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Wednesday 20 February, 2008
GAMEPLAY
My second round of playing Wii Sports I still found myself consumed with the game.
The game has lots of flow, as your ranking goes up the more challenging the game becomes as the opponents offer a greater challenge. The sports in Wii Sports are fun to play; I found it especially fun because it challenges you, it tests your skills, because after playing these games for however long you’re bound to have gained some skills. As in the tennis part of the game the higher your skill level is the larger the crowd is.
The game, as I stated before, is fun to play with more than just one person; playing with multiple players make it worth while. This game is one that involves social interaction, rather than just playing it on your own others should join in on the fun. Multiple players make the game much more interesting, because you aren’t playing a computer.
Aside from my pleasantries of the game, I also found that I was at times very frustrated with the remote. My frustration was due to whether or not the remote was registered after having made my move (i.e. swing) causing a miss. But for the most part the remote did register, it’s just those certain parts of the games were it’s a close game and you’ve lost because the move wasn’t registered.
DESIGN
Wii Sports has a great level design, because your skill has control of your level. If you do well then you’re skill point goes up, but if you do poorly your skill point goes down, which is fair. Another great aspect of Wii Sports is the award structure, being awarded after gaining a certain number of skill points, such as “pro level” and other things that come with it, like another feature to add to your Mii.
The game helps exhibit social interaction because no matter what mode you’re playing if there’s someone around you, you are going to get some sort of reaction whether it’s friendly badgering or cheering from someone watching.
The challenges the game provides is keeping your skill points and gaining more. The game tests your skills, and every skill level high you are the harder the opponents you play become creating a challenge for you to overcome.
I think that since the sports are real sports, that people play and have seen everyday, is the reason that keeps the players interested. And because these sports are like real sports everyone will want to see if they are as good in the game as they are in real life.
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