CoD3 Wii

Anyone played it?

I've been aniticipating it for quite a while and finally got it this morning.

Well last night I watched a video review (from IGN IIRC) and they mentioned that the game had "input problems in some areas".

Some areas? How about right from the start?

It "sticks", for lack of a better description. If you start moving left, you keep moving left and the like. It's like a kind of lag. Input lag.

Now, I know my Wiimote is setup fine because all of my other games are, well, perfect. No problems at all re control.

It's really frustrating. It seems to get worse if you pause the game; when you un-pause it it lags like buggery. Wonderful.

Anyone else having problems with it? I did a google search and didn't turn up very much at all, mostly just people moaning about getting used to the input system as a whole. I think most games use it pretty intuitively.

amazing the bugs they allow to creep into production these days... All that is left is to start selling a game that doesn't run.

Remember when I told you the wiimote is a mouse and not a remote? This was why.

Are you sure there couldn't be something wrong with the game? Not bad coding, I'm talking about it being defective. This probably isn't the case, but it's worth checking out IMO.

Just do what everyone else does: launch the Wiimote out of your hand and into the TV screen. ;)

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Originally Posted by Mario F.

amazing the bugs they allow to creep into production these days... All that is left is to start selling a game that doesn't run.

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Already happened. X3: Reunion...so many bugs and memory issues that the game didn't run (without specs that far surpassed the recommended system requirements) until the fifth or sixth patch.

Wii beat PS3 in sales!!!!! SONY WILL BURN! :D

Wait until everyone remembers that nintendo games suck.

Mario, you should really give the wii a shot. It's tons of fun, and I know a bunch of people who don't even like video games that agree with me, too.

I can't be ignorant of the fact everyone says it is. But not before I upgrade my laptop. It's becoming pathetic already.

Wii's fun factor is a gimmick. There are only so many games you can shake a stick at (literally) and eventually, I think all their ideas will run dry and people will realize how much worse its graphics are. As for the PS3, I think they have A LOT of work to do if they want to take top prize. They'll need to revamp their firmware, get all the compatibility issues fixed, and finally release all the great games we've been hearing about! Resident Evil 5, Metal Gear Solid 5, Grand Theft Auto 4, Final Fantasy XIII, Devil May Cry 4, etc... once those are all released and getting their deservedly great reviews, people will flock back to the PS3 and Sony knows that.

I say by Christmas 2007, the ratio of PS3 to Wii to X360 sales will be 8:6:5. This will be because of Sony's better library, quality graphics, and inevitably decent price.

You can come over to my house and play it if you want :)

> inevitably decent price.

You really think the price is going to drop that much in a year? Nintendo's shipping 150K-200K units to the US alone for the rest of the year, and they're still impossible to find. I really think it's impossible for the PS3 to overtake the margin Nintendo AND MS have in a year, especially with the crappy supply of the PS3, the price, and the fact that the reviews have been pretty poor, at best.

edit: And the graphics on the Wii aren't as good as the otehr two consoles, sure. But they're not selling it based on the graphics. They're selling based on the controller mostly, and I think you're underestimating the utility of it.

Sure it will... a year is quite a lot of time. The price of the Blu-Ray and Cell Processor will drop considerably, they'll be making money back on software, and with any luck they might actually make something from those online stores of theirs. By Dec 2007, I'd suspect they'd have no problems getting the prices down $299 and $399 respectively for the two models. The Wii will be under $200, the 360 will likely be $299 and I think by the end of next year, both of the latter consoles will have sold to their base audiences. Don't forget, there's still a lot of people that want a PS3 but aren't buying because of the price and availability.

This Christmas is the year of the Wii, next Christmas will be the year of the PS3.

I guess we'll see, but I really think you're drastically overestimating the price drop. $200 in a year? No way.

The truth though is that most people won't be buying their PS3 until they can get a mod next corner.

My PS2 Messiah mod, slim illuminated clear case and an HD Combo Case Expansion is still going to take some time to be replaced. The chip alone cost me a 5 month waiting,... not to mention the price.

I've seen people with modded PS2s to play burned games and stuff, but I have never seen anyone who actually modded the case of theirs.

