Lets admit it, Red Steel isn't as bad as people like to make out

I never remembered it being as bad as people say, so I decided to go back and play it, and see if it is really crap and I was just enjoying the novelty of the controls a little too much at the time.

Conclusion is, people want a game to point the finger at and laugh at. The game isn't that bad at all. Firstly, people keep complaining about the graphics... um, you can't just complain about graphics because you don't like the gameplay, they're two different things. This game looks better then the vast majority of Wii games out now, it has god rays ffs, the NPC's can run through streams of light and create crysis style rays, something I've not seen in a Wii game since. I think at the time everyone was expecting the console to look like the 360 and PS3, and never went back and considered that fact they were being way too harsh.

Also, the controls arn't that bad, it has Z-axis (pulling and pushing the remote toward the screen) down better then nearly any game I've played, the "bullet time" style shooting out of peoples hands thing is fun too. In fact, the only thing wrong with the controls is the huge dead-zone. But they designed the combat around that, with most shooting scenes not requiring the player to turn overly much.

People should probably go back and try this game again, dunno why it got such a bad rep, but it sure doesn't deserve it.

the graphics are some of the best on the Wii... just playing through it again now, I've not seen any other games on the Wii which impliment god rays. And yeah the gunplay isn't jittery at all, the cursor is slowish, but not jittery. The forward/backward zooming works fine, I haven't had any problems with it, just push forward to zoom in, or push forward quickly to go into the special slow-mo thing.

the graphics are some of the best on the Wii... just playing through it again now, I've not seen any other games on the Wii which impliment god rays. And yeah the gunplay isn't jittery at all, the cursor is slowish, but not jittery. The forward/backward zooming works fine, I haven't had any problems with it, just push forward to zoom in, or push forward quickly to go into the special slow-mo thing.

DriftRS

Yes I agree. I played the first one, and the graphics are awesome.

That game was awful at launch, let it die. Play MP3 for a bit then go back and play RS, then tell me RS isn't a pile of crap :| its easily the worst game I own across all platforms this gen.

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the graphics are some of the best on the Wii... just playing through it again now, I've not seen any other games on the Wii which impliment god rays. And yeah the gunplay isn't jittery at all, the cursor is slowish, but not jittery. The forward/backward zooming works fine, I haven't had any problems with it, just push forward to zoom in, or push forward quickly to go into the special slow-mo thing.

Haziqonfire

The sword fighting makes it terrible, but the rest wasn't that bad for its time. Aiming has been improved in other games since then of course, but I never had any real issues with it anyway. The slowmo was fun, the missions were decent but not really memorable.... I really only remember the sword fights because they were so annoying and frustrating and awful.

Also, splitscreen multiplayer was fun.

Sword fighting wasnt great but I loved it. I liked the shooting mechanics and found it fun blasting through a room with my uzi's blazing. It also had that cheap movie cheesiness that I thought was cool. Im excited for the 2nd one but also skeptical.

i rented it a while back, and although the graphics were horrible...the gameplay wasn't so bad. its an average game, however #2 looks incredible.

where are all the reviews? isnt it out today?

Yeah some people really over exaggerate. With a little more polish it could have been a very good game. The only thing that really broke the game was the sluggish and sometimes jittery aiming (glitches) and spotty graphics. Truthfully, I think Red Steel is one of the best looking games too. It is just that some areas of the game look like an N64 game, while other areas just look really good (the last stage comes to mind and that Geisha level looks good, and so did that funhouse level). Environmental destruction was pretty good too. gamefan67

I loved that funhouse level :P totally random

The sword fighting makes it terrible, but the rest wasn't that bad for its time. Aiming has been improved in other games since then of course, but I never had any real issues with it anyway. The slowmo was fun, the missions were decent but not really memorable.... I really only remember the sword fights because they were so annoying and frustrating and awful.

Also, splitscreen multiplayer was fun.

JordanElek

I thought the graphics were normal wii graphics. I had some trouble with the controls but not much, I thought it was kinda fun, but I would reccomend to people this as a rental, or bought with the no more heroes pack.

Yes I agree. I played the first one, and the graphics are awesome.

kikitube

Yes I agree. I played the first one, and the graphics are awesome.

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Yes I agree. I played the first one, and the graphics are awesome.

so_hai

It's a huge improvement over the first. Not to mention the graphics are pretty much one of the best on the Wii.

I had fun with it too. Great Soundtrack, partially impressive graphics.

Still, I can't deny that it's rushed and definitely not one of the better Wii games all in all.

It's over hated, but it's still a really bad game.

I would like a remake of the first, with the second's engine. I want to play the first, but the controls are so bad.

you know, as bad as the game was (and it was) I felt compeled to keep playing it to the end. It was like a really cheesy B movie that's so bad it makes it a little better.