The last good wipeout after his big brother (2097) is from wipeout fusion that the problems started arriving. I have never rediscovered the driving sensations of the first 3 wiepouts which are unrivaled for me.
Its similar for me. While I still had lots of fun with the later games (even Fusion), they never quite captuered the essence of the first three games. I recently started playing BallisticNG and its pretty much oldshool-wipeout, but perfect in every way! I´ve been unsure about buying the game for years, mostly because of the PS1-Style graphics, but it turned out the graphics bothered me for exactly 5 seconds. Its pure bliss for any Wipeout fan. And while its already a great package by itself, its also easily modable. You can simply add ships, tracks, etc. from the workshop with a single click or drop your own MP3s in the games music folder. Also a blast on Steam Deck
@@purwantiallan5089Glad you enjoyed it. I never liked any of the newer WipeOut games after WipeOut 3 SE, they completely changed handling and I hate hangling/controls in newer WipeOut-games, plus weapon balance and HUD is bad and Omega Collection has awful soundtrack 😖
I agree. While I absolutely LOVE XL and think it was the title that really laid the complete foundation for the series, 3 is where my heart is. I remember spending hours playing this in my college dorm with buddies while soaking in that incredible soundtrack by Sasha. Xpander still gives me chills.
Special Edition does go for silly money on eBay now, well over £100. But strangely, if you want the double pack of it which came with Destruction Derby 2, it's only £7. There must be some real bizarre demand for the stand alone version.
@@thereviewden Oh, yeah! I forgot about that, but the double pack is still a black label box. But it does come in a dual CD case. Maybe they're even more hated aesthetically 🤔
Double pack in mint condition is also versy expensive, I am lucky to have a brand new double pack for about 30GBP, though box is badly cracked so I opened it anyway for playing.
So yeah, I've watched it, and I am astonished by how well you compared the two. I've played the two versions back to back, and didn't even know/noticed some of the things you mentioned. On top of that, nobody ever covers the SE of Wipeout 3, so I'm so glad you did. Hats off to you!
3 was my first contact with the series... indeed the game that got me back to gaming (after having sold my Amiga back in 1992). Found a copy of wip3out in the bargain bin of a newly opened supermarket in the spring of 2002. Had borrowed a friend's PS1 to play Doom and Rayman, wanted variety... and boy, did I get it in wip3out! Fave team: AG systems / Fave track: Sampa run / Fave mode: Time trial
OF COURSE I'll subscribe to a channel that gives so much (well deserved) praise to Wipeout 3 SE. I was waiting to hear about the mirror mode, though. When you're all done mastering all the tracks of SE, you had the mirror mode to turn on. And relearn all of them like completely new tracks... Remarkable game that is constantly present on all my gaming devices able to emulate.
Love these videos - seeing Wipeout 3 again has given me a huge nostalgia bomb. I only played the demo as a kid and promptly forgot about it for 20-ish years. Thanks for the awesome video series!
Super video! Glad you mentioned the higher-res, the widescreen support, and the AWESOME cockpit view. For my money, this was the absolute pinnacle of the entire series, the tracks were all challenging and diverse and it was a pleasure memorizing and mastering them. I don't think I even heard of the Special Edition until now, and I'm sore I missed out on it being in the NTSC region. Keep these coming, I'm eagerly anticipating your take on Wipeout Fusion, which, if I remember correctly, had handling more like Wipeout 64's but was a treat nonetheless.
Thank you and same here on the Special Edition! I never got to try the Special Edition when it launched, but the extra content and re-balancing are worth it (if you can play it at 30fps!)
I started playing Wipeout about a year and a half ago with the 1995 original. While I do love it for what it is, as well as its killer soundtrack, and that it aged so well for a very early PS1 title, I'm really excited to get Wipeout 3 sometime soon, this looks so awesome even after 25 years.
As a child, in the early 2000s, I was absolutely obsessed with this game. (I would have been age 10 at the release) The graphic design, the way it made Wipeout _believable_ in my eyes, the professionalism of it. A game made perfectly to my tastes. The soundtrack was amazing too. For me, it was the little things which made it feel more professional - The fact that ships didn't blow up, but rather had their AG systems fail and drop to the floor in an undramatic way. No silly, childish, bouncing missiles off barriers. Your missile made a B-line for the craft it was locked on to. If something else was in that path, tough luck - You missed, and wasted a missile. No ridiculous city-block levelling explosions. Missiles, rockets, and mines were proportionally sized ordinance. Enough to cause damage to craft without causing mass destruction to the surrounding environment. No stupid loop-de-loop or mag-lock track sections - You were responsible for the pitch of your craft. Manage it poorly and suffer the consequences. Master it and be rewarded with a sublime floaty experience. None of that 'absorbing weapon energy' nonsense. If you didn't want a weapon, you _discarded_ it. Use it or lose it. If you need more shield energy, wait until the pit lane, or use an energy drain ( _not_ a leech beam). No barrel-roll crap either. Seriously... Barrel rolls? In wipeout? How juvenile... If you wanted a boost, you had the option of using hyper-thrust at the cost of shield energy. Yup. This was the pinnacle of Wipeout. Nothing since has come even remotely close to it's level of perfection.