Oh I didn't mine, mind you. I got someone close by who could set me a Messiah. Modding is not forbidden in Portugal. Of course, playing copies of games I don't own, is. However I cannot honestly say all my use of this PS2 has been legal.

But I do buy my share of PS2 games and have been generally a nice Sony customer. I'm just not perfect.

(You are on! I'll bring the beer and drop by the pizza store on my way)

OK, to get to my house head west from portugal and turn right at Kentucky.

I'll get a cab in new york. The movies prove there's always a free cab in new york.

OK. Cab fare from NYC to my place should run something like....

OK I broke the cab calculator I found. It's about a 10-11 hour drive, I'd wager. Should only put you back a couple grand.

edit: here you go
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...=UTF8&z=7&om=1

Ouch!

Good thing I already have the beer, then.

Eh... Detroit has airports, too, I believe. :)

We europeans are renowned for our lack of scale. If we were to invade USA one day, we would think we made it after 1 day of march.

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Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom

Eh... Detroit has airports, too, I believe. :)

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Yeah, but you think I'm going to deal with the holiday traffic around Metro to pick up some random Portuguese dude? Hell no.

> Yeah, but you think I'm going to deal with the holiday traffic around Metro to pick up some random Portuguese dude? Hell no.

http://d21c.com/terri1/flash/smile.swf

I love the Wii. It is so much fun.

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Wii's fun factor is a gimmick. There are only so many games you can shake a stick at (literally) and eventually, I think all their ideas will run dry and people will realize how much worse its graphics are.

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Or maybe Nintendo just decided to exploit the fact that graphics aren't everything in a game? Maybe the general populace will start to realize this fact. I personally like the graphics in the Wii. I find no problems with it at all.

The Wii is incredibly fun to play. I have found no problems with it at all. It is economically priced as well. The Playstation 3 is overdone. I honestly dont care to use my game console to watch movies, play mp3s, store files, surf the internet, and do other things. I want my game console to let me play fun games and that is it. If I want to do other things I will buy a regular computer, and also a DVD player.

Down with playstation.

Go Nintendo.

> surf the internet,

But you can, soon! They're going to release Opera for the Wii :cool:

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If I want to do other things I will buy a regular computer, and also a DVD player.

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Price of Wii + Blu-Ray Player > Price of PS3

... you're not getting the idea of a gimmick. Yes it's fun... until it runs dry. It's like those video games in the arcade where you can duck and dodge and stuff... it's really fun the first few times and then it gets old. ... and I'm sick of this "graphics aren't everything" crap. No one said they were everything, but they are something. Both Playstation and PS2 has a greater library of fun games than any Nintendo console had since the Super NES. Just because it does one thing right (like graphics or a nice car) doesn't mean it's compensating for a lack of something else (like a small peni... err, I mean fun factor). You don't know and neither do the girls at the bars! *runs away crying*

Everything dies, you know. And they usually do because the competition came up with something new and better. Nintendo died before. It can die again :)

Nintendo came back. I think it is Playstation's turn to die.

But seriously, I don't think there's room for 3 major brands on this market. I expect Nintendo to keep their head above the water for much longer. But I don't expect them to fly high.

Wii may be cool. But it's just the controller, really. It's not that the games have changed, Nintendo secured some new major contracts with software houses, or was able to produce more boxes and place them on the shelves. Also, the controller... well... it can be imitated.

I'm not trying to bash Nintendo. I do remember and thank the company for their past. I'm just trying to dismiss the idea that Wii will change the rules in the console market.

>Also, the controller... well... it can be imitated.

Not really, you see if Xbox, PS3, or PC gets a knock-off, there won't be enough games for it. Nobody will manufacture games for a system where the consumer can only play with an add-on piece of hardware, it's just too small of a market to be restricted to. Just look at the NES Gun, supernintendo bazooka, etc.. But with the Wii, everyone has it.. so developers don't need to worry about the available hardwawre of the consumer.

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But seriously, I don't think there's room for 3 major brands on this market. I expect Nintendo to keep their head above the water for much longer. But I don't expect them to fly high.

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The thing is, there are two major brands, and one minor one. Wii has a nice price range so that it sits within a nice sweet spot, if people have some cash left over from buying the other consoles, they can get a wii. Or they can just get a wii and games. There is more room than you think.

