Dan Stone of northernstar isn't a fan of Resident Evil 5's controls. However he doesn't think it's a design flaw ... He believes the problem is with the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
"We know for sure that Nintendo’s Wii got something right the PS3 and X-Box 360 didn’t: innovative play control," he says. While playing the demo, Stone admitted he couldn't "help but have a burning desire to reach for a Wii Remote"

The Wii provides players with best in game control, lacks in graphics quality.
Now we know for sure that Nintendo’s Wii got something right the PS3 and X-Box 360 didn’t: innovative play control.

The “Resident Evil 5” demo dropped in late January on 360 and in early February on PS3 to the delight of many gamers. The new graphics engine and game play features are fantastic. Something, however, is missing.

The Wii re-release of “Resident Evil 4” is an ideal example of how to take a traditional game and improve the experience with the possibilities offered by the Wii controller. Blasting through hordes of mind-controlled people with the traditional dual-analog controller just doesn’t have the same feeling the Wii controller offers.

Aiming the Wii Remote at an object on the screen is so much more efficient and natural than painstakingly trying to aim with an analog stick. In a “survival-horror” game, the suspense should come from the enemies you face, not from trying to aim at them with a flimsy stick.

The graphics in “Resident Evil 5” make the half-dead as beautiful as possible; however, I can’t help but have a burning desire to reach for a Wii Remote. I want PS3/360 quality games with Wii Remote controls, but there isn’t a console that can give me both.
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  • 3
    BANDITO ATTACK Feb 10, 09
    oh yes aiming a crosshair by pushing an analog stick is absolutely painstaking
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    Xeros the Slayer Feb 10, 09
    I agree whole-heartedly, its why any wii game ever worth playing never uses the analog stick on the nunchuck, ever.[/sarcam]

    The only problem anyone has is the speed of the aiming on RE5, or else complaints like this would have come up ages ago and remained constant since.
    • 0
      Big A2 Feb 10, 09
      Super Mario Galaxy, Twilight Princess, and a whole bunch of other great games use the analong stick.
      • 1
        Fatal Error Feb 10, 09
        Twilight Princess was an OK game, but SMG is the only good game that's really good with the analog stick and Wii mote. A lot of other games are actually hindered by the Wii mote and analog stick.
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          Zaraze Feb 10, 09
          Metroid Prime 3, Resident Evil 4 & Okami are all really good games with both use of the analog stick and Wiimote.
          Most games are hindered by it, but that's more down to the developers not using it right than it is to the control scheme itself.
        • 0
          Hunskelper Feb 11, 09
          I've not played Okami, but I couldn't stand Metroid Prime's controls, and I thought RE4's PS2 controls were better.

          Galaxy was the shit though.
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          pooOBKp Feb 11, 09
          What about No More Heroes? I also liked playing MK:Wii with the nunchuck analog stick and Mushroom Men was easy controls as well, it felt like Galaxy and Twilight Princess.
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    Bale Fire* Feb 10, 09
    There's nothing wrong with the controls for the PS3 and 360, otherwise other great third person shooters like Uncharted and Gears of War would have fallen flat on their faces. Capcom made a crummy decision and it ends at that.
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    Tiger of Wu Feb 10, 09
    The writer of this article is so clueless, I won't even comment on it. Instead, here's a link to a more intelligent and relevant article, hopefully enough to help us forget this spout of idiocy.
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    Seeker X Feb 11, 09
    This is weird...

    It's like two guys arguing about how RE5 is compared to Dead Space and this other dude comes along and shouts "Wiimote"...effectively killing the whole conversation.
  • 0
    FinalFantasyFanaticc Feb 11, 09
    The guy just sounds like he has a fetish for Wii Remotes.

    The whole 'Burning Desire' part just sounded wrong.
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    Anubis Feb 23, 09
    I actually did fine with RE 4 on GC. So uhh... I'll stick to my controller.

    Kthxbai.

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