What are your thought's on this Gamepad thing for the Nintendo Wii U?

[oniyide]

snowdog said:

oniyide said:

snowdog said:
Anyone that doesn't think the GamePad is awesome either hasn't used it or is using it with the wrong games. Anyone playing ZombiU, Lego City Undercover, Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101, Batman Arkham City, Batman Arkham Origins, Rayman Legends, Deus Ex and Splinter Cell Blacklist will instantly be aware of how awesome the GamePad is.

IMHO that just hurts your case. The wrong games? if it so awesome then it should be good for ALL if not MOST of the games. You kind of admitted it isnt, so it cant be that awesome?

It is good for all games. It's just awesome for some of them that use the touchscreen. As a bog standard controller it's just as capable as the 360 controller and DS3/4, but when developers use the touchscreen - whether it's using it to display a full map at all times to save you from interrupting your game by pressing a button to display it on your telly every time you want to see it, whether it's to ease inventory handling, whether it's to create increased immersion by having computer displays/literature/hacking mini-games on it, whether it's to keep the telly screen clear of HUD items which makes the game more cinematic or whether it's for Off-TV Play which means your missus can watch crappy reality telly without interrupting your gaming - it's by far the best controller seen in years.

fair enough, but isnt that the one of the main issues is that devs are using it for nothing more than a standard controller for most of the games?

Edit: i dont have to worry about sharing a TV with anyone so the off tv play does nothing for me