Wii Bad for the Industry

[DarkMaster]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

See?

Subjective.

Shadow of the Colossus isn't epic in the least. It's repetative, boring, and drawn out. You do the exact same thing 10 or so times. And that's all you do. Ride, kill a giant monster. Load screen. Ride, kill a giant monster. That's hardly epic.

You could use those terms to describe anything. What do you do in a FPS? Run around and kill stuff. How about a racing game? You drive, wow. An RPG? Yeah, run around, fight, long boring story, repeat. Not very epic, right?

"Epic", in the way we are using it, has a definition. Whether a game is fun or interesting is a matter of opinion. Any way you want to argue it, there is a clear distinct difference between a game like Shadow of the Colossus and Katamari Damacy. And without getting into terms like gameplay and fun-factor, it's obvious they have two completely different focuses in how they're going to affect the people who play them.

And that is the entire point of the article, the idea that the Wii might alienate those who enjoy games in the vein of SotC, because it is not designed specifically to present that type of gaming experience.