The Weapons Of Fatal Inertia

We’ve been wowed by the promise of Fatal Inertia vehicles – dizzying speed, fastest acceleration, and superior handling. But having the fastest and meanest car is not enough to survive the futuristic hover racing game developed by Koei using the Unreal Engine 3. You need a set of weapons to outmaneuver and outrace opponents and send them crashing to the ground.

Fatal Inertia has eight different weapons that can be picked up during a race. Get to know them and start planning out your strategy before the game launches on November 17.

Magnets

As the name suggests, this type of weapon causes other ships to be attracted toward your target like a homing beacon. It’s very useful when you find yourself being sandwiched by rivals. Shoot a magnet to a pesky vehicle and watch it veer away from your vehicle. These magnets add weight of rival vehicles making it much difficult for pilots to steer their ships.

Cluster Bombs

Equipped with proximity sensors, each cluster bomb has 10 magnets that fly out toward opponents upon detonation. They fly in straight line so it takes a lot of aiming skills to get the bomb close enough to your target.

Rockets

Of course, rockets are staple weapons in any battle involving ships. They are essentially magnets with rocket boosters that can cause other vehicles to spin out of control. It’s pretty standard feature, but it also allows players to drop rockets onto their own tail to give a massive burst of speed.

Force Shield

This protects your ship from all forms of attack, albeit temporarily. And while you feel safe when the force shield is activated, you have to remember that it deactivates your other weapons.

Know more about the weapons of Fatal Inertia after the jump!

We’ve been wowed by the promise of Fatal Inertia vehicles – dizzying speed, fastest acceleration, and superior handling. But having the fastest and meanest car is not enough to survive the futuristic hover racing game developed by Koei using the Unreal Engine 3. You need a set of weapons to outmaneuver and outrace opponents and send them crashing to the ground.

Fatal Inertia has eight different weapons that can be picked up during a race. Get to know them and start planning out your strategy before the game launches on November 17.

Magnets

As the name suggests, this type of weapon causes other ships to be attracted toward your target like a homing beacon. It’s very useful when you find yourself being sandwiched by rivals. Shoot a magnet to a pesky vehicle and watch it veer away from your vehicle. These magnets add weight of rival vehicles making it much difficult for pilots to steer their ships.

Cluster Bombs

Equipped with proximity sensors, each cluster bomb has 10 magnets that fly out toward opponents upon detonation. They fly in straight line so it takes a lot of aiming skills to get the bomb close enough to your target.

Rockets

Of course, rockets are staple weapons in any battle involving ships. They are essentially magnets with rocket boosters that can cause other vehicles to spin out of control. It’s pretty standard feature, but it also allows players to drop rockets onto their own tail to give a massive burst of speed.

Force Shield

This protects your ship from all forms of attack, albeit temporarily. And while you feel safe when the force shield is activated, you have to remember that it deactivates your other weapons.

Smoke Screen

This is one effective way to obscure the vision of enemies behind you. With just the right timing, you can send rivals crashing into a wall, just cause they have zero visibility.

EMP

The EMP temporarily incapacitates electronic devices within immediate vicinity. This means ships will drop to the ground because their hovering capabilities will be deactivated. What’s more, it disengages all weapons in the vicinity, allowing you to race on without being attacked.

Force Blast

A powerful wave of energy will knock off rival ships and weapons. It also gives you a momentary burst of speed to your ship.

Time Dilator

This extremely rare weapon slows down the speed of time for your enemies. This is the perfect time to speed past opponents in front of you. This single weapon can chance the course of the race. You might find yourself leading the pack even after trailing them from the start.

Via Gamespot