Wipeout HD Fury: Fantastic DLC for $10

I've bought Wipeout on the Playstation 2, Sony PSP, and now the Playstation 3.  Wipeout HD was released last year in September 2008; I was pretty darn crazy about that game.  The only problem with it was the AI was really hard in the single player campaign--I reached my limit around level 5 or 6.  This locked out certain tracks that would be fun to try.  I was a bit hesitant to buy the DLC, which transforms Wipeout into WIpeout Fury HD.  But it was only $10, what the heck.

Fury is well worth the price--you get an entirely new Wipeout experience as a result of the DLC.  There's a new single player campaign and even better--all the tracks from the original game and Fury are available in the Racebox.  And one of the new race types, Detonator, is utterly mind blowing.  It takes place within the psychedelic Zone levels, but transforms Wipeout from a racer into a shooter.  You don't have to worry about speed, just steering, as you shoot down various glowing orbs scattered around the track.  Given the design of the Zone tracks, this mode reminds me of the movie Tron, with pulsating color and explosions that ripple the landscape.

There's another mode called Zone Battle, where you compete against other ships in the Zone levels.  I haven't quite figured out all the rules to this mode yet.  You try to steer your ship without hitting the walls, holding out as long as you can until you trigger the next Zone level.

Eliminator is really fun as well, putting an emphasis on combat on the regular tracks.  I had to wrap my mind around the fact that by pressing L1, your vehicle can travel in the opposite direction.  It's extremely useful when you know you are ahead of several vehicles--you just flip around and blast them.

Lately I have been buying a lot of DLC, including Big Island for Burnout Paradise and Speed Expansion for Motorstorm Pacific Rift.  Sony Liverpool has really raised the bar for DLC packs.  If you are a Wipeout fan, you won't be disappointed.  Nuff said.