What teams would you like to appear in the next WipEout?

[trentdf]

I think all the ships in pulse always need to comeback in every new game, or else people are gonna lose their fave ships. But the biggest thing i want to see come back is the different feel of the ships. I havent played pure , but in pulse the ships all feel the same to me. I mean i can see that im overtaking a FEISAR in a Pirhana on a straight, but it doesnt feel any faster. I can see assegai has a tighter trning circle than triakis, but they feel similar. I want the good old dys of Wip3out, when you raced an icarus you cried to your mummy that you couldnt do it, and when your in an assegai you feel if you touch any walls your going to blow into a million pieces.

[RJ O'Connell]

There were players that liked EG-R, Xios, Tigron and Van-Uber that recently lost their favourite teams when EG-X was formed and the latter two were just dropped entirely for Pulse...

[borell]

I would not mind seeing the Cardracer back in action. It looks quite good. It is not among the fastest ships, but I find it enjoyable to pilot.

[RJ O'Connell]

Cardracer's look is akin to the WO3 AG Systems, I find that to be pretty cool.

[Kscorps]

Piranha must return or I will not buy the game.

[omega329]

Piranha leaving has as much a chance as Bush had of finding WMDs

[Darkdrium777]

Well all the current teams should come back. I also think the 'real' teams should come back as well, like Tigron and Van-Uber. I liked them in PurE, seeing them again would be cool. Plus it's always more ships to choose from, and from recently: more skins! Yay for additional content

[RJ O'Connell]

Hate to disagree, but constantly bringing back teams and dropping them and bringing them back would just get irritating after awhile. It leaves no room for any new entities if we just keep bringing back the exact same teams game after game because some fans would complain.

[Darkdrium777]

Where did I say we should drop them another time? What about keeping them? Can't we do that? If they come back in the next Wipeout they should stay there for good I think.

[RJ O'Connell]

It becomes harder for Studio Liverpool to acheive balance with the limited amount of parameters to measure performance if there's so many ships. They'd either have to add more areas (Aero, Mass, Weapon Power, Braking, etc.), or rate ships on a full scale of 1-10 (seeing a FEISAR with a "1" Top Speed instead of a "7".)

That's why from a developer's standpoint, it could make sense to cap the teams at maybe 12, or even cut teams from the list. At most 16 would work.

[P52Smith]

RJ' O'Connell, despite seeing most teams repeatedly, if you look back over the series, you will see that many teams have sneaked in, and stayed such as piranha, triakis and harimau, and I can see mirage and EG-X staying.

While a bit of team rotation is annoying, it can keep fans interested with a 'have they brought back X this time' addiction, as well as 'I love this series too much', ie. more interest, more sales.

Some like G-Tech just didn't work but others are here to stay. Personally, I want van-uber and Tigron back, with fresh colours and a design reminiscent of their old ones.

[RJ O'Connell]

That's okay too.

But keep in mind that there has to be an injection of new blood into the series too. Piranha in 2097, the "I-G-A" Alliance in Wipeout 3, Triakis in Pure...I'm not 100% against using all the old teams, but there better be room for new teams too!

[Xavier]

I wonder if Wipeout will ever let you design your own craft, F-Zero GX style, and (unlike F-Zero, which used generated names) name it yourself. I really, really enjoyed making my own machines in that game and finding one that suited my driving perfectly.

Of course, if everyone is making their own teams, some of the continuity of the existing teams will fade since the really devoted players will have abandoned the established teams for their own customized ones. Maybe just the upgrades from Fusion, coupled with custom ship skins, would be a good compromise.

Or maybe they could keep all existing ships, but let you make your own face avatars to pilot them. The technology is here now. With this, you'd see the faces of your rivals when racing online, which would help you get to know them better. Add in live chat, and online racing would be un-put-down-able!

[KIGO1987]

F-Zero.. Im tempted to find the SNES box and dust the old cartriges and put the original 1990 classic in for remincent sake. or what about some good old ridge racer

[swift killer]

Some like G-Tech just didn't work but others are here to stay.

To me, g-tech was probably the worse ship in wipeout ever, the thing looked like a urinal put down flat.... look at the attached image, you may find it funny, if you dont, sorry for my crap humour

[mdhay]

LOL!

[RJ O'Connell]

G-Tech, if I recall, tried buying their way into good results ala Tigron during the F9000 and still didn't win a World Championship during that time.

When you fail to bribe your way to success, you fail at racing, period.

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However, Tigron, Van-Uber and EG-X have remained fan favourites - Tigron had a nasty attitude and were a great "villain" team, Van-Uber has that indipendent spirit and were very effective in Pure, and EG-X have that winning pedigree, no-nonsense approach and a really good ship in Pulse.

[Primal-Convoy]

I want the original Amiga 500/1200 synth male voice to make a come-back darn-it!

"Missile!" "shield energy low"


I hate that annoying public school female voice saying "welcome to wipeout pulse"


grrrr

[P52Smith]

Some like G-Tech just didn't work.

Having said that, it's always good to have someone you hate so that you can have a good go at blowing them up

Bring 'em on back!

[Chill]

I want the original Amiga 500/1200 synth male voice to make a come-back darn-it!
"Missile!" "shield energy low"
I hate that annoying public school female voice saying "welcome to wipeout pulse"

Yet another idea... have a choice between the two...