ZombiU gameplay - Looks.... ummm.......

The more I see of it, the more I'm disappointed it doesn't use the WiiMote, but besides that, what's so bad about it? Seems pretty good to me.meetroid8

The more I see of it, the more I'm disappointed it doesn't use the WiiMote, but besides that, what's so bad about it? Seems pretty good to me.meetroid8

[QUOTE="meetroid8"]The more I see of it, the more I'm disappointed it doesn't use the WiiMote, but besides that, what's so bad about it? Seems pretty good to me.Sepewrath

It wouldn't be a FPS. You would have proper flash light controls, proper 1:1 bat controls, you could reach out and grab things in front of you.

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"][QUOTE="meetroid8"]The more I see of it, the more I'm disappointed it doesn't use the WiiMote, but besides that, what's so bad about it? Seems pretty good to me.goblaa

It wouldn't be a FPS. You would have proper flash light controls, proper 1:1 bat controls, you could reach out and grab things in front of you.

It's a good game.

And I won't even explain why, since the TC doesn't explain why it sucks. So yeah...the game is awesome ;-)

Game sounds quiet, sounds are weak. Meh.

It wouldn't be a FPS. You would have proper flash light controls, proper 1:1 bat controls, you could reach out and grab things in front of you.

goblaa

This is the game I'm actually most interested in for the Wii U. I like the idea of starting with a new character when you die and having to find your old gear. It reminds me of Demon's/Dark Souls. I'm also looking forward to trying out Nightmare Mode. One chance to beat the game and one bite can kill you. Challenge accepted.

Has anyone noticed that it's been recorded with a camera. On the left of the video you can see a reflection of people walking by. Recording a screen with a camera won't exactly result in great quality picture and sound.

I'm rather interested in this game, especially when your character dies. You pretty much lose everything until you kill the character that died to retrieve whatever you lost.

I have high hopes for the game. The concept is pretty great. I hope the game itself lives up to it.

The fact that it's obviously going for tension over action is the one thing keeping me interested in this game. I have no need for a standard first person shooter that happens to feature zombies as enemies.

I don't have a clue what your on about. Haters gonna hate but I think that looks awesome, the gameplay looks awesome, everything looks awesome.

Here's a direct feed video for this game.

ZombiU 15 minute developer demo

It looks pretty dull, I can't argue with that. The voice acting is awful too, and the graphics are kind of mediocre. Still, I'll probably play it because I love zombies. The game's name, however...holy crap what an atrocity. But I guess I shouldn't be surprised, we had 'Super' games with the SNES, '64' games with the N64 and 'Wii' games with the Wii.DJ_Lae

[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]It looks pretty dull, I can't argue with that. The voice acting is awful too, and the graphics are kind of mediocre. Still, I'll probably play it because I love zombies. The game's name, however...holy crap what an atrocity. But I guess I shouldn't be surprised, we had 'Super' games with the SNES, '64' games with the N64 and 'Wii' games with the Wii.Rod90

[QUOTE="Rod90"]

[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]It looks pretty dull, I can't argue with that. The voice acting is awful too, and the graphics are kind of mediocre. Still, I'll probably play it because I love zombies. The game's name, however...holy crap what an atrocity. But I guess I shouldn't be surprised, we had 'Super' games with the SNES, '64' games with the N64 and 'Wii' games with the Wii.BrunoBRS

I'm really looking forward to this game.

Even if it turns out to be below average I'm still picking it up day 1. From what I've seen and read about it though I think it will get good reviews when it does come out.

[QUOTE="goblaa"]

It wouldn't be a FPS. You would have proper flash light controls, proper 1:1 bat controls, you could reach out and grab things in front of you.

Sepewrath

The fact that it's obviously going for tension over action is the one thing keeping me interested in this game. I have no need for a standard first person shooter that happens to feature zombies as enemies.

