Mirson said:
Yeah, too bad you're playing the same IPs over and over with a new control scheme =/. Sure you get some new IPs, but most of them are shovelware, and those Wii game like WiiFit and WiiSports that get boring very fast. At least on the PS360, we get new AAA IPs such as Gears of War, Uncharted, Bioshock, Mass Effect, along with great AAA sequels and AA multiplatform games. Most, if not all have achievements, online support, voice chatting, leaderboards, etc. Also PixelJunk Eden is the most innovative game this gen. It is done without a wiimote =)) |
I'll grant you that Roma was overreaching, to put it politely, but you're hardly doing any better here buddy. It's easy to say that Nintendo is creating "the same IPs" when you immediately discount the myriad new ones they've created. Unfortunately, it also makes you look ridiculous. It's also amusing to see you call Wii Sports and Wii Fit "shovelware" in light of the fact that they're two of the biggest system sellers this or any generation has ever seen. Or do you intend to play the snobcore card, and say that it's still shovelware, but the unwashed masses lack your sophisticated, nuanced tastes in gaming? (Note: that's hard to do in light of your praising Gears of War, i.e. the umpteenth Bald Space Marine Saves Humanity From An Alien Invasion game. Nothing against Gears here, but you can't exactly pick it as an example of something fresh and new, let alone sophisticated...)
I'll also take some time to point out the obvious: the Wii's seen plenty of new IPs, from first and third parties, and quite a few of them are actually kind of good, so you sound ignorant when you claim otherwise.
Finally, you listed new IPs, but not new experiences, which is what Roma was driving at. Gears, Uncharted, Bioshock, etc. are all fine games, and good refinements of what they're built upon. But they are NOT new experiences by any stretch of the imagination. Gears has already been addressed, Uncharted is the male Lara Croft, Bioshock is System Shock with a new motif, and Mass Effect uses many of the same things that other Bioware RPGs have (although I'll grant you that mixing it in with shooter elements is neat). In other words, they're just the same flavors we've always had, but with new toppings. By contrast, you can do things with the Wii that can't be done on other systems, as anyone who's played Wii Sports/Fit, Boom Blox, Elebits, etc. can attest to.
Now, whether you, Mirson, personally like what the Wii offers is a subjective question which I can not answer, nor do I care about. But the claims you made in the post I quoted...let's just say you've got some serious 'splainin to do.
