brood,
Not even remotely interested in ZombiU? I know you said you'll buy one once some enticing games show up, but seriously. ZombiU. That game looks fantastic, and apparently, it plays just as well, too. Rayman Legends and Bayonetta 2 exclusive, too. These games don't interest you? I know Rayman does. C'mon, man. You know you want one.
No, I don't. If I
wanted a Wii U, I could have made arrangements the last couple of days to pre-order one. The price isn't
that bad considering how this Job is going, but I just can't justify that kind of money on a product that has just consistently failed to excite me and that has a lineup of games I can already largely have a perfectly enjoyable experience with on my PS3 or 360.
Granted, the Wii U's launch exclusives aren't as bad as the 3DS' last year, but there still isn't anything even remotely akin to a system-seller there. I really enjoyed Rayman Origins, but I'm not going to buy a Wii U for Rayman Legends. And by the time the Wii U
DOES get a game that makes me want the system, Ubisoft's exclusivity deal for the game will probably be over so I'll just buy the game for a console I already own.
Besides, I really think Ubisoft
AND Nintendo are pursuing a demand no one had with their obsession with asymmetrical multiplayer. I don't have anyone locally to play games with, and even if I
did I wouldn't want to play as the person with the lame experience on the GamePad (and I wouldn't want to subject
them to it, either). I also don't see the draw in the GamePad in general, really (touchscreens have added very little to my gaming experience on the DS and 3DS), so Ubisoft's whole focus on the GamePad music levels in Rayman Legends really does nothing for me. I'm ok with just waiting for a version of the game on the other systems if it comes to that.
As for Zombi U, it's
another Zombie game, and a Zombie FPS at that. Whoop-di-friggin'-do. I've had my fill of Zombies
games for probably several years (with the exception of Telltale's Walking Dead episodes). They don't do anything for me anymore. I've heard very positive impressions of the game from folks on this site (who are also on my Twitter feed), but I'm just done with Zombie games/movies/TV shows/etc.
As for Bayonetta, I played the PS3 demo years ago (which apparently was not as terrible as that version of the game actually
was at launch, though it was graphically on par with a PS2 game), and it just didn't appeal to me. Beyond the whole "OMG! It's a bookish Sarah Palin-like woman who gets naked & attacks people with her hair!" fetish, I just didn't see anything special in it I haven't seen in dozens of other games. And if I really want that Devil May Cry experience, I have
THREE Devil May cry games sitting on my shelf right now un-played in the Devil May Cry HD Collection. I respect that apparently it's a very good Devil May Cry clone with over-the-top combat and a fun sense of style, but if I can't get psyched to play
actual Devil May Cry right now I'm not going to get psyched to play a pandering knock-off. So yeah, I have no interest in the sequel. I'm glad for you if you are, but it's not my thing.
I'll be keeping an eye on the Wii U software, but until they release a must-buy title that appeals to
ME (which may very well be whatever Monolith Soft's working on) I'm not getting a Wii U. Hell, even if I
WANTED to, I
couldn't because all the non-gimped Wii Us are already sold out on pre-order to the diehards and Ebay scalpers. Until Nintendo unveils something actually exciting, though, I'm perfectly content with playing the enticing upcoming games on the HD consoles I already
own as well as my ridiculously huge backlog of games I already own that I haven't finished yet.
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