Manhunt 2 Confirmed for Wii 65
Of all the licenses I expected to see on the Wii, the ultra-violent Manhunt title was not one of them. Coming to the 'next-gen alternative' trifecta of PSP, PS2, and Wii this summer is Manhunt 2 (not to be confused with the Sierra Manhunter adventure game series). The followup to the violent Rockstar title from 2003 will 'push game design and storytelling forward', sticking close to the original's dark suspense/stealth motifs.
Good for the Wii (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Good for the Wii (Score:2, Insightful)
Right, because mature titles like Eternal Darkness or the Resident Evil series really helped the Gamecube shed its "kiddie" image ...
That said, I'm right there with you. I bought my Wii in anticipation of games like WarioWare: Smooth Moves. I have my Xbox 360 for "mature" titles like Gears of War or Dead Rising.
Re:they mean... (Score:2, Insightful)
Traded it for FFX.
What Wii really needs to be "adult" is party games, and by party I mean dancing and singing. Non-gamers are buying ps2 to sing with singstar. Give them an affordable console with downloadable songs, so they can be local songs and not just international hits, and they'll buy it. I've got no intention to buy a ps3, but if they did a singstar for it with catalan music I would find it hard to resist.
Re:Wii - The Third Party Dumping Ground (Score:2, Insightful)
I beat Zelda on our Wii 3 weeks ago, and still log several hours a week playing Wii sports and Wario Ware.
PS3 is the real bore right now games wise.
Mature? (Score:3, Insightful)
I'm not criticizing, but "more mature" always seems like a double-speak phrase. Like, if someone describes me as "more mature", that's a way of saying I'm old.
The irony is, that most people using the word "mature" when describing video games are generally under 21.
As always the Nintendo zealotry comes forward. (Score:5, Insightful)
I kinda agree with you, and the unfortunate reallity is that I count myself as a "non-gamer".
I'll go with each of your points:
Fast forward to today and what did the reality turn out to be?
Granted, I was one of the first persons to "sell" the Wii to my relatives and other friend who is also "non-gamer" (currently his PhD in Biology ) or my brother a musician (hardcore Sony PS? player). In "theory" Wii is very cool.
GameCube games that Nintendo sat on for the past year so they could tack on some Wiimote stuff and sell them as Wii games.
Half-assed third party crap dumped on the console.
I am sure you are referring to Legend of Zelda... I agree with you on that. I bought it but more because my girlfriend wanted it, I have played one or two times but I find it boring (maybe not my type of game).
A couple of third party games actually designed for the Wii where the controls are kinda interesting but actually pretty clunky in reality.
Some Nintendo first party stuff that might come out in late 2007 but more likely sometime in 2008.
As an example, lets put Red Steel, which was one of the most hyped games (just look at all the Wii trailers from the prelaunch at youtube). I bought it because it seemed to be cool. I found it OK, and it is what I have been playing so far...but from the reviews I have read, they all agree in that it is a POS (I give it a 6 of 10).
Like many other Wii owners, the Wii was a hit for a couple nights during the holidays when people were around the house. But now my Wii is sitting gathering dust these days. With nothing worth buying and who the hell knows when an actual Wii game is going to be released worth buying.
I cant agree more with this. The Wii was so fun on christmass eve, as my girlfriends relatives came to our flat to play. We had a lot of fun with Wii Sports (pretty much the only good game for non-gamers). After that, I have played and beaten the pro status (more than 1800 in fact) in tennis, golf and bowling (baseball is boring and boxing is not accurate).
Where the hell is the online stuff Nintendo?
This is one of the things that has pissed me off. The VC games are just *too expensive*. I am in the UK and the price of the Wii points is just outrageous. They expect me to pay more than £5 for a NES game? I *really* want to get Street Fighter 2, but I can have a better SF2 experience with any Kalliera enabled emulator.
I got very angry also when I read that one of the Worms games was going to be released for Xbox Live. My girlfriend and I LOVE that game, and is one of the few games I have made non-gamer play and have fun (the N64 version with 1964emu).
Where the hell are all these 'innovative' games Nintendo?
I bought Super MonkeyBall banana because all the games I had where boring me; the game is fine, but too short for one person. Again, only my girlfriend played with me but, because she sucked (dont tell her =oP) and you have to play *against* the other player, she got tired of losing. And my flatmate (the PhD Biol. student) did not like it (too difficult for him, non-gamer).
Now I am just waiting to see a game which *really* makes me want it. So far I have not seen any. I am pondering to buy one of the racing games, just because it is what is available (if you go to any game store here in UK youwill see the same 5 games for the Wii vs tons of games for other systems... that pisses me off) and just to see if I can get more from the Wii. I am just affraid to buy a game that is as X as the others I have. Oh, and WarioWare is out of my list... I played the GBA game and it was awful (of course this is just my POV).
I could of just waited a little while and saved 200 bucks and just bought Zelda for my old GameCube.
I could have waited too, but I am *really* looking forward to the Wii. I hope Nintendo just wakes up and give us some really *new* gameplay. For now, I am sick and tired of the "party games" and am looking for some good one player or two-player cooperative games.
Meanwhile, I'll continue playing my recently acquired Neverwinter Nights (first version, 100% legal £4.00) =o)
Re:Mature? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Mature? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:As always the Nintendo zealotry comes forward. (Score:2, Insightful)