It's MY turn to play the 3DS!!

Speaking strictly about the 3D effect, I found that it was very difficult to focus on. Your Mii/plane is very close to the screen while there is a fair amount of depth in the background. Unless you unnaturally relax your eyes, it's very hard to focus on both at the same time. 3D can only be effective if the user can forget about it, i.e., you shouldn't have to think about it.

Gameplay-wise, I wasn't thrilled either. Even though I like slow-paced games, the fact that there's a time-limit for each of the missions (and even in Free Flight Mode!!) totally ruins it. Why would you call it "free flight" and time it at 2 minutes? I know you can extend it if you run into white clouds, but I think it's still a pretty stupid idea.
How long did you play the 3DS for? You have to give your eyes some time to get used to this new way of viewing. And even then, not everyone will have the same experience, so even if you have trouble with the 3D, that doesn't mean everyone will. I don't. 3D affects everyone differently. Everyone's eyes are different.

And the time limit is only present in the demo, because, well...it's a demo. I don't believe it's in the retail game.

And can we not turn my thread into a ten page argument? Just putting that out there in advance, just in case.
 
Gay men aren't allowed to give blood.
Wait, seriously? What the hell? Do they just automatically assume that every gay guy has AIDS or something?! >_> Anyway, that sucks if that's true. I've always wanted to give blood, but I never could because I don't weigh enough. Now I'll never be able to give blood, even if I do gain weight... ._.

Oh, and the Band-Aid is from the hospital. It's where they put the IV in me. =P
 
I still don't like the idea of it forcing your eyes to go cross-eyed, and them "adjusting" after a few minutes. Doesn't sound too healthy :l
It doesn't really "force" your eyes to go cross-eyes, but your eyes will do it automatically at first. At least mine did, yours may respond differently. It's just because your eyes haven't ever viewed anything like this before, and they don't know how to handle it. But after a few minutes of play, your eyes should adjust just fine, and you shouldn't have the cross-eyed problem again. (Again, that's if your eyes behave like mine. It's different for everyone, but I'm not sure how different and it what ways.) Anyway, there's nothing non-healthy about it.
 
How long did you play the 3DS for? You have to give your eyes some time to get used to this new way of viewing. And even then, not everyone will have the same experience, so even if you have trouble with the 3D, that doesn't mean everyone will. I don't. 3D affects everyone differently. Everyone's eyes are different.

And the time limit is only present in the demo, because, well...it's a demo. I don't believe it's in the retail game.

And can we not turn my thread into a ten page argument? Just putting that out there in advance, just in case.
Never said that "everyone" will have trouble with the 3D. I played the 3DS for 20 minutes. The time limit is in the retail game, please read the various reviews/impressions of the final retail copy.

Ten page argument? So what would you prefer, a plethora of non-divergent opinions? Not everyone is gonna be as thrilled as you were with the thing. I'm still very excited about the 3DS and am sure that my experience with Pilotwings likely wasn't representative of the real thing, but still.
 
Never said that "everyone" will have trouble with the 3D. I played the 3DS for 20 minutes. The time limit is in the retail game, please read the various reviews/impressions of the final retail copy.

Ten page argument? So what would you prefer, a plethora of non-divergent opinions? Not everyone is gonna be as thrilled as you were with the thing. I'm still very excited about the 3DS and am sure that my experience with Pilotwings likely wasn't representative of the real thing, but still.
I have read reviews of the game. I must've missed anything about the time limit, or it just wasn't brought up in the reviews I've read. Honestly, though, I don't see what the problem is with it. I'm sure it's in place so that you can't just fly all over every inch of Wuhu Island in one sitting. They want you do play through the various missions and explore the island with different aircrafts, so you get a longer, fully experience. And that's the way I'd rather have it, anyway. That's how I see it, at least.

And, yes, I'd prefer my thread about my impressions to stick to that topic. I don't care if you have a different opinion and want to voice it, but I'd prefer that it not be posted here. I made my own thread for a reason. This isn't a general 3DS impression thread, this is a thread for my impressions and for people to comment on them or ask questions regarding them. I'm not going into your thread and trying to pick an argument with you, so please don't do it to me.

And if you think a thread can only be worthwhile if there's arguing going on, then...well, I'm sorry that you have such a dreary outlook on life. People don't have to be arguing all the time. True, if arguments never took place, the world would never advance, but not everything has to be an argument in life, especially on a forum that's meant to bring people together with similar interests. I'd much rather just talk about the stuff I like with others who have similar opinions than argue with someone else over opposing opinions.
 
Wait, seriously? What the hell? Do they just automatically assume that every gay guy has AIDS or something?! >_> Anyway, that sucks if that's true. I've always wanted to give blood, but I never could because I don't weigh enough. Now I'll never be able to give blood, even if I do gain weight... ._.

Oh, and the Band-Aid is from the hospital. It's where they put the IV in me. =P

Yep, it's true. Their reasoning behind it is something like "Gay men have a higher chance of having aids." Which that really wouldn't matter, because don't they test the blood for diseases before they can use it? This world is so ****ed up.
 
Wait, seriously? What the hell? Do they just automatically assume that every gay guy has AIDS or something?! >_> Anyway, that sucks if that's true. I've always wanted to give blood, but I never could because I don't weigh enough. Now I'll never be able to give blood, even if I do gain weight... ._.

Oh, and the Band-Aid is from the hospital. It's where they put the IV in me. =P

It's atleast true for the UK, I'm not sure about the US though I assume it's the same. The reason it's done is to reduce the risk of the blood carrying viruses, studies have apparently shown allowing gay men to give blood increases the risk five fold.
 
I have read reviews of the game. I must've missed anything about the time limit, or it just wasn't brought up in the reviews I've read. Honestly, though, I don't see what the problem is with it. I'm sure it's in place so that you can't just fly all over every inch of Wuhu Island in one sitting. They want you do play through the various missions and explore the island with different aircrafts, so you get a longer, fully experience. And that's the way I'd rather have it, anyway. That's how I see it, at least.

And, yes, I'd prefer my thread about my impressions to stick to that topic. I don't care if you have a different opinion and want to voice it, but I'd prefer that it not be posted here. I made my own thread for a reason. This isn't a general 3DS impression thread, this is a thread for my impressions and for people to comment on them or ask questions regarding them. I'm not going into your thread and trying to pick an argument with you, so please don't do it to me.

And if you think a thread can only be worthwhile if there's arguing going on, then...well, I'm sorry that you have such a dreary outlook on life. People don't have to be arguing all the time. True, if arguments never took place, the world would never advance, but not everything has to be an argument in life, especially on a forum that's meant to bring people together with similar interests. I'd much rather just talk about the stuff I like with others who have similar opinions than argue with someone else over opposing opinions.

Oooookay, if you think I'm "picking an argument" by voicing my opinion, then I'm out. Just keep in mind that making a thread isn't the same as posting through LiveJournal with comments disabled. Haha.
 
Oooookay, if you think I'm "picking an argument" by voicing my opinion, then I'm out. Just keep in mind that making a thread isn't the same as posting through LiveJournal with comments disabled. Haha.
I never said that you voicing your own opinion was picking an argument. It wasn't until after I asked that this thread not be turned into a ten page argument that you actually started to argue. Before that, we were just discussing our different impressions.

And it's not like I'm wanting this to be a blog post with no comments, so don't give me that bull****. I want friendly comments and discussion, but I don't want arguments.
 
Tried it today.

There was a line of 17-year olds.
Fortunately, one of them was nice and let me try first.
 
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