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Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure IGN Review!
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Souldriver
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But you have to factor in that the world rotates, especially by night.Amir0x said:
Wired All Wrong
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It comes out on Oct. 25th in Japan.
AceBandage
Banned
traveler said:
GI gave it a 8.5 and 7.5, I think.
Crocodile said:
Thrusting of one's pelvis, usually accompanied by this sound, indicating you are "humping" something... generally speaking the object of one's current desires (here Zack & Wiki).
M-W dictionary defines it as "1. The sound one makes during lovemaking 2. A internet meme mimicking the sound one makes during lovemaking, generally to indicate happiness."
Guybrush Threepwood
Banned
This game looks awesome, but could this be another case of IGN giving a game higher scores than everyone else?
Just saying.
Just saying.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
AceBandage said:
8.25 and 7.75 (2nd opinion)
GI hates kiddie games remember.
GI's biggest complaints were that many motions were "hit or miss", with mention of fishing and music motions being the worst offenders.
Another talks about the game being "frustrating just as often as it is fun", with the wiimote doing little more than "making the gameplay sloppier and less exact than it should be."
Outside of the introduction of the first review, they don't really say the presentation is a negative, just that it may send the 18-to-34 set running for the hills during the introduction period. They mention that eventually, though, the characters become "tolerable and maybe even a little bit charming."
The Second Opinion mentions that if you enjoyed the humour of "The Misadventures of Tron Bonne" you'll probably laugh a lot here too.
Both mention that there are plenty of genuinely clever puzzles. Difficulty is said to ramp up nicely, though, in the main review.
Another talks about the game being "frustrating just as often as it is fun", with the wiimote doing little more than "making the gameplay sloppier and less exact than it should be."
Outside of the introduction of the first review, they don't really say the presentation is a negative, just that it may send the 18-to-34 set running for the hills during the introduction period. They mention that eventually, though, the characters become "tolerable and maybe even a little bit charming."
The Second Opinion mentions that if you enjoyed the humour of "The Misadventures of Tron Bonne" you'll probably laugh a lot here too.
Both mention that there are plenty of genuinely clever puzzles. Difficulty is said to ramp up nicely, though, in the main review.
It's so strange, of the games I've played on Wii when something like this is brought up in the reviews I never find the same problems when I sit down and play. Yeah maybe one or two mini games in Wario Ware took two tries to get right. I guess I've just become accustomed to what does and does not work on the Wii.Amir0x said:
studio810 said:
Being that the range of motions one can make is basically limitless, it doesn't surprise me at all that some people can magically "click" with the type of controls presented, whereas other people always seem to think it's "finnicky." This has nothing to do with "getting" the Wii or anything so much as it has to do with the inherent flexibility with the wii remote motions. There's many interpretations of basic motions, and the ones you choose may just not sit right with various games. This is also why the built-in exactness/precision of button controls are preferred in many scenarios.
AceBandage
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Amir0x said:
Which is a huge problem with trusting some Wii reviews.
Example: SSX Blur.
I got the controls down in 15 minutes, and was rewarded with a great game. But scores for the game were all over the place.
AceBandage said:
It's basically a matter of how well the game recognizes the motions it puts out. If, for example, the 1up dudes have five different guys trying the game out, and they all come back with the same 'hit-or-miss' result, then the general thing is the controls should have been programmed to better understand a wider range of motion possibilities for whatever 'gesture' they want you to do.
I thought, as a huge SSX fan, that Blur was terrible... but others loved it. This will always be the case until the end of time for every system, though, Wii just has a new paradigm to overcome.
Same here. The people I know personally that have a hard time with motion based games usually get frustrated at the first instance of the game not recognizing their motion. While others think about what might have caused the problem and correct it. Although, of course, there are the crappy games where practice does nothing to improve accuracy.studio810 said:
i dont think any kid could get into this. Certainly, if this game is "frustrating" for moderately intelligent gaming journalists, it surely ain't gonna be something a kid will have the patience for. I can't imagine most parents in this day and age will be willing to ferry a child through the games difficult passages either; they'd just as well plop them bitches in front of the latest episode of Ben-10.
Granted, they might pass the cover in Blockbuster and say "mommy i want to rent this", but then after promptly being confused at "point and clicking" to solve complex environmental puzzles, toss it away for the latest copy of AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER (Wii).
Granted, they might pass the cover in Blockbuster and say "mommy i want to rent this", but then after promptly being confused at "point and clicking" to solve complex environmental puzzles, toss it away for the latest copy of AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER (Wii).
JacksUsername
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Amir0x said:
True, but I'd really love to see the type of puzzles that are supposedly mixed into this game thrown into a Hotel Dusk rotoscope presentation. (Not that Hotel Dusk didn't have a couple of cool puzzles, they were just too few and far between). Personally, I'd find it much easier to get myself involved in the game.
Drinky Crow
Banned
this game looks a bit wagglecrap
Stormbringer
Member
Excellent. December 7th (damn) can't come soon enough.
_Alkaline_
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-COOLIO- said:
BUY THIS GAME
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Drinky Crow said:
Says the guy defending Jericho and Conan in other topics.
Drinky Crow
Banned
i have defended neither, because i have played neither. i just hate it when folks use "bad story" or "bad art" in their so-called critiques when it is clear that they are eminently inexperienced in either "story" or "art".
Drinky Crow
Banned
well, at least we've moved from "mini-game collection" to "tightly themed mini-game collection." wait, trauma center already did that, and better
so anyway
now that a third party has seemingly finally created a compellingly original game for the Wii aimed at the hardcore
I hope it is a success and that we get more
lessons i hope they learn from this:
1. Use clever artstyles that understand the Wii's technical limitations.
2. At its best, remote is a way to promote flexibility... this happens to be best used in situational puzzles, since the world of puzzles happens to open up in so many ways with 3D movement and spatial awareness!
3. Fuck casuals.
now that a third party has seemingly finally created a compellingly original game for the Wii aimed at the hardcore
I hope it is a success and that we get more
lessons i hope they learn from this:
1. Use clever artstyles that understand the Wii's technical limitations.
2. At its best, remote is a way to promote flexibility... this happens to be best used in situational puzzles, since the world of puzzles happens to open up in so many ways with 3D movement and spatial awareness!
3. Fuck casuals.
titiklabingapat
Member
Nintendo's been doing that for decades.Drinky Crow said:
TheGreatDave
Banned
I don't really see what's so bad about the name. Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, both successful franchises. It gives it that kid friendly kinda sound, which really can only help a game like this. It was never going to be going for the kind of guy that needs a gun in a game.