WipEout's Going to Have Some Competition in Antigraviator, Speeding to PS4 in 2018

Neeeeaw

by Robert Ramsey Wed 6th Dec 2017

Another anti-gravity racer has appeared on the starting line. Indie dev Cybernetic Walrus (we swear these names get weirder every week) is working on a title named Antigraviator, which basically looks like WipEout with adaptable ships. Apparently, it aims to be the fastest racer on the market. Someone hook up some speed cameras!

Antigraviator is coming to PlayStation 4 at some point in 2018. It looks pretty slick in the trailer that we've embedded above, so we're looking forward to hearing more.

What do you reckon? Avoid walls at all costs in the comments section below.

Robert (or Rob if you're lazy) has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, he's played 'em all — a little too much, some might say.

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SegaBlueSky
Wed 6th Dec 2017

Looks rather nice! Glad to see some more arcadey, futuristic racers being developed. Just need Grip to get a PS4 release date now! And I'd love an old school 90s style racer as well.

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Quintumply
Wed 6th Dec 2017

Looks pretty cool, I’ll definitely keep an eye on it

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themcnoisy
Wed 6th Dec 2017

Generic tracks at the speed of sound.

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glassmusic
Wed 6th Dec 2017

Looks great! Bet it'll be nuts on a Pro.

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Gmork___
Wed 6th Dec 2017

I want f-zero. Miss those tunes.

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sketchturner
Wed 6th Dec 2017

Looks very much like FAST Racing Neo. Unfortunately, while many futuristic racers exist, F-Zero X and GX are the only ones that I like the feel of.
Wipeout Omega Collection was my biggest disappointment of the year. I allowed my hopes to get up and squandered 40 bucks on the digital copy. It looked amazing but it just feels off to me.

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ShiggleMan
Wed 6th Dec 2017

@sketchturner : Yeah I've never liked Wipeout's control model either. I quite liked FAST - I think it was close to F-Zero - but I feel like the polarity switching just clunked up something that would be better served if it was just focused. Been meaning to check out Red:Out, as that one looks really cool, but 2017's been brutal so I just couldn't find a window to purchase it and test it out myself.

This is coming up, and Velez & Dubail's super-promising looking RISE: Race the Future.... sometime in the next couple years (they're a 3 man studio, and sadly one of them died; no one knows how long it's going to take for them to get back on their feet), so hopefully someone will nail it. It's not quite the PS2 days with stuff like eXtreme G, Kinectica, PowerDrome and way more just all sort of existing as their own massive b-league under the big dogs like F-Zero, Wipeout, and Star Wars Racer, but there's a decent amount of indies keeping these high speed racers going. Only a matter of time til one nails it.

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Paranoimia
Wed 6th Dec 2017

So is it "antiGRAViator", or "antiGRAVYator"? xD

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hi_drnick
Wed 6th Dec 2017

In the voice of Homer Simpson: Mmm... Plagiarism.

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doctommaso
Thu 7th Dec 2017

@sketchturner I couldn't disagree more. WipEout feels like actually racing a ship, whereas F-Zero is racing super fast but with no real momentum/inertia — it's very "videogamey". Nothing wrong with that, but not my thing. Imo, the WipEout collection is awesome. I particularly love 2048, the Vita port; some of those track designs are epic.

@ShiggleMan Pretty much every one of those other futuristic racers you mentioned is of no interest to me after having played WipEout. I've tried them. Nothing compares imo.