Ok. Let me start by saying that I was fairly disappointed with the gamepad. I'm not sure that I loved the ergonomics of the thing, and I didn't play a single game that proved its concept. I think the reason that I didn't really enjoy the system was because they had a significant lack of games available for me to play. I played (in order) P-100 (I felt as though it was a little to complicated for its own good. It needs some work before it can be something outstanding), New Mario U (The only reason that I played it was because they were having a competition, and I wanted to see if my friend and I could win (we didn't lost to 8 year olds lol)), Pikmin 3 (loved it), Batman Arkham City (This is where my problem starts to arise, I will talk about it a little later on), Nintendoland (Favorite game of the event, I was very surprised about that), Rayman Legends (Couldn't tell if the game was just no fun, or the lady demoing it was awful, my guess is that she just sucked), and finally Game & Wario (didn't play more than 5 seconds because the event ended right as I started to play). As I just said Nintendoland was my favorite game of the show simply because it had that pure fun aspect to it. I played the Zelda Mini game as an archer. I didn't think it showed off the controller very well though. As I also just said Batman Arkham City was where my real problem started to occur. First off the game didn't look nearly as good as the PS3/360 versions. Then I got my hands on the game pad. If this game is any indication as to how hardcore games are going to be played with the gamepad, I am going to be as far as humanly possible away from that controller. I have played and beaten Arkham City on my 360, and played quite a bit of it on my PS3, on hard mode I might add. When I picked up the game pad it felt very strange and awkward to use. Why? Well for starters this thing is fairly big, and my hands are placed very far apart. I had a hard time getting used to it, and I never really got it down, in the time that I played it. Another problem that I had with the game was the use of motion controls, and the touchscreen. The touchscreen seemed to have some input problems, what I mean by this is when dragging an item out of my inventory onto a quick use application the item seemed to lag behind where my finger was. I would compare it to using an older touchscreen that doesn't quite work correctly. (I don't hate the touch screen btw, it seemed to be functioning normally with all of the other games) Another problem that I had with Batman was the inclusion of the motion controls. Now, I don't hate motion controls and I am not blaming my opinion on the Wii U (so far) on the motion controls, or the use of the touchscreen, here all I have to say is that it shouldn't be incorporated in the game at all. It isn't necessarily to the game experience, and the game functions just fine without it. Leave it out.
So, you may be asking yourself, why haven't you explained why you were disappointed with the Wii U yet? I think it has to do with the fact that they didn't have a single game there that was a proof of concept. ZombiU wasn't present, and that (to me anyways) looks to be the game that proves what the gamepad is truly capable of. So why wasn't it there? None of the Nintendo reps knew. This was why I was very disappointed walking out of the event. They didn't prove to me why a touchscreen controller is the future of gameing as they claim it is. Will I still buy one on day one? Yes. I am a Nintendo fanboy I have to. But I still don't see who or why, besides the hardcore fans, that this would appeal to. That is why I made the status that I did. They are making a huge mistake, because this is not what they needed to do to get the hardcore gamers back. I applaud them for trying something new, and I am eager to see what devs can do with the platform, but as of right now, I am not thoroughly convinced, and will probably stick to the Pro Controller until then.
Afterwards:
Ok sorry this took so long to get up. The reason for this is because
1. We hit traffic on the way home, and I am sorry, but I am not typing all that out on my phone.]
2. My friend that I invited with me ended up staying for dinner, and I couldn't leave him to sit there while I took 20 minutes to type all that out. (Be mad at me if you want, but I'm sure that some people agree with me on this part)
Another thing is that I'm sorry this is written so poorly. I normally go back, and check my spelling and grammar, but I'm not doing this here simply because of the length of the thing. Sorry lol.
I saw a post on my status, with someone saying that I better not have a stupid reason for being disappointed with it. I'm sorry if this was a stupid reason, I don't think it was, I went in there with the highest of expectations, that is just the way that I feel.
Also do I break some kind of record for most legitimate replies to a status? There were over 50 responses. Lol.
Video that I shot will be up sometime tomorrow. I will link to it then. I am to tired to upload it tonight.
I want to thank you all for reading this. Please tell me what you think of it bellow, I look forward to seeing what everyone thinks.
