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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i think that's sort of the whole point. i mean the dev is called Neognosis. though i can definitely see how that could be unsettling if you're intimately familiar with the franchise, which i am not.

i had the pc version of 2097 as a child and i could never get the hang of it. too technical for a 9-year-old i guess. so i never really had any nostalgia for the specifics, i just saw Ballistic on sale and thought "hey that looks like wipeout, I wonder if they still have that weird floaty feel". it does feel like i remember, and after spending some time with it i really enjoy it even though i'm still no good 25 years later.

also they did add go-karts so it's not entirely plagiarized ;)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Hah, well maybe I pre-judged it too much. I'll keep an eye out for a sale on it