Yikes.

I've owned a Wii for a few years now, enjoying the occassional game that fit my perception of a family-centered console. But from time to time, I've felt that I'm short-selling the little white box, and that I should branch out into more "hard-core" games. Hence my aquisition of games like Mad World, No More Heroes, Bully: Scholarship Edition, Metroid Prime Trilogy, etc. Well, so far, so bad.

No More Heroes had horrible gameplay. Like I have mentioned before, there were a few moments of excitement punctuated into an otherwise blanket of boredom. Knowing this, I approached Bully with trepidation. Would this game live up to the good reviews? Would this game be playable on the Wii?

Yes and no. Disclaimer: I'm not a fan of Rockstar games in general. The gameplay is ok, and from what I can tell, typical Rockstar gaming: open world, multiple missions to choose from, etc. But I feel that the Wii is short-selling what could be interesting. First of all, the visuals. Just look at the screenshot below:

Big, blocky heads, arms and hands; ugly detailing on the faces; etc. Then there are the loading screens. I don't know if the Wii can't handle transitions to new areas well or not, but my gaming experience went something like this: run to a bulding, loading screen, run to ****oom, loading screen, play minigame and exit room, loading screen... You see the problem? I don't know if the other console's and PC's version had loading screens, or if they're just much shorter, but I got so incredibly tired waiting to play my game.

Within one hour, I knew I wasn't going to enjoy the rest of this game. Which is a shame, because I have heard good things about it. I'm trading this sucker in.