Wii Zelda
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Anyone played/tried this?
I've yet to get the sytem and game myself... but I was able to try it out for an hour or so at work today.
I can't comment on the graphics... I was playing it on a flat bigscreen that blurs anything that doesn't have fancy cables. Everything was blurry and had color banding.
I really like the controller. Instead of constricting my hand to an unatural shape, I'm able to relax them by the arm rests. It feels like I'm just sitting down.
But there are things that I think they could have improved on.
The response of the right controller seems... sluggish. Maybe it's the implementation. But it doesn't feel very responsive when I want to quickly swing my sword when it's sheathed. It could be the calibration, though. Not sure. I did find the aiming to be a bit sensitive. But that doesn't seem to be a big deal since you really don't aim in the heat of combat.
I wish the placement of the control pad was closer to my thumb. The controller loses a lot of comfort when I have to re-grip the controller to reach the D-pad. Minor... but it would have been nice of the D-pad was lined up to my thumb.. and the A button lower. That way I would just need to bend my thumb more rather than re-gripping the controller.
The game itself was quite fun. Classic Zelda64 gameplay. Z-lock, attack, look for shit, solve puzzles, etc, etc.
I was really disappointed with the sounds, though. Most of the sound effects sound.... "old" It's hard to describe but there's a definite lack of quality in the sound.
Still!!! I'm really tempted to camp out to get the Wii. ARGH
I've yet to get the sytem and game myself... but I was able to try it out for an hour or so at work today.
I can't comment on the graphics... I was playing it on a flat bigscreen that blurs anything that doesn't have fancy cables. Everything was blurry and had color banding.
I really like the controller. Instead of constricting my hand to an unatural shape, I'm able to relax them by the arm rests. It feels like I'm just sitting down.
But there are things that I think they could have improved on.
The response of the right controller seems... sluggish. Maybe it's the implementation. But it doesn't feel very responsive when I want to quickly swing my sword when it's sheathed. It could be the calibration, though. Not sure. I did find the aiming to be a bit sensitive. But that doesn't seem to be a big deal since you really don't aim in the heat of combat.
I wish the placement of the control pad was closer to my thumb. The controller loses a lot of comfort when I have to re-grip the controller to reach the D-pad. Minor... but it would have been nice of the D-pad was lined up to my thumb.. and the A button lower. That way I would just need to bend my thumb more rather than re-gripping the controller.
The game itself was quite fun. Classic Zelda64 gameplay. Z-lock, attack, look for shit, solve puzzles, etc, etc.
I was really disappointed with the sounds, though. Most of the sound effects sound.... "old" It's hard to describe but there's a definite lack of quality in the sound.
Still!!! I'm really tempted to camp out to get the Wii. ARGH
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I've been having a blast, can't put it down. I agree about the D-Pad being too far up, but something I'll get used to. My sword swinging seems to be at an awesome sensitivity, I havn't had a complaint about it.
The sounds, while a bit "old" still feel like they fit the game. I didn't expect anything more, and the gameplay is like you said, Zelda64 style, which im pretty excited about.
Should we make a post for Friend Codes? My Mii is quite lonely.
Everything is blurry even on a good tv and with good cables. The HDR totally blows on it.
It's been fun so far though.