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Fast, hip, and very fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Wipeout 3 is easily the best game of the three Wipeout incarnations. The graphics are sharp, the music is awesome, and the gameplay is fast and addicting. Even the intro is slick (hats off to the artistic talent at Psygnosis). This game has STYLE! I tried Wipeout XL afer playing this and it was so primitive in comparison. I've played numerous Playstation games, and I can easily say that Wipeout 3 is one of the best. The game is thoroughly enjoyable and the value you'll get out of it is unbeatable. If only there were more games like this out there.

The best in the series hands down. Word.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is a Wipeout fans dream. It incorporates the slick design that made Wipeout XL so great, but further adds to the formula. Superb analog control makes the ships more responsive than ever, and the idea of using your shield reserve as turbo is a welcome game mechanic, adding more depth and variety to your strategies. The soundtrack is awesome(Dj Sasha did original songs for this game, plus all the usual suspects).. and the challenge level is fairly high, especially on Phantom class races. While this may turn off newcomers, anyone familiar with the series should feel right at home. This is the best in the series, and is a better game than Wipeout:Fusion in every aspect but graphics.

This is by far the best racing game ever!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First things first, I have to say shame on all of the reviewers who said the game was too hard. What's the fun in spending money on a game if you can beat it in the first 10 hours you play it, as most games are? This game is a challenge through and through, and while it's not a game everyone can get addicted to, it certainly is one I could. After playing it for about three months off and on, I am proud to say that I can place first in all the phantom tracks!! In this day and age of instant gratification, it is nice to see a game that still offers a challenge to gamers, and offers a great soundtrack to boot. Hats off to Psygnosis, and I'm really looking forward to Wipeout Fusion.

Third times the charm?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

At this point I've played every Wipeout game ever made except two. Wipeout Pure for the PSP, and Wipeout HD for the Playstation 3. While Fusion was kinda neat in a couple of ways, and 64 was fun, the real must-owns were definitely Wipeout, Wipeout XL, and Wipeout 3.

The first game was slick and pretty and had a beautiful soundtrack, the second was fast beyond all belief, let you blow up the competition, and had music that was a lot more intense (and so were the weapons). The third game is...different, but still very very good.

The first two games had slick presentation to be sure, but it can't touch this game. The whole Designer Republic thing has just been kicked into overdrive, and everything has that very simplified futuristic super-clean, super-simple look. Kinda like P.N. 03. Different. But for menus, still nice (except for the fact that you can't read the tech specs on the vehicles because the text is illegible ugh!).

The track graphics on the other hand, are like taking the pretty graphics of the first game, accelerating them to near the levels of the second game, and running everything through a graphical filter that makes them look like the style of Need for Speed 4: High Risk or R4: Ridge Racer 4. Again, different. On the whole though, I love the graphics. They feature lots of animations (like birds taking off or aircraft flying by), and are very detailed and smooth, and just pleasant and soothing to look at (less sharp edges and dark moody atmosphere and more happy pastel colors).

The weapons are combination of old and some new, with the new being nothing to write home about. Personally I think the weapons from the second game were the best. The craft though, are probably the best of any game in the series. They are all unique, but thus far I've found none of them to have what I would call a crippling shortcoming. They are all fun to use and handle very differently. Sweet. The tracks feature more of the brilliant track design of the first two games, so you'll want to play them over and over and over. The controls are the style and feel as the previous two games, but a boost function that drains your shields has been added (which actually changes the way you play the game quite a bit). There are loads of tracks, vehicles, events, ect to unlock through getting medals in all events with every kind of vehicle, so the game has lots of replay value. The design of the vehicles is also pretty cool if you ask me.

If you liked the first two Wipeout games, you'll love this one. The same great Wipeout gameplay with new tracks, new vehicles, and more great unique graphics. Trust me, even if you don't really care for it all that much at first, keep playing. It grows on you. And of course it gets a lot more exciting when you unlock the faster race classes...

Not much on improvement, but still a great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Wipeout 3 may not be much of an improvement over Wipeout XL, but even the tinniest improvement over an amazing game that XL was makes a game incredible. True, XL may look more colorful if you compare it to Wipeout3, but the third installment reeks with new hovercraft, new amazing tracks, and small details that XL was missing such a doves in the middle a racetrack. Also is a plus is the new soundtrack. The best compilations of techno music in the Wipeout series thus far, I'm serious.

A Great Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 11, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Wipeout 3 is as good as any other Wipeout game. If not, better.DJ Sasha is great and mitDR's design looks fantastic!I still can't put the game down.

Punctuality?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: May 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My game still hasn't arrived. No response on the last e-mail i sent. Are you going to refund my money or get me the game......

Hold Up To The Previous Ones, but not much else.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This time around in the wipeout series it seems that the graphics are not quite as crisp, but that is made up for in track and "car" selctions which practically doubled. The sound track was missing that something that WipeOut XL had though. The menu fonts need some work in that some are too small for the font style. As for the game play, graphics have not improved, the game still plays very smoothly, and control is just as crisp.

Get 'em both

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 15, 1999
Author: Amazon User

There's no question that it's basically the same game as WipeoutXL. However, it's been improved by the addition of support for regular analog controllers (as opposed to the NegCon, which never really caught on), improved frame rate and higher overall speed.

With some exceptions, WipeoutXL had more interesting music and cooler-looking vehicles (AG-Systems' racer looks great though). With some exceptions, Wipeout3's visual and sound effects have been improved (the plasma bolt just doesn't look as impressive as it should).

My only serious complaint about Wipeout3 is the limited number of tracks. From the start you only have access to four tracks. Presumably winning the gold with all 8 teams on all 4 tracks opens up another track, but I've been unable to accomplish this yet. Four tracks isn't nearly enough to play around with, and the difficulty jumps rather drastically from the 3rd track (where I can win the gold almost easily with any vehicle) to the fourth (where I've yet to place better than 3rd with any vehicle).

Still, both Wipeout3 and WipeoutXL are enjoyable, and I recommend them both highly.

A nice sequel, but still not a good as the XL version

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 11, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I bought this with eager anticipation and hopes of seeing something above and beyond the XL version. didn't really match my hopes, but still this is fun game, if you like the series its worth getting, but if you have to choose a good racer, get Wipeout XL first!

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