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Edouble24 on 12 February 2008
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Stever89 said:
Edouble24 said:
 

Nope, certainly don't score 300s every game, I've actually never gotten a 300. Straight down the middle doesn't mean it hits every pin. But seriously, go try it now if you're close to your Wii. Have your back to the TV or be facing any direction and swing your arm and there is a very good chance that it will go right down the middle, maybe curve a bit. I honestly think people are tricked into thinking Wii Sports is more accurate than it really is, I can tell when my family is playing, they make all these odd bowling stances and such, and they work, but I doubt any of that is making a difference as long as you swing your arm, which I consider a flaw in something that's supposed to simulate real life movements.

Really I do want you to try out what I said and come back here and honestly post what happens. Doesn't position your Mii at all before swinging and tell me if you ever get a gutter ball.

 


It doesn't matter which way you face... it doesn't use the sensor bar or anything to determine where you are throwing the ball. It uses the tilt of the controller to determine spin and/or curves and such, and the force behind your throw to determine speed. Also, if you don't think the bowling game is pretty realistic, you should probably talk to some actual bowlers. I know two bowlers (my dad and my friend, both were in leagues), and both of them kick ass at bowling because they know how to bowl well, and can do what they do in real life. I won't say every bowler would say it's realistic (at least not 100%) but it does, at least as close as possible, recreate what you would do in real life. And that's a lot more realistic than any other console can do.

Well my highest score in Wii Bowling is 280 and in normal bowling it's not even 200 so I dunno about that. Everyone is good in Wii bowling.

Also Gnizmo I never said every throw was the same, I said the game was inaccurate and misrepresents the movements I'm making off screen, which the game is supposed to be dublicating.

I actually like Wii bowling, and there is some depth to it, I don't always bowl crazily like that because it's stupid and not fun, but it does show that the game has a lot of room for improvement in the accuracy area.

Edit-And Steve you are right, it's closer to real bowling that any other titles, but since it's one of the only ones that really tries to recreate real life bowling based on motion controls it doesn't have much competition in this area. I guess a few bowling games came out on Wii after Wii Sports, but at the time of review it was one of a kind and I think while the idea was really great the execution wasn't as good as many would have liked...in any of the games, not just Wii bowling. Wii Sports has a 76 average, if you're not arguing that this game isn't an 8+ game then there is no point for us to debate really. I think the score reflects the game well and I think once you all see a much improved version of the game you'll agree.