No. Demo was terrible. Boring, bland, lifeless. Awful controls. When I want to play Minecraft, I'll play Minecraft. If I wanted a steak, I wouldn't eat a Slim Jim. I will say it does at least look nice, in fact it looks nice enough to make you wonder why no actual Minecraft, although of course MC has a lot more stuff going on 'under the hood' then just stacking up blocks.
The game length is not the problem, the format is.
The minigames are short time format, largely twitch/reflex based. Even a tiny bit of lag would make the majority of the minigames unplayable; over a longer time frame a small amount of lag would be possible to overcome, but it would extend the game play which is already fairly extensive. And making the games less 'twitchy' would result in a game that would hardly even be Mario Party. .
Griefing would make this game MISERABLE, not that it doesn't in other games but again look at the format and see how simple it would be to deliberately sabotage others' play time. Yes, part of the fun of MP is intentionally messing with the other players but you know as well as I that adding the anonymity of online makes this much worse. Something as simple as idling as long as possible would be maddening in a fast-paced game such as this.
And don't expect me to believe for a second that players wouldn't be dropping left and right if they fell behind in score. MP is possibly the antithesis of 'hardcore' so people are just not going to care about rep or standing or what have you. I would love to be wrong on this but decades of gaming history has shown this is the case. Having said that, I'd admit limiting play to people on your friends list might alleviate this particular aspect, but then you run into the old complaints of friend codes etc.
A viable, working online mode? That'd be great! But it is just so implausible for this type of game that it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that Nintendo judged it not worth the effort.
I exclaimed "Well no poopitypoop!" out loud when I read the headline.
And I have bought the ones I have for functionality as well as form. I do not want a full collection but I do want the ones that have a use in games I enjoy. Even if it is something simple as a costume.
I want one for the faster processing power. I would have loved to take advantage of the Gamestop tradein but my store also got none on top of preorders. In some ways I'm glad to wait though, I don't NEED one and it'll give time to shake out any problems it might have. I will say I am not too keen on the idea of a red light for the face tracking, that sounds distracting and annoying.
It does seem likely that a better deal will come later. Not as good as the Gamestop tradein but better than plain retail at least.
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Re: Out Now: Splatoon Brings Some Colour to the Wii U
Great game, non stop fun. Voice chat completely unnecessary.
Re: Video: This New PoPoLoCrois: Harvest Moon Trailer Will Scratch Your Fantasy Life Itch
Tetris is an RPG where you play the role of a block sorter
Re: Cube Creator 3D Bringing a Minecraft-Style Experience to 3DS This Week in North America
No. Demo was terrible. Boring, bland, lifeless. Awful controls. When I want to play Minecraft, I'll play Minecraft. If I wanted a steak, I wouldn't eat a Slim Jim. I will say it does at least look nice, in fact it looks nice enough to make you wonder why no actual Minecraft, although of course MC has a lot more stuff going on 'under the hood' then just stacking up blocks.
Re: Nintendo Download: 2nd April (North America)
I wish Underground was a bit cheaper, but still getting it for the uniqueness of it.
Re: Canned Shooter Dune: Ornithopter Assault Could Have Added Spice To The GBA Library
Just needs the Weirding Module peripheral
Re: Opinion: Splatoon Is to Shooters what Mario Kart Is to Racers
Day one purchase, and I literally can't remember the last game I bought on release day.
Re: Review: Mario Party 10 (Wii U)
@renaryuugufan92
The game length is not the problem, the format is.
The minigames are short time format, largely twitch/reflex based. Even a tiny bit of lag would make the majority of the minigames unplayable; over a longer time frame a small amount of lag would be possible to overcome, but it would extend the game play which is already fairly extensive. And making the games less 'twitchy' would result in a game that would hardly even be Mario Party. .
Griefing would make this game MISERABLE, not that it doesn't in other games but again look at the format and see how simple it would be to deliberately sabotage others' play time. Yes, part of the fun of MP is intentionally messing with the other players but you know as well as I that adding the anonymity of online makes this much worse. Something as simple as idling as long as possible would be maddening in a fast-paced game such as this.
And don't expect me to believe for a second that players wouldn't be dropping left and right if they fell behind in score. MP is possibly the antithesis of 'hardcore' so people are just not going to care about rep or standing or what have you. I would love to be wrong on this but decades of gaming history has shown this is the case. Having said that, I'd admit limiting play to people on your friends list might alleviate this particular aspect, but then you run into the old complaints of friend codes etc.
A viable, working online mode? That'd be great! But it is just so implausible for this type of game that it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that Nintendo judged it not worth the effort.
Re: Review: Mario Party 10 (Wii U)
I'm surprised at how many people want online for this, as even a moment's thought should make you realize what a disaster it would be.
Re: Iwata Doesn't Feel amiibo Has Shown Its Full Potential Yet
I exclaimed "Well no poopitypoop!" out loud when I read the headline.
And I have bought the ones I have for functionality as well as form. I do not want a full collection but I do want the ones that have a use in games I enjoy. Even if it is something simple as a costume.
Re: Poll: Are You An Early Adopter With The New Nintendo 3DS?
I want one for the faster processing power. I would have loved to take advantage of the Gamestop tradein but my store also got none on top of preorders. In some ways I'm glad to wait though, I don't NEED one and it'll give time to shake out any problems it might have. I will say I am not too keen on the idea of a red light for the face tracking, that sounds distracting and annoying.
It does seem likely that a better deal will come later. Not as good as the Gamestop tradein but better than plain retail at least.
Re: Meta Knight amiibo Hits Best Buy in US on 20th February
I'm done chasing Amiibo. If I see one on the shelf I want, then fine. I should not have to schedule time for a 'purchasing opportunity'
Re: RCMADIAX Scales Back Wii U Plans for 2015
I didn't buy a Wii U to play games I could play on my phone
Re: Weirdness: Club Nintendo Members Attempt to Sell Flipnote Studio 3D Codes on eBay
Scumbags one and all
Re: Nintendo Download: 12th February (Europe)
Blaster Master is a fantastic game. I'm very curious if they kept the pause-on-bosses damage exploit
Re: Famitsu Article Reportedly Inks Out More Splatoon Details
The way some of you are acting about this makes me very glad there's no voice chat