Madworld is the greatest Wii game I have played since Super Smash Bros. Brawl, in fact its the only game I have played since Brawl on my Wii. The game symbolizes what I thought would never happen on the Wii console, an extremely violent and extremely mature game made for the mature audience on the Wii. As fun as the game was it still has its problems.
Lets start off with the positives. I thought the story was actually pretty good. I know what your thinking a game that is based off a TV show in which you kill until there is no one left. Yeah sounds dumb on paper but as you continue to playthrough the game the story gets more interesting and deeper than once you started.
In addition the game is so damn fun. Especially when you first drop into the first level and learning all the cool things you can do and how brutally you can kill people. Once you get to the boss fights however that’s where the fun begins. Its like those battles in God of War with those brutal finishes to end their existence. On the subject of bosses, the game never takes itself seriously. You can definitely see it in the characters as they huge cliches from other games and movies, like the HUGE (and I mean not natural huge) breasted vampire boss you fight.
To top it off I think the visual style is brilliant. Since its on the Wii, which is not known for its technical prowess, the developers had to think differently in order to convey the brutality. By going with a Sin City look where everything is black and white except for the red blood the developers were able to pull it off quite brilliantly.
Now onto the problems. On problem with the game I had was the camera. There is a time when you have to fight a really fast boss and locking the camera to him is quite hard. It also has an effect in combat because you hold the C button to lock onto an enemy and tap C to put the camera behind you (I forget if it is the C or Z button, its one of the small buttons on the nunchuck). Since there is also platforming in the game the camera starts to become an issue.
The game is also very repetitive. You will find yourself doing the same thing for pretty much the entire game. However it does break it up with the vehicle segments, but that still doesn’t out way how repetitive the game is.
In terms of longevity the game is quite short, 5-7 hours on your first playthrough. The game does have 2 player split-screen multiplayer with 10 mini games (I don’t really remember how many there are but its there) at your disposal which you unlock during the singleplayer (man golf was my favorite). However there is no incentive to replay the game once you have beaten it once except if you want to try hard mode.
In terms of purchasing I say rent this one. It really deserves a playthrough but there is nothing there to keep you engaged for a while. It is putting the Wii in the hardcore direction but if you want to play the other “Non Nintendo” hardcore game be my guest (wait there aren’t any). So if you are a hardcore Nintendo Wii fan I recommend at least playing it once through.
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