Tactical Nuclear Assault Blog

So, I tried out a PS3 in the first week of January, and found it to be quite satisfactory, but I’ve only played the Wii for the first time today, which I assume is the opposite order in which people usually end up testing those 2 consoles, anyways, just thought I’d give my initial thoughts on the two of them.

Wii (1 Hour test):
The game I tested was Wii Sports, which most people say is the most accurate use of the Wiimote, but I found it to be quite sloppy.

After an hour or so of playing around with it, it was still all hit/miss, was I going to throw a punch? I swung my arm, but who knows? Wii Boxing basically ended up with me swinging as much as possible to try and get hits in, wherever/whenever they may show up. It was no help either that there were no in-game explainations on how to go about getting what you want done, the best they did was “Here, practice” …thanks.

Besides that, I found that the cursor was floating a good 8 inches below where I was actually aiming it. Making my Mii ended up being the most fun I had during my test, not to say I hated the rest of the time, but it seems like that was the only time it was doing what I wanted it to do (except for the aiming problem).

Now, I won’t send the Wii off to eternal damnation just yet, it was only set up the night before, so who knows, maybe I wasn’t the right distance from the TV or some asinane problem like that.

PS3 (30min. test):
This was the console I was expecting the most from, I got to test Resistance: Fall of Man, on a pretty sweet projector, surround sound setup no less. It’s been quite a while now since I’ve played it, so let’s hope my memory isn’t too far off.

I can’t really remember any problems with Resistance, other than learning what all the buttons are for, including switching weapons, a problem I don’t doubt would’ve dissapeared with another half hour of playing. That, and it was kinda hard (I suck at console FPS though, so it could just be me). Movement, aiming, and whatever other controls there were gave me no trouble at all, everything moved and acted just the way it should.

The game looked great and I had plenty of fun tearing around, especially once we found the tank. The graphics wern’t everything I hoped they’d be during the opening cutscene, but now thinking back on it, (and having played other FPS in the mean time) I’m sure the in-game graphics were just splendid, but I don’t think anyone ever doubted the graphics capabilities of the PS3 in the first place.

Verdict:

Well, I’d still like to try out another game or two on the Wii, to see if there’s any improvement from my first test, but right now it just kinda pisses me off, meanwhile the PS3 acted perfectly. Also, I’m pretty sure I’d get tired of swinging my arms around and sweating while I’m trying to relax and play a video game.

As of right now, if I had any interest in purchasing either of them, I’d be willing to suffer the price difference, and get the PS3 (when a ’system seller’ game comes out at least).