Elebits: Wii Physics Test 2

Story time! One of my friends (not giving names) was the first one I heard making up the whole "Wii can't do good physics" thing, so I showed him my previous example of putting a crapload of objects and then doing funky stuff with it, but the first noticable thing was that there was lag, and since the lag was as bad as 21 frames per second, a game that hardware-stressing would be unplayable. So I found a sweet spot where everything goes at about 60 frames per second, and went from there.

Same as before, this is only the Wii's best in physics and not graphics. Games like super mario galaxy run at 60 frames per second and without framerate problems, but have better graphics too. Look at Sonic and the Secret Rings if you want to see water physics, particularly the Pirate Storm and Sand Oasis levels. Furthermore, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion had physics GLITCHES in which the developers did not make good collision detections and objects would possibly fall right through other objects. There are framerate drops in Oblivion, particularly area effect fireballs and people (Oblivion uses ragdoll physics meaning when a person dies, instead of going through an animated sequence of dying, they would flop over as they would in real life), and especially when objects near 100. Oblivion uses the Havok Engine: version 2 was supposed to fix the rough 5-picture-slideshow physics, so i'm leaning toward a guess that oblivion runs at a version of havok before 2. to compare, half life 2 for the original xbox runs on version 1.8.3.

The Havok Physics Engine is being used for some big names in gaming, including Bioshock, Heavenly Sword, Killzone 2 (if you call it a big name), Halo 3, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, etc. While the exact VERSIONS of this same physics engine is unknown, you can expect good physics to come on ALL next-generation videogame consoles. Havok 4.5 has also been announced and supports all 3 next generation consoles and is said to run 5-10x faster than version 4.0. Now I'll admit the Wii's best in physics is far below the PS3's best and Xbox 360's best, but that does not mean accuracy has to be sacrificed. The Wii can still handle tons of physics interactions and fully accurate physics with better graphics.

And a happy 4th. of July for those that live in America. Have a good one! :)

INACCURACIES:

1: 163 blocks were used. With the drawers and doors, 172. with the 1 vacume laser that also flys around in the room, 173.

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• elebits
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• 2
• gameplay

[zawette]

i feel sorry for nintendo

[mariomguy]

@zawette This is just a physics demonstration, which doesn't test the Wii's graphical capabilities, or anything else for the matter. Take a look at Super Mario Galaxy if you want to see a better effort towards presentation.

[flamer41]

it dont feel like the wieght is in there, it should be a bit more heavyier even if its plastic unless inside the blox are nothing

[mariomguy]

weight is in there, but the force against it is pretty strong.

[wolfo714]

I can't say I see what the purpose of the game is...

[mariomguy]

it's not this! you have to find elebits, little creatures that hide behind and underneath objects, using a gravity gun. there's some good puzzle solving in it as well. you can check out my other levels of this game, especially the av room one.

[Dax331]

@lordrath2000 Definitely. one of the finer looking Wii games, the art style is the best part.

[lordrath2000]

@Dax331

All that graphics comparison stuff aside, the game still looks pleasing and looks fun to play...now if only NoA will release it here

[Dax331]

@lordrath2000 Yeah, i can see where your coming from that, it's really graphically impressive for a wii game. still, it doesn't compare to 360 or PS3's graphical capabilities.

[lordrath2000]

@Dax331

Theres some instances where the texture is much better than what the PS2 can do, but other parts like clothes looks similar to gamecube

[Dax331]

@Bluetyph00n nah, not really. last story's textures are comparable to a PS2 game, they just over-amplified the bloom WAY too much.

the models themselves look neat though.

[milkdud657]

Crysis has the best physics ever!!

[Bluetyph00n]

@zawette I feel sorry for you, cause your not a true gamer. I have a ps3, and the wii, and yes the wii's graphics dont compare to the ps3 or the 360, but there is one game that is coming out on the wii that looks absolutely stunning, and looks like a 360 or ps3 game. Its called The Last Story.

[zawette]

@mariomguy dude !

ps2=wii

ps3=wii2 lol

the wii 2 will be on 2015 and it will be compared to the ps3

while the ps4 and xbox 2 will be compared to real life