I 100%'d BallisticNG... Was It Worth It?

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@qasderfful Жыл бұрын

This style is called AG (antigravity) Racing, and BNG is one of the most prominent modern examples, along with Redout (2 is better, don't believe salty fanboys)

@Doolie572 Жыл бұрын

Genuinely curious here, how is redout 2 better than anything, the map design and flight controls feel awful. I feel like I'm fighting the track more than the other players.

@qasderfful Жыл бұрын

@@Doolie572 it's absolutely the other way around for me. I can't return to RO1 in fact, with it's slippery handling, single-lane tracks and wallbangs. RO2 feels like its more controlled and predictable, and at the same time more varied.

@DARamosYT Жыл бұрын

@@Doolie572 Definitely some division between the two games. I've found myself addicted to R2's boost and tighter handling. R1 is a better experience for the typical player. But R2 is the better game to get good at if one already experienced the first.

@Doolie572 Жыл бұрын

@@DARamosYT I'm glad you and others can find enjoyment in it, but I still consider that a flaw

@qasderfful Жыл бұрын

@@Doolie572 a flaw? As in, the game demanding just a little bit more involvement and giving way more depth in return is a flaw? No, mate. It's an objectively better design approach that flew over your head.

@davidzadro2939 Жыл бұрын

Antigrav racers like ballisticng and wipeout are incredibly underrated. Along with BallisticNG my other favorites are the Redout series for games, give them a try if you haven't already, they play incredibly fast and the sense of speed in them is unmatched, even compared to something like F-Zero or BallisticNG's zen speed class

@AmaroqStarwind 6 ай бұрын

0:19 Anti-gravity racing. Combat racing. WipEout clone. All of these are accurate descriptions.

@Beuzer0 6 ай бұрын

Hell yeah, that's great to see such video about BallisticNG. I love WipEout and BNG. It took me 120h to get platinum in the base campaign (there was also a major update that added and changed some events, that made it even harder) and now I'm on my way to finish the rest... I hope!! Because the difficulty is MAD HARD. It's made for AG and WO fanatics and I think no matter how hard I try, my skills have their limits. But I love this game. I'm so thankful that we have the true successor of WipEout we deserved. I still haven't tried Pacer though. The soundtrack of Ballistc is a godbless. Totally in my taste, totally fitting to the game, totally made from the heart. After ~150h of play I still haven't modded a single playlist. It's HUGE. I don't play online but I don't need to. I remember the pain of playing WipEout HD and Omega online, against players I could never see after the start. Having so much content for single player is essential for that genre imo. Loving BNG is funny because nobody knows that game, nobody cares about it, nobody dares to try it, nobody will even show some admiration for your skills in it and yet you still love it because you're not trying to fit in or whatever, you just play a game you love. In the middle of my flawed driving, I'm looking for these small moments of exctasy, in which my trajectory is perfect and I can contemplate the action, the scenery, and mix it with the sound. While it's a pleasure I may find in most racing games, AG racers have their own touch, I feel like they're tailored just so to tell the player to go reach these moments.

@Zylenxx 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this game and the full 100% grind. As one of the early access testers, and former veteran pre-stunt update, i feel like youve nailed this video. Big ups!

@soviut303 11 ай бұрын

I think calling Wipeout a "kart racer" is a bit of a misnomer since vehicular combat games have existed long before Mario Kart. I'd call this a "combat racer" since it fits in more closely with Spy Hunter or Road Rash.

@TorxyElboo 11 ай бұрын

Wipeout1 was inspired by mariokart

@soviut303 11 ай бұрын

@@TorxyElboo Doubtful. Nobody would ever mistake Wipeout for a kart racer. Indeed, Wipeout doesn't appear on any lists of "kart racer" games either. Combat racing games existed before Mario Kart.

@TorxyElboo 11 ай бұрын

@@soviut303 watch the documentary of wipeout there is was explained how it came to idea in early 90s

@soviut303 11 ай бұрын

@@TorxyElboo fair enough. I'm sure there was an influence, but wipeout isn't at all like a kart racer.

@Rasgriz-01 9 ай бұрын

@@soviut303 It was inspired by Mário kart but I agree with u, other than the combat it has almost nothing in common

@JefeMaestro83 10 ай бұрын

BallisticNG is my favorite AG game out of all the new ones that have come out in recent years, Redout, Pacer and Grip Combat Racing. Platinum medal in all races? My respects sir.

@antcosentino27 Жыл бұрын

I've always loved these types of future racer games. F-Zero is arguably the precursor to it all, and definitely deserves some love (although that's hard to do since Nintendo basically only release titles for their own platforms, and also seem to have forgotten that they even own the F-Zero franchise) Ultimately, Wipeout took the F-Zero model and ran with it. They dialled it up to 11 and added a soundtrack that (to this day) absolutely *fucks*. Another notable (and probably long-forgotten) series from this sub-genre of racing game is Extreme-G. I recall a PlayStation release from the franchise called XGRA... It's not "quasi spacecraft" racing, but Tron bikes are pretty badass too.

