So I've always been big into video games, I've played them as a kid, teen and adult. However at some point I kind of lost touch with the modern games. For example I was a die hard Nintendo fan, but was never interested in the GameCube. I got back into gaming when Halo was big on the Xbox, but only recently got a Xbox 360 to play the more recent games.
Instead of playing the modern games, I've just keep playing the classics on the retro systems.
Anyway, so today I saw a craigslist ad for a Nintendo Wii for $50 with 4 games and I said "why not". I've always wanted to play the New Super Mario Bros games on the Wii, but never got a change so I paid the $50 and got the Wii. Keep in mind that I've payed the Wii at my friends house a few times, but not really a whole lot.
So the first thing that pisses me off about the Wii is that it's big gimmick is the motion controls. I'm a hardcore player, I don't need a motion controlled game. I want a standard regular controller and that's it. Also I hate the vibration in the controller. I don't know if I'm alone on this, but I want my controller to be as steady as possible. I don't want anything wiggling my controller around in any game. The vibration doesn't give me any satisfaction whatsoever.
I know that there is a pro controller that I will have to get so okay.
So anyway I can't do anything unless I get up that motion control censor on the top of my TV so I put it there and it's like just balancing on my TV by a hair, but no big deal because I'm just testing out the system.
I pop in the first game. Lego Star Wars.... Since when did Lego all of a sudden combine itself with other franchises and then make games out of them? Like the last time I remember Lego was just a bunch of plastic toy building blocks... not movies... not games... and not games tied in with other companies such as batman and crap.
So the graphics aren't anything special and it says press the "+" button on the motion controller to start. Well I pushed the button and nothing happened. So okay lets try something else.
So I tried youtube, why not? But apparently I have to set my internet up internally before I actually use the app or whatever. Cool that I can use my TV to watch youtube.
Okay so next game. It's Toy Story 3. So I start up the game and I see probably the worst title screen that I've ever seen in my life. It has a 30 second sound loop and just flashes random pictures of Woody and Buzzlightyear and that's it. Like WTF. What person through this sh*t together in 5 mins? Like seriously. Then the game starts, just it's just loading and playing the actual movie clips from the movie. If I want to watch the movie then why not just put in the dvd? Why are they cramming the movie into the game? Why because its just cheap content to fill up space?
By the way, the original Toy Story 1 movie is a masterpiece in my opinion, but the sequels, Toy Story 2 and 3 suck royally.
So anyway, then it says I need the numb chucks to continue and I don't have those. Like seriously, what a piece of crap.
Now earlier today I actually played Secret of Mana for the first time on the SNES. Now this game is awesome. The music is beautiful and catchy and it seems like its a fun game so far. If you look at it's title screen, its a work of art and it looks like someone actually cared and put time into it when they made the game.
I also played one of the Mario Kart games on the Wii at my friends. Honestly I didn't like it that much. I'd rather prefer the SNES mario kart or the N-64 mario kart. I remember looking at the character select screen and seeing many different versions of Mairo as a playable character for instance: Regular Mario, Baby Mario, Metal Mario... like WTF you don't need all of these versions of Mario. And if you really want them then just have them as options under the Regular Mario character instead of wasting space and filling up the screen with nonsense by making them selectable characters individually in the roster.
It just seems as if I'm not happy with some of the recent games.
Instead of playing the modern games, I've just keep playing the classics on the retro systems.
Anyway, so today I saw a craigslist ad for a Nintendo Wii for $50 with 4 games and I said "why not". I've always wanted to play the New Super Mario Bros games on the Wii, but never got a change so I paid the $50 and got the Wii. Keep in mind that I've payed the Wii at my friends house a few times, but not really a whole lot.
So the first thing that pisses me off about the Wii is that it's big gimmick is the motion controls. I'm a hardcore player, I don't need a motion controlled game. I want a standard regular controller and that's it. Also I hate the vibration in the controller. I don't know if I'm alone on this, but I want my controller to be as steady as possible. I don't want anything wiggling my controller around in any game. The vibration doesn't give me any satisfaction whatsoever.
I know that there is a pro controller that I will have to get so okay.
So anyway I can't do anything unless I get up that motion control censor on the top of my TV so I put it there and it's like just balancing on my TV by a hair, but no big deal because I'm just testing out the system.
I pop in the first game. Lego Star Wars.... Since when did Lego all of a sudden combine itself with other franchises and then make games out of them? Like the last time I remember Lego was just a bunch of plastic toy building blocks... not movies... not games... and not games tied in with other companies such as batman and crap.
So the graphics aren't anything special and it says press the "+" button on the motion controller to start. Well I pushed the button and nothing happened. So okay lets try something else.
So I tried youtube, why not? But apparently I have to set my internet up internally before I actually use the app or whatever. Cool that I can use my TV to watch youtube.
Okay so next game. It's Toy Story 3. So I start up the game and I see probably the worst title screen that I've ever seen in my life. It has a 30 second sound loop and just flashes random pictures of Woody and Buzzlightyear and that's it. Like WTF. What person through this sh*t together in 5 mins? Like seriously. Then the game starts, just it's just loading and playing the actual movie clips from the movie. If I want to watch the movie then why not just put in the dvd? Why are they cramming the movie into the game? Why because its just cheap content to fill up space?
By the way, the original Toy Story 1 movie is a masterpiece in my opinion, but the sequels, Toy Story 2 and 3 suck royally.
So anyway, then it says I need the numb chucks to continue and I don't have those. Like seriously, what a piece of crap.
Now earlier today I actually played Secret of Mana for the first time on the SNES. Now this game is awesome. The music is beautiful and catchy and it seems like its a fun game so far. If you look at it's title screen, its a work of art and it looks like someone actually cared and put time into it when they made the game.
I also played one of the Mario Kart games on the Wii at my friends. Honestly I didn't like it that much. I'd rather prefer the SNES mario kart or the N-64 mario kart. I remember looking at the character select screen and seeing many different versions of Mairo as a playable character for instance: Regular Mario, Baby Mario, Metal Mario... like WTF you don't need all of these versions of Mario. And if you really want them then just have them as options under the Regular Mario character instead of wasting space and filling up the screen with nonsense by making them selectable characters individually in the roster.
It just seems as if I'm not happy with some of the recent games.