New Wii Remote To Be Included With Copies Of FlingSmash
Every game is, per definition, "one long fleshed out mini-game." And I have had more fun with some of your feared minigame compilations than with titles you would call "a real game". I'm sorry, but your discrediting of this game for reasons I cannot even begin to describe (I was trying, but I cannot come up with a cohesive and reasonable way of saying how and why FlingSmash should not be called game). Is it the lack of a protagonist or narrative? The lack of polygonal 3D graphics with fancy shaders? The simplicity of the interface? The lack of an attempt to create (and fail at) thematic depth? Should we stop saying "game" to everything that is not trying to imitate "movie"? Do you even remember what the word play might have meant to you once? Should we put a ban on everything that doesn't require extensive video gaming experience to be picked up?" @Meowayne said:
" @PosableActionFigure said:Yeah but do you really think that is really a GAME. It looks pretty casual. This is basically one long fleshed out mini-game."" And, by the way, despite having a new controller packed in, FlingSmash is only priced at $49.99. More like, despite have some mini-games packed in, the new remote is only priced at $49.99. This is Wii Play all over again. "FlingSmash is not a minigame compilation, it has been around for almost two years now including videos and previews, all of which have been positive. Try again. "
Of course it looks "casual". It is. But that doesn't stop it from being a classical, spot-on variety of the "video game" kind: An interactive audiovisual experience where your task is to overcome obstacles and solve problems either by mental or motor skills or a combination of both.
Casual is an approach. Whether or not the developer put much thought and intelligence into making it a good experience is a wholly different discussion and has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with how much or little it may threaten your masculinity or the perceived seriousness of your favorite pasttime, playing games.
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