freefornow
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Can't believe this game is already pushing the limitiations of the WiiU. It's not even that graphically impressive.
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LEGO City Undercover |OT| This city has no ports
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Can't believe this game is already pushing the limitiations of the WiiU. It's not even that graphically impressive.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
Also, even shortly into it, the communicator is a really cool feature.
Yep, this is obviously close to what the WiiU can achieve in terms of graphics.
freefornow
Member
The WiiU should not be called a next gen system. It is current gen, Just!
I can see this game becoming multiplatform eventually.
Does platforming and combat have any sense of weight to them ?
Can we please hold off on this crap and the crapping up of the this OT until the game is at least out and people can play and enjoy it. There are plenty of other threads out there for you to continue with this BS.
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
Of course it will! Nintendo would be fools to not publish it on the PS4. They just need to edit out all the Nintendo references and they're good to go.
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You oviously don't know the definition of next gen nor did you read the thread title, this city has no ports !
Seems I was right and reviews are going to be all over the place for this game. Which is fine, because based on what I've read so far the game seems to be something I'd really get into. That's all that matters to me, too. But good to see some people in this thread have the game and seem to be enjoying it. 
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
Nah. You and I are stuck in the same boat. Still no release date as far as I know...
You'll have to wait for it to be localized :/
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
I can't wait to play this next week!!
Hobbestetrician
Member
How's the music?
7/10 from me if anyone wants yet another score to add to the mix.
Solid enough game, would be perfect for kids.
Solid enough game, would be perfect for kids.
lol... .. my kids love the Lego games, but they don´t have a Wii-U, so.. no.
...? that doesn't mean that this WOULD be a perfect game for them..
Btw, I can't wait to try it within few days..
If you've played any Lego games you would know that the main aspect of the game is COLLECT EVERYTHING.
Yes I know, and probably "would" be perfect for them (especially if they like Lego games) ;p
To someone that tried the game: how the sound works? I mean: is the sound as in ZombiU, so different audio from TV and Gamepad? If I plug headphones into the Gamepad, will I loose the TV audio track?
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
From Eurogamer:
There are a few problems, but they are mostly limitations of the hardware. The draw distance and frame-rate aren't terribly solid, although this never interfered with my enjoyment of the game, and as with previous Lego titles the camera doesn't always lend itself well to precise platform jumps. With a heavy emphasis on the Wii U GamePad (see sidebar), the game also lacks any multiplayer features, which is unusual for a Lego title - it didn't bother me, but you should take it into account if that's a big part of your relationship with the series. Lego City Undercover is also guilty of some of the usual open-world genre sins, like long journeys between objectives and repetitive side missions. The biggest blemish, though, is the load times when moving between level interiors and the open world - these are weirdly long and the only time the game loses your attention, with not even a set of amusing tooltips to distract you.
That's worrisome.
There are a few problems, but they are mostly limitations of the hardware. The draw distance and frame-rate aren't terribly solid, although this never interfered with my enjoyment of the game, and as with previous Lego titles the camera doesn't always lend itself well to precise platform jumps. With a heavy emphasis on the Wii U GamePad (see sidebar), the game also lacks any multiplayer features, which is unusual for a Lego title - it didn't bother me, but you should take it into account if that's a big part of your relationship with the series. Lego City Undercover is also guilty of some of the usual open-world genre sins, like long journeys between objectives and repetitive side missions. The biggest blemish, though, is the load times when moving between level interiors and the open world - these are weirdly long and the only time the game loses your attention, with not even a set of amusing tooltips to distract you.
That's worrisome.
Well, not so worrisome considering that they gave a 9/10 to the game. I mean: it's clear that for them that issue was not a gamebreaker at all.
And true. The load times are horrible.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wiiu/lego_city_undercover
NintendoLife gives it 8/10
It also sounds like the game has lots of replayability.
NintendoLife gives it 8/10
It also sounds like the game has lots of replayability.
I'm guessing so. Review copies were on disk though.
I like the Wii U and all, but tech demo's like that are only relevant if games will ever look like that on the Wii U. I've seen plenty of tech demo's on each platform, only to never achieve that kind of graphics in games.
Well tolerance for load times varies greatly per person. I don't think any game is ruined by them unless they are very common, but it still affects the experience.
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
I've never seen a tech demo for a Nintendo console that isn't met or surpassed in quality by an actual game. Whatever Retro is currently working on will probably crap all over that demo. If Capcom bothered to use their wizardry they probably could too.
Besides, the entire premise that an early gen Lego game somehow represents the true prowess of the hardware is ridiculous on the face of it.
Uncle0wnage
Member
As long as it doesn't have ridiculous loads like Duke Nukem and Sonic 06, it'll be fine.
MH3 has almost zero loading times and the world is just as big in 1080P.
Go figure !!!
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
According to the HuffingtonPost tweet, the game actually jokes about the loading times in the script. LOL.
https://twitter.com/HuffPostUKTech/status/312137962441805824
https://twitter.com/HuffPostUKTech/status/312137962441805824
Yeah, I mentioned that in the first paragraph of my review. It seems oddly unaware of itself though.
Doesn't MH have (very quick) load sequences between areas?
Resolution has nothing to with loading times, by the way.
The_Intruder
Member
But Mh3U is just a 3ds port in 1080p with assets in HD... The comparison is not fair...
what I meant is that we knew about loading times, but it seems that the overall experience is very good (we are seeing a lot of 8s grades) despite them.
TheDrowningMan
Member
Has anyone here played Lego Batman 2? Even without a much bigger, busier open world, lengthy load times would be expected, unfortunate as that is.
VideoMan
30% Failure Rate
The frame rate and draw distance talk is not important to me. I played GTA IV and the DLCs Lost and Damned / Ballad of Gay Tony and the frame rate was going as down as 20 fps on both PS3 and 360, mostly on the outside and i was still enjoying the game.
Also, GTA 4 has a lot of pop-in, i think the problems Lego City is facing are well known.
Also, GTA 4 has a lot of pop-in, i think the problems Lego City is facing are well known.
Money is why most Nintendo games won't push the Wii U's hardware. And that would have been the case with even more powerful hardware as well. Now you've started a whole new discussion, but there are threads for that.
The point was, someone commented on the Wii U's limits with respect to Lego City - and I posted a bird/garden demo. I'm out.