Cinema Blend - By Jonathan Stulce, 2008-01-02:
Have you played Zack and Wiki: Quest for BarBaros' Treasure on the Wii? If the sales numbers are a hint, the chances are you haven't. This is a shame, since the game is solid, and not playing this game is going to wind up hurting the Wii library. In an industry as fast paced as video games, a title has approximately two weeks to prove itself and keep the retailer profitable. Already, Zack and Wiki has been removed from many retailer shelves.
The point is this. Third parties are going to stop creating full fledged adventures if we don't go out and buy them. Capcom are more than deserving of our money with Zack and Wiki...
Kotaku: "Adventure games began as some of the earliest attempts at bridging novels and gameplay. The best of them challenge notions of traditional story-telling and immerse players into the narrative with quirky characters and puzzle-solving. This list explores the obscure adventure games that deserve sequels. Any adventure games that already have sequels won't be considered."
Sean Halliday of Pixel Gate writes:
''For every blockbuster title that garners high praise and sales, there a number of games that fly under the radar. There’s plenty of great titles that have plenty to offer but, for numerous reasons, never get the love and attention they deserve. This isn’t the definitive list of the most overlooked games; it’s merely a look at few of them.''
I'm glad Chinatown Wars is there. This is one of the best GTAs in the series. Right up there with 5 and SA. Get the DS version. You won't be disappointed. Also like to add that the wanted system in GTACTW is by far my favorite of any GTA.
I think mine would be
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
Tastunoko V Capcom
House of the Dead Overkill
Deadly Premonition
Sam and Max
Honestly I think this last gen had a lot of overlooked titles or at least titles that didn't see the amount of sales they should have. It makes me worry for the future of the current generation.
The Club might have been a new idea , but it doesnt mean that all of those are good .
And Deadly preomonition was hardly overlooked . It's a game that had a bigger than expected and deserved success based on the weird hype "that's it so bad you gotta play it and gonna love it" (an opinion i dont share)
Since the game came out I've been trying to get EVERYONE to play it, thus it popped up on this list, it's still not very well known in the UK
Really liked WWE All Stars, never got to play it online as the servers went down by the time I picked it up.
James Day of Citizengame.co.uk makes Pete and Andy try a game that they’ve never played nor heard of. In this edition of Blind Playtest they play Zack & Wiki for the Wii
Zack & Wiki was one of my favourite games of last generation, and one of the few Wii games I actually enjoyed.
If Nintendo do not snap up a sequel, I hope Sony or Microsoft do.
Inventive use of the Wiimote, even before motion plus.
This was a fun game, and wracked my brain on a few puzzles.
Now I'm just guessing here, but this game's unfortunate failure probably contributed to what turned Capcom how they are today; that is a risk-less company who tries to do everything they possibly can to not lose or miss out on a dime.
such as Zack and Wiki it will be overlooked. then again. what sort of advertisement did Nintendo and Capcom do to really show off the game. Heck what kind of advertisement have they really done?
The most advertisement I've seen from third party are the well established ones. ala Rayman Raving Rabbids 2.
Most real game developers want to bring their serious games, to be seen as all they can be with the technologies of next gen platforms.
They don't want to make some waggle waggle, mini game. I know people are buying this thing, but it's weird.
It will be interesting what happens with the Wii down the road. I don't think it's for real, but sales keep saying otherwise.
It just shows that Wii really hit mainstream while 360/PS3 stayed with the gaming bunch.
But to me gaming is still the way to go, and it's the only constant. Mainstream fades away and always changes.
It is really sad to see great games like Zack and Wiki not sell at all when you have games like High School Musical sell really well.
My sister is a big fan of that movie and she thought the graphics were awful. I for one really had a fun time with Zack and Wiki. It may have looked like it was made for younger kids. But it really was not. I had a few times when I had no clue what to do. So for me at least it is sad to see when a great game does not get the glory it should have got.
1. Zack and Wiki was not advertised well at all. IGN did more advertising for the game than the developers did. Seeing how the game couldn't have cost much to make, shame on Capcom.
2. Nintendo has allowed too much garbage to be released for the Wii so far. Yes there are hardcore gamers, and yes there are casual gamers, but most people are somewhere between the two extremes. This middle-road group of people are looking for games to buy, but become more and more cautious and conservative with their money after being burned with some P.O.S. game that they trusted would be quality.
3. Good old fashioned word-of-mouth regarding a game like this is often stifled by crap talkers who are outright against the Wii, it's brand of motion control, and anything they put out. How many times I wonder, have people considered this game only to hear the echoing slander against "waggle", and the equating of Wii-gamers to children and grandparents in their heads, and changed their minds?
People who don't own a Wii, or haven't played this game should keep their mouths shut rather than being negative. Haters complain that the Wii will bring about an era of casual gaming at the hardcore gamers expense. While I don't agree with that claim, it boggles my mind to see the same people talking crap about hardcore games, just for the sake of being negative toward the console that is selling more than the one they chose. Pathetic.
is known for spending the advertising money on strippers, hookers, and coke parties.
how else would you explain the relatively nill advertising of Okami, Monster Hunter, Zack + wiki etc...?