I bought the Wii U to play Monster Hunter. That doesn't mean it's the only game I'll ever play on the system though, but it's probably not gonna be more than 2-3 games/year.
I've not really been a fan of linear cinematic experiences lately, but considering the avalanche of open-world games that are coming out this fall I might get in the mood for something simpler and straight-forward.
@grantheaslip: It's no different from say joining a book-club though or joining a softball team. There's nothing innately bad about having a hobby that requires social commitments, it's just all about how you deal with it personally. And even then you can easily enjoy a casual game of DOTA now and then without being part of a team, just like pretty much any other multiplayer game.
The big misconception about MOBAs being something uniquely taxing is much more of an "old dog learning new tricks" issue than anything else. People forget how much they've learned about more traditional multiplayer genres through other games they've played. Once you've learned the basics the only real difference between a casual game of DOTA and Battlefield is that the matches are longer.
To be honest I found the episode sort of disappointing. While I understand his opinion he's basically commiting a "sin" which he has probably been the target of himself several times, mis-informed fearmongering. I'm not gonna deny that there's probably plenty of people that's fallen into the trap he's talking about, but at the same time there's a lot of people that play MOBAs and live completely normal lives (heard something similar before?). Perpetrating this image that DOTA will devour your life doesn't really serve anyone.
At first when I watched the QL I thought it looked very much like Dust: An Elysian Tale , obviously not the art style but the gameplay. After watching the whole thing though they aren't quite that equal, but I'd still say they're pretty similar.
@shagge: You're pretty much onto it, but the sad thing isn't really that people behave badly on the internet. The sad thing is all these other people that keep legitimizing it and bemoaning it. The fact that things like Twitter is being treated as something relevant and important, people spending a lot of their days gobbling up any piece of "news" they can find, media focusing more and more on personalities and user feedback rather than stories. It's just tabloid shit gone to extremes. They talk about how not a week goes by without something "disgusting" happening, but guess what it's only that way because there's people out there digging for it and even more people gobbling that shit up. It's always been there, the difference is just that society has chosen to revel in it instead of ignoring it.
All in all, it's just people not understanding the world they live in.
I've been using the gamepad instead of the wiimote and haven't really had any issues. You are able to lock onto specific areas which makes up for not having precise aiming controls. Having the map on the gamepad is a huge help and being about to rotate your view instead of snapping it constantly behind your character is nice. Both sets of controls work well, and can be used simultaneously. I'm mainly using the gamepad because it rarely gets any use other than NintendoLand.
Also, when you lock onto an enemy or object, press B to make all your pikmin charge at it.
This works great, except for on the last boss =/ I enjoyed the game greatly up until that point and have yet to go back and finish it. It's sorta unfortunate that the main controller for the console doesn't really give you the fidelity you want to play the game well.
Although they might not sound similar I enjoy exploration and game mechanics for pretty much the same reason, learning and understanding new things. The concept of feeding my curiosity and getting results from it is always rewarding.
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