_BlueDuck_

In my opinion, proper pointer controls are FAR more important than whatever touch-screen and two-screen gameplay they're cooking up. Why? Because dual-analog feels archaic compared to the pointer.Avatar_Taxidous

[QUOTE="meetroid8"]The more I see of it, the more I'm disappointed it doesn't use the WiiMote, but besides that, what's so bad about it? Seems pretty good to me.Sepewrath

[QUOTE="goblaa"]

It wouldn't be a FPS. You would have proper flash light controls, proper 1:1 bat controls, you could reach out and grab things in front of you.

Sepewrath

The one advantage of the Gamepad for this game is that it clears up the screen for nothing but action. It wouldn't feel the same using the Gamepad as a replacement for Skyward Sword-esque melee attacks.

The more I see of it, the more I'm disappointed it doesn't use the WiiMote, but besides that, what's so bad about it? Seems pretty good to me.meetroid8

What game besides Mario Kart Wii, New Super Mario Bros Wii and Wii Fit/Play/Sports?Rod90

[QUOTE="Rod90"]What game besides Mario Kart Wii, New Super Mario Bros Wii and Wii Fit/Play/Sports?DJ_Lae

The game doesn't have to pause if you start looking through your inventory with the Wiimote. The inventory selection could just be opaque. Problem solved.

nintendofreak_2

What's it doing with the tablet that would be better than using IR for aiming? Pointer can manage the equipment just as easily as a touch screen.meetroid8

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]

The game doesn't have to pause if you start looking through your inventory with the Wiimote. The inventory selection could just be opaque. Problem solved.

Sepewrath

What's it doing with the tablet that would be better than using IR for aiming? Pointer can manage the equipment just as easily as a touch screen.meetroid8

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]

The game doesn't have to pause if you start looking through your inventory with the Wiimote. The inventory selection could just be opaque. Problem solved.

Sepewrath

What's it doing with the tablet that would be better than using IR for aiming? Pointer can manage the equipment just as easily as a touch screen.meetroid8

Pressing a button to attack with your bat just fels ike a big step back when I could actually swing my bat. Besides, all that would be needed is for an inventory screen to cover the action. Hold - to bring up inventory and point away.

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"]

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"] Not the same, if you haven't read the IGN preview, it talks about how looking down at the Gamepad simulates actually taking your eyes off immediate surroundings to rummage through things. Cant have that with the Wiimote, the controller simply cant pull it off. That is going to be a big part of this games tension; its like taking the in game item management of Dead Space and knocking it up 10 notches. [QUOTE="meetroid8"] What's it doing with the tablet that would be better than using IR for aiming? Pointer can manage the equipment just as easily as a touch screen.nini200

Just to let you all know. There may be an option to play without the tablet controller in single player. I say this because of the multiplayer mode called 'Zombi Master'. To Give you an idea of how that mode plays, I will share a video. Notice how the Zombi Master uses the tablet controller and the survivor uses a dual analog controller. I know this video is from when the game was called 'Killer Freaks' but this mode was retained for Zombi U:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ESOxPIOF10

I know this is old, but I couldn't find any new video of this mode from this year's E3, although there are written impressions about it.

[QUOTE="Rod90"]What game besides Mario Kart Wii, New Super Mario Bros Wii and Wii Fit/Play/Sports?DJ_Lae

This is the game I'm actually most interested in for the Wii U. I like the idea of starting with a new character when you die and having to find your old gear. It reminds me of Demon's/Dark Souls. I'm also looking forward to trying out Nightmare Mode. One chance to beat the game and one bite can kill you. Challenge accepted.

zombieeric

I actually don't mind the game's concept in this regard at all, but if you're going to attempt something as bold as this, the gameplay itself has to be really varied from playthrough to playthrough and/or just THAT fun to play to justify the potential loss of time invested into one character. The footage that I've seen of ZombiU so far, appears decent enough, but my concern is whether or not the game will be rewarding enough to the point where a player will want to retrace his/her steps and start almost anew each time a character has been lost. And from the looks of things, ZombiU isn't immune to having a cheap kill or two just to force a player into an earlier-than-planned demise. It's one of those ideas that must be executed on with great care, and I can definitely see both sides of the coin here.

Again, the game looks decent. It probably could use some polishing on all fronts in some way, but there is potential in it. Nevertheless, there is room to be both optimistic and skeptical, depending on what you're looking at.