At a whopping 1,000 points Protothea is simply too lazy and charmless to recommend. For only a few bucks more you can pick up Geometry Wars Galaxies, and that would be money very well spent indeed. Treacle-slow gameplay and, unless you love generic sci-fi future visions, very little incentive to soldier on. Less Star Wars, more star bores.
You'll love:
- Nice cloned controls
- Neat explosions
- Multiplayer free-for-alls
You'll hate:
- Slooooooooooow
- Yet still frustrates
- Ugly backgrounds
MyWii writes: "Protöthea is another top-down side-scrolling space shooter, but with a twist. Your ship has free form movement, which means you can shoot 360 degrees at all angles. It is a remake of the shooter of the same name released in 2005 for PC."
Gamez writes: "The first game saw the light of day in 2005, but as a PC game Protöthea did not have time to throw large eyes. Publisher Ubisoft is anno 2009 with the title in the resit, because this sci-fi shooter is now available via Nintendo's WiiWare channel."
Game Focus writes: "Protothea is a very interesting concept which fails in every regard on some level and that is actually more frustrating then fun in the end. But I am still very interested in the actual game because it does seem to be more like a potential game concept with a possible future in a new game then what it is now. The concept has promise, so much so it should give budding Wii Ware developers some ideas on what to do, but it will also give them ideas on what not to do.
Protothea is a top down 360 degree shooter with ground and air weapons, using the Wiimote and Nunchuck controller you guide your ship through various levels. Taking what is a classic game type and trying to make it their own has interesting aspects and effects."
Pros:
- Huge potential for this type of game concept on the Wii, but poorly implemented
Cons:
- Controls just do not feel right
- Classic Controller support is needed
- Graphics are very poor even for the power of the Wii
- All of the Audio is just poor overall
- Gameplay is far from good, but has potential
- Difficult game
