FPS on the Wii?

[Psycho Mantis]

Red Steel, Call of Duty 3 or Far Cry Vengeance? Or should I stay away from all of them? The thing is, I really want to try out an FPS on Wii, but I don't want to waste my money either.

[NeoDragoN]

I bought Red steel for mine, i was undecided whether to get it at 1st espeicially after the reviews, but the 1st play thread made me change my mind.

Have'nt played it yet though still waiting on my Wii

[Dezm0nd]

Out of the three i'd go for Red Steel. But i'm not gonna touch any really. Far Cry on the Xbox was awful, CoD3 is just another war sim (although it has some really neat Wii remote actions, but no 480p) and Red Steel seems hit and miss depending on your taste.

[Strolls]

I'm really pleased with Red Steel. I don't want to like it as much as I do, but I'm finding it quite addictive; Red Steel kinda formulaic - I keep finding myself thinking "we must be due for a sword-fight soon", and guess what? The girlfriend you have to rescue is frikkin' annoying and I'd say that it's almost a little too easy - for one thing there's always plenty of ammo scattered around, so you can always use your favourite gun.

But for me it's just the ideal kind of shooting action - it's just lots of fun and when I stop for a break I find my hand's slightly sore from the tense way I've been holding the wiimote.

So I just find that something's very right about this game - it's not a 10, for sure, but I am very pleased to own it.

[Psycho Mantis]

I actually want to try Red Steel. It might have some problems, but it seems kind of fun as well. I remember all the critics that P.N. 03 got, but I still enjoyed the game (and I wasn't the only one). But I think I'm gonna wait and see what people thinks of Far Cry Vengeance. Or maybe I should wait for Elebits? It's not exactly the usual FPS, but it seems like a lot of fun.

[AllYourBase]

Avoid red steel at all costs unless you want to be another casualty of the old wiimote smashing the tv accident! I could stand it myself, I'm waiting til Metroid for a decent Wii FPS, that'll be implemented better that this I am sure.

[Nembot]

Avoid red steel at all costs unless you want to be another casualty of the old wiimote smashing the tv accident! I could stand it myself, I'm waiting til Metroid for a decent Wii FPS, that'll be implemented better that this I am sure.

A man after my own heart! I don`t hate many games but I loathe Red Steel!

Potentially FPS games could be awesome on the Wii. Obviously the gfx won`t be as good as anything else availiable but the control system is more akin to a PC`s keyboard and mouse style of play, rather than the substandard use of a joystick on a control pad.

I`d defo avoid the festering pile of ****e that is Red Steel and invest in maybe CoD3 and Metroid, I`m sure that they will be the purest examples of how the point and click controls should work on the Wii.

[ascender]

Its a tricky one though. Far Cry has been around for so long that I'm surprised there's anyone left who hasn't played it to death.

CoD3? I haven't seen it running yet, but with no multiplayer and HD graphics, I'll stick to the 360 version I think.

Which leaves Red Steel. I never really bought in to the hype about it as I thought it looked distinctly average, so I'm still undecided really. I need to look at the 1st play thread though as the reviews I've seen so far haven't exactly been positive.

Which means I'd buy..... none of them. Oops. FPS could be superb with the control system, but I think its a case of wait and see. Or take a gamble on one of the above and you should be able to shift it on second hand if you don't like it?

[Kotatsu Neko]

Far Cry looks pretty awful on the Wii, and I gather it's another derivative of the pretty dire Xbox versions. PC Far Cry is the only way to go.

Call of Duty is good on the 360, not great, but very sold and very pretty in places. It also controls really well so given the dreadful visuals on the Wii version.. I'd go 360 on that one. You get online play too of course with 360.

Red Steel is a real mixed bag. It's visually quite nice for a Wii, and it does a lot of creative things with the wiimote. But.. (and this is a huge but), the controls are very, very fiddly and difficult to get used to. Sometimes it all goes well and I can pull of headshots with ease and make it all look easy. Other times I seem to end up looking at the floor or the ceiling. It really needed more options to tweak it, make it more direct, as it stands you have to push the screen around with the remote, rather than it being locked to the center. It's pretty messy at times and doesn't feel natural. The swordplay is fun though.

It really looks like Metroid is going to be the first great FPS on the Wii.

[MikeRox]

I'd heard Call of Duty 3 was supposed to be better on Wii than 360 from people that have played it o_O

I ain't botherin with any launch FPS for now, tho I may pick up Red Steel later

[MarioMark]

Does Red Steel do pro scan? I'm thinking about picking up the PAL version. I don't wanna import it because it's had bad reviews and I'm still not sure on it. Then again everyone who's played it says it's mint!

[MikeRox]

maybe the people who reviewed it had spent the previous weeks playing Gears of War, Rainbow Six Vegas and Call of Duty 3, so suddenly going back to Wii games felt like a huge step backwards? :P

[Champloo]

If I was to buy one, i'd probably go for COD 3. I'm not the biggest FPS fan but I really enjoyed COD 2.

Red Steel has had rubbish reviews and looks a bit dull tbh, and I never liked Far Cry on the PC so I can't see myself having much fun with it on the Wii.

[HHarm]

I've only tried COD3 and I'm really strugling with the controls. I can aim just fine in Zelda and Duck Hunt (Wii Play) but I can't handle the combined turning and aiming of COD3.