I have read wiki and played every old wipeout game (except 64), but yet i'm catched by all the facts and history material, and the editing, dude, this channel is so underrated, tysm for content!
Fantastic video honestly. WipEout 3 was among the first games I ever played on the original PS back in 98' because before I ever got my first games I collected Demo discs. (I missed getting those PS magazines) This game along with some others introduced me to the power& awesomeness of playstation, the PAL demo discs in the EU had an awesome jungle sound track in the mid to late 90's. This almost complemented the futuristic feel of wipeout on the demo which it played only 1 track on the wipEout 3 ost called 'Control' awesome track love it to this day. Again Awesome vid bro very nice presentation. Subbed💪💯
Surprised that I never played this version. Stopped after 2097, but this looks pretty special too. Just did a quick search online to try and find a PAL copy, lots out there, but starting to get a little expensive.
@@dreamingthelife So far I've yet to find a bargain copy. I did however dust off my 2097 disk and old save from years ago and have dabbled a few times.
wipeout 3 has a special feature - you can put ps1 disc in regular cd player and listen to the soundtrack, you just have to skip track 1 which is the game
Your wipeout reviews have all been superb! This was the first game that ever blew me away when I played the official playstation magazine demo as a kid, everything about it was just so impressive! I really love the believable future setting, the visuals, the music, the phsyics - it all came together so well in this
i somehow played the special edition in canada as a kid. i remember getting it at zellers and finally unlocking those weird wire frame levels after like a year of playing it off and on. i love these games, still play ballisticNG to this day
Best wipeout ever! Just pure comes close (imo). Had the game in my portable CD player when I went to school because of the soundtrack. Know where to run still is one of my favorite tracks ever. Game had a beautiful scenery and really great gameplay. Fell in love with AG and Icaras in this game and it never changed. Awesome game. Nostalgia is overused these days I think, but this game just floods my head with memories. Thanks for the awesome review. 👍
Dude I love your coverage of this series. Do the community a huge favor and review BalisticNG next! Its basically this game but made by a modern, well organized, fan group.
Awesome overview of the OG trilogy! I'd like to mention if you're looking for a modern day Wipeout experience, BallisticNG is that and more. Would highly recommend checking it out
To this day I don't think any game has captured a more timeless futuristic aesthetic than Wipeout 3. Wipeout 3 SE is very nearly my favourite game on the PS1. It only loses out to Symphony of the Night I think.
I spent so much time with 2097, Pulse, HD and Omega (and now with BallisticNG) but i feel that i haven't spent enough time with 3, because not only i didn't finish it but also i felt that my performances were terrible. Well if i didn't have BallsticNG's campaigns to finish, i would start the emulator right away :p Also great vid!
Love for the classics never dies, Thanks for covering the 3rd edition of this epic franchise. If only the source-code of those gems could be made public we might be able to save them for prosperity on the FOSS land. The game physics of the 3 classics are my all time fav when it comes to racing, followed shortly by NSF Porsche unleashed.
Great review ,it wasn't until I seen some of the tracks that I remember playing this version as well as the the previous versions, Ahhh takes me back thanks
I have subbed, this is interesting content. Wipeout 3 special edition was and still is one of my favourite games. As a pal console gamer it was nice to see a game designed with pal hardware in mind for a change....
If you like Wipeout 3 that much I would reeeeally want you to check BallisticNG. What Von Snake did to this legacy is absolutely astonishing and incredible
Slightly Off-Topic, but who else remembers Micro Machines V3 ? a Review on it would b a great Video In Terms of Multiplayer Racing Fun, I dont think Anything has even come close since then. 8 players racing together on 1 console, Using Multi-Taps and either 4 or 8 Controllers ... So Underrated + Immensely Enjoyable ! Dont even respond with "Mario Cart" or "Crash Bandicoot Cart Racing" they werent bad games, MM V3 was just so Uniquely Special.
Rather than the last game from the original team, this was developed by a different studio: Psygnosis Leeds. The Liverpool studio were busy developing Fusion.
WipeOut 2097 and 3SE r the 2 games that basically stole every spare moment of My Early to Mid 20's. (and SoulBlade + Teken 3 also) I say "Stole" but what I really mean is I Eagerly OFFERED every available moment to the Gods of Pure Speed + The Quest for The perfect Racing Line ! At the Expense of Relationships, Work + more ... Given the Opportunity, Id Gladly do it all over again. Im always amazed to see Ppl playing it with the "Behind the Vehicle" view, as Control was more Precise using the "Front Bumper" view. IMHO My Excitement for the release of W.O. Fusion on PS2 was comparable to an Addict learning their Favourite Drug Had been Refined + Perfected and was now 100 X Stronger + Completely Safe to Use - Getting My Grubby Paws on it consumed My Life for a while. Imagine My disappointment upon that 1st play, when it felt like some sluggish Old speedboat racing game, not at All like the Ultra Crisp, Uber Responsive WipeOut Games that came before it on the PS1 ... The Speed was there, the Controls / Handling just SUCKED ... I felt betrayed by Psygnosis for allowing a Dev Studio that didnt appear to have ever played the previous games, to Develop it ... Bitter + Betrayed doesnt come close to describing how I felt after W.O. Fusion ... So Disillusioned, that I Gave it away about a month after buying it + I had NO Interest in any of the newer Releases. I never even tried W.O. Pure ... I continued playing W.O. 3SE on My Ps2 until the day My PS2 died. WipeOut Ultimate on PS4 was an Almost worthy successor, but it still felt more like Speedboats on a river, than the Anti-Gravity Racing I had Offered My 20s (and My Soul) to ... Thanx for Ur great Review Series on these True Classics - It was a Nostalgic trip down Memory lane.
