Seeing it in HD with the exact same soundtrack would've been awesome. I don't care if the classic vibes are gone, both WipEout's past and newer games style are timeless so I don't mind tbh.
Wipeout as a franchise died with 2048, but it's influence was strong enough to create a strong variety of other AG racing games to step into those shoes like Redout, Ballistic NG and Pacer and a community with nothing but love towards these games and their inspiration
I will say on the point about G-Tech: in the lore, they bought up the mostly-liquidated assets of AG-Systems prior to the events of Fusion, but proceeded to run themselves so callously they generously engaged in money-laundering with the criminal Overtel Corporation who were in control of the F9000 Race Commission. The investigation into Overtel and Tigron's dealings (which cancelled AG racing for a while) also revealed this of G-Tech, and what followed was so many criminal sanctions that the company was basically nuked from orbit.
@@thereviewden oi. . Lore-wise: technically (shortly put for now), Pierre's (pre-F9000 racing league era, most especially) A . G Systems team/corp 'and' that post-Pierre Belmondo death era G-tech corp successor (temporarily) after the former, is like comparing the characters (from the horizon franchise) Elisabet Sobeck's motivations (AGS) vs that of Theodor Faro's motivations, for some example. (10:04). (though at least wipeout setting's G-tech (alongside that of tigron's and especially the overtel corp that unfortunately ran the leagues-for a time. anyways, getting back to the G-tech team's people) seem at least still being sensically 'smarter' compared to that scrap that is Ted Faro's....life).
what a coincidence, i've been watching your videos on past wipeout entries lately because i *just* got into the omega collection recently. been having a lot of fun with it
having 2048 on the Vita with the HD/Fury expansion is almost like having the Omega Collection on the go. the only difference is the soundtrack and the lack of the extra Van Uber and Tigron ships. that pre-order special edition that came with a miniature floating ship sounds sweet af. thank you for your amazing videos on this series!
The Omega collection was actually the first time I played a wipeout game. My roommate in college brought their PS4 with them and very generously let me buy the game on their system when it was on sale for $8. Genuinely one of my favorite racing games of all time. It really sucks that the Omega collection may very well be the last wipeout game to ever come out, but the series went out on a damn good release. With any luck maybe studio Liverpool will return one day, but for now, I'm happy with the Omega Collection
To be completely fair, the PS4 itself supported custom soundtrack playing natively...the problem is that Omega didn't support taking the custom soundtracks and applying the subtle auditory effects that HD was able to.
I can play custom ST on my PS4 pro linked in game with a USB flash drive. Dunno what you talking about... PSVR1 bumping my tunes while racing in Wipeout is pure ecstasy 😂
The first Wipeout game I ever played was HD/Fury on ps3, afterwards I got Pure and we already owned Wip3out that I hadn’t tried by that point. All of them are amazingly fun, with Omega Collection it feels like 3 different games in one easy-to-play package and is by far the best racing game ever.
While I love the Omega Collection, especially the reintroduction of Van-Über and Tigron, the lack of custom soundtracks was a glaring omission in my eyes. It's what gave the original HD/Fury so much longevity for me, with EDM, trance and techno playlists, as well as compilations of every Wipeout OST up to that point. I even made special playlists for Zone mode, with beat drops lined up with certain zone transitions. edit: I'm aware it's the fault of the hardware and not the game itself, just saying it's a shame.
Even though it's not integrated into the game and the race track, you can still play music from a USB or stuff like Spotify. I use Spotify a lot for racing games
Great to see this game getting recognition again. I've been hosting tournaments for the omega collection and its been a blast to try and keep this community going as long as possible.
Really enjoyed your look at the Wipeout series. You should consider covering BallisticNG, a spiritual successor to the early Wipeout games. I highly recommend it.
I love this franchise with a passion, it was one of the few games that majorly influenced my life. Omega Collection was incredible when it was launched, I preordered it as soon as it was announced. Last month I bought a PS5 and the first game I played was the Omega Collection. It's mind-blowing how good it still looks today, over 7 years later. I got a couple downsides of this game, The ship sounds on 2048 aren't the same from the vita and it's sad to hear because of how unique it was, like a transmission was strapped to the craft and it had to change through gears. The billboards on 2048 also aren't the same on the vita, they had animated billboards with team interviews and random fake ads in game but because of limitations the videos for the billboards are very small and hard to see. Besides that the game is flawless. You should check out Pacer (Formula Fusion), the Designers Republic was hired to design it and it had a troubled development life but it is technically a sequel to WipEout, similar to BallisticNG/SlipStream GX.
