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273 of 293 people found the following review helpful.
A fun little console, but issues.
By D. Carney
I was an early backer on Kickstarter and received my unit a couple months back, so I've had plenty of time to play with the Ouya. Here is a list of the pros/cons:
******PROS*******
1) Local Multiplayer gaming is GREAT. Games like Towerfall, Bombsquad, Amazing Frog, etc. are perfect games to showcase the true strength of the console: couch gaming with friends. My friend brought his Ouya to a LAN party a month back and we had a blast with Bombsquad. A lot of people were crowding around and claiming the next round to play. There are plenty of games like this on the console so it's hard to get bored.
2) The UI has slowly but surely been improving. Recently they added a "Recently Played" box and "Discover" boxes on the main menu. Additionally, the UI is snappier and more responsive than first release. Pairing controllers is easier with these updates as well. Updates are relatively small installs, so it generally takes 5-10 minutes at most.
3) The ability to easily sideload apps is great. You can download Airdroid and access it that way. It's not a fully unlocked Android box, but it will do most of what 99% of the population will most likely want without rooting.
4) The controller feels nice and hefty. It also gets great battery life from my experience. Make sure to buy at least one extra so you can take advantage of my first pro.
5) The unit itself is small, and relatively quiet (actually, silent the majority of the time, slightly less so when the fan kicks in intermittently). It's very stylish, actually, though I wish the button on top was a little more hearty and not just a "click" pushbutton. That's just minor nitpicking, though.
6) Every game has a free component for you try, most of which are extensive. If you decide to drop money on the games that aren't entirely free, buying games is relatively easy. Link your credit card and buy in-game without exiting. Very similar to the way that some of the apps work on the Apple Store. Either way, there are a number of free games out there so you don't really have to drop a dime if you don't want to.
7) There are plenty of emulators and they run most games flawlessly. SNES, NES, Genesis, Game Boy, PSX, N64. Don't expect blistering speeds on the last two, but it's serviceable, especially since we're only talking about a Tegra 3.
*******Cons*******
1) This definitely isn't entirely ready for primetime. While the UI is improved, it still has a long way to go. There's no social aspect to speak of at this point (besides you account name in the upper left-hand corner), so non-existent online multiplayer except where games have their own dedicated servers. There's no messaging, invites, or anything. A relatively minor quibble, though, as its main strength of local multiplayer is enough to sate my coop gaming for now.
2) Wi-Fi Connectivity is a bust. It's well-documented all over the Ouya forums and on Reddit that the Wi-Fi antenna is poor at best. I personally experienced connectivity issues in locations where other devices had solid connections. I even purchased a network extender, hoping to fix it, and it still made little difference. For people that might not have access to a wired connection,this is a catastrophic oversight. I'm hoping this is fixed in the next hardware refresh.
3) The controller is hefty, and the buttons and joysticks feel fine, but the triggers are a nightmare. For me, they're too far back on the controller. The top triggers feel too "clicky" and you have to hit them at a particular location to register (can't hit them too far on the right or left). As for the back triggers, they're too mushy and feel awkward in the fully-depressed position.
4) The "Discover" section (Ouya's version of a store) is a little convoluted. They try their hardest by splitting into genres and subcategories (for instance, "Couch Co-op" is one category), but I think it still makes it difficult to navigate and find games. As for the "Trending" category, I have no idea where they get these analytics from, but some of the games on there appear to have no "Thumbs Up" ratings, which begs the question of why they're there.
5) Arbitrary rating system in "Discover". Their rating system is entirely based on thumbs up. Either you like it or you didn't click like. There is no text-based review system and nothing to provide negative ratings. For games that might not have broad appeal or be well-known, it's easy to pass them over because they might have 20 "Thumbs Up". For shovelware, they appear to get same ranking as GOOD games. This needs to be fixed if the cream is going to rise to the top.
6) Support is a joke. If you have problems, don't look forward to receiving a quick resolution. There are several reports of people waiting 3 weeks+ on tickets without response, after which tickets are just closed without resolution. Ouya REALLY needs to step up the support game.
So, there you have it. Is it a nice little local multiplayer box and emulator? Absolutely. Is it the revolution they billed it as? Absolutely not. Wait until the next hardware refresh and for a few more system updates.
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
quirky retro time machine
By Andrew Pense
I bought this little cube kind of on a whim...Saw at the local big box one day and then spent the rest of my shopping trip dreaming of developing old school platformers in unity and then playing them on the big screen. Tossed the idea around in my head back and forth and then finally came to very adult and responsible (in my opinion) decision not to buy; The brutal fact of the matter was that I simply didn't have time to develop a game, work out the bugs, work out the other bugs of getting it an usb rod and sideloading (Yes, spoiler alert, I am now an OUYA owner and that's what we do, we sideload). So I returned this little box back to the shelf. The thoughts didn't disappear after I left that store (I won't mention names, but what's with those giant cement balls outside? Are they for children to play with? To prevent runaway cars from crashing through the doors? Large RAID arrays for skimmed credit card numbers? (what, too soon?).
