Ravenprose said:

Well, I rented de Blob tonight. Impressions later.

EDIT: Okay, I played through the first series of missions, and while I love the graphics, music and art style, I really don't like the controls much. Jumping/attacking by flicking the Wii Remote down is annoying as hell, and my wrist is already starting to hurt. The early missions are pretty boring too. I hope they get better. Yeah, I'm glad I rented it first. I have five days with it, so I'm going to play it a lot more before I decide if it's for me or not.

Punk Rebel Ecks said:

I CANNOT STOP LISTENING TO THIS FUCKING SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The second I clicked that, my computer shut down on me. Thankfully, I didn't get to hear much, so I'm SAVED!

I've been really tired and busy lately and with the laptop being repaired a bit out of things. Thanks for posting the updates and giving me stuff to read through guys.

I like these screens:

What's going on with this Sonic Black Knight game? Its visuals are getting better each day. Why not make a decent i.e non sonic game with environments like this?

Ravenprose said:

gamingeek said:

Ravenprose said:

Well, I rented de Blob tonight. Impressions later.

EDIT: Okay, I played through the first series of missions, and while I love the graphics, music and art style, I really don't like the controls much. Jumping/attacking by flicking the Wii Remote down is annoying as hell, and my wrist is already starting to hurt. The early missions are pretty boring too. I hope they get better. Yeah, I'm glad I rented it first. I have five days with it, so I'm going to play it a lot more before I decide if it's for me or not.

I need you to post more impressions before I decide to blacklist you from my Animal Crossing friends list.

I posted more in your de Blob thread in the forum. I've played it for nearly 6 hours now, and my feelings haven't changed. I've only continued to play it due to it's charming atmosphere, but I can only play it for about 20 minutes at a time before boredom sets in and I need a break. I really, really wish I could like this game, but the challenges just are not much fun for me.

Ravenprose said:

gamingeek said:

I just watched the Call of Duty World at War IGN Video review in thursdays updates. Not the greatest video review but its worth watching for those of you dubious on this version. It is actually doing some impressive stuff with the COD4 engine. Sure, some areas look better than others, there are some higher and lower poly textures here and there. But the size is really impressive as is the amount of stuff going on, the colour in the IGN video review is saturated. But it's a pretty epic production on Wii as far as third parties go. Of course if Retro made it, it would look twice as good

I watched that video last night, and I have two problems with the game:

1. Yet another WWII game. Sorry, but I never liked that setting, and I never will (except for the Wolfenstein series).
2. Looks like crap graphically. I really wish Wii devs would just stop trying to do realistic graphics on Wii. They all look like garbage! Try something else, please! Cell shading or stylized graphics like Metroid Prime/Red Steel would be a definate improvement over this nonsense.

Ravenprose said:

gamingeek said:

So your blacklisting is confirmed.

I have played a lot of COD WOW and it doesn't look crap graphically at all. On an HDTV sure, if you go around and investigate every texture or go prone and sit with your face jammed up to a texture, sure. Like most Xbox/GC/Wii generation games some levels look better than others, some areas in levels look better than others. After a couple of weeks playing, I can say that it's doing some impressive stuff. It's not a metroid game though, it's not in confined areas with a couple of enemies and areas that load between each door. So no, its textures and environments in terms of actual quality in no way come close to that. But it has a huge scale. There is this bit in the second level when you jump over a barrier and see this huge sprawling level in front of you, no pop up, no fogging, tons of smoke and effects and enemies running about. For a third party game I have to give treyarch maximuto points for putting the effort in. And despite its many frustrations, the controls and satisfaction of plugging Nazis and annoying suicide run Japanese, kept me coming back, despite me thinking that I was totally burnt out on WW2 shooters.

It's linear design and instant deaths hold it back from being better. The Wii controls make it more fun, even if there is a big learning curve and still laggy aiming down sights mode. It's probably the best shooter on the system, even though MOHH2 has faaaar better controls and a 60FPS. But then the FPS pickings are slim on Wii.

My view on the graphics is more my personal opinion than from how well they may have used the available tech. Even last gen, I thought all of those WWII games looked like crap graphically. I really just hate the realistic art style on last gen consoles and Wii. They look fugly to me.

