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BrainBoxLtd on 14 May 2008
Grampy said:

That is truly the most bizarre comment I have ever seen. If you’re making fun of people because they bowl by actually swinging their arm what does that say about someone that would do it by wiggling their thumbs. Maybe you should grab a gun, get drunk and drive a car around at high speed instead of playing GTA IV.


That's nothing you can play Virtual Bowling, Virtual Darts, and Virtual Pool all in GTA IV with Virtual friends. In GTA IV is you get virtual junk e-mails, and go on the virtual internet to see virtual funny websites, or watch virtual TV in Nico's apartment, or receive virtual text messages from your annoying virtual friends, about how you can download virtual ringtones and virtual themes for your virtual phone.

Apparently when you recreate seemingly simple activities in a big serious realistic game it's immersive and genius. (Ignore the fact you can still commit a few hundred acts of manslaughter and get off on a slap on the wrist.)

When you do the same thing for a small colorful arcade like game it's just becomes a gimmicky diversion for some reason. =P



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SeriousWB on 14 May 2008
Kasz216 said:
How would multiplayer working out work?

And would that really be a good idea? I mean do you WANT to compete with someone else when working out. I mean unless you are playing vs someone roughly the same size and weight and fitness level that's just going to make you feel bad.

It kidna feels like wanting multiplayer solataire.

Sex.

I kind of want to go into detail but, this is totally a family site.



outlawauron on 14 May 2008

Quite a few conspiracy theories. Everyone is teh bias on the Wii!!!!



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Grampy on 14 May 2008

Try playing a text only game like Zork, that'll make you think because you actually have to use your imagination to build a entire world. Those are games I still remember.

Especially the old Infocom games like "Hitchhiker's Guide." I'll never forget finally solving the Babel Fish. It's the only time I ever actually stood up and applauded a video game.



Grampy on 14 May 2008
BrainBoxLtd said:
Grampy said:

That is truly the most bizarre comment I have ever seen. If you’re making fun of people because they bowl by actually swinging their arm what does that say about someone that would do it by wiggling their thumbs. Maybe you should grab a gun, get drunk and drive a car around at high speed instead of playing GTA IV.


That's nothing you can play Virtual Bowling, Virtual Darts, and Virtual Pool all in GTA IV with Virtual friends. In GTA IV is you get virtual junk e-mails, and go on the virtual internet to see virtual funny websites, or watch virtual TV in Nico's apartment, or receive virtual text messages from your annoying virtual friends, about how you can download virtual ringtones and virtual themes for your virtual phone.

Apparently when you recreate seemingly simple activities in a big serious realistic game it's immersive and genius. (Ignore the fact you can still commit a few hundred acts of manslaughter and get off on a slap on the wrist.)

When you do the same thing for a small colorful arcade like game it's just becomes a gimmicky diversion for some reason. =P


Now that is odd. I'm always taking crap about Wii mini games but apparently they're OK as long as they are in GTA IV.

It all does sound terribly clever and amusing, except for the virtual junk mail, and I’m sure it provides a needed break between acts of mayhem. Still I’m not sure virtual friends playing virtual pool elevates the experience to a life changing epiphany. "Casual" or "Non-Casual", it's still just a freaking video game for God's sake. If it's more than that to you, then you definately need to get a real life.



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BrainBoxLtd on 14 May 2008
Grampy said:
BrainBoxLtd said:
Grampy said:

That is truly the most bizarre comment I have ever seen. If you’re making fun of people because they bowl by actually swinging their arm what does that say about someone that would do it by wiggling their thumbs. Maybe you should grab a gun, get drunk and drive a car around at high speed instead of playing GTA IV.


That's nothing you can play Virtual Bowling, Virtual Darts, and Virtual Pool all in GTA IV with Virtual friends. In GTA IV is you get virtual junk e-mails, and go on the virtual internet to see virtual funny websites, or watch virtual TV in Nico's apartment, or receive virtual text messages from your annoying virtual friends, about how you can download virtual ringtones and virtual themes for your virtual phone.

