5 responses so far ↓

• 1 Novell

  Well, this game is great to try out only because the games used are fun games in real life, and the use of the WII remote is somewhat interesting, but I would rent it at most. I’m 27 and I doubt inviting friends over to play this would spark any interest even accompanied with consumption of alcoholic beverages. Honestly, if I invited my 10 year old neighbors over I would probably have to further entice them with juice boxes, candy and possibly even cash to play this game. I was intrigued at the store, decided to try it for the money. It was fun to try and see how they used the WII controller to play the various games, but multiplayer at the competition level, this game is undeniably a waste. You can master any of the games in a matter of 30 minutes, or faster, controls are so weirdly insensitive. Younger children may find this game more amusing than me but I could still imagine myself 10 years ago saying how ridiculous this bundle of games is and probably end up chucking it out the window in hopes that maybe my dog will enjoy playing with the disc. All in all, rent it before buying.

• 2 Irving

  This game should be banned by the AMA due to causing the proliferation of carpal tunnel. Although fun, every single one of the games has almost the identical hand movement – whether underhand or overhand, you are always moving the Wii remote with the same motion. After playing with my son for about 30 min, I had to take a break and my wrist still aches tonight.

  The games are pretty good – although some of them are pretty finicky with a fine line between throwing too hard and too soft. Lawn darts (and I assume horse shoes, which we haven’t tried yet) is hard to judge as the dart goes up off the screen and then hits – you just have to guess how hard to throw until you get it right. Skiball seems almost too easy – I just threw the ball as often as I could with a nice, straight motion and I could regularly score above 1000 (which I can’t do in real life). The football, toss on the other hand, was almost impossible – at least the first time around.

  So for $20, this is probably a good value. Lots of different games, multi-player tournament mode, and the ability to play for tickets to buy more characterization tools are all bonuses. Just be careful how much you play. In my opinion, no matter how touchey the controls or how difficult the game at the onset, it isn’t anything that you can’t improve on to the point that the game can be quite enjoyable. Just know going into it that you aren’t getting some polished $49.99 game and you won’t be disappointed.

• 3 Conway

  I got this because I was looking for something that had all your typical amusement games, or, what I call bar games. It has darts, shuffleboard, skiball, lawn darts and more. It is a great little collection of games for the price. It does take a few times to understand the rules and scoring (how I learned to play was different that in the game). The only down side is that you can’t use your own Miis and the characters in the game have annoyingly repetitive movements. Otherwise, this is a great game for a small gathering.

• 4 Jack

  After playing the original games the Wii came with, this was a little fussier to set up. We also had to break some habits and develop new skills. There are enough games to not get bored quickly, and they are different from the original CD. Overall, it’s a good game with which to whet the electronic gaming appetite.

• 5 Ungles

  The method of play is repetitive in that you play every game exactly the same with the exception of slight arm variation. The games themselves are far more boring than wii play and certainly wii resort or like-minded party games. On top of this, the game has glitches that prevents players from consistent play on timed games. Overall, just really subpar.

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