Mr Puggsly said:
A mediocre game is mediocre regardless of the controls you're using. |
(ok on reflection I seem to have written a lot here, it's possible I repeat myself a bit)
Controls to me are a big part of many games, particularly fast paced games like FPS or racers, along with level design they are the main part of the whole "gamplay>graphics"
For example, Sim City Creator on the Wii would have been a really good installment into the Sim City series if they hadn't ruined it with the most random controls... wheras once I perfected my custom control scheme I enjoyed The Conduit (enough to have spent over 150 hours on it, with over 60 hours on the 1 player portion)
The story was dull yes, but I generally ignore game stories even when they are good
The level design wasn't anything special admitedly, I probably would descibe it "adequate" which is 1 step up from mediocre.
The graphics were technically very good, but aesthetically mediocre.
The controls... well, The Conduit is the only Wii FPS I can circle strafe in without having to use the lock-on feature, and to me that's a big part of the beauty of the game and certainly helped pull it up above and overall "mediocre" into the "good" category
Overall Goldeneye I think I prefer over The Conduit mostly because of the subject matter (bond) and the online isn't broken (I managed to spend 90 hours online in The Conduit, I think probably 10-15 of those were waiting for a ridiculous time to connect together or quitting because it had bugged and wouldn't let me do anything but spin on the spot, luckily most of the rest of the decent online time was spent relatively early on before it was taken over by hacking cheaters)
The level of control I can have over an in game character, or often vehicle as I am a racing game fan, is a big part of gaming. Conduit 2 will have been designed around the Wii remote and basing a review of the whole game on an alternate control scheme sounds silly to me (I didn't watch the review btw, just butting in with my view on controls)
If Conduit 2 is simply the first game but with new prettier levels, fixed online and some tasty new weapons I will be happy... though I knew it was going to fall flat on it's face sales wise so i'll be picking it up when I see it below half price (assuming the online portion seems to be holding up)