@ragnose1 Жыл бұрын

i mean, f-zero 99 exists...

@antcosentino27 Жыл бұрын

That's cool - I didn't see that there was a new title released this year... but it's still kinda disappointing that the last F-Zero title with modern graphics was literally twenty years ago on GameCube. I really hope they're working on something.@@ragnose1

@strongmansteven9201 Жыл бұрын

I think I've actually seen some Extreme-G games once or twice in stores way back when. Unfortunately I never actually checked em out but now I guess I'll look into them

@reillocb 9 ай бұрын

Xgra was so good yet nobody knows about it!

@vulkarma741 2 ай бұрын

F-zero is not forgotten, they just won’t make a new one unless they can think of an interesting way to add to the game… like F-Zero 99.

@doclouis4236 10 ай бұрын

You could've just called it part of the "futuristic racing genre", it does even have go-karts or funny mascots.

@DarthT15 29 күн бұрын

It has agrav go-karts and even bikes now.

@Ronsard1979 7 ай бұрын

They are Anti Gravity racing games. I once spent over two hours trying to be the last survivor on a very hard track... completing that challenge was *extremely* satisfying.

@AviatorsVEVO 10 ай бұрын

0:12 its called an "AG racer" as in Anti-Gravity racing game. in the vain of games such as Wipeout (which BallisticNG is a spiritual successor of) F-Zero, Pacer, Redout, Fast RMX, Antigraviator, Star Wars Episode I: Racer etc. some people simply call them "futuristic racing games" so that they can include other similar games that aren't AG racers like Extreme G, Kinetica, Grip, Rollcage etc.

@fabiosemino2214 9 ай бұрын

Trickstyle was also pretty fun also

@TheToric 2 ай бұрын

You forgot redout series.

@BansheeNT-D 9 ай бұрын

For F-Zero we have Fast RMX and for Wipeout we have BallisticNG :D

@reillocb 9 ай бұрын

I was curious what the spiritual successor to fzero was, tysm

@RajasVids 11 ай бұрын

This game is crazy hard for me, respect for 100%'ing

@ResidentStump 7 ай бұрын

Some of the game modes remind me a bit of a few of the ones from Jak X on Ps2

@WiredBerserker Жыл бұрын

Recently was looking to pickup wipeout type games for my collection. Every time I walk into a vintage game store I always ask if they have Wipeout on ps2.

@WiredBerserker Жыл бұрын

Fusion was pretty bad compared to other titles but still generally well received. Wipeout pure had crazy aesthetics and was what I got into the series with. I went and checked on metacritic and it has decent scores all around but I wouldn't put it past nostalgia somewhat for when games were entirely different from what they are nowdays.@@Cmdrbzrd

@solitudesf8111 Жыл бұрын

nitpick and doesnt really matter, but the first two wipeouts were on pc too.

@markisaki979 6 ай бұрын

Love this game. I modded my dream soundtrack in, all the WipEout ships I could find, and I'm having the time of my life with it.

@petepritchard9852 Жыл бұрын

Wipeout never on PC?! First 2 games were released on PC in the 90s alongside the Playstation release.

@strongmansteven9201 11 ай бұрын

My bad, I did not actually know that. When I said what I said I was mainly thinking about wipE'out 2048 and wipE'out Omega Collection. That and I unfortunately tend to forget about games that are on PC but haven't made it to modern video game distribution platforms.

@JefeMaestro83 10 ай бұрын

On sega Saturn too.

@tidzej5400 4 ай бұрын

@@JefeMaestro83and there was N64 version too.

@im_Smitty 5 ай бұрын

I've been looking for a Wipeout-like AG racer for years.. how has this flown under my radar for so long

@degodaniyt6557 9 ай бұрын

I love this game, but I vehemently disagree with your praise of the airbrake and pitch. First of all, air brakes (or a similarly named mechanic) already existed in the wipeout series, and it was implemented far better imo. In BallisticNG you slide out, as if flooring the pedal on a rear wheel driven car. Not only that, you lose a TON of speed if you hold it longer than a split second. Not to mention the downright uncontrollably goofy speedup after a long slideout that makes no sense as a simple air brake. It is something else entirely. In WipeoutHD for instance, you simply make a sharp turn, with a tiny bit of rear sliding. Much more realistic, controllable and fun. With an airbrake, the ship pivots roughly around its center of mass. In ballisticng you pivot around an arbitrary point that feels like its 5 meters in front of your ship. Secondly, pitching. Pitching ALSO exists in wipeout, and using it is absolutely pivotal!!!!!!! You will never win a high level online race without pitching, and some of the later stage elite bots are so fast you're practically forced to squeeze out all the speed you can from barrel rolls. If you don't know, lots of additional barrel rolls can be done in many wipeout maps by pitching your nose up. Furthermore, to reduce air time (something which ballisticng does NOT punish) you can pitch down at jumps where it is impractical to do a barrel roll. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN - Ballisticng FORCES you to do a lot of pitching to even survive a single lap without dropping precious seconds against elite AI... which is arguably a good thing as it raises the skill ceiling, however, some maps are designed absolutely horrendously, even without mentioning the disastrous bumpiness of some maps, a lot of turns that also turn upwards are simply impossible with certain ships. Even with pitch assist, it sometimes feels like a full up-pitch is not enough to save you from the dreaded nose bumps, completely killing your flow (and therefore the fun, at least for me). I dare you to defend the map design of this game. It completely pales in comparison to even older wipeout games. Too many sharp upwards turns that force a shitty line of driving to be doable, putting you in a bad spot for the next turn/boost pads most of the time. I have a bunch of other criticisms that I might write down into a review on the steam page some day, but for now, rant over...

