finally got BoomBlox and my opinion is...

[Bored4life]

totalwar23 said:

Bored4life said:

totalwar23 said:

Chrizum said:
Haha, so you will not play the game -even though it's awesome- just because the game isn't marketed towards you?

Well yeah I guess that makes sense.

It's not he won't play because it isn't marketed towards him, it's that he hopes it will bomb because it isn't marketed towards him. That makes sense, too, but is an incredibly shallow reason.

No.It's just that it was a game created with what they perceived to be the "truth" about the Wii and got deservedly pwnd.The "hardcore" are the only ones who can't shut up about the game and it's target audience are happily killing each other with koopa shells.

Interesting to note however, are Peter Moore's recent comments about "casual" gaming.He realized the fallacy and brought it up not too long ago.He then followed it up with his shitty shallow pool analogy.However given the fact that it fits nicely with his previous statement when the new Wii projects were mentioned gives one a lot to hope for since it seems that EA might have finally understood what to do now.

We'll have to wait a little longer to see if it really is what I think it is.

EA has certainly made a lot of mistakes with the Wii but that's EA for you. They make a lot of mistakes. However, it is entirely true that the Wii does have a lot of mainstream owners. Does EA have a valid reason to go after them? Yes, and they're are trying, especially when they made Boom Blox, a game that can appeal to everyone, include core gamers. (In fact, I dare say EA has been one of the friendliest publishers to casual gamers even before the Wii ever emerged.) Their other casual projects have done well enough on the Wii and there's no reason as to why they think the casual audience is a lost cause. Did Boom Blox bombed? Perhaps, time will tell but plenty of games meant for the hard core have bombed, too. It happens, and it doesn't mean they somehow just didn't get it. Publishers making crappy games for the Wii and wondering why it bombed deserve their fate. Publishers making good games on the Wii, regardless of who it appeals, and having it bombed is a tragedy.

 After recent EA statements it seems that they realized that software for all different age groups isn't some recent phenomenon and has existed since the start of the industry.If I'm correct EA finally saw Pro Evo Wii and finally understood that the entrypoint to their titles for the Wii audience was through this.Basically they're going to copy Pro Evo and try to implement similiar controls in their titles.

Boom Blox was just a case where Spielberg was made poster boy to hype the game as they thought that it would convince buyers without realizing that the designers who worked with the director had bias from the start.When taken in that context I feel sorry for Spielberg who was basically set up from the start when making his own game.

Sadly this game will be the last of its kind from them(not design-wise).