F1 2009 Wii is here, it was a gift at Christmas (total surprise honest). I have played the game twice now. Once as a beginner in a Quick Race and Once as the start of the 2009 championship. The first play was disastrous. I don't know if it was because I was still hung over from Christmas day or what but the best position I managed was 17th! That was a fluke to be honest, and considering three cars crashed out not much better than my 20th position in all other races. The 19th against Joe does not count as a success either. Needless to say the game is difficult and exacting.
The second play was much more impressive. On beginner again I managed to have about 20 minutes of a practice session in Melbourne (out of a possible 2 hours - how hard core would you have to be to use the full 2 hours?!), 20 minutes of Qualifying and a 3 lap race. The fastest time I managed was during the Qualifying session where I managed to pull in a fluke 1:34.904. That happened to be 3 seconds faster than the next leading competitor but meh, it as a fluke.
During the race I fared less well in terms of timings (1:38.544 was the best) but still managed to stay out of trouble for long enough to come first.
First impressions are it is a hard game in terms of controls and also the time required to do it well. It is almost impossible to pick up and just play for 20 minutes or so because it would not be a good idea to do a practice session one day, the qualifying the next and the race on day 3.
On the plus side I love it and will look forward to trying to get up early on weekends to play a race at a time. I guess it will take about 17 days to do a full championship!
Wii Sports Resort (with Wii Motion Plus) was another Christmas pressie. The game expands on the famous and playable Wii Sports (bundled with the console). The first impression are favourable. I don't know if it will be as fun as the original, I think I will need to have a few people to play against to get the full enjoyment. I have tried the Canoeing (not sure about this one), Archery (loved it!), Frizbie (not too shabby) and the Table Tennis (like Wii Sports Tennis but more annoying).
First impression
, further reviews may follow if I get chance to play more of the games.
but everyone else enjoyed it. Thanks to mr_e's tutorials I have managed to get my high score of 6 up to 14. Still very poor).
