I find it strange that quite a lot of Wii owners are jumping on almost every game that gets announced for their favored platform and they always seem to defend it with their lives (figure of speech). Graphics are also a factor that gets brought up quite a lot of times.

I don't get it. Are those people so insecure about their console of choice? Since when were graphics a factor for Wii owners in the age of HD-consoles and media?

It's a nice thing to see the line-up grow but as of right now, I really can't see anything about this game that makes it worth paying attention to. There are far too many other games that deserve it more.

One positive thing I can extract from this announcement is that THQ is at least claiming to be dedicated to increase the quality of their future titles.

if those are in game graphics then finally a 3rd party is taking advantage of the wii's graphical capabilities. i feel like this will be a tough get to have good controls and gameplay on. but i hope it works out cuz if they do this game well it could be awesome.

@ tendou:
why do you think its weird that wii owners want good graphics in their games instead of the ps2-level graphical crap that most 3rd parties have been putting out? its not like suddenly for the first time ever gamers don't care about graphics. wii owners just realize that graphics aren't everything. but its not like they are less important than they were in any other generation. games on the wii should still push its limits graphically just like games on any other system should.

So what if people do think this is PS360 quality? Why is this hurting you? The fact of the matter is that there's nothignsubstantial to judge off of anyway, you take good looking pictures and say it turns out great but that's no less valid than taking a list of licensed games the teamhas done and trying to "prove" the status or quality of the game that way either. Simply put it's their perogative, if the game turns out bad then people will forget about it (unless it reaches Lair's epicness) but if it turns out good, all the kicking and the bashing from the first 5 or 6 screens is going to look really bad and really pointless in the face of one of the few original efforts to come out on the Wii from a 3rd party.

Your logic is flawed. There is no doubt that this game's graphical achievements so far are beyond most, if not all of the 3rd party efforts from 2007. I find it strange that people are pretending like a Wii game actually looking good for a change is somehow this huge sin because the platform itself is not about the graphics. Are people so insecure about their HD console purchase that the second a Wii game gets praised in the graphics department, everyone must be upon it with a blunt object? No, this isn't threatening the best of the PS360 but I don't see why it's a crime to comment on or even be impressed by a good looking game like this when basically all we have to judge it on are looks from the 5 or 6 screens and trailer.  

Honestly, it looks like they put a lot of work into the model details, but not as much with animation and the backgrounds...if they can make those better, I think this could be a very entertaining game...especially since I'm scared to death of tarantulas and scorpions hehe.

I think this is taking the route of Godzila Unleashed.

Onyxmeth is going a little nuts, but still, this is not a killer app. Not sure why someone would right away hype this as "a new bar for third parties." For graphics? If these deliver. But we have to find out if the combat system, environments, overall structure, etc, of the game hold up. It could be that the strange premise is a cover for 1999 game design.

It would be cool to play an insect and take down a human if the fundamentals of the game are solid and fun. But until we know if they are, there's nothing to get excited about here yet.

Meh, could be interesting, but I don't have a tremendous amount of faith in this one. It's going to have to work hard to get my dollar.

I'm going to ignore the rest of this thread and comment as if I'm the first post.

I've seen the video (which is rendered) and the in game screenshots. The screenshots are impressive for the model work. The game itself intrigues me. We still know very little about how it plays (the info suggests it's adventureish? Maybe a beatemup? But to me at least, the game just seems to have an old school feel to it. Something about a game that advertises itself so seriously when there isn't an armed human in sight is definitely a throw back to an older time. The thought of playing such a game as insects and lizards could be a lot of fun.

Colour me interested, though I of course await more news before drawing a conclusion on this one.

As a proud owner of tarantulas, I am going to have to at least rent this game regardless of review score.

 Dude, you're getting more excited about this than anybody else here.

We get it. You're not interested. That's okay. You're the most aggressively non-interested person I've seen in a long time. Maybe you should channel that energy into something constructive.