Videogame Review, Big Town Shoot Out for the Nintendo Wii (Download w/ Wii Remote, No Gun Attachment)
Perhaps Wii gamers got spoiled over the use of motion-sensing control. So many guys like to play video games and they’ll try staying out of politics; however, with a Wii game like Big Town Shoot Out there’s an automatic guarantee for every position on it to be political. Even “I’m not into politics” is still political. Cowboys are in the game- hats, bombs, fair ladies, wine bottles, floating skeleton heads… okay, this is VERY political. We’re not talking about an impossible figure; we’re talking about loony, cowboy-style shooting for the Nintendo Wii and I’m pretty flabbergasted by the program. Different objects float across the TV screen where shooting is permitted although it’s taken me some time to get used to the digital information and the “reload” function. Highscores are guaranteed for people who are experienced with the basic practice of shooting with pretend toy guns. Of course, the mine is another story: not enough targets pop up even when I’m not blinking for over 5 minutes. That’s… too hard. In fact I believe it’s impossible at times to get through the mine because I’ll be required to shoot 30 targets in 90 seconds even if only 28 targets actually show up. So basically you’ll find some of the missions to be impossible to perform over. Heart-shaped icons appear on my TV screen and I may shoot them for extra health; however, those icons may appear in games where I’ll never be damaged and gun ammo is extremely limited. What kind of idiot would wander off into Indian territory with only 5 bullets? Something doesn’t make sense. Now I’ll try to be less political by saying I won’t harass any government while reviewing this flimsy program. Instead, I’ll just make 3 key notes: 1) the game is sexist (you’ll be asked to shoot men and leave women alone), 2) the game has reference to alcohol (you’ll be asked to shoot bottles and even the men drinking in the bar), and 3) dynamite can’t always be destroyed (this is true even when I’m pointing my Wii remote right at the fiery target). None of this matters a whole lot though. Children often watch shows about cowboys and play pretend games over the Wild West concept. Nothing in the game is realistic- no blood, no guts, no gross body parts. It’s just a simple game with paper-cut materials via TV screen. Like a pop-up book. Cactuses and wagons tend to bounce around all over the place and players will get a chance to perceive fortune from a spinning windmill. Gameplay would’ve involved good control if it wasn’t for the poor collision detection on dynamite. (Especially when explosions go on and on.) Big Town Shoot Out is about as realistic and gross as Sesame Street. Yeah, sure! There’s still psychological concepts out there though which parents may have to study on and intrigue kids into better, healthier activities. May I also remind readers that books for kids often have violence of some type? Just Barney the Dinosaur could’ve choked himself while getting down the chimney on Christmas Day in a movie of his. At least I won’t criticize the game’s need for originality by issuing a boring, dull review with no originality in it itself.
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