@sunzalea3257 Жыл бұрын

i love aciknovae map, its so good

@BooperDooper-u8p 10 ай бұрын

This game gave me nostalgia for the game extremeg which is a extremely underrated series on the N64 and GameCube.

@florntlaze810 4 ай бұрын

Antigravity games (AG) from my note list, you can it to find games if you like: BallisticNG (similar to old WipEout); WipEout Pure (PSP emulator) gets the EU version and get ReShade postprocessing shaders and high-resolution textures, but be careful some NOT ALL ISOs have very hard AI so look out for that issue, WipEout Pulse (start of the new physics, play with PSP emulator) get the EU version and do the same thing for textures etc, WipEout Omega Collection (PS 4/5 only for now); Pacer (similar to WipEout); Redout 1, Redout 2 (new physics that have less sliding). F-Zero and F-Z like is next: F-Zero X, F-Zero GX; Antigravator; Fast Racing League (Nintendo Wii U emulator), Fast RMX (all dlc and extra tracks version of Fast Racing Neo) Switch is recommended it has a poor performance on emulators. XF Extreme Formula (It's in early access but has great promises it has almost 2 hours of tracks/stages) Unique is next: Grip Combat Racing (has AG and wheeled vehicles).

@07mmcgrath44 4 ай бұрын

this genre is better known as an ag racer

@roflBeck 9 ай бұрын

I had platinum medals for all events until they added those stunt races. I can only get enough barrel rolls in to get like a silver. As for cheevos I'm only missing Community Loyalty (which just doesn't work) and a secret one. Great game though, and the devs are absolutely great.

@CharlesFlahertyB 5 ай бұрын

BNG plays perfectly on the steam deck as well

@ryssen339 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, your video made me wishlist the game on STEAM!

@thejoint25 Жыл бұрын

On sale right now if you haven't gotten it yet. I picked it up, and I don't regret it.

@nintendude794 11 ай бұрын

Christmas sale ends 6 hours from now. I picked this game up a few days ago!

@7DiamondMantis 9 ай бұрын

Big wipeout fan myself. this looks promising. Wipeout does have airbrakes and some have pitch control too tho, no? well maybe not all of them, I thought they brought it back in later versions; could be wrong; haven't played 2048 yet. Also some of the earlier sequels had a slide-to-the-side mechanic that makes the need for airbrakes less necessary.

@mass2048 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. Have you checked out Redout and it's sequel, how does it compare to Ballistic NG?

@strongmansteven9201 10 ай бұрын

I only played the first one and I didn't like it in comparison. The main thing that I couldn't wrap my head around was the "strafing" instead of air-breaking. Part of me wants to give the game another try though because I did look at some of the "boss" tracks with 10 minute laps and thought that was perfect for me.

@ViorbyX 6 ай бұрын

I just reached rank 20. Too hard for me to 100% it. Also huge respect for using Diavolt since it has worst handling and GTek's acceleration + it's russian ship

@alandunaway3000 6 ай бұрын

AG Battle-Racer.

@paxvostrum4824 8 ай бұрын

I always find myself hitting the walls playing this game x/

@saunshilu 10 ай бұрын

sounds like you might enjoy redout 2

@strongmansteven9201 10 ай бұрын

I wasn't a big fan of the first Redout but I have been wanting to give the second game a try

@saunshilu 10 ай бұрын

@@strongmansteven9201 ah man the best time just past, got the game during a sale ands it's dlcs for just 20$ not but a few months ago

@TinyLadyKris 8 ай бұрын

it's called an antigrav racer not a kart racer 😭I know it doesn't sound like a genre but it is. it's just niche and doesn't have a lot of games being made for it..

@sergivega8291 6 ай бұрын

I find it too hard above "experienced" difficulty, ngl. I quite literally can't enjoy 70% of the game. And I feel like it's not really my fault since making ONE mistake gives me permanent last place. Sometimes even making perfect laps from the start I'm still in last place. It's like Redout 1 all over again, but not as bad as Redout 1 in that sense. Even with that, I can have a lot of fun with custom tournaments in EXPERIENCED difficulty. The mod comunity makes it an absolute BLAST.