SSX Blur review

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jman8 said: Reviews have always produced varying scores based on controls. The MGS series has lost some points with some reviewers because the controls can be pretty awkward at times. The reason why the scores weren't drastically different, however, is because the systems they were on were not so heavily defined by the controller. The Wii is ALL about the controller and nothing else. Therefore, if the controls don't work as one believes it should, the game will be a failure in the mind of that person.

There is always a "learning" curve for *any* control system. The more complex (i.e. complicated) the control system, the potentially higher learning curve. Pressing a button is *always* going to be less complex than even the simplest gesture based control. Yet the Wii has attracted non-gamers - why? Gestures feel more *natural* - especially for certain types of games. The most obvious way for someone to swing a bat in a baseball game - is to swing the controller in the same fashion. Conversely, say you have a game where the character presses a button - mapping this action to some complex gesture is making the input/game more complicated (regardless of how good the gesture detection code is). My issue with too many reviewers is that they are too used to playing 'traditional' (hardcore?) games. They aren't comfortable with gestures and tilts - they love their button combos, dpad/analog stick movement, etc. They have had years to practice these, and (like most of the people on this board) are experts at them. But try getting a "non-gamer" to play the same game. The button press/combos instantly overwhelm them (I have seen so many non-gamers lose interest when more than 1 button comes into play with any game). To these people gesture based movement will seem more natural - more obvious. It will still take them some time to "get into" the game (& controls), but they can actually do it. To sum this up - time to learn/adjust/perfect input controls: Gamer: Non-gesture movement - 1min Gesture movement - 5-10min Non-gamer: Non-gesture movement - NEVER Gesture movement - 15-30min