To absolutely NO fanfare at ALL the Wet Demo hit the XBOX LIVE MARKETPLACE yesterday. And usually I pick one night a week and play ALL my demos. This one stood out head and shoulders above all the others.
I was probably one of the only people that was in love with WET at first sight. Way back when they showed the sexy trailer at E3 of 2008. Since Bethesda has taken it over however, the game has blossomed into FAR more than a mere curiosity. The game is incredible, for the most part.
The demo that they give you to play is rather lengthy and in the menu screen they do show a Challenge mode that you can't play but I can't wait to give it a shot when the game comes out. Sounds like this is TRULY a perfect game for a challenge type mode.
WET makes Devil May Cry 4 look like something we might play on the PSone. WET allows you to play RUBI who has two guns and a sword. The bullet time is reminiscent of games too many to list that uses it. However, the game allows you to do it, over and over; chaining them. You can also get close enough to enemies and slice through them with your sword. All this DURING bullet time. Its amazing.
In the demo you are allowed to play the infamous highway chase scene which allows you to shoot while jumping from car to car. Its fun and even though most the sequence is done through quick time events. Which I ALWAYS HATE! But considering they actually have you using the same buttons as you would if you had control, I didn't mind it as much.
The arena sequence in the demo; where tons of guys just pour out vans and start shooting; is amazing. I truly loved doing it, even though I died once during it and had to start it all over again. I'm guessing the save system in the game won't be very forgiving but in general this probably helps the player build their skills with RUBI's moves. Because the game is REALLY challenging in this way. But not in a frustrating way; the developers SEEM to have found the sweet sauce of challenging versus frustrating. This is a lesson CAPCOM REALLY NEEDS TO LEARN. So hopefully someone at Capcom will give everyone a copy of WET for Christmas.
OK guys, go play the demo and then you might do as I did; and STRONGLY consider pre-ordering this game.
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