An extract from the Onslaught review by WiiWare World:
"Japanese developers are not known for creating first person shooters, after all it is far from being a popular genre in the land of the rising sun. The few Japanese FPS games that spring to mind failed to compete with their Western counterparts. Considering the limitations of the WiiWare service, can Hudson succeed where so many other Japanese developers have failed?
When compared to the average run of the mill FPS game, Onslaught is a bit unique. As you might expect it is divided into levels with missions such as reaching the end or protecting a target - but the main focus is on achieving a high score, not progression through the levels. The aim is to beat the levels as fast as possible, killing as many enemies as you can and taking as little damage as possible in order to achieve a good score and get a high rank."
CoffeewithGames.Blogspot.com says in one section, "Onslaught had 99,778 Total Hours reported this week, an increase of 1,305 hours from last week.
Water Warfare had 60,943 total hours reported this week, an increase of 1,340 hours."
Hmm, I would have thought Water Warfare would have more players because it's generally considered better.
The only bad thing is that it usually takes a while to get into a match.:(
If you manage to get one going though it's immense fun. I should really exchange friend codes with some peeps.:P
A guy from another site said the same thing about it taking a while getting into matches now.
Maybe we should get Water Warfare and exchange codes with some others.
It looks like a decent game for the price.
MyWii writes: "The first FPS on WiiWare is an interesting tittle to review, as many other games on the service come from genres we rarely see in full retail releases. At first glance Onslaught appears to be a lacklustre affair in contrast to what we expect from the genre, yet one must remember it only costs $15 and was never meant to be compared to a full retail release."
TVGB writes: "The Wii has had a tortured history when it comes to FPS games. Initially billed as the console to revolutionize the control mechanisms within the genre, proof only arrived a year after the console's release in the form of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Onslaught from Hudson Soft however is something of an oddity in that it's an FPS game with a fairly lengthy single player mode and a sparse but entertaining online mode that's actually available for only 1000 points on WiiWare."
Whoa....
A First person shooter on WiiWare. The file size is like 32 MBs right??? They must be using black magic or compression to get it to run properly! I'll download it. Anyone who would download it when Nintendo gets a storage solution please press "Agree".
Conduit will be much better though.
to the entrée that is The Conduit.Magnifiqué!
But seriously, if Hudson or Treasure (crosses everything) made a FPS that played like an old shmup I would be stoked.
Please, please give us a US release date...
hot damn does this sound fun!
Sounds great