Archive for December, 2006

It's great, worth the wait, that's for sure, I'm actually having a hard time sitting in front of the pc, because I just want to pick up the Wiimote and keep playing. I've been playing a lot of Wii Sports and Wii Play with my brother, probably the best multiplayer experiences I've ever had, it's just hilarious, and you really get worked up because you feel like a part of the game in a way no other game systems can make you feel. Now I understand why all those televisions have been smashed by controllers, you do start sweating, and you most definetly swing the Wiimote around like an imbecile, because swinging the racket/bat/bowling ball/golf club as hard as humanly possible is just more fun.

I didn't feel like playing Twilight Princess until late last night, and I've been playing it for three or four hours today, and I'm really looking forward to playing it some more. The intro movie had pretty bad graphics, and I've been a bit worried about this, but the game is actually stunningly beautiful. The amount of details is incredible, just walking into a house is exciting: you will see the small rooms stuffed with paintings, furniture, fireplaces, sculptures, carpets, tableware, food, pots, plants, etc, and that's one of the most positive things about this game – the atmosphere. The fog in the swamps and forests, the darkness in the caves, the Silent Hill-like feeling in the dark twilight-world, they all make this game even better. I love the animations aswell, it's very smooth and looks cool, for example going to a full stop from running will make Link skid a little, and so will Epona when you make her stop. It's hard to explain, most games using the third-person perspective has this, but it's never looked so good before. A thing that's been discussed a lot is the lack of voices in the game, and while it seems to be a tradition not to use voices in Zelda games, it would've been nice in Twilight Princess. You meet this little creature, Midna, and it uses a lot of sounds, and that makes it feel like the character has more depth to it.

I also got Rayman Raving Rabbids today, it's more or less 75 mini games that'll make you use the Wiimote and nunchuk in all sorts of ways, and so far, it's pretty fun. Those manic anthropomorphic bunnies are hilarious.