Modern Warfare Wii is all kinds of awesome, says Activision producer

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1. hooray. another FPS game. Except it's actually just the same FPS game we played two years ago.

   I'd rather games like Muramasa and Tatsunoko get more news coverage than this… but oh well. Those are niche titles : (

   anyways, this sure is a credible guy. You know he really knows what he's talking about.

   "They've improved the graphics."

   Really? Over what? The DS version? I just have a SLIGHT inkling that the PS3 version will have SLIGHTLY higher-resolution textures and a couple more polygons than the Wii version. Just my opinion.

   "We consider this to be the best multiplayer FPS on the Wii."

   Well, when your competition is Red Steel and The Conduit… What do you expect? How about House of the Dead? Is that an FPS? now THAT is arguable, my friend.

   "It's the full game. It's not diluted. We left nothing on the cutting room floor."

   Yeah, but did you add anything? It was a full game in 2007. MW2 is a bit "fuller" now.

   At least it sounds like they're aiming for a quality port. If it's priced like it should be (as a two-year-old game. why buy this if I can get the original for cheaper?) then I might consider it…

2. Guy trying to sell game says game is good. Yay?

3. It's up for the people to decide at release day if the game is good.

4. People, please go buy games that are exclusive to the Wii rather than this rubbish. Murasume, TMNT: Smash Up, Little King's Story, TvC, Little Ninjas.

   There is some boycott going around about avoiding Activision. it's a good plan people.

5. The problem I have with games like this is I feel developers use this as some test to see if Wii owners will buy their "hardcore" games, but the catch 22 is what they offer is unappealing out of the gate. How am I supposed to be excited about a scaled down port of a 2 year old game, when the much desired sequel comes out on the same day on the other 2 consoles? Or then you have situations like Dead Rising…a lazy effort.

   So no…I'm not going to buy this. And if Activision uses is as "proof" Wii owners won't buy "hardcore" games, then they're dumber than I thought.

6. any chance gojiguy reads gameinformer? i wrote an angry nerd email about hardcore gamers not buying hardcore wii games, and was surprised it was in the issue with rage on the cover! 🙂 i waited for the responses for the next issue and was dissapointed when i read them 🙁 found out that theres no hardcore pressence on wii. they're all too finicky and whiny. and the guy from GI said those great wii games were just niche titles 🙁 my point of all the blabbery is that i hope muramasa kicks the shit out of modern warfare on wii for sales. it maybe niche, but i hope wii owners would try out an original wii game than some port of a two year old title 🙂 the only reason modern warfare coming out on wii is that greedy activision wants to make a buck on a quick port. it be great if iffinity ward wanted to make an original wii game that was built for wii….but thats not likely, because motion control in standard definition is for babies i guess 🙁

7. @XCWarrior

   hahaha I agree! This man is smart, people! Listen to him! Either get sucked into the big-budget, big-name games and watch the actual great "gem" titles fall or take a chance on something new and end up enjoying it!

8. @mr.cranky

   There are still "hardcore" games on the Wii (in fact mose hardcore Wii games are more "hardcore" than games on other platforms (see: Pucnh-Out!!, Contra series, House of the Dead 2, Zelda, Metroid, etc.)) they just aren't the big name hardcore games (which surprisingly soak up more of a casual crowd than a "hardcore" one). But the difference between casual and core is a thin one. I mean, isn't a low-selling niche title technically more "hardcore" than a title that sells millions of copies to ten-year-olds? While MadWorld might not have had huge sales, it was given to a PURE "core" market. Kids, grandmas, and soccer moms did not pick this up but I KNOW Call of Duty sells to children (unfortunately…) and even some adults. By that logic, Madworld is more hardcore than Call of Duty.

   but it's such a trivial battle anyways. I'm happy with Wii titles. Great new IPs such as Boom Blox, TvC, Overkill, and apparently even Spectrobes beat GTAs any day in my book.

9. I played most of those games! Gota try boom blox tho. I just hate the bias against wii that most multiplatform mags and sites have. They still think its that other machine that their mom plays

10. If you guys like niche hardcore titles so much you should run out and give Cursed Mountain a chance.

    Great graphics and art. Incredible atmosphere/setting. Brilliant story. Mindblowing sound design. I guarantee anyone who sticks with Cursed Mountain throughout the slow beginning–long enough for it to sink it's teeth in–will find themselves wholly entranced by it's pacing, mood, and powerful concept.

    Ok, so the gameplay falls a little short (otherwise this would have been a classic along the lines of Eternal Darkness), but it's still a fun game. Unfortunately, the gameplay is just not as ambitious or interesting as everything else the CM has to offer. (Which is really too bad because CM has absolutely massive potential and with a little more creativity put into the game design it certainly could have stood among any other "mature" Wii release… As it stands, it offered an incredibly captivating week of end-of-summer gaming, which is all I was asking, and even managed to inspire me to put pen to paper and craft my own game concept.)

11. I'm definitely considering popping by my local game store and giving Cursed Mountain a buy. It sounds good enough to warrant a purchase and it's not too expensive. I like a good scare.

    Spectrobes Origins is looking to be a sleeper hit as well.

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