Wii U Indie RPG Is Like Earthbound Meets Little King’s Story

This looks interesting. They've combined 2 games that I always thought I should enjoy, but I really couldn't stand. Do the two balance each other out to create a game I love, or one that I'll hate more than Journey?

It was an exciting great game.

Haven't been able to get into Bioshock Infinite (at this time), so I'm now playing something else instead. I just got the complete God of War series in the mail, and I decided to play the series in chronological order, starting the God of War: Ascension. I'm not very far into the game, but it is awesome! And the graphics are crazy good! If this game is considered to be only "meh". then I can't wait to play the rest of the series.

Dvader said:

Well its meh cause we experienced the rest of the games. Its going to be rough going from that to PSP.

Yeah, I can understand that.

It irritates me that the GoW Saga only came with a download code for the two PSP games, equalling 19.5 GB! The rest of the games come on Bluray disks, but not these. WTF?

edgecrusher said:

I really hope those assholes are releasing GTA 5 on the PC...and hopefully through Steam this time, not Games For Windows.

PC in 2015 I am guessing.

_Bear said:

Well need for speed MW Wii U, I love it and hate it ! It looks great, it's fun but the control is just off enough to make it very frustrating. Wii U Fails to impress again it just falls short.

if I get one more game that just misses, I think I need to sell this thing.

Brother in law felt the same way until he got the drifting down. Until he did he was running off the road at every turn, losing races, slamming into cars. When everything clicked, it suddenly became his most played game in decades. He only plays racing games for the most part (Road Rash, Rush 2049, Midnight Club, Burnout) but Most Wanted is, by far, his favorite.

Dvader said:

GG you need to watch the full Fox engine presentation, its all next gen tech porn. A ton of crazy stuff on cameras, lighting, textures, flow techniques, fog, diffuse lighting, angle correction, a million things I dont care about. But damn it looks GOOD.

Impressive that it runs on current gen too. Luminous, FOX, Cryengine 3, Frostbite 3 all run on current gen too as well as being next gen ready.

_Bear said:

Well need for speed MW Wii U, I love it and hate it ! It looks great, it's fun but the control is just off enough to make it very frustrating. Wii U Fails to impress again it just falls short.

Many people have felt the same as you....... until they get the controls down. It's halfway between realistic and arcade like controls. You get used to them, I don't even think twice about them now. Persevere and practice, make sure you change cars and take my advice I gave you earlier. If you want I can guide you to a secret car that handles as well as Mario Kart too. Try turning off traffic till you get used to the controls. Choose an F1 car like the Ariel or try the McClaren, win some races change the tyres and chassis etc. Have you done any of that yet?

Did you try my advice?

Here are some tips. Try different cars, some are better than others, then stick to one and get used to it - I prefer the McClaren.

• Try keeping your finger on the gas full throttle around a curve and tap the brake to initiate a drift around a corner.
• Otherwise release the gas to coast, slow a bit, then press again to gain speed.
• A good tip is to release the gas before a turn, gently apply the brakes then turn and reapply the gas.
• In freedrive use the handbrake a lot to get used to it. Use the handbrake when the normal brakes just aren't enough - on sharp corners - remember to counter steer
• Once you win a few races you can get some upgrades to customise your car like a lighter chassis and different tyres which will improve handling.
• Also the buttons are fully map-able, you can have analogue braking/acceration on the sticks if you want. I put handbrake on Y, boost on X.

If you want that car that handles like Mario kart and has super handling, speed etc go to the top left corner of the map you will see a bulge on the map shaped like the top end of a sausage. Go there and find the lighthouse, just behind the lighthouse, beyond the barrier is a green mario warp pipe, get onto it carefully and press down on the stick. Your Venom is there. It's a car in the game but you wont be able to use it normally till you beat it on the Most Wanted list.

edgecrusher said:

I thought they announced it WAS coming to PC at its unveiling, and it was even running on the PC?

I didn't watch the presentation, it was running on a PC but that doesn't always mean a game is coming out on PC.

The game gives you some VERY bad advice by suggesting you tap 'Brake' to go into a Drift (Left Trigger). We were doing this at first, both He and I... I was managing, but he was getting frustrated. It just never seemed to be enough deceleration and you never seemed to go into a drift. They should have said to hit the Hand Brake button, which is 'Y' I believe... THAT makes it sooo much easier!

Isn't this the same model from the Nvidia demo?