Getting old games look decent using the original hardware (for a review video) is possible, though rather cumbersome. In my case, I have to connect my PS1 to an HDMI converter, from which I capture my gameplay using an Elgato 4K60 S+. Since my converter is too stupid to get the aspect ratio right, I then fix my recordings via HandBrake, in which you can crop out the black lines of the console's video output and squeeze the image back to 4:3 (1440x1080 for a 1080p resolution). The app also lets you improve the sharpness of the image via filters, which is recommendable, since what you can get out of composite to HDMI converters can be quite blurry. The end results cannot be compared with emulators, but it should give you the best idea of how the games looked back in the CRT era 😉.
Agatha Christie novel incoming, but WipEout just has such a special place in my heart, and I love seeing recent videos about it: I'm right there with you, 3 is still the best of the original trilogy. However, as of recently, 2097 has gotten ever closer to that spot for me. I've played Wip3out for more than 20 years at this point, and while it's a game packed to the brim with features and content, I really haven't taken a liking to the inclusion of the Hyperthrust system over a simple turbo pickup. The reason is simple; it can be abused to shreds, and it becomes the go-to mechanic quickly. If you know the specific spots, and if used and timed correctly, a simple tap of the hyperthrust button will immediately speed your craft up, allowing you to not only get ahead of the competition early and easily, but you will also be able to go out of bounds and take shortcuts without being penalized by the rescue drone. Soon, this becomes the default approach. Notable stages where this can be abused is on the likes of Porto Kora, P-Mar Project, Terramax and Gare d'Europa. Stages, that have relatively big jumps, where you do can get a shortcut in, or speed on ahead on a long straight, without continuously draining your shield. You can argue that 2097 kinda had this too, but while you had to have a pickup in your reserve, 3 allowed you to do it at all times, even when barely above the 25% shield threshold. That is literally my only issue with this game. Everything else about 3 was perfect. The graphics, the artstyle, the music, the controls, and how everything just melted together in perfect tandem to create one of the best PS1 games of all time in my book, right alongside the Oddworlds, the Spyros an the Tekkens.
Great review! Man, I spent a lot of time on this game, grinding the tournaments to light up all those progress chips. But, I think I remember worrying at the time that they weren't going to top this version and make any more! By the way, the name of one of those acts on the (incredibly good) soundtrack, is Underworld, not 'Underground'!!
Have you played Ballisticng? It's fantastic and is very similar to OG Wipeouts. There is even a similar track where you jump a small gap to make a turn like Wipeout 3.
To your point of poor sales, I remember seeing this game on the shelf as a kid, but hardly remember seeing any promo or marketing for it at the time and this was right after WipEout 64 released. I almost passed it up thinking it was something completely different. Still have my original copy to this day, and so glad I took a chance on it as it's my favorite in the series as well.
Wip3out is my forever included gestalt: When it was in its prime I haven’t had a means to play it. Now I don’t have time. Still the best antigravity series out there
I had to look that up! Well if you get the chance, I think it'll impress you. Its one of those rare PS1 games that mastered the hardware and looped back around to adding style.
I have kept Omega Collection on my PS4 pro... never going to sell the console because it is the only VR version through PSVR1. Having owned the first Wipeout on launch PS1, playing Omega in VR is literally a youth fever dream come true 😢
Uh... the walls in Wip3out actually give you a speed boost. It's in the manual. Part of the strategy is timing your turn so you skim the wall. It also has the added benefit of pulling you into the turn.
@@thereviewden true, but even then, the threshold was pretty generous. you'd have to really slam into the wall and be way off the line to mess it up. basically, even a moderately good player can capitalize on the wall speed boost.
I know others have said to Emulate, just one note from someone who owns BOTH copies, complete in box. The original Wip3out has DRM, which crashes the game when you cross the starting line. I have a patch applied on one of my emulators, but the weapon pads graphically are broken, being constantly grey, but work fine. Wip3out:SE doesn't and should be the go to, to emulate, if just for a lack of DRM. But the Extra courses from older games, prototypes and oval courses should cinch SE as THE definitive version to get.
Dude I've seen all of your WipEout videos a few times now, they're all fantastic! Hell, I think they're what made me really want to try them out for myself! I do have to ask though, what song did you use for the bgm in this video and the first half of the other videos? I'm assuming it's from WipEout, but I've looked for awhile now and haven't found it
How did Psygnosis find the performance for wip3out... I'll never know. That game looks good *today* and in fact all the PS1 Wipeout games did, PS1 games often showed so many graphical glitches and strangeness but Psygnosis seemed to produce a product that bucked the trend.
A lot of Sony games were developed using their in house performance analyser which helped the development of the original Gran Tourismo. I’m sure the Sony equivalent to the N64’s wave race used it too. Can’t remember the name of that game though! Edit: Rapid Racer it was called!
