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« on: August 29, 2011, 07:18:12 PM »
I feel like I may be the only one... but after getting my hands on the demo at PAX, I am no longer excited for the game. Maybe it's because I don't have a Motion Plus so I don't "get it," but so much stuff just felt wrong.
I tried using the bow holding the remote like it would be pointer-based, and ended up pointing in some completely different direction. I was able to adjust, but by the time I got Link aiming at the spider by the ceiling, I was holding the remote like I was aiming at the floor below the TV to the right of mine.
Flying the beetle felt weird, too. I think the biggest issue I had with it was that it has limits - you can only tilt up to a certain angle before you can't angle any higher, but there isn't really any tactile feedback to indicate that.
The sword was the most confusing. There was a stalfos miniboss that held two swords in different defensive postures, so you had to swing to hit where it wasn't blocking. I thought I was swinging as indicated, but the only time I seemed to consistently hit him was when he was blocking attacks from the top and left. I have no idea if the remote was uncalibrated, or if I was accidentally hitting one of his swords as I tried moving the sword into position to attack, or if I simply wasn't doing something right.
Now it's possible that the remote became uncalibrated during play, but I recalibrated twice - once right before playing, and again right before trying the beetle. If it's that easy for the Motion Plus to get uncalibrated, then I really don't have much faith in the thing.
Maybe I just had a bad setup, or my lack of Motion Plus experience might have something to do with it, but at this point I really wish I could play it with a controller instead.