Grampy on 07 May 2008
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"If you think think the wii is only casuals read"http://malstrom.50webs.com/birdman.html
Thank you sc94597 for that link, I can't believe that someone has finally figured it out. I'm no casual gamer, I love games and I have spent a lot of time playing them. Hundreds of hours online playing COD for example but I wasn't getting the experience I wanted. I loved the realistic graphics (higher than HD) and with an interest in WW2, I actually appreciated the history. So what was the problem? 1. TIME - The game was taking too much time that I didn't have. I really wanted something I could pick up for twenty minutes at a time not hours.
2. FRUSTRATION - I sucked! I tried very hard; I even bought a Belkin hand controller and I still sucked. I'm over 60 years old and I don't have the reflexes I did when I was a PacMan wonder. No matter how hard I tried, I was going to get killed by the first fast draw teenager I met.
3. CONTOLLER HELL - maybe it's my age or maybe I'm a klutz but they kept adding buttons and it was like playing the damn piano - it required hours and hours of practice that I didn't have time for, or desire for. And, I'm sorry, I'm a very good driver but shoot me - I never learned to drive with my fricking thumbs. It may offer "precise control" but it is certainly non-intuitive and unnatural.So I bought a Wii. I can pick up Karts and run around a course or two and then go right back to work and yes I LIKE the wheel because that's the hell way I learned to drive and I don't want to start over with my thumbs. I like playing tennis by swinging my arms, and bowling by .... bowling. I'm having too much fun to worry about 480p vs 780i vs who-gives a damn anyway. If I'm am completely honest, Medal of Honor with a Zapper is a lot more fun than I ever had with COD. Not as realistic certainly, but fun. And Blazing Angels will never get game of the year, but it's the first flying game that I can actually fly as opposed to constantly crashing. And I love playing Smash Brothers with my grandson and once in a while beating him. And I love that my wife will join in, even though she hasn't played since the Atari 2600.Does that make me casual, a retard gamer. I don't think so. I love the experience but I don’t want to make it my life's work. But I do have money and I will buy the good games. Two copies usually so I can send one to my grandson.
So thank you Nintendo for taking care of an old retarded casual gamer; and thank you Maelstrom for actually understanding it all.
The Soap Box is now free.