Honestly, that's just silly. Do you really expect people to buy another gaming system before they fill out the library of their first? Sure, some rich kid might do it, but it's not the norm.

The use of the wiimote will only increase as the console matures. There are a thousand uses for it that haven't even been touched yet.

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Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom

Honestly, that's just silly. Do you really expect people to buy another gaming system before they fill out the library of their first? Sure, some rich kid might do it, but it's not the norm.

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On average, no, I don't. Most people will buy one console and fill up the library, some fill up the library of more than one console, and some just selectively fill collection of more than one. I only want a wii for zelda, so I'll probably rent it or something.

If you only want Zelda, just get the gamecube version. The Wii version's a port anyways.

It's actually the other way around, they stopped development on the gamecube version and went to the wii. I've also heard reports of the video actually being flipped in the GC version. Plus progressive scan and widescreen > 480i and 4:3.

Sorry if this question is rather stupid. What's a Wii?

What is the internets? If you didn't have immediate access to a search engine, I'd have no problem answering that question.

I found this article interesting:

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/09/07/005106.php

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What is the internets? If you didn't have immediate access to a search engine, I'd have no problem answering that question.

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Right. I've done some googling and found out what it was. :D

BTW, does this mean that the patent infringement sues have already been handled?

The console wars is a theme that will rage on for many years to come. I own an xbox and a pc, but I have in the past had a gamecube, NES, SNES, N64, PS1, PS2, Amiga 600+, and even a commadore 64. Look how the games market has evolved since the NES was released in the 80's. The three major players, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo will be at eachothers throats for many years to come.
There is no and will never be a difinative leader. Nintendo have been in 3rd place for a while, and even though I think the WII is ok, it still wont cut the lead thar Sony have on the console market. MS are a close second, but think how many ps2 units still sell compared to the xbox. When the ps3 is released, don't except that to fly off the shelves either.
MS will have to bide their time and release games that would put people off Nintendo's and Sony's latest gadgets. We will soon see that the winner takes all...

As I said, I don't expect too many sales on the PS3 until Christmas '07. They didn't have enough launch titles. Everything good is coming out some time this year.

I played the new legend of Zelda the other day at the mall. The game was really cool, and the price of the console is pretty decent. I'm getting one in Janurary when I can.

I thought the controls on the Wii were weak when I saw the demos, but playing with them are pretty fun. Although when I'm feeling lazy I dont know if I'll want to start waving my arms around.

For the most part, you don't have to move all that much to get it to register. It's more than pushing buttons, but you don't have to be a huge spaz like all the people in the commercials.

Ahlukaa i write from Milano, Italy, i was surfing on the net when i see that you have the same problem that i have too, with cod3 on wii...

Have you resolved it?

Im afraid that my wii is not working, but with the other game all work perfectly...
But other player didnt noticed it? wtf ?

answer me plz :)

Sorry for the bad english.

Good Xmas to everybody of the community!!!

kith, sembra di essere un problema soltanto con quel gioco: CoD3. io ho giocato il Wii con degli altri giochi, e sembra di funzionare molto bene. ma spero che il problema si aggiusti.

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Originally Posted by DavidP

kith, sembra di essere un problema soltanto con quel gioco: CoD3. io ho giocato il Wii con degli altri giochi, e sembra di funzionare molto bene. ma spero che il problema si aggiusti.

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bella david thx :D mi chiedo però come mai ad alcuni non lo fa, o forse non se ne accorgono=?

Boh! Veramente non ho giocato a CoD3, quindi non conosco il bug molto bene...ma gli vorrei giocare. ho giocato, pero', a tanti altri giochi (ad esempio Zelda) che funzionano benissimo.

a me piace il Wii :)

Dudes...

I haven't played it very much lately, certainly not since I started this thread so no, I'm afraid I haven't solved it. I'm sure it's nothing to do with the Wii itself, just, well, me. :)

Id love to code a decent RPG using console, all text. I think il start it after xmas. In relation to this thread, I was thinking about how Zelda works and operaotes, and thinking on how I can model my own classes and the game loop around that sort of spectrum. Obviously, wont be any way near as good, but Mario gave me the idea that making a decnet RPG using console teaches you how much C++ you really DO know..