This is the video that I have been waiting for and I loved every second of it but I also wish that you talked about the online experience at least a little bit
The Achilles heel of the Omega Collection is the inability to play your own music in game. HD/Fury on the PS3 had this feature and allowed your own music to flash to the beat when in zone mode and applied echo sound effects when you go through a tunnel. I know with the PS4 you can play spotify in the background or whatever but its not the same. Apart from that, the graphics, adding VR, the new ship pick up voices, its a superb collection.
Well, you've done it, you've finished all Wipeout games, but you're not done yet, what if I told there's the equivalent of Sonic Mania for Wipeout? Enter BallisticNG, you'll have to leave the Sony family and enter the PC realm for this one, but what you'll find there is probably the closest you'll see to a new Wipeout game and I'd say it goes beyond what you'd expect from that in some aspects, specially if you follow the dev's instructions to play the development build. That's all I'm going to say, I'll leave you to find out what is there
I literally bought a PS4 and VR1 just to play this game last weekend because I'd gotten into the series thanks to BallisticNG. Considering how inexpensive PS4 and VR1 is these days (and how few games there are on PS5 that I can't just play on PC instead), it was absolutely worth it.
Are those custom HUDs i see? Not sure if you mentioned them in the review but i love that, Wip3out's HUD design was my favorite and seeing it again in an official WipEout title that's THIS RECENT makes me so happy lol
With so many Sony titles being ported to PC lately I can only hope the Omega Collection does too as personally I have no desire on getting a PS4 nor 5. Granted I still play HD/Fury on my PS3 occasionally but I always wanted to try 2048 but getting hands on a Vita is tricky as their prices are going up because they're fantastic homebrew devices.
@@thereviewden One can only hope for a port. Honestly the franchise could do with more exposure. There's BallisticNG and while it's nice and there's no shortage of mods that help mimic Wipeout it's not quite the same as playing the OG games.
HD/Fury was my first and only WipEout game. I played it for maybe 3 hours and never touched it again. I knew of the existence of the series from old late 90's game magazines, but i had no idea how hard it was to get any fun out of it as a new player to the franchise. Too much happen on the screen at once. I also had a problem in decipher the meaning of the different HUD symbols. The little tutorial wouldn't help either. I constantly hit the wall and there was no brake button. I think the game wanted me to brake with the flaps, but using the shoulder buttons to slow down was too stupid to me.
You want a nitpick? I'll give you a nitpick I still dislike to this day that HD Fury's campaign doesnt include any of the HD reverse tracks, like sure you can play then in the racebox but it definitively isn't the same when you have the superficial incentive of getting them gold medals bro. Also the lack of reverse tracks in general in 2048 is also something that baffles me, albeit to a more understandable level
Yeah, but racing them in reverse after the campaign is like a whole new experience! The campaign seems more about teaching you the tracks to get your skills up (lap trial, time trial, then race).
The reason HD’s campaign doesnt include the reverse tracks is because originally they weren’t introduced until the fury expansion. To your point, why omega didn’t include the reverse tracks in the campaign is a good question, probably to keep consistency if i had to guess
The graphics are beautiful, though when this came to PS+ and I played it, the racing felt a bit less intense than the classic games. Like it's a bit easier and slower all around? Maybe it's just me.
IMO the only modern Wipeout that doesn't suffer from this is Wipeout HD, which is included in Omega. If you're used to the original PS1 trilogy's level of difficulty all the other entries will feel quite easy, except for HD
I have to disagree about what you said about sountrack: This game has awful soundtrack!! Really disappointed to hear such a awful music in a WipeOut game. 😖 I had to download old WipeOut sountracks into usb-stick sonI could listen those while playing Omega Collection. Truly disappointing soundtrack and disappointing game, like all WipeOut games after Wip3Out SE. 😒
I wish there was a remake of wipeout 1,2 and 3. Call it the Alpha collection.
Seeing it in HD with the exact same soundtrack would've been awesome. I don't care if the classic vibes are gone, both WipEout's past and newer games style are timeless so I don't mind tbh.
I was thinking that same thing!
I would love Fusion, Pure and Pulse as the Beta Collection
A remaster, perhaps.
A remake? BallisticNG nuff said
search for wipeout rewrite, i think you will like it
Wipeout as a franchise died with 2048, but it's influence was strong enough to create a strong variety of other AG racing games to step into those shoes like Redout, Ballistic NG and Pacer and a community with nothing but love towards these games and their inspiration
Antigraviator was also excellent futuristic racer ❤
I will say on the point about G-Tech: in the lore, they bought up the mostly-liquidated assets of AG-Systems prior to the events of Fusion, but proceeded to run themselves so callously they generously engaged in money-laundering with the criminal Overtel Corporation who were in control of the F9000 Race Commission. The investigation into Overtel and Tigron's dealings (which cancelled AG racing for a while) also revealed this of G-Tech, and what followed was so many criminal sanctions that the company was basically nuked from orbit.
Crossing fingers for a new WIPEOUT on the PS6.