Hello. I have a ntsc psone. If I found it (which is very hard to do) would a pal game of Wipeout 3 Special Edition work on my console? Id really like to have it. Thanks.
Wip3out has a great reinvention path, it felt like a *racing* game what with the 3D cockpit as well. Wipeout HD should have taken more cues from this game, hypethrust was a great trade off that was copied IRL in Formula E and Formula 1
Really wish someone would make a patch to make the game run at 60hz because I read that if you switch the region to ntsc on an emulator it will make the game run too fast.
wip3out is my favourite out of all wipeouts. i didn't realise the special edition was so profoundly different from the regular wipeout 3. i like that it's more forgiving, just like 2097, but it features a tournament mode that I'm all into but that 2097 lacks. the footage looks great in that super high resolution. which emulator/core can output psx at such high resolutions?
Just got a good deal on regular Wipeout 3 a few days ago. The Special Edition is too expensive for me, hopefully I won't miss out on too much. Edit: Got wipeout 3 SE now too
Wipeout 3 SE is one of the greatest game content packages of all time.
The last good wipeout after his big brother (2097) is from wipeout fusion that the problems started arriving. I have never rediscovered the driving sensations of the first 3 wiepouts which are unrivaled for me.
Its similar for me. While I still had lots of fun with the later games (even Fusion), they never quite captuered the essence of the first three games.
I recently started playing BallisticNG and its pretty much oldshool-wipeout, but perfect in every way! I´ve been unsure about buying the game for years, mostly because of the PS1-Style graphics, but it turned out the graphics bothered me for exactly 5 seconds. Its pure bliss for any Wipeout fan. And while its already a great package by itself, its also easily modable. You can simply add ships, tracks, etc. from the workshop with a single click or drop your own MP3s in the games music folder.
Also a blast on Steam Deck
wo3 has the best art direction of all time of any game
Even also compared to F1 24.
WipEout 3 and Jet Set Radio Future takes it for me.
WipeOut 2097 for me❤
Still looks crispy and futuristic, even more so than most modern stuff released today which I'd say is impressive.
Loved the Games. All of them. I'm back into Wipeout Omega Collection on PS4 because of your Videos on the topic.
Thank you so much! Enjoy Omega Collection!
WipEout Omega Collection still a masterpiece 7 years after release too.
@@purwantiallan5089Glad you enjoyed it. I never liked any of the newer WipeOut games after WipeOut 3 SE, they completely changed handling and I hate hangling/controls in newer WipeOut-games, plus weapon balance and HUD is bad and Omega Collection has awful soundtrack 😖
I agree. While I absolutely LOVE XL and think it was the title that really laid the complete foundation for the series, 3 is where my heart is. I remember spending hours playing this in my college dorm with buddies while soaking in that incredible soundtrack by Sasha. Xpander still gives me chills.
Great analysis and same here on Xpander!
Oh man that tune
Hey emulators are perfectly fine, and if that makes the creation process easier then all the better. Love these whipeout videos
Thank you! Emulation compensates for the whole 'component-converter-hdmi' mess.
Emulator are awesome, DuckStation is a great PS1 emulator
@@thereviewden25 years after release, WipEout 3 still is perfect!
@@ThePlayerOfGamesboth original and Duckstation are equally perfect.
For 2D games, I like authenticity…
But for 3D games, my approach is to instead just get them looking as good as possible.
Special Edition does go for silly money on eBay now, well over £100. But strangely, if you want the double pack of it which came with Destruction Derby 2, it's only £7. There must be some real bizarre demand for the stand alone version.
Hah, I believe it! I think it's the whole 'black label only' frenzy. I'll take any edition that has the right game in it!
@@thereviewden Oh, yeah! I forgot about that, but the double pack is still a black label box. But it does come in a dual CD case.
Maybe they're even more hated aesthetically 🤔
Some could burn it on CD and do the disc swap as it didn't have Libcrypt unlike regular Wip3out, problem is that it is piracy
Double pack in mint condition is also versy expensive, I am lucky to have a brand new double pack for about 30GBP, though box is badly cracked so I opened it anyway for playing.
@@Larrydual CD case?
Kinda neat that MKL (Gary McKill), an unkown internal composer for Psygnosis, made 2 of the best dnb/trance tracks I've heard.
They had awesome talent in-house, as well as their outside collaboration.
@@thereviewdenI still have the soundtrack downloaded and listen to it on a regular basis after finding it again after all these years.
@@jameslyddallthese soundtracks still the best even in 2024.
I first heard McKill's work (in-part with two other composers) from "Destruction Derby Raw". What a pleasant surprise.
So yeah, I've watched it, and I am astonished by how well you compared the two. I've played the two versions back to back, and didn't even know/noticed some of the things you mentioned. On top of that, nobody ever covers the SE of Wipeout 3, so I'm so glad you did. Hats off to you!
3 was my first contact with the series... indeed the game that got me back to gaming (after having sold my Amiga back in 1992). Found a copy of wip3out in the bargain bin of a newly opened supermarket in the spring of 2002. Had borrowed a friend's PS1 to play Doom and Rayman, wanted variety... and boy, did I get it in wip3out!
