It’s a racing management game for mobile
Long-timeWipEoutfans are going to want to keep clinging to the excellentWipEout Omega Collectionon PS4, but if you’re open to something different — and I mean very, very different — there’s a new (Sony-licensed) mobile game in the works at developer Amuzo and publisher Rogue Games.WipEout Rushis coming to iOS and Android.
The futuristic racing world is still present, but it’s an altogetherdifferent experience.
Case in point,WipEout Rushpitches itself as an “intense marriage of merge, idle, and card collection,” where you’re managing the races in a single-player campaign with 12 cups.
The most interesting facet, to me anyway, is the character-driven approach with animated comics. But maybe that’s me just feeling wistful about the dormantF-Zeroseries.
According to the summary, the main aim is to “tune and upgrade ships and weapons for each individual race,” then “experiment with ships and tracks to find the winning combination.” As for the soundtrack, expectelectronicafrom Alastair Lindsay.
Like I said, this is all pretty unexpected. Whenever a company comes out with a mobile adaptation of a tried-and-true game (or especially game series) that essentially switches genres or makes big changes to accommodate the platform, there’s going to be friction. I don’t thinkWipEout Rushwill be for me, and that’s fine. I just wish it were a companion release, rather than the only thing forWipEoutfans to look forward to at the moment.
A new full-fledgedWipEoutwith PS5 VR support would be fantastic. Just saying.
