10 Things I hate about WipEout Pulse

[stin]

I only had a few things to say but I just cannot argue about Pulse.

1, just a few minor bugs which can be fixed!

2, Online race, I hate other players who quits in a middle of a race! and I was forced to quit!

3, My broken records which added to Wipeout.com which I want to aviod.

4, Some Zone`s tracks are slightly a bit too bright. (makes my eyes go squint)

5, Too many Barrel Rolls!

That is all I can think of, but this game is really addictive.

stevie

[Ash-Omen]

Just a few things that i hate, other than these a great game

1. The 1 and only stuck on lobby bug
2. The Dissconnectors
3. Hud Glitch
4. Alot of boring events to do in the campaign for eg venom speedlaps
5. Retarded physics sometimes gettin stuck on ur side and randomly respawning
6. being in 1st and hitting bombs >.<
7. Only 5 custom skin slots
8. I cant log into WipeOut-game.com on my psp gets session expired
9. No online Eliminator mode
10. No way of communicating online

[mdhay]

I think gocam support may not have made it...

[Medusa]

I have to add this to the thread:

I HATE the way my ship makes a "crunching" sound when it lands, even after such a small "jump" as the first curve of Fort Gale White, and even on sub-venom speeds in zone. Before Pure, anti-gravity ships did NOT crunch upon landing. If it was a huge enough jump, maybe a thunk or something, but never that horrid crunch sound. If that's what it sounds like, how come it is not damaging my ship, huh?

[Sausehuhn]

It's because in the old WipEouts the craft floated back to the ground after a jump. In Pulse (and Pure too if I'm not wrong) they simply fall down like a stone. And a stone crunches when it lands

[mdhay]

I loved the floatiness, made me think they were actually floating. I wish that is implemented in future.

[QirexAAX]

Hopefully it's not still in the North American version...

I think it's likely that it will be. Like it or not it's hardly a bug or a burning issue with the game, and if they changed it then people using the US disc wouldn't e able to fairly compete against people with the European disc.

[stin]

http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/sho...0&postcount=29

QirexAAX, there is the link for you.

I`m presuming it will be fine.

stevie

[QirexAAX]

Oh, stin, I was referring to the suggestion that the north american release might change the way items are collected. Since American and European discs are to be compatible, I think it's very unlikely that anything about the game mechanics would change.

[stin]

Oh right!, that is a very good question!

I thought you meant online game as compatable.

Seriously, I do never thought of that but is it possible?

stevie

[rejj]

There's only one thing I'd single out as a great dislike in Pulse, which was the same for me in pure: Barrel Rolls.

I'm just not a fan of their addition to the gameplay mechanics. But then, I'm one of the few that truely prefer W3's hyperthrust mechanic. I loved that.

Until about yesterday I played Wipeout games in first-person view. Unfortunately the barrel rolls are just too disorienting in that view, and the craft becomes too hard to control when you can't see where you are going. So now I've had to switch to chase-cam and pretty much learn to play the game all over again (it feels totally different) ... but at least I can see where I am going.

[zargz]

I don't like BRs as well but I wasn't a big fan of the shield for speed from wo3
I think Colin said before that in wo3 shield for speed made the pitlanes practically a part of the track.

I like the pitlanes, they give me the F1, WTCC feeling and the shaky feeling
to have to complete a half or more lap to finally get to the pitlane
in 2097 the pitlanes were a cool addition though I didn't like the instant carma! heh
I mean the instant energy refill, it felt like .. what's the meaning in having a long pitlane?
in wo3 they were perfect - depending on how much you needed you could (still can ) fly or crawl through them.
as pointed out before the thrust system ruined them :s
in fusion the slow down when going to pit was simply annoying.

for me wo3/64 pitlanes with no thrust mecanics would be perfect.

and hereby I end my 'bring back pitlanes with no thrust mechanics and no BRs' speech.



all this said I think absorbing works ok.
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[Chrono]

BRs are hit or miss. I like them in small quanities, like one obvious one on a couple tracks. What I don't like, however, is how they can be abused and make TTing no fun. We had talk awhile back (maybe on this thread) about thrust mechanics. The best idea was a item consumption to thrust boost, or something like that. If anyone can find it and link that would be great. Pitlanes don't interest me. It would make it to F-Zero. In a game where getting into the track and pulling off the fastest line, pitlanes have no home.

[zargz]

If there are no shield/absorb_for_speed mechanics at all and the pitlanes are used Only for recharge
then they actually become a long way around so the fastest lap will be to race the track without going into the pitlane.
as it was the case in 2097 exept one track .. odessa may be it was ..

[Rapier Racer]

Did the pit lane on Terminal (WO3) not also act as a shortcut? There were of course a few speed pads on the proper track so perhaps not. I felt it did though.

[zargz]

yes it did but my point is if there were no shield_for_speed in wo3 then for example in porto kora TT and even SR if not damaged,
the fastest way would be on the track itself.

[infoxicated]

Did the pit lane on Terminal (WO3) not also act as a shortcut?

Yeah, that one on Terminal was in a poorly designed place - you could boost all the way through it if you didn't really need the energy, so it turned it into an uber shortcut.

I think absorbing things works well, but open sided tracks and barrel rolls have essentially killed WipEout for me. I used to play it like a serious racing game, but how can I take it seriously when I have to perform four or five comedy barrel rolls per lap in order to get a good time?

Barrel rolls and open sided track sections = The Day the WipEout Died.

*deep breath*

A long long time ago
I can still remember how that WipEout used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make that Qirex dance
And maybe I'd be happy for a while
But then Fusion made me shiver
With every weapon it delivered
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more lap
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about those open sides
But something touched me deep inside
The day that WipEout died

So, bye-bye, Anti-Gravity guy
Drove my AG in a TT
But missed a barrel roll try
And them good old boys were hopin' they could still fly
Singin' this'll be the day that it dies
This'll be the day that it dies

Did you like the track above?
Called Sol 2 - it's a test of nerve.
If the Designer tells you so
Do you believe in track intro's?
Or do ya skip them cause you think they blow?

...I should stop there.

[lunar]

Awesome! Post of the year already

I`m now expecting a live performance at the convention with Pavel on guitar

[Medusa]

HURRAH! Big cheer for infoxicated!! Definitely post of the year, and it's only February!

Why doesn't SL listen to you, I wonder...

[infoxicated]

Awesome! Post of the year already

I`m now expecting a live performance at the convention with Pavel on guitar

I don't think we want to go there - it gets really ropey later on...

Oh, and as I was back-quaked on that stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage



I mean, apologies to Don Mclean, but it sort of writes itself almost!

Medusa, Colin does listen to me a lot - hence the reason for the pack racing in Pulse and the relative parity in the teams. However, the genie is out of the bottle with regard to barrel rolls now. There is no going back.

Plus, I think I'm in a minority of one of people on the team who dislike it.