Fave team: AG systems / Fave track: Sampa run / Fave mode: Time trial
Nice! Was a mom-and-pop video rental store for me. Pirhana/P-Mar/Single Race
OF COURSE I'll subscribe to a channel that gives so much (well deserved) praise to Wipeout 3 SE. I was waiting to hear about the mirror mode, though. When you're all done mastering all the tracks of SE, you had the mirror mode to turn on. And relearn all of them like completely new tracks... Remarkable game that is constantly present on all my gaming devices able to emulate.
Even a crap PC will run epsxe at 4k. Man I've been loving wipeout Pure in full had on my lcd tv. I have a whole new love for that one now.
Great video! I love how you presented this game, provided all info etc. I need to check out your other videos :)
Love these videos - seeing Wipeout 3 again has given me a huge nostalgia bomb. I only played the demo as a kid and promptly forgot about it for 20-ish years. Thanks for the awesome video series!
I don't understand how have less than 2K subscribers... Your videos are among the best I've seen!
This will always be my favorite racing game
Manortop is such a beautiful track, and the art style is the best the series has ever had
Manortop in WipEout 3 is like combinations of Jeddah + Buriram + Outpost 7.
Ah, the wipeout to end all wipeouts. My absolute fave!
True along with Formula One 99.
Super video! Glad you mentioned the higher-res, the widescreen support, and the AWESOME cockpit view. For my money, this was the absolute pinnacle of the entire series, the tracks were all challenging and diverse and it was a pleasure memorizing and mastering them.
I don't think I even heard of the Special Edition until now, and I'm sore I missed out on it being in the NTSC region.
Keep these coming, I'm eagerly anticipating your take on Wipeout Fusion, which, if I remember correctly, had handling more like Wipeout 64's but was a treat nonetheless.
Thank you and same here on the Special Edition! I never got to try the Special Edition when it launched, but the extra content and re-balancing are worth it (if you can play it at 30fps!)
I started playing Wipeout about a year and a half ago with the 1995 original. While I do love it for what it is, as well as its killer soundtrack, and that it aged so well for a very early PS1 title, I'm really excited to get Wipeout 3 sometime soon, this looks so awesome even after 25 years.
As a child, in the early 2000s, I was absolutely obsessed with this game. (I would have been age 10 at the release)
The graphic design, the way it made Wipeout _believable_ in my eyes, the professionalism of it. A game made perfectly to my tastes.
The soundtrack was amazing too.
For me, it was the little things which made it feel more professional - The fact that ships didn't blow up, but rather had their AG systems fail and drop to the floor in an undramatic way.
No silly, childish, bouncing missiles off barriers. Your missile made a B-line for the craft it was locked on to. If something else was in that path, tough luck - You missed, and wasted a missile.
No ridiculous city-block levelling explosions. Missiles, rockets, and mines were proportionally sized ordinance. Enough to cause damage to craft without causing mass destruction to the surrounding environment.
No stupid loop-de-loop or mag-lock track sections - You were responsible for the pitch of your craft. Manage it poorly and suffer the consequences. Master it and be rewarded with a sublime floaty experience.
None of that 'absorbing weapon energy' nonsense. If you didn't want a weapon, you _discarded_ it. Use it or lose it. If you need more shield energy, wait until the pit lane, or use an energy drain ( _not_ a leech beam).
No barrel-roll crap either. Seriously... Barrel rolls? In wipeout? How juvenile... If you wanted a boost, you had the option of using hyper-thrust at the cost of shield energy.
Yup. This was the pinnacle of Wipeout. Nothing since has come even remotely close to it's level of perfection.
I totally agree ! wip3out is a masterpiece ! Do u try BallisticNG ?
I have read wiki and played every old wipeout game (except 64), but yet i'm catched by all the facts and history material, and the editing, dude, this channel is so underrated, tysm for content!
Glad you enjoy! My pleasure
One of the absolute best racing games I've ever played. I fucking adore this game and its music.
Fantastic video honestly. WipEout 3 was among the first games I ever played on the original PS back in 98' because before I ever got my first games I collected Demo discs. (I missed getting those PS magazines) This game along with some others introduced me to the power& awesomeness of playstation, the PAL demo discs in the EU had an awesome jungle sound track in the mid to late 90's. This almost complemented the futuristic feel of wipeout on the demo which it played only 1 track on the wipEout 3 ost called 'Control' awesome track love it to this day.
Again Awesome vid bro very nice presentation. Subbed💪💯
Thank you! I did not know about the Special Edition... as someone who really didn't like the handling of wipeout3 I look forward to trying this
Cool! SE is more responsive and forgiving at the walls.
Surprised that I never played this version. Stopped after 2097, but this looks pretty special too.
Just did a quick search online to try and find a PAL copy, lots out there, but starting to get a little expensive.
Aww you're missing the best one!! But yeah, collectors are ruining it for the rest of us.
This is the best psx wipeout. And one of the best racing games from the 90s
How'd it go? hope you ended up getting a copy of SE and ideally a negCon
@@dreamingthelife So far I've yet to find a bargain copy. I did however dust off my 2097 disk and old save from years ago and have dabbled a few times.