That night I couldn't help but check out some reviews of the OUYA (Weeya? Oya? I'm now a fully indoctrinated sideloader, but I still don't know how to pronounce this thing). I learned two particularly interesting things. The first is that the reception for this device in the gaming has been very polarized. People seem to love it or hate it. Then some other posts warmed a recessive 80 watt light bulb in my retro head, EMULATION! Sure we can emulate on our tablets, our PC's, blah blah blah, but ther is nothing like 8 bit gaming on the family room tv with a paddle style controller in your hand.
So I amazoned it. As usual very happy with quick shipping. Got it up and running fairly painlessly. The only nag is the controller, there certainly is a learning curve if you're coming from the ps3 environment. Found myself looking down in a half lit room for these odd shapes on the buttons. Seems like Ouya wanted to do everything at least a little different, but sometimes it just comes off obtuse. Anyway, I dug right in to emulation. Very happy, some configuration bugaboos but was partying like it was 1989 in short order. This little cube is powerful enough to emulate cores up through the early 2000's, although my heart will always live somewhere between 8 and 16 bit. 12 bit system, now that would have been the tits. 12 bits is exactly the right amount of gaming power people, look it up, its science.
Another thing I quickly learned is the downloadable game market is a strange as an Middle eastern bazaar. You can get just about anything here, the good, the bad, and the just plain strange. I hate when an electronic market place feels too polished and restrained (I'm looking at you Ituners), so I love the offbeat and strange excitement that lives in this world. Anyone can develop (and based on some of the submissions, not everyone should), but the rating systems will keep you from spending too much time downloading junk. If you're a retro-head, great news here as well. There are some games on here that would have been right at home on an eight bit console. Sure they are more polished with deeper graphics, but they are just as odd and one-off as anything you'd find at you're local flea market.
Pros:
Runs on Android, so it's stable but also has that wild west electronic frontier feel to it.
Cheaper than other consoles and all but the most walmarty of walmart tablets.
Very small footprint (Your wife won't even noticed you bought more stuff!)
Comes with an HDMI cable
All games are free to try
Cons:
Controller isn't rechargeable. Not a big drawback, but I hate the idea of putting batteries in something.
Extra controllers currently cost 50% of the console in the first place.
So far I love my Ouya, its got some headaches and growing pains but the biggest plug I can give it is this: It's big fun. It won't smoke your nuts with eye splitting graphics, it won't push polygons fast enough to melt your tv, but get you and buddy on the couch with two controller and I dare you not to smile.
327 of 431 people found the following review helpful.
Have reasonable expectations!
By Stone
In my many years of buying tech products, I have never seen a product with so many poor product reviews online from people who obviously don't 'get it'. Anyone purchasing an Ouya because it is called a videogame 'console', and are expecting to see the same types of AAA games they see on an Xbox 360 or PS3 are going to be disappointed. I am convinced that the majority of people writing these reviews on some of these sites are simply not old enough to realize what makes the Ouya special, at least for me...
To me, the Ouya is a throwback to an earlier time in computers and video games. It reminds me the most of the Commodore 64 era, where not only could you buy a system just for playing games, but you could also, if you wanted, either by yourself or with a couple of people working together, create own game, let other people play it, and if you were good, sell it. There was a lot of terrible software produced during this era to be sure, but some of the most fun I have experienced playing video games was had in discovering those games which could be learned in a few minutes time, yet provided hours and hours of entertainment. Not only was there 'big name' titles for the time such as Mule, Archon, Toy Bizarre and Jumpman, but there were memorable titles such as Campaign Manager, Space Thief, Krylon Lander, and many more that were available on public domain software collections, or by typing in the code yourself out of a magazine.
This software discovery, and the potential for a hidden gem is where the Ouya excels. There are many good games on Ouya right now, and since anyone can potentially develop and publish games on this system, and new titles appear all the time, you never know when the next future classic like a Duke Nukem, Bomberman or Worms may appear. Sure, there is a lot of 'bad' titles, but so what? Everything can be tried for free, so there is nothing to lose, and in my opinion, exploring is half the fun...
If I had to pick something to score the Ouya down on, I do wish it would have shipped a little more up-to-date on its android hardware specifications, but realistically, with the simple 'pick up and play' type games this is targeting, the specifications should be fine for a while.
I had no issues with setting up my unit, installing firmware updates, or with my controller, as others have reported. I paired a PS3 controller to it very easily, and this is a great option vs. buying an expensive 2nd controller for multiplayer games, especially if you already have one around. An Xbox 360 controller works as well.
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the Ouya to anyone, just know what you are getting, and go into it with reasonable expectations. If you think you are buying a console to play the latest and greatest 'next-gen' games, then you should probably hold off, but if you are looking for an inexpensive way to play hundreds of simple, fun games, or even get into game development yourself, then you cannot go wrong with the Ouya!
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