Jordan Lund examines statements made recently by Mike Hayes, and ponders the future of mature titles on the Wii.
Excerpt: "There are two key titles coming up on the Wii which the bean-counters are going to be watching very, very closely. The first is the just released Monster Hunter Tri which sold over half a million copies in two days when in launched in Japan. The next is the aforementioned Tournament of Legends next month.
The question is "Will either of these be another Mario and Sonic or will they be another Dead Space: Extraction (EA's attempt at a mature title that only sold 19,000 copies at launch)?"
Beneath all the Smash and shovelware, the Wii really did have quite a few gems.
Not a bad list.. I would add Excitebots, Kororinpa 1 & 2, Bit.Trip series, Geometry Wars: galaxies
BLG writes: "Dead Space. It’s a beloved horror series – one that yours truly can’t stop talking about on stream! Yet there are more Dead Space games than you may be aware of. So it’s my duty to introduce you to the best Dead Space games, and one very, very bad one. It’s time to grab a plasma cutter, cut off the limbs of terrifying necromorphs, and decide once and for all (on this website) which of the Dead Space games reigns supreme!"
I played all three. Didn't find them fun, just had nothing to play. I don't think I beat third game though. Combat was super clunky, graphics and art design were ugly imo, story in first game wasn't too bad, rest were meh.
Over hyped series imo, also it doesn't help horror games don't scare me, so I guess that's a big reason for me too.
Play Alien Isolation on Hard or Nightmare.
Start on the movie DLC so that you don’t have to play a bunch of campaign in order to find out if you’ll be scared.
I heard that was a good one. Honestly vr games scare me with jump scares because of how the threat feels real.
There isn’t an official VR mode, unfortunately.
The audio should pull you right in if you use headphones.
Just finished playing the first, enjoyed the fact Isaac was a silent alien crushing psycho doom-guy type. Just started the second yesterday and I'm annoyed he's a talker now and sounds like a regular guy who hasn't been through hell, but I suppose he couldn't remain silent.
Dead Space 2 is my favorite followed by 1 then 3. All are good to me though. Just beat all 3 on series X and they hold up.
This week the Link Cable Gaming crew gets all dressed up in their finest Halloween garb to discuss their favorite horror and even just spooky games in a special Halloween episode!
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Going online i have already counted possibly 10,000 people playing online tonight at around 2 am(eastern time). So lots of people have apparently bought it... it should be a surprising result i feel. I know preorders were in low supply at my gamestop. Since this is currently one of the best advertised mature wii title to date... its hard to believe this wont do well.