Your reviews really are top notch. You should have much more views if you ask me.
wipeout 3 has a special feature - you can put ps1 disc in regular cd player and listen to the soundtrack, you just have to skip track 1 which is the game
That's red book dude, loads of games on multiple systems have it.
True, but some gamers still don't know about it.
One of the perks of some CD-based games! Mortal Kombat III PS1 taught me.
also i love how the psx CDs have a black surface. so alien and exquisite.
@@dasmaldasstill amazing feature that not even PS5 games can have those features from PS1.
wip3out is the best wipeout game EVER
Nah, WipeOut 2097 is best in the series by a big margin.❤
@@hannuhauhonsalo2304 I respectfully disagree, but anyway, I guess we can both agree that Wipeout rocks :)
Your wipeout reviews have all been superb! This was the first game that ever blew me away when I played the official playstation magazine demo as a kid, everything about it was just so impressive! I really love the believable future setting, the visuals, the music, the phsyics - it all came together so well in this
Thank you so much!
i somehow played the special edition in canada as a kid. i remember getting it at zellers and finally unlocking those weird wire frame levels after like a year of playing it off and on. i love these games, still play ballisticNG to this day
Absolutely a great review! Gonna have to try Special Edition for sure.
You should!
Best wipeout ever! Just pure comes close (imo). Had the game in my portable CD player when I went to school because of the soundtrack. Know where to run still is one of my favorite tracks ever. Game had a beautiful scenery and really great gameplay. Fell in love with AG and Icaras in this game and it never changed. Awesome game. Nostalgia is overused these days I think, but this game just floods my head with memories. Thanks for the awesome review. 👍
Glad you enjoy it! It was 'Xpander' by Sasha for me!
@@thereviewden also a Great Track. And Icaras and kittens and… But with such a phenomenal soundtrack, it’s hard to decide to begin with😅😄✌️
All 3 PS1 WipEout games are equally the BEST!
Dude I love your coverage of this series. Do the community a huge favor and review BalisticNG next! Its basically this game but made by a modern, well organized, fan group.
Awesome overview of the OG trilogy! I'd like to mention if you're looking for a modern day Wipeout experience, BallisticNG is that and more. Would highly recommend checking it out
Thanks for the info! I heard about BallisticNG and Pacer and would love to get to them in time.
Great video, your coverage is really good and worded well.
To this day I don't think any game has captured a more timeless futuristic aesthetic than Wipeout 3.
Wipeout 3 SE is very nearly my favourite game on the PS1. It only loses out to Symphony of the Night I think.
2097 was almost all licensed music
omg just how this game looks...
I spent so much time with 2097, Pulse, HD and Omega (and now with BallisticNG) but i feel that i haven't spent enough time with 3, because not only i didn't finish it but also i felt that my performances were terrible.
Well if i didn't have BallsticNG's campaigns to finish, i would start the emulator right away :p
Also great vid!
Wipeout 3 is the last of the 'old school' handling, but man the STYLE!
One of my fav wipE'out and ps1 games, really glad I own a physical copy of the wipE'out 3 se and Destruction Derby 2 bundle.
Love for the classics never dies, Thanks for covering the 3rd edition of this epic franchise.
If only the source-code of those gems could be made public we might be able to save them for prosperity on the FOSS land.
The game physics of the 3 classics are my all time fav when it comes to racing, followed shortly by NSF Porsche unleashed.
Well we now have the source (and Phantom Edition) for the original!
Great review ,it wasn't until I seen some of the tracks that I remember playing this version as well as the the previous versions, Ahhh takes me back thanks
I still hold the 4th fastest lap time on Manor Top according to ‘Wipeout Zone’.
Who wants to touch me?
I have subbed, this is interesting content. Wipeout 3 special edition was and still is one of my favourite games. As a pal console gamer it was nice to see a game designed with pal hardware in mind for a change....
If you like Wipeout 3 that much I would reeeeally want you to check BallisticNG. What Von Snake did to this legacy is absolutely astonishing and incredible
Undoubtedly the best futuristic racing game ever and my favourite game of all time. Fanatic video, thumbs-up.
OMG I've been waiting for this. Didn't see it yet, but I know I will have to sit down and watch it as if I was at the cinema
Thanks Lucian! I've been SO waiting to cover this one.
Slightly Off-Topic, but who else remembers Micro Machines V3 ? a Review on it would b a great Video
In Terms of Multiplayer Racing Fun, I dont think Anything has even come close since then.
8 players racing together on 1 console, Using Multi-Taps and either 4 or 8 Controllers ... So Underrated + Immensely Enjoyable !
Dont even respond with "Mario Cart" or "Crash Bandicoot Cart Racing" they werent bad games, MM V3 was just so Uniquely Special.
Rather than the last game from the original team, this was developed by a different studio: Psygnosis Leeds. The Liverpool studio were busy developing Fusion.
WipeOut 2097 and 3SE r the 2 games that basically stole every spare moment of My Early to Mid 20's. (and SoulBlade + Teken 3 also)
I say "Stole" but what I really mean is I Eagerly OFFERED every available moment to the Gods of Pure Speed + The Quest for The perfect Racing Line !
At the Expense of Relationships, Work + more ... Given the Opportunity, Id Gladly do it all over again.
