I'm not talking about the XBL community at large. I agree, the worst part of playing on the service is the general level of mentality. Playing in random match ups can be ridiculously aggravating. I won't even bother. But if I want to specifically play with friends on my list, for a regular scheduled session of whatever, it doesn't matter if Steam is a better service if they aren't PC gamers (with comparable rigs).
"I agree, because the point of Wii Sports is to actually mimic the movements. But there are still exceptions, like FPS, where Kb+M is the best scheme since it offers the precision, freedom of movement and input necessary to make more frenetic and for better online competition."
I love using the Wii remote as a shooter pointer, as I've always liked playing light gun based shooters, and I waited to see some good FPS ports on the Wii after the horrendous experience of Far Cry Vengeance, but it didn't happen.
And as a relative non-PC gamer who can't stand using a mouse and keyboard for action platform, fighting games, etc. I still agree that the mouse remains the best pointing device for FPS games. It's more accurate than an IR based pointer/tracker remote, and it's the most stable platform since it's always resting on a flat surface. The only thing that trumps a mouse for precise movement is a pen and tablet.
So Crysis is not your thing, but Crysis is not just graphics. Crysis has AMAZING gameplay, you really have to play it on Delta (It would make Solid Snake cry of shame). It is easily the best sandbox shooter ever.
"Best ever" is highly open to debate. I think if it was ported to the Wii, I would probably like the game about as much as I liked Far Cry Vengeance, which admittedly was a quick and dirty (and awful) Ubisoft port.
As far as the gameplay goes, I have to disagree, based on what I've played, but I'm still going to give the game its fair due (or rather Crytek) and buy a copy so I can come up with a better assessment.
As for MGS, I really wanted to progress through the story (in MGS3) but the controls absolutely killed the game for me. I'll probably play a large chunk of MGS4 in FPS mode for the shooter oriented parts.