Well I managed to find some decent screens of the Wii version and posted them in the COD WOW thread:

http://thevgpress.com/forumtopics/call-of-duty-world-at-war-wii-a-game-at-war-with-itself_39.html

Dvader said:

gamingeek said:

Dvader said:

I just rented Sonic Unleashed on the Wii since I have to wait for the PS3 version I decided to try this out. Remember they are basically two different games.

I played for a few hours so far there is no way in hell that the Wii version is better than the HD versions and if it is then I dont want the HD versions. Its not bad but I kind of think Secret Rings is better. Its just the werehog and the text menus, omg they take forever. It took me almost 20 minutes of text surfing, cutscene watching (its like MGS, ok not that bad) to get from one level to another. When I left it I had finished 3 werehog levels, the next level is  more werehog, no screw that. I just went back and got S ranks on the few sonic levels I have.

I tried the wiimote at first, for sonic its ok but for the werehog its a pain in the ass. You have to swing like a crazy person, all attacks are shaing based. Almost all moves are based on shaking, it was too much of it. Werehog levels are not terrible but not great or engaging, just button mashing with very simple level design.

Sonic levels are cool, it is a bit like rush in that you have to dash your way to the end to get the fastest time. But I dont know, i definetly dont like it as much as the SA games. Like Secret Rings it has missions as well as the main stage, it just takes the main stage and gives simple objectives, but in Rings the missions felt like a real part of the game and you can customize Sonic to fit them, in this game the missions feel tacked on to add length.

Its ok, I am really really hoping the PS3 version is way better. And from what I have seen of the videos on youtube it is way better.

The press says the wii version is better, that doesn't bode well for the rest. Your only hope is this

The press is smoking crack. There is no way the 360 version is worse than the Wii.

Go to youtube, watch comparison videos yourself, it is night and day, its as different as Sonic to werehog.  Any person that says the Wii version is better is freaking delusional.

And wow Black Knight is looking great. Seriously Sega shouldn'y have bothered with the Wii version of Unleashed if that is what they put out (sadly it will probably still sell more than the HD versions, they are much better served making specific Wii Sonic games from the ground up.

But if the best games naturally get the most press coverage, surely they'd be right about this too!

The Zelda trailer:

Wow, the only thing worse than Zelda with American accents, is Zelda with Americans putting on English accents.

Dvader said:

The press is smoking crack. There is no way the 360 version is worse than the Wii.

Go to youtube, watch comparison videos yourself, it is night and day, its as different as Sonic to werehog.  Any person that says the Wii version is better is freaking delusional.

And wow Black Knight is looking great. Seriously Sega shouldn'y have bothered with the Wii version of Unleashed if that is what they put out (sadly it will probably still sell more than the HD versions, they are much better served making specific Wii Sonic games from the ground up.

Are ye mad man? I aint into sonic enough to trawl through videos From what I've read the 360/PS3 versions have slowdown and this horrible hubworld, the werehog levels seem worse because there are more mindless enemies to slog through and the controls are convoluted.

gamingeek said:

I'm ready for sonic to ditch the whole speed gimmick for good and just go for an all out classic 3-D platformer feel like a banjo 64. The speed sections on most 3-D sonics involve pushing the stick forwards and watching what happens, mostly. They should get concentrate on getting the basic mechanics of control right and make a traditional 3-D platformer.

Yuck! 3D Sonic sucks, but turning Sonic into a slow Banjo-like plaformer would be even worse. It wouldn't even be a Sonic game then! Sorry, GG, but that's an awful idea. A great idea would be to not have any Sonic game in 3D. . . ever. 2D Sonic games is where it's at. Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure prove this to be true since they are the only fun Sonic games to come out since the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive originals (IMO).

gamingeek said:

Well I don't really care about running really fast and occasionally reacting. I just want a good game and I love 3-D platformers. Sonic has the character, he has the visuals, he just needs a persistent gameworld.

That's fine that you don't like the speed thing, but it just wouldn't be a Sonic the Hedgehog game to me without it.  I agree with you on the 3D Sonic games; they're really just interactive movies for the most part, but in the 2D Sonic Rush titles, you're reacting all the time by doing combos and tricks to build you're Rush meter so that you can go even faster! It's intense which is why I love those games.