Not as bad as people were saying, but not as good as others are saying either...

User Rating: 6.8 | Red Steel WII
By StephenBassford | Review Date:
Gameplay: Definately the worst controls in a shooter I have played to date, HOWEVER, you can get used to them, and you can get as quick at shooting as on any other shooter. To get used to the controls, however, it will take about an hour or so. With this steep learning curve, you won't have any friends want to play red steel because they'll be turned of right away (and probably want to play Wii sports). I give credit for Ubisoft for put out the first Wii Shooter, and actually doing a decent job on it, however, let this be a example for all you other companies not to have really strange controls.

Graphics: Pretty Good. Not as good as Twilight Princess, but better than any other Wii game out (besides SPM and SSX Blur). Anything and everthing can be shot, and something will fly out of that something. Whether it be dirt out of a pot, or launbdry detergent out of a bottle, everything is interactable. Some spots, the graphics are superb, and others, pitiful... but every game is like that... all in all.. This game has the best particle effects yet on the Wii...

Sound: the best part of this game. Under the hogwash gameplay and decent graphics, is hidden beautiful sound effects and sound track. Everything that blows up and can be shot has a sound effect for it... pianos, bottles, glasses, washing machines, windows, cars, people, etc.

However, voiceovers at the begininng of the game are pretty good, but they just get to plain embarassing later on. And the enemies always cuss (which isnt necissarly bad) which gets annoying when its only 3 words, and they say it in every room: "You Bast*rd" "G*ddamn" and... if you have really worrying parents, "Hell."

depsite the downsides of the sound, the good really really really weighs out the bad.

Value: umm, well, what do I say here? I wouldn't buy the game, until it drops to $30 or so, but the game does have a decent length, and there is multiplayer, which you won't find in COD 3 (and I don't think i even have to mention MOH or Farcary .. eww)

Reviewer's tilt: 6.5, but I'll round it down, because i don't quite think this game deserves a seven.

All in all, Red Steel is a decent game that gives promise to future shooters.
I would give Red Steel a rental (or a borrow) and see how you like it.. obviously you'll either love it or hate it (see other reviews). It would be a shame not to give this game a chance.

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