Wii Far Cry Details

[wraggster]

VGM Fusion sat down with Andre Vu of Ubisoft recently to talk about the upcoming version of Far Cry for the Wii. Far Cry Vengeance is on schedule for a release during the Wii's "launch window," and will include new story elements, new characters and maps.

The bad news, I think, is that the game will use motion controls. They didn't find out what all of the controls would be, but managed to get three examples:

Quickly tilting the Nunchaku up will cause you to jump
Making a slashing motion with the Wiimote takes you into feral mode
Motioning the Wiimote forward will activate the sniper riffle

The developer said the game pushed the Wii to its limits, graphically and that it runs in 480p at 30fps. Unfortunately, there is no online multiplayer yet, just a split screen variety. Vu did say that the could always add online multiplayer as a patch through WiiConnect24. They also said they might make downloadable content available for the game.

[Zaneblade]

there are a couple more bits about the game here
http://www.wiiplus.net/fullNews.php?newsId=45

* Lifting the nunchuck will make your character jump
* You slash the Wiimote to make a feral attack, you can hit enemies in the back via the nunchuck
* To zoom in simply move the Wiimote forward
* Slash across the screen for a knife attack
* It's not a port from the Xbox version- focuses on gameplay and graphics
* Unvealed on the 14th
* Widescreen, 480p
* Consistent 30fps as in previous games
* Splitscreen multiplayer
* Could work with WiiConnect24- downloadable content a possibility
* Single Player 20 hours+
* Testing online now

[fg-54]

so what is WiiConnect24?

[Xiro]

fg: i'm assuming that its like xbox live, the "always on" online service for Wii

[pokothehobo]

are you not a fan of the motion controls? why not?

[Zaneblade]

so what is WiiConnect24?

i tryed to explain the basics of it here
http://www.wiiplus.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50

[Zaneblade]

so what is WiiConnect24?

i tryed to explain the basics of it here
http://www.wiiplus.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50

are you not a fan of the motion controls? why not?

i dont know about anyone else... but because i have not played the Wii.. i dont know how it feels so at times the controls like

* Lifting the nunchuck will make your character jump
* To zoom in simply move the Wiimote forward

seem to be quite gimmicky and like they may not work as well as the normal press of a button...

you just have to keep in mind that they may work well or may not... and we will have to wait and see

[nubbard]

I think that it'll be like MPH was for the DS. The double-tap to jump wasn't that big of a deal, and it felt pretty natural. I imagine this will be the same. Could be wrong...