What a shame.. what a real shame

[rezapbluelion]

Originally Posted by wesleyh

This is a very informative video: http://www.gamesradar.com/f/samba-de...30122918515005

Controls aren't broken? Come on...

Whats that supposed to prove except that they are crap at both the Wii version and Dreamcast version of the game?
Ive just had a go on Strike a Pose and got 16 poses on Wii which is even more than their Dreamcast efforts
Its like what a couple of us have been trying to say all along.
'YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW THE CONTROLS WORK'.

Edit:
Make that 17 Poses now.

[Laxeybobby]

Just a query, do the Gearbox dev team read and comment on the forums?

Some acknowledgement would be good and probably put this thread to rest.

[Relics]

Originally Posted by Laxeybobby

Just a query, do the Gearbox dev team read and comment on the forums?

You'll notice that post #9 of this thread was by haTts, a gearbox staff member (as indicated by the yellow/tan colored name). That said, they aren't specifically paid to read and post on the forums so don't expect a response to every thread or query.

[wesleyh]

Originally Posted by Laxeybobby

Just a query, do the Gearbox dev team read and comment on the forums?

Some acknowledgement would be good and probably put this thread to rest.

Most likely everyone associated with the samba product has been fired Or should be! Not even the decency to comment in this thread..

[DuvalMagic]

I was addicted to the Dreamcast version. The controls on the Dreamcast were very sloppy, but I had trained myself how to use that interface because I loved the intent of the game so much.

I trained myself to hold the maracas vertically and to just give them a quick jerk, rather than a shake, to trigger the switch.

When the controls for the Wii version were being developed, it seems like I was never satisfied. I think some percentage of that feeling was because of the low fidelity and inaccuracy of the Wii Remote. But I think the bigger percentage of that feeling was the fact that I had trained myself on the Dreamcast and that training, even though it was an odd way to hold maracas if they were real, was the method that felt "natural" to me.

As the method that was shipped with the Wii version began to settle in after a zillion different prototypes and alternative methods were tested, I began to accept it. I retrained myself with the new Wii interface.

It's different than the Dreamcast, but not any worse. Today, I feel it's better because I've totally retrained myself. But it sucked at first. I think it's easier for new players who never learned on the Dreamcast, but even for them they have to go through the same kind of training that I originally went through on the Dreamcast game - just with this newer Wii remote interface.

The key, I discovered, with the Wii remote is that it's not about height, it's about angle. You must have a base calibration, but from that point, it's about the orientation of the Wii Remote more than anything else. Point the Remote at the floor for the low hits. Point it at the ceiling (or even a little backwards) for the high hits. Point it at the TV for the middle hits. I've gotten good at playing the game without even changing the height I'm holding the remotes at all.

Oh - another thing... Wii Motion Plus would've been a BIG help. Unfortunately, it didn't exist during the development of the game and the budget and schedule wouldn't permit us to delay the game to wait for it. I wish we could do a follow up that utilized the Wii Motion Plus, but I'm not sure Sega would go for it.

Anyway - I hope these notes and this information is of interest or is helpful to anyone playing Samba!

Cheers!