Why the hate for Red Steel?

I was able to get a copy of Red Steel for next to free last week, so of course I jumped on it. It was one of my most anticipated titles when the Wii was showcased before its release. By the time I actually got my hands on a Wii the reviews had came and gone, leaving nothing but BAD comments about Red Steel. Thats when I decided its going to stay out of my library until I can scoop it out of a bargain bin.

As of today I feel really stupid not buying this game earlier. I have put a solid 2-3 hours into the game so far I have no NO idea what the complaints are about. The controls are very simple and responsive. I think the quality of the control is right up there with Metroid Prime 3. There isn't 2 dozen button combinations like in CoD:WaW. To be honest, the controls all around rival CoD's. Shake the nunchuck to reload and open doors, hold A to lock on target, and B to fire. Sword fighting is exactly like you think it would be....move the Wiimote accordingly. What else do you need?!?

Gameplay was a pleasent surprise too. It was pretty fresh all around, and the sword fighting element is probably my favorite part. It's no Halo as far as shooters go, but it definately mixes it up just due to the controls. The acting is actually pretty well played, and overall it has a fun story line backing.

Graphics are another pleasent surprise. This game has better graphics than most Wii games to date. It has plenty of low res textures on the walls, but the character models/ filters / effects make up for all of this. It runs very smooth in most parts of the game. I can only recall some hesitation when it was clearly loading. Of anything I'd say the explosions and lighting effects were hands down the most impressive. It was actually a graphical treat in terms of what we currently see on the Wii.

Overall I'd recommend this game to every Wii owner. Don't follow the reviews claiming 'crap controls' and whatnot. Play it yourself and then come talk. As the Wii isn't my console of choice for shooters I'm very poor at control. Even I can play this game with ease. According to reviews CoD:WaW had GREAT controls....and I sucked pretty bad at that no matter how many hours I put into it. Anyway, I'll wrap up my rant here and just say give this game a shot, take the reviews with a LARGE grain of salt.

God,I agree with you so much.It's in my top 3 favorite Wii games.I don't understand the hate.

I liked Red Steel, but it have some flaws.... Maybe the people was way too hyped by the previews of the game... I'm looking for Red Steel 2

I liked it when I played it too...

It's not as good as Half Life 2, but I still enjoyed it...

Because it's monotonous. I enjoyed it for the first several hours, then I stopped playing and never picked it up again.

I don't think the controls are great, but they're not as bad as people say either. It's just a pretty mediocre game all around.

I have put a solid 2-3 hours into the game so far I have no NO idea what the complaints are about. . . . Gameplay was a pleasent surprise too. It was pretty fresh all around, and the sword fighting element is probably my favorite part.boostud

But I agree about the FPS elements. It really isn't that bad, and the bullet-time-like feature is pretty fun. I wouldn't have been satisfied if I had bought it (I borrowed it from my brother), but as a free experience, it wasn't too bad.

I thought it was quite good, not brilliant but not terrible by any means.

[QUOTE="boostud"]I have put a solid 2-3 hours into the game so far I have no NO idea what the complaints are about. . . . Gameplay was a pleasent surprise too. It was pretty fresh all around, and the sword fighting element is probably my favorite part.JordanElek

But I agree about the FPS elements. It really isn't that bad, and the bullet-time-like feature is pretty fun. I wouldn't have been satisfied if I had bought it (I borrowed it from my brother), but as a free experience, it wasn't too bad.

I wish the sword play was faster but otherwise I found Red Steal to be a solid game.

It's one of those games I always almost buy when I'm at gamespot. But there's too many great Wii games right now so I'll wait until there's a slowdown. It always seemed like a lot of fun to me.

Red Steel IS terrible,the AI is bad and the sword fighting is mediocre.

The shooting control are actually ok...

But why should i play it when i can get a FPS on the Wii with way better control and no boring sword fight?

red steel is very good to play with, except in some areas in the game i rather just shoota cpinstead of going around andaround to hack him down.

Also there are many area's in the game in which you can get stuck inside a car.

Red Steel was terrible I sold my copy back to gamestop and I never sell games back unless they're that bad. The AI was terrible, the graphics were underwhelming compared to what I've seen the Wii can do now, the controls were completely broken, and the voice acting was terrible, and the plot was generic and uninteresting.

