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Spore Dev Down On the Wii
An anonymous reader writes "As reported by IGN, Spore developer Chris Hecker made a very quotable statement at a traditionally contentious GDC panel. At the 'Game Publishers Rant' event Wednesday morning, Hecker stated that he thought the Wii is a piece of sh*t. He went on to refer to it as 'two GameCubes stuck together with duct tape.' He also took Nintendo to task for not taking games seriously enough. 'It's not clear to me that Nintendo gives a s*** about games as an art form.'"
What the fuck are you talking about? Its been out FIVE months and if you look at the Xbox 360 in the same period... NO GOOD GAMES.
Two tears in a bucket. Motherfuck it.
What are you retarded? That did not come out in the first five months, nay even the first 8 months. Gears of War was relaeased almost a FULL YEAR after the xbox 360 came out. Stupid Fanboy.
Two tears in a bucket. Motherfuck it.
Look at the DS compared to PSP. Comparably "underpowered" yet while I own both, only one sits in a box, unplayed for months (hint: the PSP). Graphics are not the be-all for most people. Only lame undersexed gamers think they need a billion polygons/sec to make a "game fun."
As to his comment about the CPU not being fast enough for AI I guess we'll have to wait and see. Maybe he's used to bloatware or being inefficient. I'm sure Wii developers will figure it out.
Besides, I think the Wii has already proven it's not in the same track as the 360 and PS3. The games for the Wii will be much different in that they actually promote you to get into the game and not be all sloth-like on your couch with a remote...
Tom
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
Have a look at LittleBigPlanet for the PS3, that game looks amazing on a lot of levels and its exactly the game that I would hope Nintendo would do, but they simply don't do innovative stuff any more, instead we get a tennis game in which you can't even control the player, good for capturing the casual gamers, boring for everybody else.
So you are saying that a tennis game where you cannot move the player isn't innovative. Every tennis game I remember playing allowed you to move the player.
You also ignore another game on that very disc. Wii Sports Bowling is the greatest bowling game ever made thanks to Nintendo innovation. Without question. It is not up for argument.
And this is on the disc you get with the damned system.
Sony shows one mildly interesting game, and everyone is ready to jump on their cock. I will go on the record right now, and say that Little Big Planet is nothing more than Mario Vs DK 2: March of the Minis with tarted up graphics. That game supports Wi-Fi and online sharing of user created levels too.
I have yet to see this Sony innovation you speak of.