I need a smarter Wii tennis game.
Feb. 4th, 2007 12:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
solarbirdI just lost another match to whit-it-ti-whit-whit-whit in Wii Sports Tennis.
It's really frustrating. I'm at the level where every swing counts, and at the point where I lose half - easily half - the points I lose to controller misreads. Mostly it reads setups for swings as swings, and then spazzes at my actual swing - tho' occasionally I've had it swing for me with the controller held still. So I set up for a backhand, say, but the game takes that setup as a forehand swing that's too early. My avatar swings (early) at the air, swings again for no clear reason (unaimed), then tries to catch up to my actual swing, but is late. Sometimes it'll really spaz and swing five times, a little flurry of wtf.
And, of course, I lose the point, because the ball goes into space, or is missed completely.
The problem is, you can't set up more slowly (which avoids the misreads) because the play is too fast at that level. I only play 1900 and 2000 (maximum) level computer opponents, and the play is very fast at that rate, and you're looking at all kinds of crazy shots, and it's really neat when it works, but then it explodes and you're fucked by the whit.
Another problem that I don't mind as much is that you can only play doubles. Both avatars often (always?) swing in unison. So if I take a swing with the front avatar, the second avatar also swings, which is harmless enough, except that the avatar itself needs setup time to take its swing at the same shot, and often fails, so I take a second swing and nothing happens, or it happens very late. This doesn't cause me to lose matches, tho'; it'll happen only a couple of times a set, and since it's just visible fallout from game design, is merely mildly annoying instead of crazy-making.
Anyway, the first game in the one set I tried to play today, I lost the game entirely to whit-it-ti-whit-whit-whit. Seriously, the entire game. The second game I only half lost to that, the third I won 40-15 (with a complete lack of whit-it-ti-whit-whit-whit), then the fourth I lost two points, including set point, to the effect.
At which point I let it dock my rating again (below 1800, which means I'll get a lower level of opponent, where I can set up more slowly and not have that problem) and turned the game off. So I need a smarter Wii Tennis game, one that can handle people playing at its top levels with full swings, and not just couch-bound controller twitches.
It's really frustrating. I'm at the level where every swing counts, and at the point where I lose half - easily half - the points I lose to controller misreads. Mostly it reads setups for swings as swings, and then spazzes at my actual swing - tho' occasionally I've had it swing for me with the controller held still. So I set up for a backhand, say, but the game takes that setup as a forehand swing that's too early. My avatar swings (early) at the air, swings again for no clear reason (unaimed), then tries to catch up to my actual swing, but is late. Sometimes it'll really spaz and swing five times, a little flurry of wtf.
And, of course, I lose the point, because the ball goes into space, or is missed completely.
The problem is, you can't set up more slowly (which avoids the misreads) because the play is too fast at that level. I only play 1900 and 2000 (maximum) level computer opponents, and the play is very fast at that rate, and you're looking at all kinds of crazy shots, and it's really neat when it works, but then it explodes and you're fucked by the whit.
Another problem that I don't mind as much is that you can only play doubles. Both avatars often (always?) swing in unison. So if I take a swing with the front avatar, the second avatar also swings, which is harmless enough, except that the avatar itself needs setup time to take its swing at the same shot, and often fails, so I take a second swing and nothing happens, or it happens very late. This doesn't cause me to lose matches, tho'; it'll happen only a couple of times a set, and since it's just visible fallout from game design, is merely mildly annoying instead of crazy-making.
Anyway, the first game in the one set I tried to play today, I lost the game entirely to whit-it-ti-whit-whit-whit. Seriously, the entire game. The second game I only half lost to that, the third I won 40-15 (with a complete lack of whit-it-ti-whit-whit-whit), then the fourth I lost two points, including set point, to the effect.
At which point I let it dock my rating again (below 1800, which means I'll get a lower level of opponent, where I can set up more slowly and not have that problem) and turned the game off. So I need a smarter Wii Tennis game, one that can handle people playing at its top levels with full swings, and not just couch-bound controller twitches.
