Apologies, I just realised i meant to have a flash cut to the channel card for my friend Erik halfway through, but missed it in the edit - please check out his channel AG Central here! www.youtube.com/@AGRacingCentral
Kind of put me off getting this book. I LOVE Wipeout, and I actually do like a lot of the graphic design, such as the fonts, menus etc. in how it is shown in the book. However I also think it is very indicative of a lot of modern 'Art of...' books, which are more image heavy with little text which is annoying. The art of Metal Gear Solid 5 is a MASSIVE offender. As an artist and someone who has tonnes of art books, the benchmark for me has always been the Star Wars prequels and Lord of the Rings trilogy art of books that were rammed with images but accompanied with loads of annotations, descriptions and process explanations. This book should have had way more track and schematics of the ships for me, as well as some background on the world of Wipeout. I may be a little ignorant of that and some of the text explains aspects of it, but I would have liked to have seen it more apparent. Maybe that could be a future release, like the schematics books of Star Wars and the Alien Universe, but I feel its been a missed opportunity. I may still pick it up as I want to at some point do some large scale paintings as a love letter to the series, but there doesn't seem much here that I can't get off a google image search or some of the brilliant fan sites from over the years.
@Devypocalypse I agree completely. Really sorry it's been a disappointment for you - I also don't like it but a lot of people have messaged to disagree - and I really hope someone does one to suit people like us one day. I have a lot of art books too, and the ones for the Darksiders games - for example - were great. Maybe one day a fan will do a more technical wipeout one!
I feel like you are missing the point of the art gallery; to sort of embed you into the vibe and atmosphere of the game. Saying that I think you are still right to point out that they go a bit too far here. I would have at least liked a fact file or lore about the different companies.
@@mythicdale8757 I think it's just a matter of taste: it's a lovely art book and seems really popular - that said, quite a few people have told me they also expected more lore!
Apologies, I just realised i meant to have a flash cut to the channel card for my friend Erik halfway through, but missed it in the edit - please check out his channel AG Central here!
www.youtube.com/@AGRacingCentral
Thanks a lot for the shout out! And thank you for making this video, the book looks amazing.
Ok I jumped the gun a bit in my last comment, I also would have liked more text.
@@AGRacingCentral glad we feel the same way! I was hoping for ship and track technical breakdowns, and then maybe more concept art
I wish i knew about this edition before. I will buy the regular edition. Thx for the Video.
Thanks for this review. I was hoping for a more comprehensive book myself like you. I still might get it one day but no rush to now
@FuzzyVids it's a nice art book for sure, but not quite what I wanted. Glad the vid was useful!
Really appreciate the candid first view on this. Were the interviews decent?
@washaa honestly? Not read them yet!
@@iamthomasjudge I know that feeling lol
Kind of put me off getting this book. I LOVE Wipeout, and I actually do like a lot of the graphic design, such as the fonts, menus etc. in how it is shown in the book. However I also think it is very indicative of a lot of modern 'Art of...' books, which are more image heavy with little text which is annoying. The art of Metal Gear Solid 5 is a MASSIVE offender. As an artist and someone who has tonnes of art books, the benchmark for me has always been the Star Wars prequels and Lord of the Rings trilogy art of books that were rammed with images but accompanied with loads of annotations, descriptions and process explanations. This book should have had way more track and schematics of the ships for me, as well as some background on the world of Wipeout. I may be a little ignorant of that and some of the text explains aspects of it, but I would have liked to have seen it more apparent. Maybe that could be a future release, like the schematics books of Star Wars and the Alien Universe, but I feel its been a missed opportunity. I may still pick it up as I want to at some point do some large scale paintings as a love letter to the series, but there doesn't seem much here that I can't get off a google image search or some of the brilliant fan sites from over the years.
@Devypocalypse I agree completely. Really sorry it's been a disappointment for you - I also don't like it but a lot of people have messaged to disagree - and I really hope someone does one to suit people like us one day. I have a lot of art books too, and the ones for the Darksiders games - for example - were great. Maybe one day a fan will do a more technical wipeout one!
I feel like you are missing the point of the art gallery; to sort of embed you into the vibe and atmosphere of the game. Saying that I think you are still right to point out that they go a bit too far here.
I would have at least liked a fact file or lore about the different companies.
@@mythicdale8757 I think it's just a matter of taste: it's a lovely art book and seems really popular - that said, quite a few people have told me they also expected more lore!