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Friday 25 January, 2008
Gamelog Entry #2:
GAMEPLAY:
Practice definitely makes perfect, after playing for a while longer I started getting the timing down a lot better and also figured out several other things that I had missed before. For example, in bowling being able to spin the ball before you release it; makes strikes a lot more likely. Another thing is that in golf you can tilt your view and also on the green you can find out the topography of the green. With a lot of the games you just have to be patient and calm not jerking the motion as if you’re trying to press the button on a controller as quickly as possible.
I haven’t played much Wii boxing or baseball, so I will not comment on those.
DESIGN:
I think the little nifty features mentioned above make the game more realistic. Having to perform the same motions as in real life is probably the biggest innovative element of Wii Sports. The fact that you have to stand up and go through the motions in order to play the game makes it very fun to play with friends because, as I’ve said above, we can help each other and just generally have fun. The main challenges in this game are to get used to the controls and timing of when to swing the remote, and making sure that you swing the hard and fast or slow and easy depending on the situation. For example, in golf, you can’t hit the ball too hard or the ball will just fly in an unpredictable way.
One thing that always frustrates me is that sometimes the controls are very sensitive and practically have to not even swing the remote to get the desired effect, and other times you try to do an action and it just doesn’t go through (like punches in boxing) or you have to perform a very specific movement with the remote in order to make it do what you want. Another feature that might have been good to add is some sort of prize system because while simply placing first among your friends is fun, it wouldn’t hurt to also get some sort of prize or maybe be able to unlock some items or something.
This game definitely proves that in order for a game to be fun it doesn’t have to be really complex or have some absolutely outstanding graphics. A simple game that brings together fun, new, interesting element can be just as, or even more fun.
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