![]() ![]() Towerfall: By far the most talked about Ouya game. So here are all the demos I downloaded, and my thoughts on them. But hey, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. If “what were they thinking?” is the number one running theme of the Ouya, inconvenience is the number two theme.Īgain, I hate demos. Instead, you have to poke around the genre tabs. The lack of such a tab really hurts the novelty of digital distribution, where any given day could be the day that a platform’s new best title hits. A lot of people, myself included, enjoy looking through new releases. Another problem is there is no way to sort games by new releases. There’s too much emphasis on demos and not enough on sales. I select games for review based on how they look and sound in concept, or maybe a trailer. It’s especially annoying for me because I don’t sample anything I intend to review at Indie Gamer Chick. This is yet another “what were they thinking?” moment, of which Ouya has plenty of. They’ll just spend their budget on a different platform. In practice, players are not going to wade through games of unknown price until they finally stumble upon one they can afford. It’s something that dreamy-eyed idealists would probably think is a good idea. You can’t sort out anything that costs more. But this is also bad for people on a budget. It’s called a “free download.” Now, if you’re not familiar with the system, someone might think they’re pulling a bait and switch here. ![]() Instead, you have to download the demo for the game first. Like, oh, THE FUCKING PRICE OF THE GAMES! There is no listing for the prices for anything on the market, or even on Ouya’s website. The interface is missing a lot of key things that most consumers care about. But the controller is hardly the only problem it has. With the PS3 pad, my Ouya became a perfectly fine little Android-based gaming device. For a few games, the mapping seemed to either not work or be off in some way. And not every game has support for it, despite the fact that developers told me including support is super easy. The only way to turn it off was to physically unplug the Ouya. The option that says “turn off controller” in fact does not turn off the controller. I couldn’t turn the fucking controller off when I put the system to sleep. If a game comes out that doesn’t have alternative controller support? Fuck it. Then find the nearest hammer and take it to the Ouya pad, so as to never be tempted by it again. I can’t stress enough: as soon as convenient, dump the Ouya controller for a PS3 or Xbox pad. Games were suddenly playable on the damn thing. I swear to God, it became an entirely different experience. I almost wrote the machine off entirely.Īnd then I plugged in a PS3 controller. Almost every game I tried out for it, I was immediately aggravated by. If they don’t fix the controller, they’ll drive away more people than they’ll convince to purchase. This controller SUCKS! There’s word going around that Ouya kiosks are being set up, and I can think of no quicker way to sink the system for good. And the way you put batteries in it is just fucking absurd. The closest thing I could compare the Ouya’s controller to is a generic plug-and-play controller I picked up from a Walgreens for under a dollar on clearance. Now granted, I wasn’t around for such unworkable inputs as the Intellivision pad, the Atari 5200 floppy stick, the Jaguar, etc. One of the worst gaming controllers I’ve ever encountered. Let’s get one thing out of the way really quick: the Ouya controller is horrible. ![]()
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