I'm about to start up a game of Hitman Absolution, but I've been playing Halo 4 almost non-stop for the last two weeks. I've beaten it several times now, and been playing the hell out of the multiplayer (SWAT mode is the best by far). I dabbled in some Black Ops 2 and it's done nothing but make me regret my purchase, especially coming out a week after Halo 4 it really makes you realize how much better of a game Halo 4 is, haha.
And the biggest news, I've played some of the Wii U stuff. I didn't buy one (thank god), but a good friend of mine did and he grabbed a few games. I went with him to pick it up at midnight, and lo and behold that damn system had a massive 5 gig update right off the bat. It was almost 3 am before we got to try the first game, which was Zombie U. I'll keep this short, but it wasn't very impressive at all, and all the controller stuff was just gimmicky and annoying. Next up we played the Mario title, and it's exactly what you'd expect - 2D Mario. Lastly, he played the Nintendo Land game - I didn't partake because I don't particularly care for mini-games and stuff like that so I watched him play through them. It was more amusing than I initially thought it would be, but it's not something I would ever spend time with. It's just like the Wii sports stuff from before - a game to show you basic features of what your new system can do.
So, I wasn't impressed, but I'm also a non-Ninty fan. My friend on the other hand is a pretty big Nintendo lover, and he was actually underwhelmed. He enjoyed the Mario game, but made the comment that "I might as well have just purchased this game on the DS." Load times are pretty lousy all in all, which leads me to believe there isn't a whole lot of horse power under the hood. The controller is actually light considering how bulky the sucker is, and the screen on it isn't bad. The whole "play a game on the gamepad vs the tv" thing is not something that I personally would ever use, and we both came up with the idea that we could at least take it to the bathroom and play a game whilst taking a dump.
That idea was squandered when we tried it and the damn range is only about 15 ft from the console, and unless the pad has an almost direct line of site to the system, it loses it's connection and tells you the Wii U can't be found. Ugh.
I can't comment on battery life since we had the controller plugged in most of the time, but from what I've been hearing it's only 3-5 hours, and most reports say it's really in the 3-4 hour range.
Anyway, sorry for the wall of text, but thought someone may find this interesting/helpful! (Oh, and this thing isn't flying off the shelves like I thought it would - I was out shopping today and Best Buy had 7 of them, both Gameslops I stopped at had systems, and Wal Mart had a crap load of them. Bet those scalpers are getting screwed online, lol.
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Originally Posted by Fazermint
