Imagine a platformer with the shittiest controls ever

[pilonv1]

sup lost winds.

Making me jump via the remote is stupid enough, but making it so I have to precisely make movements UNDER my character to perform double/triple "gusts" (jumps) is distinguished mentally-challenged. The idea is interesting, but the execution is a epic fail.

Still it looks better and is more fun than Boom Blox, and about 1/4 of the price so it's not all bad.

[demi]

You dun fucked up

[pilonv1]

i dun, thanks blue.

[Bildi]

You're not enjoying Boom Blox?   I don't have it but wanted to get it one day when it's cheaper.

Sorry, I have no idea what Lost Winds is - I saw a long thread on GAF but I didn't really care enough to read it.  I wish developers would stop using sudden flicking and shaking of the wiimote or nunchuk for so many things.  It sucks.

[gibletsngravy]

Imagine: Platformingz

[recursivelyenumerable]

you're right: waggling doesn't make things simpler, it makes things more complex, obviously.  because it gives you more dimensions of control, 6 axes (or 11 including the nunchuck) instead of 2 or 4.  the more dimensions, the more potentially intricate the controls.   that's why I like the concept of waggle, because complex sophisticated games > simple games.

[pilonv1]

the problem is that the wii remote is great for sweeping motions that require zero accuracy. anytime you're using it as a precise pointing device it fails miserably

[pilonv1]

Anyone who's played a reasonable amount of time on a PC game would laugh at the suggestion that the Wii Remote is precise.

[demi]

Nobody should pay for this crap. Buy Zeruda and use Twilight Hack.

[tiesto]

Lost Winds has nice graphics and serene music, the control isn't bad (if you try and play the game a bit like Canvas Curse), but the slow pace and backtracking is making this game a bit of a chore to play. 

[Bildi]

I do like the pointer best of all about the Wii.  It's no mouse but I prefer it to moving a cursor around with an analog stick and it works well in RE4, RE:UC and Metroid.

The motion control is good too when used right, but flicking and also pushing the remote forwards in space are the crappiest uses of it so far.