Linkasf on 29 September 2008
| mibuokami said: Good God Okay here is the premise: I am what the industry would most likely dub the brainless masses. I enjoy loud 'hectic' explosions, improbable action sequence, highlanders wannabe hacking the shit out of each other and would probably fall asleep while watching Schindler's List because I thinks its as boring as crap. I eat up the mediocre action movies that hollywood churns out at a rate faster than Beers being consumed at oktoberfest and despite recongnising their flaws will enjoy them thoroughly anyways because that my taste (or lack of by some of your standards). I enjoy the shallow visceral appeal many games categeories by the ESRB as M tend to display. Why is a game generally categeorised as M? because it contains violence, sex, horror etc. In short the sort the shit than many of you claim to belong to the exclusive domain of a sexually repressed teen. Call my taste shallow, call my taste imature, but according to the ESRB the games that interest me the most (due to their themes) generally have the big fat M for Mature warning sticker on it. Games have context and when taken out of context even with the same gameplay they would have less appeal to any given audience. How dramatic would Devil May Cry 4 be if the main character was a Kirby lookalike and all his enemy are yellow rodent that yelled 'pika' as they attack you? How much would the single player expirience of COD suffer if the game was based on paintball skirmish instead of its captivating storyline? Gameplay may be a significant factor to any title but atmosphere, visualisation and themes can still play a deciding role on how much one likes a game. So here it is: Fact: The Wii currently lack games with the rating of M or above compare to the PS360. This implies that those theme and elements that appeal to me on a visceral level aren't present in force, hence less game that could concievably interest me. Armed with this, I came here with those few facts, some rambling theories and a few questions I hope poeple who own the system and know more about it than me will answer. Some have been helpfully pointing out that yes, cool games with blood, gore and 'hectic explosions' are coming out or are already out, look at CoD/Conduit/RedSteel2 as an example etc. They acknowledge that their might always be a disparity but at least it isn't as bad as I initially thought. There are exceptions to everything, both in my preference and in the game the system offers. I have already pre-ordered Little Big Planet because the game appeals to me despite its nature, and I love playing SSBB with my mates because its just so damn fun. I will also certainly be stealing my mate's Wii for the launch week of Monster Hunter 3 (I believe it is rate T actually, which means my initial post was in error), and as I've posted earlier will most likely be purchasing Metroid and No More Heroes (which are rated T and M respectively) this x-mas Still though, I can't help but lament at the lost oppurtunity: How cool would DMC4 be if you had a wii-mote to do your hack & slash? How much more intense would Dead Space be when you're holding you quasi gun in your trembling hand as you slowly advance rather than using a D-Pad? Why are these games, marketed by publishers who have tauted console neutrality, not coming to the best selling system of the generation? Is it graphical limitation? Is it a belief in the lack of market? If it is the later how can this be proven when no blockbuster of its nature are ever Wii inclusive? /end rant |
To sum it all up... It really depends on taste now does it? Cuz I know that the entertainment that I like and prefer is the complete opposite of yours :P But that does not mean that what you like is inferior to what I like. It is mere preference in the end.
