Game Review: LostWinds (WiiWare)

May 26th, 2008, 23:53 Posted By: fg-54

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Hello and welcome to my first audio review,i am fg54.

I hope you enjoy.

Published and developed by: Frontier Developments
Genre: Adventure
cost: $10.00
Number of Players: 1 or 2

OVERVIEW:
One of the first things i would like to point out is that this game looks better then most full priced wii games out there thanks to its beautiful enviorment and artistic look, i still haven't goten tired of just looking at the game and shaking things around with wind.
The point of this game is to explore and solve puzzles with the wind as you get new powers.

SOUND:
this game doesn't have alot of sound effects, but what it does have. is a wonderful and relaxing background song that goes seemeengly with the game.

CONTROL:
you control your character with the nunchuck and the wind with the weemote, both are very responsive.

GRAPHICS:
gorgeous waterfalls, mountains, trees and even caves along with an equally impressive art style. make this game fun to look at.

GAMEPLAY:
this is an adventure game with some puzzle solving on the side.
the main puzzle is figuring out what to do next and where to go. due to the games lack of direction, there is no map or arrows telling you where to go, the only arrow i found was one pointing towards a powerup that was right netx to it, as if i needed it to figure out that the big shining rock was special. the game is also very short, about three and a half hours long and not alot of replay value.

REPLAY VALUE:
Unfortunatley, once you beat this game, there is virtually no reason to go back to it other then to play arround with the wind and to obserbe the beautiful enviorments, it is quite a relaxing experience, specially with the soothing music playing on the background.

CONCLUSION:
This is in my opinion the best wiiware launch title out there, so if you want to dip your toe in a gorgeous and interactive experience brough to you by wiiware, take off your socks and take them to your nearest pawn shop, purchase 1000 wii points, and download this sucker.

I give this game: four out of five stars

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