Wipeout Fusion is a racing developed by SCE Studio Liverpool, released 8 February 2002 on PlayStation 2.
What Wipeout Fusion is
Wipeout Fusion is a racing game developed by SCE Studio Liverpool and released in 2002. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2 only. It runs on Kinetica.
The premise, in the publisher's words
WipEout Fusion is a futuristic racing game with action elements. Playing compete in the F9000 Anti-Gravity Race League, driving hovercrafts and sometimes using weapons against opponents to achieve victory. Like WipEout 3, the game contains single-race and league modes, as well as two-player split screen gameplay. The single race mode (called Arcade) is used to unlock new tracks. The challenge mode from WipEout 64 returns with a few enhancements: each team has its own set of six challenges, which must be completed with a medal in order to unlock the next one. A new Zone mode requires players to drive as many loops as possible on a track while continuously increasing the speed. Another new…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Wipeout Fusion holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Wipeout Fusion launched on 8 February 2002, within three weeks of Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Jet Set Radio Future and Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Jet Set Radio Future, Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure.
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