The Wii May Be the Bane of Roleplaying

airwalkrr said:
Now I wouldn't say there are no patches or bugs. What exactly was 3.5 if not a "patch" to the game system. And for that matter, errata and the FAQ should fall in the same category. As for bugs, well, have you ever tried grappling? That always slows my system down. ;)
Quoted for truth. ;)
 

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Stalker0 said:
I played through all of the Wii sports games for about a couple of hours at a friends house and I have a question...does the control get any better with the later games?

Frankly, while it was fun to punch with the control and move around, and its certainly far ahead of any such technology from the past, the controls didn't feel real to me. After a few hours of practice, boxing still felt like I was just tossing my arms out crazily rather than having fine control of the action with my movement.

I'm I right about this, or did I just not get enough practice?

There is a small learning curve. I found I've gotten much better as the days go on. As I have mastered the controls, it begins to feel much more natural. I've found that it feels more natural when I'm standing usually than when I'm sitting. I don't have any trouble with the controller now. It feels like an extension of my hand.
 


I have to tell those 4 jerks to stay off our lawn with their horses. They're loitering there every other week, talking about it's all going down now with this new gimmick or that. Then they always go away, seemingly disappointed that the weather forecast was wrong again when they predicted rains of fire.
 

airwalkrr said:
Now I wouldn't say there are no patches or bugs. What exactly was 3.5 if not a "patch" to the game system. And for that matter, errata and the FAQ should fall in the same category. As for bugs, well, have you ever tried grappling? That always slows my system down. ;)

But did your D&D game come to a screeching halt for two years while you waited for them to 'fix' the ranger? :p
 


Rodrigo Istalindir said:
But did your D&D game come to a screeching halt for two years while you waited for them to 'fix' the ranger? :p

Exactly! I've never lost my place in a D&D campaign because the power cable got jiggled either. ;)
 


First of all, talking about whether something will "kill" a hobby is not a productive question. It's impossible to destroy a pastime within the lifetime of people practicing it. It is possible for a pastime to reach a minimal level of participation to the point where it has no significant foothold and there is no motive for commercial growth or technical development.

For example, many Victorian parlour games aren't "dead," but you can only play them among a very small group of hobbyists. There's no interest in those games as living pastimes. They're antiques.

To give you another example, board wargaming is not dead, but many of its releases occur exclusively as part time affaors with nonprofessional production values. Several games only exist because of the interest of a rich baseball player: Curt Schilling. Advance Squad Leader is only in print because one rich guy wants it to be. Board wargaming isn't dead, but you can't say it's in fine health.

And guess what: They were mugged by RPGs. And while they went through their decline, board wargame enthusaists made exactly the same arguments about how the activities were separate things, etc, etc.

But all that's required for a decline is the following:

1) The new activity appeals to the same segment as the old activity.
2) The new activity occupies a significant amount of time.

I don't know about the Wii, but as far as RPGs go, this has already happened a few times. RPGs aren't dead, but they aren't the same, either.
 


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