Well Nick Burcombe is supposedly working on a new game, not sure if its racing though.
@@thereviewden oi.
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Lore-wise: technically (shortly put for now), Pierre's (pre-F9000 racing league era, most especially) A . G Systems team/corp 'and' that post-Pierre Belmondo death era G-tech corp successor (temporarily) after the former, is like comparing the characters (from the horizon franchise) Elisabet Sobeck's motivations (AGS) vs that of Theodor Faro's motivations, for some example. (10:04).
(though at least wipeout setting's G-tech (alongside that of tigron's and especially the overtel corp that unfortunately ran the leagues-for a time. anyways, getting back to the G-tech team's people) seem at least still being sensically 'smarter' compared to that scrap that is Ted Faro's....life).
what a coincidence, i've been watching your videos on past wipeout entries lately because i *just* got into the omega collection recently. been having a lot of fun with it
Enjoy it my friend! Omega is great
having 2048 on the Vita with the HD/Fury expansion is almost like having the Omega Collection on the go. the only difference is the soundtrack and the lack of the extra Van Uber and Tigron ships. that pre-order special edition that came with a miniature floating ship sounds sweet af. thank you for your amazing videos on this series!
Hell yeah, new Review Den Wipeout video! Man, have I been looking forward to this.
The Omega collection was actually the first time I played a wipeout game. My roommate in college brought their PS4 with them and very generously let me buy the game on their system when it was on sale for $8. Genuinely one of my favorite racing games of all time.
It really sucks that the Omega collection may very well be the last wipeout game to ever come out, but the series went out on a damn good release. With any luck maybe studio Liverpool will return one day, but for now, I'm happy with the Omega Collection
Wipeout is a childhood game that will always stay in my heart dude. The memories
List of reasons why HD is superior than Omega:
- Custom soundtrack support
List of reasons why Omega is superior than HD:
- 'Invaders Must Die'
To be completely fair, the PS4 itself supported custom soundtrack playing natively...the problem is that Omega didn't support taking the custom soundtracks and applying the subtle auditory effects that HD was able to.
@@MisterGunpowder257 in other words, Omega does NOT support custom soundtracks.
Custom sountrack on 2048 too
I can play custom ST on my PS4 pro linked in game with a USB flash drive. Dunno what you talking about... PSVR1 bumping my tunes while racing in Wipeout is pure ecstasy 😂
The first Wipeout game I ever played was HD/Fury on ps3, afterwards I got Pure and we already owned Wip3out that I hadn’t tried by that point. All of them are amazingly fun, with Omega Collection it feels like 3 different games in one easy-to-play package and is by far the best racing game ever.
Wipeout series is GOATED
While I love the Omega Collection, especially the reintroduction of Van-Über and Tigron, the lack of custom soundtracks was a glaring omission in my eyes. It's what gave the original HD/Fury so much longevity for me, with EDM, trance and techno playlists, as well as compilations of every Wipeout OST up to that point. I even made special playlists for Zone mode, with beat drops lined up with certain zone transitions.
edit: I'm aware it's the fault of the hardware and not the game itself, just saying it's a shame.
Yeah the CD ripping days of OG Xbox and PS3 were pretty awesome.
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Even though it's not integrated into the game and the race track, you can still play music from a USB or stuff like Spotify. I use Spotify a lot for racing games
Great to see this game getting recognition again. I've been hosting tournaments for the omega collection and its been a blast to try and keep this community going as long as possible.
Great review as always, man this game rules. Need to jump back in!
yes i was waiting so long for this video thank you
Can’t watch it properly bc of mobile network but YES, finally! That said, I’d do forbidden things for an “alpha collection” remaking 1 to fusion…
Really enjoyed your look at the Wipeout series. You should consider covering BallisticNG, a spiritual successor to the early Wipeout games. I highly recommend it.
The definitive and peak fast racing game. The best racing game ever made with BNG!
I love this franchise with a passion, it was one of the few games that majorly influenced my life. Omega Collection was incredible when it was launched, I preordered it as soon as it was announced. Last month I bought a PS5 and the first game I played was the Omega Collection. It's mind-blowing how good it still looks today, over 7 years later.
I got a couple downsides of this game, The ship sounds on 2048 aren't the same from the vita and it's sad to hear because of how unique it was, like a transmission was strapped to the craft and it had to change through gears. The billboards on 2048 also aren't the same on the vita, they had animated billboards with team interviews and random fake ads in game but because of limitations the videos for the billboards are very small and hard to see. Besides that the game is flawless.
You should check out Pacer (Formula Fusion), the Designers Republic was hired to design it and it had a troubled development life but it is technically a sequel to WipEout, similar to BallisticNG/SlipStream GX.
