There's some fun to be had with Disaster: Day of Crisis, but it's far from good and certainly not what you should be expecting from Nintendo.
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Did you play this game?
I think no.
View videos for interest of the game is good, view the videos for write a review is too bad.
Play it, and re-write a review, because is simple ridiculous
Sorry for my english, bye.
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I've spent another hour or so on it tonight, and I'm still loving it. The 24 style moments, the bridge top boss fight, this is really good stuff, I just can't understand why you've come down so hard on it :(
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Moving on... this comment wound me up; "don't you know anyone who goes around punching crates?" This is a COMPUTER GAME. Does this reviewer comment on why Link has to cut up grass to find rupees? Would he have Ray go to a shop, take money out his wallet and stop for a starbucks before saving the world? Game devices such as crates and barrels have been used since the dawn of time. It's not because they can't do alternatives, it's because an alternative would actually break up the gameplay. And as for "There's something completely bizarre about a man in the middle of a national disaster stopping in the street to eat a burger..." Well forgive me if im wrong, but a guy running around through harsh terrain may need sustaining from time to time.
Not once did i notice any imput lag or slowdown in the framerate. Admittedly some of the civilian textures left me scratchin my head as to gender, which was quickly resoloved with a look at the rescue log. Some of the skin textures in the game. for the main characters, were brilliant. Particle effects and some of the natural disasters were a joy to watch, as was some of the character design (ageing army leader included. Tommy Lee Jones anybody).
Implementation of "waggle" was also enjoyable. Some i enjoyed more that the others, but i think thats what made it work so well. You're never kept doing the same thing for long enough to get bored of it. It was my longing for more CPR events made all the more special that it didn't happen that often, as well as some of the better ones are only one offs.
And lastly the story. Yes its B-Movietastic, yes its cheesey, but it was part of this games charm, and i just found it so compulsive i had to play on. Yes it's cheesy, but as a semi-professional writer, i would usuaklly cringe away from most games acting and dialogue. I didn't however, with this one. There's a lot of compulsary swearing for the sake of swearing, and it's not gonna win any oscars for it's outstanding plot twists etc but it's by no means awful. I've seen worse from the annual "Generoactionman" starring Keanu Reeves crapfest. In fact, I'd liken the story to that of Point Break. Bog standing acting, no stand out moment, but somehow incredibly endearing all the while.
As myself, I'd give this game 83%. As a reviewer i'd give it 78%. As a gamer I'd give this review my middle finger. And then some!
And that, Mr. Orry... is how you write a review!
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I would like to point out that I want good Wii games as much as everyone else. I didn't score this poorly because of a grudge against the Wii or a bias towards other consoles. It scored 5/10 because I don't think it's worth buying and I can't honestly recommend it to Wii owners. Ignoring its many flaws and suggesting every Wii owner buys it would in my opinion be a massive disservice to our readers. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I can't write a review on what other people might think.
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Its a great game, are you seeing all the opinions of the people that are playing, have you seen the rest of european reviews (it has a 7.5-8).
Yes stupid, they are telling that you are a liar.
Good day, sir.
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One of the better games for the Wii and I would recommend it to anyone who
is curios about the title. I don´t get that anyone could have trouble with controls
in this game? They work! I even enjoyed the driving portion of the game (used
my Wii wheel of course).
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Are you running the Wii via a HD set, as I know with the upscaling involved, that can add a fractional delay to your input being displayed, but then I'd be surprised if you haven't noticed this on other Wii games if the fault lay there.
I don't think anybody is accusing you of bias against the Wii, I've little doubt you'd have loved nothing more than to come away from D: DoC thinking it's a killer app, but as it stands, I think people in this thread are just having trouble understanding why a game they're enjoying has been reviewed so harshly.
I'm sure you've been there yourself, you play a game, you love it, you tell your friends about it and begin to rave about it on forums, only to read a review of the game which really grinds it down. It's frustrating. I tend to get protective of games I love, and do rise to the defence of titles I think have been at the receiving end of unfair criticism, but fair play to you for allowing these comments, so that people who read your review can read an alternative opinion.
Getting back specifically to Disaster though, I do think you've become hung up on some pretty trivial points, and the criticisms you do have, you don't really expand on enough. I mean what exactly constitutes 'clunky adventuring'? It's pretty linear I'll give you that, but I can't quite make any judgement about what you mean by pinning such a broad term as 'clunky' to it.
As I said, there's no one part of Disaster which really excels, but when I'm playing it, I really believe that it's more than the sum of it's parts. The continued variety of play styles and the clever use of the Wiimote make it so refreshing to play, and given the vast majority of games these days offer little to no variety in their central gaming mechanic, I think Disaster deserved at least some credit for offering so much variety.
Anyway, all I can really say at the end of the day, is that it's a pity you didn't see the things I (and clearly many others) appreciated in the game, and I'd find it a real shame if people actively avoided this game after reading your review.
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This Game is at least worth a 8/10.
I doubt the reviewer has even played the first Level!
The Graphics are comparable to Resident evil 4 and I personally think, sometimes it looks way better than that.
The Story is really amazing. I hope to see a movie in some years^^
The Sound is probably the best one ever on Wii!
Additionally, there are no problems with the shooting-sections at all.
Nice try though Mr. Orry! Better go and get yourself another Job.
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I did not realize this game was out, but when venturing out on the town with my significant other i happen to see it, riding low at number 26 in GAME's charts. Being at such a low point i wondered if i should buy it. I'd not seen it in any magazines so googled a review. this was the only one. I was actually pretty dismayed to see the score and decided not to buy it. However my girlfriend knew how much I'd waited for this game and bought it me out of her own money for me. I started this game at 9am and the sheer variety of the gameplay kept me going right through to the thirteen hour completion time (it's probably around three hours less than that, but my strive for upgrading my weapons along with my OCD nature meanin i must SIMPLY hit a certan target before moving on or the earth will explode kept me going). If i had gone by this review I'd have missed out on yet another sleeper hit around the sameenjoyable level to that of Freedom fighters (another hidden gem i nearly missed). My point is this, as a hardcore gamer my beloved console is awash wish shovelware. Games that make a quick buck and sell well, but let's face it, aren't worth the discs they're put on. While true innovative games like Zak & Wiki fall by the ayside because they simply get the recognition they deserve. While games like this are few and far and far between, developers still see the Wii as a high risk platform to develop hardcore games on, and reviews like this are only going to make it more and more unlikely we'll get more. Like i said everyone is entitled to their opinion, but i think this review was totally unfair, and some of the comments made were outrageous, being that most of the comments apply to all game cliche's and aren't just local to this game.
I don't think Tom was the right man for reviewing this game and even so, i don't think it'd take much effort to add a small second opinion paragraph as some magazines and sites do, as I've checked al the reader reviews i can get a hold of online and it's near unanimous that the game should score over 80%. That's quite some gap and shows an inherit flaw in the sites ranking to give the best info for the buyer. Or at the very least reader's scoring to be displayed next to the site's score. I just hope this won't spoil future Monster Hunter 3's and Madworlds from coming to the Wii.
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