GamingTrend.com (currently down) previewed Activision’s Wii launch titles (CoD 3, Tony Hawk, Marvel) and praised ’em all. Regarding Call of Duty 3 and its controls: “I had serious concerns with the Wiimote and its ability to handle first person shooters. I said that it couldn’t be done, and I said that it SHOULDN’T be done ”“ there was no way that this control scheme could handle something that twitch based, and I expected the results to be an absolute mess. I’m glad to report that I was wrong ”“ the Wiimote is one of the most natural control schemes I’ve ever used for a shooter, once I spent the time to learn it. Anyone who tells you differently clearly hasn’t spent the time to adapt to the new control system.”
Good to hear. When I first bought Metroid Prime Hunters for the DS, it took me a good 15 minutes to adapt to the unique first-person controls. I gave up after the first 10 minutes (I’m so persistant!) and was pissed, telling myself I wouldn’t touch that junk again. After over reacting, I decided to give it another go. Five minutes later, I was convinced I had found a better way to play FPS’s, maybe even better than the trusty mouse and keyboard combo. Hunters is now one of my favorite FPS’s to date.
Wiimote: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
Yeah, but that's expected. I'm not affraid of the learning curve (and I think Wii Sports will help make that learning curve a little easier).Oh god, I cant wait! ^_^
based on all the reviews I have read and seen plus hands on experience… its clear that his game was rushed and didn't get anywhere near the development time that the 360 and PS3 got. Don't waste your money on this game. What a shame!!!
Better then a keyboard an mouse… yeah right… ill guess the wiimote is better then an oldskool controller but why oh why cant they allow to play with my precius mouse/keyboard combo so i can give up on pcgaming… PS3 looks promising on that point though.
First two games for phat DS for me were Tiger Woods and Championship Poker (not sure of title). Now I own a DS Lite and more than 15 games. I'm all about patience and giving things a chance, and the Wii looks ten times the console at launch that the DS phat did. I smell success.
I'm really curious to see how fast a first-time player, especially a really young one like my daughter, will adapt to the Wii controls, and if she will like it better than the traditional controller.It is still possible that twenty years from now the traditional double-joystick controllers will be just a fond, nostalgic memory in gaming history…