Im always amazed to see Ppl playing it with the "Behind the Vehicle" view, as Control was more Precise using the "Front Bumper" view. IMHO
My Excitement for the release of W.O. Fusion on PS2 was comparable to an Addict learning their Favourite Drug Had been Refined + Perfected and was now 100 X Stronger + Completely Safe to Use - Getting My Grubby Paws on it consumed My Life for a while. Imagine My disappointment upon that 1st play, when it felt like some sluggish Old speedboat racing game, not at All like the Ultra Crisp, Uber Responsive WipeOut Games that came before it on the PS1 ... The Speed was there, the Controls / Handling just SUCKED ...
I felt betrayed by Psygnosis for allowing a Dev Studio that didnt appear to have ever played the previous games, to Develop it ...
Bitter + Betrayed doesnt come close to describing how I felt after W.O. Fusion ... So Disillusioned, that I Gave it away about a month after buying it + I had NO Interest in any of the newer Releases. I never even tried W.O. Pure ... I continued playing W.O. 3SE on My Ps2 until the day My PS2 died.
WipeOut Ultimate on PS4 was an Almost worthy successor, but it still felt more like Speedboats on a river, than the Anti-Gravity Racing I had Offered My 20s (and My Soul) to ...
Thanx for Ur great Review Series on these True Classics - It was a Nostalgic trip down Memory lane.
Getting old games look decent using the original hardware (for a review video) is possible, though rather cumbersome. In my case, I have to connect my PS1 to an HDMI converter, from which I capture my gameplay using an Elgato 4K60 S+. Since my converter is too stupid to get the aspect ratio right, I then fix my recordings via HandBrake, in which you can crop out the black lines of the console's video output and squeeze the image back to 4:3 (1440x1080 for a 1080p resolution). The app also lets you improve the sharpness of the image via filters, which is recommendable, since what you can get out of composite to HDMI converters can be quite blurry. The end results cannot be compared with emulators, but it should give you the best idea of how the games looked back in the CRT era 😉.
I love the review! Keep up the great work!
Thanks! Will do!
Agatha Christie novel incoming, but WipEout just has such a special place in my heart, and I love seeing recent videos about it:
I'm right there with you, 3 is still the best of the original trilogy. However, as of recently, 2097 has gotten ever closer to that spot for me. I've played Wip3out for more than 20 years at this point, and while it's a game packed to the brim with features and content, I really haven't taken a liking to the inclusion of the Hyperthrust system over a simple turbo pickup. The reason is simple; it can be abused to shreds, and it becomes the go-to mechanic quickly.
If you know the specific spots, and if used and timed correctly, a simple tap of the hyperthrust button will immediately speed your craft up, allowing you to not only get ahead of the competition early and easily, but you will also be able to go out of bounds and take shortcuts without being penalized by the rescue drone. Soon, this becomes the default approach.
Notable stages where this can be abused is on the likes of Porto Kora, P-Mar Project, Terramax and Gare d'Europa. Stages, that have relatively big jumps, where you do can get a shortcut in, or speed on ahead on a long straight, without continuously draining your shield.
You can argue that 2097 kinda had this too, but while you had to have a pickup in your reserve, 3 allowed you to do it at all times, even when barely above the 25% shield threshold.
That is literally my only issue with this game. Everything else about 3 was perfect. The graphics, the artstyle, the music, the controls, and how everything just melted together in perfect tandem to create one of the best PS1 games of all time in my book, right alongside the Oddworlds, the Spyros an the Tekkens.
Great review! Man, I spent a lot of time on this game, grinding the tournaments to light up all those progress chips. But, I think I remember worrying at the time that they weren't going to top this version and make any more! By the way, the name of one of those acts on the (incredibly good) soundtrack, is Underworld, not 'Underground'!!
Yeah this game was difficult to top. Only Pure/Pulse/Hd-Fury dis but many years and consoles passed. Damn HOW I MISS THIS SAGA!!
Have you played Ballisticng? It's fantastic and is very similar to OG Wipeouts. There is even a similar track where you jump a small gap to make a turn like Wipeout 3.
Wow, I would have loved this
I had 1 and 2097, don't know how I missed this.
wip3outSE was tweak wipeout for me, and I still listen to its soundtrack to this day.
mx favourite game of the series, especially cauce it had a cockpitvidew
Almost perfect. The only flaw is the digital voice saying "warning" instead of the weapon's name when a competitor picks up an item.
I noticed that! It helped you prepare for the attack, otherwise though!
Hope you will continue this series and cover the newer versions.
To your point of poor sales, I remember seeing this game on the shelf as a kid, but hardly remember seeing any promo or marketing for it at the time and this was right after WipEout 64 released. I almost passed it up thinking it was something completely different. Still have my original copy to this day, and so glad I took a chance on it as it's my favorite in the series as well.
Loved the game. One of best, if not the best Wipeout.
How would one get an older Playstation and a copy of the game? Favorite game of all time, still haunts me.
What's the name of the background music you used in this video?
Sorry if my question is redundant, but which emulator are you using?
Duckstation!
@@thereviewden Thank you! Your channel is awesome and really got me to deep dive into the Wipeout games
Wip3out is my forever included gestalt:
When it was in its prime I haven’t had a means to play it. Now I don’t have time.
