E3 stuff and IMHO it deserves its own thread:
Imagine the possibilities!
Imagine the possibilities!
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Project Natal for XBOX
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wyllie
^^ Why-Lee^^
I was watching something about this eariler....It could be really cool. Certainly should be scaring the shit out of nintendo at the very least.
HandsOfDespair
Member
Haha I was thinking the same thing. I would have believed in it a lot of more if they used it live instead of showing a video.
iekobrid
Authorized XSr Dealer
What the hell was that, Mime Hero? So now you need to know martial arts in order to play martial arts game and need to know how to skateboard in order to play a skateboarding game? They should have named it Project GOTHEFUCKOUTSIDE.
At least it didn't turn out to be some sort of gynecology simulation like I initially thought.
mick thompson
AKA: Ross Canpolat! SM!
yea i wos watching the keynote for this on CNET earlier today. fair play to microsoft for bumping up the quality of their products. but 2 things and some of you will prob disagree.
its Microsoft - its buggy as shit
its old - we've all seen interactive cams in the past, what there doing is hardly new, its just perfected a lot more.
i think its gona be a more....childs control. i mean personally i wouldn't jump around like a retard in my room to do stuff like what they showed on the keynote. i just wouldn't have any interest. but kids love it and i guess some adults do too (as in the ps eye toy and the wii)
its Microsoft - its buggy as shit
its old - we've all seen interactive cams in the past, what there doing is hardly new, its just perfected a lot more.
i think its gona be a more....childs control. i mean personally i wouldn't jump around like a retard in my room to do stuff like what they showed on the keynote. i just wouldn't have any interest. but kids love it and i guess some adults do too (as in the ps eye toy and the wii)
Via Noctis
Member
Everyone I know that has an XboX for more than a year has had the "red circle of Death" I got it and the very same day I sold it to gamestop before it died. then bought a ps3 couldn't be happier.
Uladyne
Greg
I still think this is the pinnacle of controller design:
Comfortable as fuck, no fuss, no batteries to worry about, works great.
Comfortable as fuck, no fuss, no batteries to worry about, works great.
Via Noctis
Member
mick thompson
AKA: Ross Canpolat! SM!
I still think this is the pinnacle of controller design:
Comfortable as fuck, no fuss, no batteries to worry about, works great.
i totally agree, i hate xbox controllers!!! when you place your hands into the areas..where your supposta put them (lol) it just feels very squashed and when you try to use where the R2 and L2 buttons should be (i dont know names on xbox controllers) you feel as though your response time sucks because it feels too un-natural to control with that part of your fingers
A fucking + to the ps controllers be it ps1,2 or 3
Ola Englund
Only gay in the village
I think it could be cool, but that it will work perfect I'm sceptic about. Just look at the delaytime between moving and the character moving on screen
I thought the "wii-mote" for ps3 looked kinda nice(even if it's not original). The response of the wiimote on wii has always been an issue to me but the one for ps3 looked really responsive and the update time was faster than any other motion controller I've seen.
I thought the "wii-mote" for ps3 looked kinda nice(even if it's not original). The response of the wiimote on wii has always been an issue to me but the one for ps3 looked really responsive and the update time was faster than any other motion controller I've seen.
I'm thinking exactly the same thing. Way too much lag to be accurate enough, and you would need a lot of room to use it, a lot of people don't have a huge room to use it in.
The PS3 motion controller looks way better imo, very accurate and I can't wait to see what games Sony can come up with for it, cus i'm sick of crappy kids games for Wii.
they did use the project Natal in an onstage demo at the E3 conference.
While the idea isn't necessarily new, the extras they've done with it are pretty significant - voice, face, object recognition? 3D body mapping? I'd say it's a step above the Wii, and much more of a breakthrough than what some want to admit. Seems like the only people who downplay what it could mean to the gaming industry are the fervent anti-Microsoft people.
But, after playing the Wii, and seeing the crap Sony threw forth for their new motion control ideas, Microsoft's entry is already a winner, IMO.
despite where any of the tech comes from, it's mind boggling to think how we'll be interacting with video games in the future.
While the idea isn't necessarily new, the extras they've done with it are pretty significant - voice, face, object recognition? 3D body mapping? I'd say it's a step above the Wii, and much more of a breakthrough than what some want to admit. Seems like the only people who downplay what it could mean to the gaming industry are the fervent anti-Microsoft people.
But, after playing the Wii, and seeing the crap Sony threw forth for their new motion control ideas, Microsoft's entry is already a winner, IMO.
despite where any of the tech comes from, it's mind boggling to think how we'll be interacting with video games in the future.
Also, see if you can dig up the video presentation on Project Natal by the creator of Fable...It shows a video of a chick interacting with a video game child character named Milo...If you don't think that's immersive gaming, and a step above any Wii-mote possibilities, then...
speaking of new technology for gaming, while still in a pretty early stage, take a look at this potential:
or this
and there's much more competition...
or this
and there's much more competition...
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The on-stage demo of Natal was really sketchy. When the dude was controlling the Avatar with his body, it kept having weird jerks and twitches. Also the paint game thing looked crap, the end picture was good, but how can u get anything different if all u can do is throw blobs of paint at a blank canvas.
I'm not sure about the object scanning either, they only showed that in the trailer with the skateboard, but it will not work that well in real life.
I'm not against Microsoft, i'm just saying I don't think this will work, though I hope I get proved wrong by them.
Razzee
Kolja
they showed it on the e3 in closed presentations, lets wait what the press will say
I still think this is the pinnacle of controller design:
Comfortable as fuck, no fuss, no batteries to worry about, works great.
for me its the other way around, the xbox controller layout is way superior, you can use it wired and wireless if you like, charge while playing and use at an pc and get instant detection and support in most games. they even show you the xbox buttons if its connected (bioshock, flock etc)
ParsonsMatt
Alas, Tyranny
Am I the only one that really likes the Gamecube controller? Nintendo has always been the best at coming up with new innovative designs. The PS2 controller is just a beefed up SNES controller...
