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kupomogli
11-24-2012, 04:56 AM
Considering getting one. It will be my first HD console (I've been on PC for a while now). What are the best games to get on it? I'm considering Epic Mickey 2, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Darksiders 2, or Ninja Gaiden 3. I was against Ninja Gaiden 3, but heard that the Wii U version was better than the PS3/Xbox 360 versions.

Went in to a Best Buy last week and they had Wii U in stock, both models. It looks like resellers are going to lose this time around.

Darksiders 2 is a really crappy game. Watered down combat system compared to the first game, god awful storyline that they feel the need to force 10 minutes of it on you at a times with quest story sequences being just as long(come on, reallY?,) and a ton of very long ridiculously boring puzzles. It has screen tearing further kills the experience on both the PS360, but knowing what I know now, even if it didn't have the screen tearing, I still wouldn't get it.

I'd say Tekken Tag 2. I haven't played it, but from the Tekken fans I know, it's a good game. I'd think it'd be the best because there are more characters than ever before, you can play 2v2 or 1v1. The Wii U version has a mushroom mode which looks really cool, and also Nintendo costumes for all the characters.

BetaWolf47
11-24-2012, 07:59 AM
Thanks for the input, kupo and Cloud. I'll add Sega and Sonic All-Stars Racing to my potential buy list, and put DarkSiders 2 on the bottom of it (probably pick it up on a Steam sale).

Honestly, if it weren't for the load times, I'd just buy a PS3 since I have a 3D TV now. Who knows how long it'll take Wii U to get a decent 3D game?

Rob2600
11-24-2012, 08:36 AM
FYI, regarding load times, the Wii U features 22.5 MB/s disc read speed vs. the PS3's 9 MB/s disc read speed. Wii U games *should* load 2.5 times faster.


Darksiders 2 is a really crappy game.

All four versions (Wii U, Xbox 360, PS3, and PC) received between an 8.1 and 8.5 on Metacritic.com. Really crappy, indeed :roll:

BetaWolf47
11-24-2012, 09:24 AM
FYI, regarding load times, the Wii U features 22.5 MB/s disc read speed vs. the PS3's 9 MB/s disc read speed. Wii U games *should* load 2.5 times faster.
Most PS3 games were installed to the hard drive, weren't they? Wii U has a solid state drive. Do Wii U games install to internal storage at all?

Rob2600
11-24-2012, 10:25 AM
Most PS3 games were installed to the hard drive, weren't they? Wii U has a solid state drive. Do Wii U games install to internal storage at all?

So far, disc-based Wii U games don't install to flash memory or external drives. But as I posted, the Wii U's optical drive is 2.5 times faster than the one in the PS3, so disc loading times should theoretically be decent.

kedawa
11-24-2012, 06:39 PM
Those numbers may not really mean that much. Is the WiiU drive CAV or CLV?
CLV drives have a more or less constant data transfer rate, while CAV drives read data faster as they approach the outside edge of the disc.