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Quick! We need to destroy generic alien building #17!
I am among the minority of gamers who thought that
Halo was a mediocre-at-best title. Its sequels haven't done any more for me than the first did. Now we're taking Bungie's generic sci-fi world and combining it with the desperately-in-need-of-a-reboot real-time strategy genre. Whee...
Oh, and did I mention this is an Xbox 360 title? Awesome, the tedium of yet-another-RTS combined with the amazing limitations of console controls. Two great tastes that will likely taste clunky and frustrating together. I guess the idea of Covenant-rushing a UNSC base will get some people's motors revving, but I am not some people.
Nothing says "Super Hero" like beating up women.
Look, I've only ever liked three fighting games in history, but I'll admit that one of them was
Mortal Kombat II (try to guess the other two in the comments!). That said, the MK series has been in a deep funk for longer than many gamers have been alive. The latest plan to jazz it up involves bringing in DC Comics' cast of characters in a move that shrieks "please like us as much as you liked
Marvel vs. Capcom!" I'm unconvinced.
For one thing, I'm not sure I can possibly take it seriously, to see a lithe girl in army fatigues swing a roundhouse kick at Superman, and having him actually react as if it hurt. This is SUPERMAN for Christ's sake. That most jackass-y of superheroes can pretty much survive being crushed
between two planets and you're asking me to believe that a roundhouse kick from a 120-pound woman, military-trained or not, is going to do anything other than shatter her brittle, brittle human bones? I think not.
Also, please ... Batman would totally kick Sub-Zero's ass.
Oy vey...
So tell me, gentle reader, which type of Wii gamer are you? The casual fan who bought the system, and has never bothered to play anything except
Wii Sports since then? Or the hardcore gamer who bought the system, played
Wii Sports for two weeks, and has basically not touched the Wii since? From those I've surveyed, there seems to be no middle ground, and judging by Nintendo's E3 lineup I'd say they're aware of this and really targeting the first group. I'll give you a guess which group I'm
not a part of.
Bzzt, wrong! That actually was a trick question. I'm not a part of either group, because nothing about the Wii strikes me as remotely interesting in any way. I understand it's a glorious new control scheme that's going to forever change the face of gaming, and also that I can make a hilarious little cartoon version of myself, but for some reason standing in front of my TV and wiggling around lost its appeal for me about seven seconds into playing
Wii Tennis for the first time at a friend's house.
Nintendo's sold about six zillion Wiis, so they're doing something right ... but not for me.