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calijazz said:
To adults, yes. To kids, no. My little brothers love the Wii and I can't stand it except for a couple of games.
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Well, it's not because of the graphics, it's because it's perceived as a gimmicky, kids' machine, so a lot of developers make ****** games for it because they know parents will buy anything and kids will play pretty much anything.

As an adult, I could care less about a game's graphics. I still play Final Fantasy games from the PS1 era on my 42 inch TV at home. It looks like *** but it's all good because they are still great games. Anybody that says something to effect of "this game is good/bad because it's graphics are good/bad" really doesn't know much about quality video games, so consider their opinions to be rather untrustworthy.
 
unluckyseventeen said:
Well, it's not because of the graphics, it's because it's perceived as a gimmicky, kids' machine, so a lot of developers make ****** games for it because they know parents will buy anything and kids will play pretty much anything.

As an adult, I could care less about a game's graphics. I still play Final Fantasy games from the PS1 era on my 42 inch TV at home. It looks like *** but it's all good because they are still great games. Anybody that says something to effect of "this game is good/bad because it's graphics are good/bad" really doesn't know much about quality video games, so consider their opinions to be rather untrustworthy.
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I still play ps1 games every once and awhile and even NBA Live 2000 on my PC. But the wii is just to underpowered. I love the motion controllers and always wanted a powerful system at the same time that could play FPS like call of duty. The medal of honor that came out on the PC in 2002 (that i still play) has better graphics than COD 3 on the WII and runs alot smoother. Thank god for the PS Move :) Cant wait to see how they are used in 2K11.
 
reignman40 said:
I still play ps1 games every once and awhile and even NBA Live 2000 on my PC. But the wii is just to underpowered. I love the motion controllers and always wanted a powerful system at the same time that could play FPS like call of duty. The medal of honor that came out on the PC in 2002 (that i still play) has better graphics than COD 3 on the WII and runs alot smoother. Thank god for the PS Move :) Cant wait to see how they are used in 2K11.
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Motion-sensitive control is going to be a gimmick for a long time - no good games are going to come out with motion being the primary method of control. All of the Wii's best games barely use the motion sensitive controllers even though it's supposed to be the backbone of the system, and there's no good game on the Wii that couldn't be ported to another console, easily.

But the Wii's issues are still not a matter of graphics, it's the fact that the Wii is a gimmicky, 2nd-tier system because of their marketing strategy. They wanted to make a cheap console that appealed to women (casual gamers, Wii Fit sold like 30 million copies or something crazy like that) and children, that was largely untapped. Women in the marketplace are where most retailers make $$$ and the fact that Nintendo targeted them so hard is the reason they're making so much money. Their sales are almost double the next closest console currently on the market. But the games still suck because game designers realize the market for them and don't put much money into their games, and still return a lot of profit.

Even games on the PS3 that use motion-sensitive control use it hardly ever or don't make it do anything. It's just not a technology that is ever going to catch on outside of gimmicky consoles and casual gamers. Graphics still don't have much to do with it.. they are a side-effect of the Wii's marketing strategy.
 
Very good points but the one thing that wii doesn't have is a camera that tracks your body. So we will see what they can do with it.
 
I tried to play the other Ratchet and Clank games - no dice. I guess I'm just not a sequel guy. I loved the first new era Prince of Persia games....have no interest in any of the others. Loved Madden '96....can't really get into any of the others. Loved Zelda:OoT.....haven't really felt the same about any of the others that have come after it. Metroid Prime might be my favorite game ever....not feeling the others. Same with GTA, Uncharted, Halo, Resident Evil, Metal Gear, God of War, Devil May Cry, Silent Hill(though 2 was especially good) and on and on.
 
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unluckyseventeen said:
Shadowrun is still better than Reach. Reach is pretty fun, though. I'm not sure if I'll buy it. Good thing I have that gamefly buffer.
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Shadowrun was better than most class-based multiplayer shooters but it was criminally underplayed. You cannot, in this day and age, charge full price for a game that doesn't feature a true single player component, and was pretty lacking in the amount of content on the multiplayer side. Microsoft and FASA dropped the ball on that one. Put the game out at a $30 or $40 price point, and spend more time developing content and less time trying to get the cross-platform multiplayer to work, and there's a good chance the servers don't get shut down and FASA is still in business.
 
Bought Demon's Souls the other day and just started playing it yesterday and so far, wow it is actually difficult compared to Oblivion and Dragon Age.
Like the fact their is no difficulty settings, it is what it is and you have to deal with it and right now I'm being dealt with. It does take sometime to get used to and that it isn't holding your hand going from one mission/quest to the next to guide you through it, that may change but so far the only one I've seen is the first one you get after talking to the Monumental.
 
I started Mass Effect 2 a couple of days ago and it's starting out kinda slow. I hate the dialogue and the voice overs. I'm about a half hour into the game. Does it get better? It's supposedly the best 360 game ever made.
 
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