Yes, it's yet another Wii thread. Until very recently (like this morning), I have been highly looking forward to the Wii as a breath of fresh air from the current skewer towards producing bigger and better graphics and nothing else. And then I read this.
On Call of Duty 3 for the Wii,
This immediately made me think back to my DS - a revolutionary new way to play games. And don't get me wrong, I love the DS. I bought a PSP as well, and there's a reason I only have the DS now- the PSP had no games, load times took forever, and even though the graphics were better, was not a gaming machine. Then I remembered my purchase of Madden 06 for the DS- an absoltuely atrocious experience. The develoopers felt compelled for some reason to change the gameplay in order to make it a signature "DS" game - namely f**cking up the kicking game so badly I returned the game by making exclusive use of the touch screen. Nothing was wrong with the bar system that they've had forever, in every football game, but they still changed it. I also tried to play true swing golf, which did the same thing - changing the simple pushing of buttons to try and make me draw a line within boundaries.
And it got me to wondering - is the same thing going to happen with the Wii? I'm not worried so much about graphics performance, but gameplay. Revolutionary gameplay is all well and good, but when you're doing it JUST to be revolutionary, isn't there a much better chance of screwing it up?
On Call of Duty 3 for the Wii,
Treyarch is trying to make it look as good as the PS3 or XBox 360, but their primary focus will be using the Wii controllers to change the gameplay from the other consoles.
This immediately made me think back to my DS - a revolutionary new way to play games. And don't get me wrong, I love the DS. I bought a PSP as well, and there's a reason I only have the DS now- the PSP had no games, load times took forever, and even though the graphics were better, was not a gaming machine. Then I remembered my purchase of Madden 06 for the DS- an absoltuely atrocious experience. The develoopers felt compelled for some reason to change the gameplay in order to make it a signature "DS" game - namely f**cking up the kicking game so badly I returned the game by making exclusive use of the touch screen. Nothing was wrong with the bar system that they've had forever, in every football game, but they still changed it. I also tried to play true swing golf, which did the same thing - changing the simple pushing of buttons to try and make me draw a line within boundaries.
And it got me to wondering - is the same thing going to happen with the Wii? I'm not worried so much about graphics performance, but gameplay. Revolutionary gameplay is all well and good, but when you're doing it JUST to be revolutionary, isn't there a much better chance of screwing it up?