Rayman delay on Wii U
It's a sad indictment of Nintendo's stature nowadays that a big publisher will actually go out of their way NOT to give them a console exclusive.
Heading this week’s games was meant to be Total War: Rome II, but a PC malfunction means I’m having to postpone marching off up the Appian Way until next time. No matter, however, as a feast of games still awaits – including the year’s best platformer... Rayman Legends Wii U owners are a hardy bunch, capable of taking abuse …
It PLAYS like Torchlight, but it LOOKS (to me, at least) exactly like it did on the PC.
I played all three Diablos on PC. I tried the Xbox port as the currently available demo. It's OK, but I really prefer a PC for that type of game. The control structure for the console version of D3 is surprisingly good, given the limitations of the controller vs. a full keyboard and multi-button mouse - but the reviewer is quite correct that precision ranged attacks in this game are difficult on console compared to PC version.
I was hyped for rayman in the spring, having brought a Wii U and then suffered terrible buyers remorse when I realized there were exactly 0 games worth owning on the platform. When launch day came along I ended up getting the PS3 version because fuck the Wii U tablet.
Having played the demo to death on the Wii, Id say the only thing that hasnt translated well are the "smash the fuck out the scenery" levels, on the Wii U you control the little frog thing with the tablet with AI taking over the running and jumping. On the PS3 you have to selectively mash O at an opportune moment, with the target snapping between objects almost at random. This boils down to needing to watch 2 things at once (what your character is doing and what the frog is hovering near) whilst pressing at least 3 buttons on the controller at the appropriate moments. It's not terribly difficult, but it does break up the action in a game that is designed to be played at sonic the hedgehog like speeds.
Apart from that it's probably my favorite game this gen.