Apparently when you recreate seemingly simple activities in a big serious realistic game it's immersive and genius. (Ignore the fact you can still commit a few hundred acts of manslaughter and get off on a slap on the wrist.)

When you do the same thing for a small colorful arcade like game it's just becomes a gimmicky diversion for some reason. =P


Now that is odd. I'm always taking crap about Wii mini games but apparently they're OK as long as they are in GTA IV.

It all does sound terribly clever and amusing, except for the virtual junk mail, and I’m sure it provides a needed break between acts of mayhem. Still I’m not sure virtual friends playing virtual pool elevates the experience to a life changing epiphany. "Casual" or "Non-Casual", it's still just a freaking video game for God's sake. If it's more than that to you, then you definately need to get a real life.


 Sure as hell wasn't for me, I thought the tongue at the end made it clear I was being sarcastic in pointing out this double standard. I was just blown away how a lot of games get flak for recreating simpler stuff like Cooking Mama or WiiFit, but the same reviewers seemed extremely postive about even more simple stuff that most of already do (Use the internet and TV for amusement) when in it's wedged into a "hardcore" game.



stranne on 14 May 2008

I'm actually surprised that Wii Fit gets such high scores from hard core sites. Not even the sites I expect to hate it rates it lower than average.



Nintendo Zealot on 14 May 2008
mike_intellivision said:
Multiplayer will be Wii Fit 2 when they have 8M balance boards out there. 8*>

I sometimes wonder if reviewers have a check list:
() On-line capabilities
() Multiplayer capabilities
() High resolution muted color graphics
() Explosions
...
...
...
() fun

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OP: It doesn't even matter what reviews Wii Fit gets, it will still sell like a beast. I don't think casuals even know about 1-up or gamerankings 



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Final-Fan on 14 May 2008
BrainBoxLtd said:
Grampy said:
BrainBoxLtd said:
That's nothing you can play Virtual Bowling, Virtual Darts, and Virtual Pool all in GTA IV with Virtual friends. In GTA IV is you get virtual junk e-mails, and go on the virtual internet to see virtual funny websites, or watch virtual TV in Nico's apartment, or receive virtual text messages from your annoying virtual friends, about how you can download virtual ringtones and virtual themes for your virtual phone.

Apparently when you recreate seemingly simple activities in a big serious realistic game it's immersive and genius. (Ignore the fact you can still commit a few hundred acts of manslaughter and get off on a slap on the wrist.)

When you do the same thing for a small colorful arcade like game it's just becomes a gimmicky diversion for some reason. =P
Now that is odd. I'm always taking crap about Wii mini games but apparently they're OK as long as they are in GTA IV.

It all does sound terribly clever and amusing, except for the virtual junk mail, and I’m sure it provides a needed break between acts of mayhem. Still I’m not sure virtual friends playing virtual pool elevates the experience to a life changing epiphany. "Casual" or "Non-Casual", it's still just a freaking video game for God's sake. If it's more than that to you, then you definately need to get a real life.
Sure as hell wasn't for me, I thought the tongue at the end made it clear I was being sarcastic in pointing out this double standard. I was just blown away how a lot of games get flak for recreating simpler stuff like Cooking Mama or WiiFit, but the same reviewers seemed extremely postive about even more simple stuff that most of already do (Use the internet and TV for amusement) when in it's wedged into a "hardcore" game.
I believe he was using "you" in the general sense, much like you did throughout the post he responded to.  One often hears it used like that. 

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ckmlb on 14 May 2008
Chadius said:
"I think a lot of reviewers end up deciding what they want to give a particular game (as a score) and then justify that score ..."

Bingo.

For more fun, look on gamerankings. Wii Sports has a 76.5% on gamerankings. Wii Play has a 60% rating even though it will outsell Halo 3 in the US soon.

Simply put, reviewers don't review anymore. They simply spit out what the publishers and "elite gamers" say.

So sales confirm quality? Then Nsync were more talented than Pavarotti was? It all makes sense now. I guess Boogie is better than Okami too?

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