I don't think the game is a terrible game the game was fun for awhile I might get the second one.

Red Steel was terrible I sold my copy back to gamestop and I never sell games back unless they're that bad. The AI was terrible, the graphics were underwhelming compared to what I've seen the Wii can do now, the controls were completely broken, and the voice acting was terrible, and the plot was generic and uninteresting.

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I forgot to mention the voice acting is disgusting ,specially if you do speak japanese and understand how poorly used it is.

My personal problem with it was that the dead-zone was just way too huge! The camera didn't move at all until you had the cursor all the way against the edge of the screen! But besides that, I do think the game gets a lot of undeserved hate. It could've been better if they spent more time with it, but considering that they had to rush it out as a launch title, they didn't do too bad. And also, SPLIT SCREEN MULTIPLAYER!!!

Also I hear people talking about screw honor and all that jazz "let me shoot in a sword fight" meh to that idea, but I think they should craft a story that plays to the notion of honor.Sepewrath

Hype can do some horrible, horrible things.

Red Steel isn't exactly a horrible game but there are a few glaring issues that put people's hate of it in context. It was a mediocrfe game at best and there were better games at launch (Zelda, Raving Rabbids, Exicte Truck, etc...). The game controlled like crap, you maybe willing to forgive it now because you bought it on the cheap but those who bought it full price on launch day pretty much got there dreams of a great Wii FPS shattered. Also, while I'm willing to give kudos to the few moments that Red Steel looked good, the game looked like trash 80% of the time you played. The saddest part, multiplayer looked like Perfect Dark (graphically) and played like moldy dog crap.

there, the people has spoken.most of them didnt really enjoy the game , it had its moments and a few stages did look fine, etc etc but it had so many flaws, so many, that the experience was undermined.Add the fact the game was hyped..big mistake. You hype a superb game like GT4.Or a good game like Metroid prime 3. You dont hype average, or as gamespot said, mediocre games.When you do that, you will end up bad.

After all, this was the game that caused the president of Ubisoft to apologize.he was sorry he presented this...game.

ALL in all, with his apologies accepted(and part of my money refunded), i hope they do make it way better next time, add online, keep the split multiplayer if they want(even tho the graphics get always hurt and wii isnt the best console to further sacrifice visuals).Improve visuals and dont be lazy about it.Instead of buying the engine of a game 2-3 years old(Unreal tournament), develop their own from scratch like the guys at Retro,Nintendo or High voltage. Test it hard to avoid the glitches.Revisit the storyboards, make it more meaningful.I cant even remember the names of the souless characters that were the excuse for this game.I wasnt expecting a metal gear story but...something just more meaty like NMH or Madworld would do.Give the bosses personality, and not just change the pattern of their swordmoves,make the controls more responsive, the special moves more intuitive and logic. Improve the controls on the way MOH or COD is...A lot to improve ,yes.But if done, RS2 could be a wonderful and original game.And hire japanese people for the speeches.And better artists ...

I liked Red Steel it had some glitches but overall it was fun..

had fun on the multiplayer too

I bought a no more heroes /red steel pack, just because it was the only copy of no more heroes I could find. I ended up trading in red steel. I never really wanted it in the first place, I just wanted no more heroes. Nothing against red steel, I just never had an interest in owning it in the first place.

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"] Also I hear people talking about screw honor and all that jazz "let me shoot in a sword fight" meh to that idea, but I think they should craft a story that plays to the notion of honor.JordanElek

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[QUOTE="Sepewrath"] Also I hear people talking about screw honor and all that jazz "let me shoot in a sword fight" meh to that idea, but I think they should craft a story that plays to the notion of honor.Sepewrath

I had a lot of fun with Red Steel when I got it at launch. It has its problems but for me it had this really strange, tacky charm to it. Its just a really fun, tongue in cheek B-movie game. I loved the insane, bright explosions and the over-the-top Japanese accents. Pretty much, its so bad its good. Also, it still has some of the nicest looking environments I've seen ina Wii game to date.

It was playable even with its flaws, which actually made the game funny. It used the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, so I found it easier to shoot and stuff (except the swordplay) than other shooters on games with normal controllers.