Still the best antigravity series out there
I had to look that up! Well if you get the chance, I think it'll impress you. Its one of those rare PS1 games that mastered the hardware and looped back around to adding style.
MASTERPIECE!
4:31 wipeout predicting KERS, who saw that coming? :v
I have kept Omega Collection on my PS4 pro... never going to sell the console because it is the only VR version through PSVR1. Having owned the first Wipeout on launch PS1, playing Omega in VR is literally a youth fever dream come true 😢
Uh... the walls in Wip3out actually give you a speed boost. It's in the manual. Part of the strategy is timing your turn so you skim the wall. It also has the added benefit of pulling you into the turn.
IF you skim them, anything more than that is a crash.
@@thereviewden true, but even then, the threshold was pretty generous. you'd have to really slam into the wall and be way off the line to mess it up. basically, even a moderately good player can capitalize on the wall speed boost.
Can you review the front mission series on ps1
I'll do what I can, and put it on the list!
I wish they would have made an omega edition like with every craft and all tracks of the previous games. I'd pay a 100 bucks just for all nostalgia. 😊
Seeing the teams update through the years would be awesome.
@@thereviewden agree 😎
I think your game footage looks great 👍
Thank you! I do what I can with limited hardware.
I know others have said to Emulate, just one note from someone who owns BOTH copies, complete in box.
The original Wip3out has DRM, which crashes the game when you cross the starting line.
I have a patch applied on one of my emulators, but the weapon pads graphically are broken, being constantly grey, but work fine.
Wip3out:SE doesn't and should be the go to, to emulate, if just for a lack of DRM.
But the Extra courses from older games, prototypes and oval courses should cinch SE as THE definitive version to get.
You either have a bad image or using bad emulators, Wipeout 3 vanilla runs flawlessly in DuckStation just like all games in the series.
will this series eventually hit modern ag racers like pacer, redout and ballisticng (personally only looking for ballisticng)
Yeah, this game was awesome, I've spent hours on it
My favorite of the bunch!
What's the background music of this review?
Its from the PS2 versions of Test Drive Unlimited.
Dude I've seen all of your WipEout videos a few times now, they're all fantastic! Hell, I think they're what made me really want to try them out for myself!
I do have to ask though, what song did you use for the bgm in this video and the first half of the other videos? I'm assuming it's from WipEout, but I've looked for awhile now and haven't found it
I THINK they're from the PS2 version of Test Drive Unlimited. They're good generic background tracks.
Ah I see, thank you!
Are you going to be doing all the wipeout games? I'd love to see a review of fusion as it's the one I grew up with
In time, yes! I'll be doing a few Top Gun games, but Fusion is coming along.
Graphics are insane
How did you get widescreen without artifacting?
As a kid, and still do, i used Auricom. Could you blame me tho? They have the closest ship to Anakins podracer!
How did Psygnosis find the performance for wip3out... I'll never know. That game looks good *today* and in fact all the PS1 Wipeout games did, PS1 games often showed so many graphical glitches and strangeness but Psygnosis seemed to produce a product that bucked the trend.
A lot of Sony games were developed using their in house performance analyser which helped the development of the original Gran Tourismo. I’m sure the Sony equivalent to the N64’s wave race used it too. Can’t remember the name of that game though!
Edit: Rapid Racer it was called!
Hello. I have a ntsc psone. If I found it (which is very hard to do) would a pal game of Wipeout 3 Special Edition work on my console? Id really like to have it. Thanks.
Wip3out has a great reinvention path, it felt like a *racing* game what with the 3D cockpit as well. Wipeout HD should have taken more cues from this game, hypethrust was a great trade off that was copied IRL in Formula E and Formula 1
Awesome video! Just a quick question, what's the music you used in the background?
Really wish someone would make a patch to make the game run at 60hz because I read that if you switch the region to ntsc on an emulator it will make the game run too fast.
how can i play wipeout 3 SE with 60hz on retroarch?
Sorry, I don't use RetroArch, too many confusing layers. But its pretty simple with Duckstation!
Ooooh what a channel I've found ere epic
Wipeout 3 soundtrack sucks so bad! Great review I learnt a lot very entertaining
Noooooo!!!!
Nah its cool :)
wip3out is my favourite out of all wipeouts. i didn't realise the special edition was so profoundly different from the regular wipeout 3. i like that it's more forgiving, just like 2097, but it features a tournament mode that I'm all into but that 2097 lacks. the footage looks great in that super high resolution. which emulator/core can output psx at such high resolutions?
xpander - sasha is the best
That's the one! My fav too.
Underworld, not Underground .) Great vid otherwise :)
Just got a good deal on regular Wipeout 3 a few days ago. The Special Edition is too expensive for me, hopefully I won't miss out on too much.
Edit: Got wipeout 3 SE now too
Is it played on emulator?
May I ask which emulator you are using?
He's using Duckstation
@@DanielAyy Thanks!
Goooooooooooood stuff :D
Thank you, thank you!
Underground? Kittens is by Underworld, mate. :p
this game is the ultimate sendoff for the ps1.
also this game looks ridiculous upscaled, almost like an early ps2 title.