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Squilliam on 12 November 2008
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tabsina said:
Squilliam said:

My issues with the Wii are these two:

  1. The controller really can fire the imagination of developers I give them that, but unfortunately it doesn't have the performance to let their games go where their mind takes them.
  2. The controller simply doesn't work properly for me. Given the fact that it should be easy to set up, my 53" LCD doesn't give me any kind of precision when playing. Its disapointing but I don't have a 2nd TV.

I'd just like to say that i'm not intending to attack your points, per se, i'm just curious about what exactly you mean

1.Are you of the opinion that games only became good this generation due to the 360 and PS3 library? I personally get the feeling that the hardware it is no less a burden on the control vs creativity than they were in previous gens.

2. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this.. if you are referring to a flickering cursor, it is because you need to set the sensitivity (in the settings) to a higher value. I don't know what else you could mean by that, as the sensor bar and the tv are mutually exclusive.

PS. Lots and lots of quote boxes

 

1. Its difficult for me to describe my feeling here but at the barest level you have a controller which can truely work in 3 dimensions of space mated to a console which has more the performance of a 2.5 D machine. Now the HD twins are moving into the realm of crafting true 3 dimensional worlds but unfortunately how a gamer moves within the space is limited. Its quite frustrating and disapointing when I think about it really. My first thought when I played Gears of War was, "Man I love the new feeling this gives me, im really enjoying the possibilities with this play style". My second thought was, "I think this game would have been great with the Wiimote."

All games consoles have limitations in terms of technology. But for a game developer to truely craft an engaging world in 3 dimensions, at this point you can always use more power.

2. I set the sensitivity to high, I set it to low, I changed where I put the sensor bar (top/bottom) but I can't get it to work properly. My seat is very close to the TV and the way I have it mounted means I can't get a good angle on the sensor bar and the size of the TV doesn't help much at all.

P.S. What quote boxes?

 



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