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dstomakh's Wii Sports (Wii)
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| [January 25, 2008 07:28:58 PM]
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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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| [January 25, 2008 06:50:36 PM]
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Gamelog Entry #1:
Summary:
In Wii Sports the player has a choice of several sports: bowling, golf, tennis, boxing, and baseball. Each of these sports is played in basically the same way as you would play them in real life; the only real difference being that you don’t have to go anywhere or have any specific sport oriented equipment to play.
Gameplay:
When you first start playing each of the sports you need a bit of time to get used to the controls; more specifically the sensitivity of the controls, since there are no actual “controls,” but instead you have a remote that mimics the real life actions that you would have to perform if you were playing in real life. Timing is also something that takes practice to get used to. For example, in tennis you have to know to swing right before the ball reaches you. I’ve actually never played Wii Sports in single player it has always been a social event with my friends. We have lots of fun, help each other with certain aspects of the game, and make fun of each others screw-ups.
There is no story to this game; players simply compete with each other to win the game. Players can gain titles (like expert or professional) depending on how well they do in the game, but there no bonuses associated with these titles.
Design:
I really liked you actually have to perform the same motions in the game you would have to in real life. As much as the developers of the game tried to make it as close to reality as possible there are still some things that still remain unreal. For example, in golf there is a bar that shows you about how far the ball can go depending on the strength of your swing. Another thing is the wind indicated by an arrow using which you can account for it pretty well (with practice).
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dstomakh's Wii Sports (Wii)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Saturday 19 January, 2008
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