FWIW, I 'm still finding Sports Champions much more entertaining than Wii Sports Resort, but then "fun" is always going to be a matter of personal opinion. I'm not generally a fan of the Nintendo theme of bright colors and a happy, peppy world, so the slightly more 'serious' tone of Sports Champions, and the controls that work far more consistently, at least in my house, than the Wii's do, make it a better game for me.
But then I didn't find this site coming from Nintendo Life, which I see is who developed MoveModo, so probably I come at the games with a different mindset than many here. My Wii is thick with dust from disuse. There's very little on that platform that interests me. I have a friend at work who's a very enthusiastic Nintendo supporter and he and I frequently disagree about which games are really good and which are just ok. I think it's a bit of a mindset difference; we're looking for different things from our games.
Anyway, one small example of why I'm loving Move and Sports Champions: last night I was playing Bocce Ball and we were playing on the wooden dock. I noticed the CPU opponents, since the wood was so 'fast' a surface, were almost rolling the balls out there rather than throwing them. I was wishing I could do the same and it took me a couple of rounds to just try it. By bending my knees and lowering my arms, I could roll the balls too. Because the Move camera tracks actual position of the Controller, not just relative position. It's a subtle difference, but one I really appreciate.
Personally, I found Gladiator Duel to be a heck of a lot of fun, and it gets pretty challenging climbing the Silver ladder. I haven't got to the Gold yet. The Challenge mode is pretty lame though. I should add that I was using 2 Move Controllers, which means I could dodge left-right or jump back. I'm not sure if that's in the single controller game.
When you get a good hit and break off a chunk of the opponent's shield, that's a good feeling.
For me, Volleyball was the weak spot. It felt more like Volleyball Drills than really playing.
I'm pretty impressed with the Move. It does this "Wii-ish" stuff better than a Wii, and I like that games like RUSE are supporting it to give an almost PC interface to games.
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Re: Review: Sports Champions (PlayStation 3)
FWIW, I 'm still finding Sports Champions much more entertaining than Wii Sports Resort, but then "fun" is always going to be a matter of personal opinion. I'm not generally a fan of the Nintendo theme of bright colors and a happy, peppy world, so the slightly more 'serious' tone of Sports Champions, and the controls that work far more consistently, at least in my house, than the Wii's do, make it a better game for me.
But then I didn't find this site coming from Nintendo Life, which I see is who developed MoveModo, so probably I come at the games with a different mindset than many here. My Wii is thick with dust from disuse. There's very little on that platform that interests me. I have a friend at work who's a very enthusiastic Nintendo supporter and he and I frequently disagree about which games are really good and which are just ok. I think it's a bit of a mindset difference; we're looking for different things from our games.
Anyway, one small example of why I'm loving Move and Sports Champions: last night I was playing Bocce Ball and we were playing on the wooden dock. I noticed the CPU opponents, since the wood was so 'fast' a surface, were almost rolling the balls out there rather than throwing them. I was wishing I could do the same and it took me a couple of rounds to just try it. By bending my knees and lowering my arms, I could roll the balls too. Because the Move camera tracks actual position of the Controller, not just relative position. It's a subtle difference, but one I really appreciate.
Re: Review: Sports Champions (PlayStation 3)
Personally, I found Gladiator Duel to be a heck of a lot of fun, and it gets pretty challenging climbing the Silver ladder. I haven't got to the Gold yet. The Challenge mode is pretty lame though. I should add that I was using 2 Move Controllers, which means I could dodge left-right or jump back. I'm not sure if that's in the single controller game.
When you get a good hit and break off a chunk of the opponent's shield, that's a good feeling.
For me, Volleyball was the weak spot. It felt more like Volleyball Drills than really playing.
I'm pretty impressed with the Move. It does this "Wii-ish" stuff better than a Wii, and I like that games like RUSE are supporting it to give an almost PC interface to games.