombs and missles, the ship still does "float" to the outside of the track, but the travel is cut roughly in half before the craft begins going again.

I didn't get a chance to preview the Phantom class (didn't seem to be in the demo, unless I missed it), but I can say the Flash class is plenty fast and I ran into virtually zero slowdown despite all the glow and transparent surfaces.

That's all for now.





Uncreated

[Dogg Thang]

hmm, ...Mr. Spock

Leonard Nimoy as announcer would be the ultimate in cool. Colin! Colin! Are you listening?! Foxy, tell Colin he should get Leonard Nimoy!

If you get Leonard Nimoy, can you get me an autograph?

Vote for Nimoy!

[supersocks]

More hexagons...

Ah, how I hate those loading screen tips. They are usefull the first time when you see them, but might get quite annoying over time when you're desperately trying to complete a phantom tournament in hard difficulty level. "Use both airbrakes" Really? I didn't know that! Thanks a lot!

[Mad-Ice]

Those screens look real great. However I think Qirex in Pulse looks like Puma 2 in Pure. Qirex lost her sexy looks on Pulse.

[lunar]

Pure Qirex did look great, but I love the new one also - kind of traditional but really really big and scary looking.

[eLhabib]

"Finished" the game. Anything you all want to know about it besides the fact homing missles have been slowed WAY down, at least in this preview version?

Preliminary impressions. Track design is far better in this version -- way more conducive to flat out racing. There aren't as many harsh hairpins as in Pure. Wall clipping exists, as I did boost clear through a few supposedly solid overpasses. I'm sure it'll be worked out in the final version. Found at least one interesting shortcut (that wasn't particuarly easy to get to, I must say). Control on the magstrips is very twitchy; best is to simply line oneself up straight down the strip and hang on for the ride.

Musically the few tracks in the game were, on average, very alien and moody with a slow 4-4 ambient sort of vibe. Overall the game reminds me a lot of the movie Minority Report (my favourite movie).

The few ships that I did try did not exhibit any glaring control differences as they did in Pure; the A.G. does not seem to accelarate as meanly as it did before, mostly because I suppose all the ships have generally higher acceleration stats themselves. The vehicles generally feel more responsive overall. As for recovery from things like bombs and missles, the ship still does "float" to the outside of the track, but the travel is cut roughly in half before the craft begins going again.

I didn't get a chance to preview the Phantom class (didn't seem to be in the demo, unless I missed it), but I can say the Flash class is plenty fast and I ran into virtually zero slowdown despite all the glow and transparent surfaces.

That's all for now.

Uncreated

You can play at phantom speed in the preview. Just go to 'Racebox', you'll find it all there.

@Rapier Racer: three thrust trails appear when you get a boost.

[Sausehuhn]

Did I miss anything here? Where did you get the Demo from, Uncreated?

[Rapier Racer]

Assegai is looking sharp this year! Let's hope the maneuverability can compensate for the tissue shields.

Seriously lol? You thought Pures Assegai had tissue shields? You best keep away from AG-S, Harimau, Pirnaha, Icaras, Feisar, Puma 1 and Van-Uber then

Oh thats a really cool feature extra thrust trails when you get a boost, me like.

[Asayyeah]

Uncreated has found through the web ( only this explanation possible) a copy of the pulse preview , this is highly risky for the zone.
Not serious

[infoxicated]

**** it - people have been warned before about sharing illegal downloads on this site, so if they want to go ahead and do it I'll ban them and hope that the site isn't implicated.

Just another of the reasons I hate the custom OS crowd - while they're all jizzing themselves off at being able to play pirate games ripped onto the torrents, those of us who are trying to keep clear of that kind of thing get our noses rubbed in it.

[Sausehuhn]

@ Asa

I was not going to ask where to get it from. It was obviously, wasn't it? It was more a hint to you admins and moderators.
Sorry if things looked different. Next time - if there's a "next time" - I'll be more clear on this.