Thursday, November 08, 2007

Rockstar's Table Tennis




This baby has been out for some time on the 360, and it was always something of a shock... I've always associated Rockstar with 'pimps' and 'ho's' and guns and guts... Vice City and all the vices that it contained. I hated Vice City 'cos my sons pissed about on it and it took up my TV time, whilst they free-roamed in tanks and fire engines, 'bitch slapping' 'ho's' and failing to complete levels...


But since playing Max Payne I've softened towards the developer. I now know that Rockstar develop damn fine games... But Table Tennis??? PUH-LEASE??!!!

Well yeah... Actually this is a "no-brainer"... Pong was one of the first video games ever developed... With the Wii's 'hands on' control system, as demonstrated in Wii Sports, and a game that had already been a success on a less interactive system, they've already proved that a simple game could sell well.
So it made perfect sense to port it to the Wii... Nintendo had done Pong (Wii style) but with simple graphics and gameplay... Now we've got sumptuous graphics and good gameplay...


Happy days!! I fancy this title and the Wii finally looks set to fulfill it's potential. 'Nuff said!' Enjoy!

2 comments:

NebachadnezzaR said...

Just for the record, gametrailers hates us, that's why you have to manually adjust the videos to fit in the template of our blogs.

gnome said...

But still, table tennis? I mean, yeah, it's great, but the real thing is better and just not to difficult to play without running out of breath...