| Figlioni said: Halo is simply another FPS. There is nothing out there like WSR. Nothing. Obviously, this article is too deep for some people in here. |
Wii Sports Resort, Wii Sports, Wii Fit are certainly original products and important in many ways. They succeeded at introducing a certain kind of videogaming to a whole new mass audience and they pioneered some new ways of direct interaction. I only own WiiSports, as they are not my cup of tea, but I can even understand if someone finds them great and wants to write enthusiastically about what he/she likes.
But regarding the article: where is its "depth"? I asked if it was ironic in a previous post because there are so many silly statements, wrapped in a pretentious prose. It truly led me to think that it was a satire of some of the over-analyzing and opaque works that sources like Edge are sometimes guilty of.
I could quote the worst offenders, but frankly they are there for anyone to read them, such as the way the author stretches the meaning of narrative way beyond the breaking point, so much that I suppose he must by the same means consider the report of a chess game an accomplished "narrative by gameplay".
Or the final paragraph about how this game will answer some important and completely unrelated questions about the interactive medium, though I can't see exactly how.
So in the end, leaving aside the obvious excitement the author shows about the direct action controls and the originality of this new kind of titles, what deep concept is he conveying behind the smoke-heavy barrage of prose? Try for a moment to forget that he's going nuts over a game you like or even love, and just point me to what you think in the article is significant, original, informative or thought-provoking.
