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The Official MADWORLD Thread of No Means Yes and Yes Means A--wesome!
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The-Switcher
Banned
I'm gonna do it!
You should!
You should!
timetokill
Banned
Yaaaaaay!
So I beat the game last night and, to be honest, I did not like it very much.
NOTICE: I am not saying that the game is awful or that people that like it are wrong or stupid. I'm just saying it didn't work for me.
The controls pretty much killed it for me. Most of the motion controls were surprisingly responsive, but the limited buttons on the controller really hurt this game for me. 'A' to both pick up guys/objects and punch seemed hit or miss all the way through.
Probably my biggest concern is that combat options are fairly limited. The ways to kill people are pretty endless, but since everything is mapped to either 'A' or 'B' it felt like I was doing the same thing over and over and over again.
The camera is categorically awful and having 'lock-on' be mapped to the same button did nothing to alleviate the problems.
The levels are well designed, but surprisingly small. I think this was the only area that the limited hardware capabilities of the Wii compared to the 360 or PS3 hurt the game.
The presentation was nice and the game looks/runs great.
Overall, I'm not disappointed that I bought it since I wanted to experience the game. It just didn't turn out like I had hoped.
NOTICE: I am not saying that the game is awful or that people that like it are wrong or stupid. I'm just saying it didn't work for me.
The controls pretty much killed it for me. Most of the motion controls were surprisingly responsive, but the limited buttons on the controller really hurt this game for me. 'A' to both pick up guys/objects and punch seemed hit or miss all the way through.
Probably my biggest concern is that combat options are fairly limited. The ways to kill people are pretty endless, but since everything is mapped to either 'A' or 'B' it felt like I was doing the same thing over and over and over again.
The camera is categorically awful and having 'lock-on' be mapped to the same button did nothing to alleviate the problems.
The levels are well designed, but surprisingly small. I think this was the only area that the limited hardware capabilities of the Wii compared to the 360 or PS3 hurt the game.
The presentation was nice and the game looks/runs great.
Overall, I'm not disappointed that I bought it since I wanted to experience the game. It just didn't turn out like I had hoped.
frankie_baby
Member
Just bought it today, trying to convince my gf to let me play it before she drags me to bed
timetokill
Banned
Tron 2.0 said:
The interviews mentioned that they wanted to give the impression of a world, but to take away the meandering that often is associated with large areas. Instead they wanted to make smaller spaces that were loaded with a lot of content and interaction.
I don't think that's a poor design choice, especially in a brawler type of game. This game isn't about traveling, it's about killing guys in interesting ways.
Tron 2.0 said:
Before you start making conclusions about what the Wii is or isn't capable of doing, just remember that the PS2 pulled off an area as massive as San Andreas. Everquest is massive and computers that are a over decade old can render it. The only thing that actually limits how big a level or area in a game can be is storage capacity, and the Wii's DVDs are more than equipped to handle the task. The only thing a faster CPU/GPU would have done in terms of level size is draw distance.
timetokill
Banned
Tron 2.0 said:
Personally, I think it was a combination of the above stated reason and the fact that the MadWorld team just wasn't all that big and probably had to prioritize their efforts. I think we saw with No More Heroes how bigger areas and levels can often be seriously lacking when compared to smaller, more well-designed spaces.
For me, the level design was reminiscent of Jet Grind Radio. They both give you a level that's sort of like an arena or something in the sense of being non-linear and open. And within the level, you have some sort of arcadey gameplay where you accomplish your objectives. I know it's a weird comparison, but for some reason Madworld reminds me of that game. In a very, very good way, of course.
Wii Will Rock U
Banned
Been playing it for about 3 hours now and I have just arrived at
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The game is amazing and I seriously hope this does well at retail.
Casino Land
The game is amazing and I seriously hope this does well at retail.
Wii Will Rock U
Banned
:lol-PXG- said:
UpperCaseN
Member
Foob said:Well, that didn't work
Pretty much, as soon as the game starts he just goes uppercut crazy
have you tried spanking the bottom of the wiimote? not a great source, but first result in google:
http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-if-your-wii-remote-has-been-bad-give-it-a-spanking-62276.phtml
Wii Will Rock U
Banned
NO, no. I KNOW it's true. That's why I was laughing.-PXG- said:
obijkenobi
Member
Got a question about throwing enemies. I"m in the first level with
So how do i target where I want the enemy to go on the throw when it comes to an elevated position? I either under or overthrow them. Tips?
zombies and the first death watch is to throw them into 6 spikes in the fountain. I can't get a zombie on the elevated spike. It keeps under or overthrowing them
So how do i target where I want the enemy to go on the throw when it comes to an elevated position? I either under or overthrow them. Tips?
