| |
|
>>>> What kind of specifics are you after, Sha*am?
Well that's the thing. I used to think, like Jake said, that the 360's new things weren't quite new. Just new little packages and no actual inovation.
But, for instance, when I played a boxing game on 360 at a friend's house (can't remember the name), just the too-perfect graphics (sweat, muscles and fat shaking, bruises etc), camera, slow-mo and Raging Bull effects, no life-bars etc brought a whole new gaming experience itself for me through the iteration of those little things (and I hate boxing and sports games). The shaky handheld camera Sloats refers to in GOW is unbelievable for the premise of immersive action. I never thought I'd say this, but they're little details that can bring to the game what I imagine it's new grounds maybe mano-a-mano with the wiimote.
I'm worried the Wii might be a little too non-gamer friendly. A little too close from being a cute flash game some friend emails you. Even something that's not so simple, like Zelda, it's till almost Ocarina of Time with a vague hand-tilting for any sword-move and other one or two gimmicks. Might not be innovating enough or not even a whole lot of fun experience at that.
Pretty much my fears of the Wii are:
- Too simple games. Almost flash-games-like.
- Visuals, playability and design trying waaay too hard to go against the stupidity of "hardcore" "gritty" from 360 and PS2-3. (take a look at the Wii's "The Sims", for an example)
- Wiimote disenchantment. That it might not be so a)precise, or intuitive; b)fun, just a vague one-or-two notes gimmick; c) that creators are not being quite imaginative with it;
- Still few too games so far to judge the overall.
- I could say graphics, but that might be just plain stupid in terms of gaming (although seeing some Wii pictures had me worried, like Splinter Cell...).
- Already said it, but have to repeat it. Might not be wildly imaginative at all.
Sorry in bringing this Gaming's sob doubts. It's just that until last month, I was pretty clear for months that I'd buy the Wii. Mainly I was with Jake, most 360 and PS games are the same thing, the same bore, same splat-boom-bang (I think Halo is a piece of shit, for instance). 360 might still be old ways, but are the most fun in the old ways (with best graphics without computer gaming worries). I'd still go for the 360 just for these three:
- Dead Rising (the prospects of an exaggerated KillBill-style of satire on Romero films, hundreds of simultaneous zombies and thousands of ways to killing and playing with them is waaaaay too good. And the graphics, no matter how I usually say it otherwise, it's really attractive).
- Gears of Wars (not imaginative at all, it seems. But apparently they nailed all the best things in FPS, and action rush).
- Splinter Cell's derivatives (despite reading reviews that all rave about it's lightings methods, they really seems to have no idea how cool that is -- and I'm a bitch for games like Splinter Cell and Hitman)
I just wish to see the possibilities Wii games designers have in the future. I'd imagine that games only-for-nintendo like Mario Galaxy would bask itself in the wiimote's potentials. |
|
|
