MadWorld

Madworld was a Wii title I liked the idea of, though I still will never consider the Wii consoles true gaming machines they do have their moments and I thought this was going to be one of them.

The black and white unique art style and hyper violence I believed would really set it apart from the rest of the action games on the market. Sadly I was sorely mistaken.

It tells the story of a mysterious stranger with a chainsaw arm who participates in a gruelling arena tournament to the death and that's about as intellectual as it gets.

Sure I wasn't expecting anything even remotely smart nor clever unique gameplay, I just thought it would be take your brain out action but it fails even on that front.

The awkward Wii controls had me flailing around like a lunatic with little payoff making the "Action" less than fluid. To make matters worse that art style got real old real fast and did the game no favours at all.

Sure it's not THAT bad, but it's just so underwhelming, clunky and unlikeable that the style and novelty of swinging your arm like a chainsaw is entirely lost.

Less gimmicks, better games please.

The Good:

Unique art style

The Bad:

Doesn't deliver on its promises

Gets old fast

Clunky controls

Things I Learnt From This Game:

I just cannot take Nintendo consoles seriously as gaming machines anymore

The developers managed to take something as awesome as slicing and dicing people with a chainsaw and make it boring! Impressive