Honestly, I think the levels are big enough in the context of the game: you're kept busy enough that the levels would be unwieldly if they were too large. As they are, I've found they keep a good balance between exploration and providing enough tools/environmental kills to keep things interesting.
obijkenobi said:
What I've found works best is to fill up all the other spikes surrounding the central one. Then you can chuck a zombie and the game will generally have it land on the central spike as long as you're reasonably on target (I stand right near the edge of the fountain if that helps). Failing that, just keep chucking zombies: it's easiest to get the challenge done first thing on the level because you have a large supply of zombies within a short distance of the fountain, so you get a lot of opportunities to throw.
wackojackosnose
Member
jrricky said:
I think the guy was asking for the differences between poorly optimised PAL games and their NTSC counterparts. Skip to about ~49 seconds and you'll see why Sonic isn't so fast (and also a lot fatter) in PAL land.
Xav said:Just got the game a few hours ago and I'm enjoying it so far but someone at Sega or Platinum Games totally fucked up the PAL conversion.
Now when I play my games at 16:9 there is some small boarders on the top and bottom since this TV is a 16:10 but I don't mind since I want a full picture. When I select the wide option it zooms in slightly and cuts out a little off the sides but fills the whole screen nicely. This is MadWorld running on wide, normally all my widescreen games would fill the whole screen by this point but not MadWorld meaning it's got to be 50Hz with boarders.
I noticed something was strange right away when the black boards looked much bigger than normal, well done Sega or Platinum games, you fucked one of the Wii games I was most looking forward to.
That's some shitty PAL conversion a la DMC and there's no way I'm paying 50-60e for a fucked-up version of the game...is there anyway to play the US version on my PAL system? I have Freeloader but haven't tried it since I beat NMH...
frankie_baby
Member
well she said she didnt mind so we stayed up to play it unfortunately we've lost the wii remote and couldnt find it, so eventually after turning over the living room looking for it with no luck we went to bed, unfortunately then she passed out too drunk so i didnt get a fuck either-PXG- said:
For the castle levels, remember three things:Sadist said:
- Vertical slashes on the Zombies
- The Scissor enemies drop health pills when you beat them.
- You can cut down the trees in the first level to use as a giant powerful club, against both the normal enemies as the boss (and his minions).
Or an SD card and 10 minutes of your time.Fusebox said:
UpperCaseN
Member
FUCK! I just lost to the final boss on hard. Getting up the elevator in one piece took me a few tries, but is manageable. I kept losing the power struggles to the final boss due to nunchuk prompts, I supposedly missed it everytime! There wasn't an issue with my exact same motions with the wiimote, though. I had him at half life too, I would have had him if I didn't lose the power struggle THREE TIMES IN A ROW!!! Damn you nunchuk prompts!
I have something else to do too, so I can't jump right back in for a quick rematch either, dammit!
I take back my previous statement, in the US version I have very slight black bars on the left and right, they're about 1/2 an inch each and definitely not noticeable unless you're looking for them
I have something else to do too, so I can't jump right back in for a quick rematch either, dammit!
I take back my previous statement, in the US version I have very slight black bars on the left and right, they're about 1/2 an inch each and definitely not noticeable unless you're looking for them
...wow...
Just finished the asian themed sections. The fight against Rin-Rin, The Kabuki dude and sumo (especially loved the motion control on the last one) shot this game to the upper stratosphere of videogame bliss. So pure, so old school, so much bloody fun.
Feels like No More Heroes 2 is already here
Also, can't wait to see how the story unfolds by the end. Things are getting very interesting
Just finished the asian themed sections. The fight against Rin-Rin, The Kabuki dude and sumo (especially loved the motion control on the last one) shot this game to the upper stratosphere of videogame bliss. So pure, so old school, so much bloody fun.
Feels like No More Heroes 2 is already here
Also, can't wait to see how the story unfolds by the end. Things are getting very interesting
ZOMBIES! I LOVE ZOMBIES!
UpperCaseN
Member
UUAAAGH! I finally made it up the elevator again. Paused it right before the final boss battle on hard because I am sweating like crazy! attempt #2
edit: oh guess what? lost to the nunchuk prompt again! it was down to 1 hit left on each of us and the power struggle activated. of course I lost to the nunchuk motion, AGAIN
edit: oh guess what? lost to the nunchuk prompt again! it was down to 1 hit left on each of us and the power struggle activated. of course I lost to the nunchuk motion, AGAIN
EmCeeGramr
Member
Has anyone completed all the challenges? I doubt you actually unlock anything, but just wondering.