This is the video that I have been waiting for and I loved every second of it but I also wish that you talked about the online experience at least a little bit
These are the only "driving games" i'm proficient at... 😅😓
The osts are always guaranteed bangers 😎🤟
my favorite game of all time
Depth in gameplay is almost intimidating. Pure gameplay focused.
I would pay so much money to play a steam port of omega collection, like instantly
HD Fury is the best WipeOut game of the latter half of the series, and is absolutely worth it. Adding 2048 on top is just a cherry on top.
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Also being able to play my own soundtrack is just fantastic.
Bought a ps4 solely for this game
The Achilles heel of the Omega Collection is the inability to play your own music in game. HD/Fury on the PS3 had this feature and allowed your own music to flash to the beat when in zone mode and applied echo sound effects when you go through a tunnel. I know with the PS4 you can play spotify in the background or whatever but its not the same.
Apart from that, the graphics, adding VR, the new ship pick up voices, its a superb collection.
Well, you've done it, you've finished all Wipeout games, but you're not done yet, what if I told there's the equivalent of Sonic Mania for Wipeout? Enter BallisticNG, you'll have to leave the Sony family and enter the PC realm for this one, but what you'll find there is probably the closest you'll see to a new Wipeout game and I'd say it goes beyond what you'd expect from that in some aspects, specially if you follow the dev's instructions to play the development build. That's all I'm going to say, I'll leave you to find out what is there
When seeing this I just hope that we can get a fast racing neo for Pc or PlayStation, because Wipeout seems like an inspiration.
This is much better than F Zero.
I literally bought a PS4 and VR1 just to play this game last weekend because I'd gotten into the series thanks to BallisticNG. Considering how inexpensive PS4 and VR1 is these days (and how few games there are on PS5 that I can't just play on PC instead), it was absolutely worth it.
Best VR game
Are those custom HUDs i see? Not sure if you mentioned them in the review but i love that, Wip3out's HUD design was my favorite and seeing it again in an official WipEout title that's THIS RECENT makes me so happy lol
With so many Sony titles being ported to PC lately I can only hope the Omega Collection does too as personally I have no desire on getting a PS4 nor 5.
Granted I still play HD/Fury on my PS3 occasionally but I always wanted to try 2048 but getting hands on a Vita is tricky as their prices are going up because they're fantastic homebrew devices.
Ohhh that's a tough one! 2048 is REALLY nice in Omega.
@@thereviewden One can only hope for a port. Honestly the franchise could do with more exposure.
There's BallisticNG and while it's nice and there's no shortage of mods that help mimic Wipeout it's not quite the same as playing the OG games.
This should be on PC
HD/Fury was my first and only WipEout game. I played it for maybe 3 hours and never touched it again.
I knew of the existence of the series from old late 90's game magazines, but i had no idea how hard it was to get any fun out of it as a new player to the franchise.
Too much happen on the screen at once. I also had a problem in decipher the meaning of the different HUD symbols. The little tutorial wouldn't help either.
I constantly hit the wall and there was no brake button. I think the game wanted me to brake with the flaps, but using the shoulder buttons to slow down was too stupid to me.
Alright, Wipeout Merge review when? XD
You want a nitpick? I'll give you a nitpick
I still dislike to this day that HD Fury's campaign doesnt include any of the HD reverse tracks, like sure you can play then in the racebox but it definitively isn't the same when you have the superficial incentive of getting them gold medals bro.
Also the lack of reverse tracks in general in 2048 is also something that baffles me, albeit to a more understandable level
Yeah, but racing them in reverse after the campaign is like a whole new experience! The campaign seems more about teaching you the tracks to get your skills up (lap trial, time trial, then race).
The reason HD’s campaign doesnt include the reverse tracks is because originally they weren’t introduced until the fury expansion. To your point, why omega didn’t include the reverse tracks in the campaign is a good question, probably to keep consistency if i had to guess
The graphics are beautiful, though when this came to PS+ and I played it, the racing felt a bit less intense than the classic games. Like it's a bit easier and slower all around? Maybe it's just me.
IMO the only modern Wipeout that doesn't suffer from this is Wipeout HD, which is included in Omega. If you're used to the original PS1 trilogy's level of difficulty all the other entries will feel quite easy, except for HD
The Omega Collection would be the definitive Wipeout to me but the music mostly sucks in Omega. It’s all EDM, and EDM is anti Wipeout music.
💯correct 👍
Unfortunately the soundtrack for this entry isn’t really good, definitely the worst of all. Everything else is just fantastic.
I have to disagree about what you said about sountrack: This game has awful soundtrack!! Really disappointed to hear such a awful music in a WipeOut game. 😖 I had to download old WipeOut sountracks into usb-stick sonI could listen those while playing Omega Collection. Truly disappointing soundtrack and disappointing game, like all WipeOut games after Wip3Out SE. 😒