Playstation Move and Xbox Natal (New Motion technology)

[Madame Adequate]

Without physical feedback, the only really useful area for motion control is in RTS games. And I don't see them topping any lists outside the PC. I played a Wii at my friend's house awhile back and after dusting it off (He hadn't played it for like 6 months, whereas his 360 gets daily use) we played it for a couple of hours. Yeah, it was okay fun. But it's not doing anything for gaming, it's just being a reasonably enjoyable aside for a couple hours. I wouldn't buy one and as far as I know, my friend hasn't touched his Wii in the six or so months since we played it.

I have no interest in the Wii, no interest in Natal, and no interest in Move. I maintain my position that this whole thing is like if the entire industry had jumped on button mashing 15 years ago and companies based their business model around selling International Track and Field.

Which I'd rather play than play a Wii.

Edit: But even thinking about RTS, the whole point of our control systems is to be efficient. If you have a counter for how many buttons you press and click over the course of a game, it's going to be huge. If I'm playing something for hours it doesn't really matter how good the motion controls are if they make my hands sore.

[VeloZer0]

When I want to move about and have fun, I go outside and move about and have fun.

Back a few years ago when the PS3 and 360 had no motion control on the horizon I was just waiting for an advertising campaign like this.

[Quindiana Jones]

Haha, it would be a pretty magnificent dig at the Wii and Wii players. Or Wiiners, as I like to call them*.

*read "just thought up then".

[Bolivar]

Edit: But even thinking about RTS, the whole point of our control systems is to be efficient. If you have a counter for how many buttons you press and click over the course of a game, it's going to be huge. If I'm playing something for hours it doesn't really matter how good the motion controls are if they make my hands sore.

That's true as well, and it's hard to imagine that your hand could be as relaxed playing RTS with a motion controller as it is ontop of a desk with a mouse.

But I'm willing to give 'em the benefit of the doubt and I hope I get to participate in this experiment and find out for myself relatively soon.

[KentaRawr!]

I think that for motion controllers to work out well, games themselves have to change. But I don't like the original Wii Remote very much, except for its nice little pointer. The motion controls that came packed with the original Wiimote mostly opened up a means of having a button that doesn't exist, yet must be pressed very, very hard to get working.

[bipper]

This new technology will certainly change the way we look at games!

[ljkkjlcm9]

I love my Wii, for the titles that I love, like Mario, and Zelda, and Metroid. A few other gems get released, like Muramasa, Monster Hunter tri... etc. Funny thing is these games don't play all about the motion controls. They're all doable without motion controls, some even opting to have NO motion controls. Then, when Nintendo makes a game with motion controls, they don't over do it. Aiming with a bow in Zelda, good. Aiming your gun in Metroid, sweet. Extra little spin attack in Mario, awesome. Not hugely absurd have to be constantly moving. That's another reason why No More Heroes actually did it right. You don't constantly swing your arms to attack... no, the motion control is applied for KILLING blows and grabs and such. Therefore you're not going overboard all the time.

Essentially. Motion controls are great when used in BALANCE with regular controls. Completely taking over... like Natal... is just absurd.

THE JACKEL

[McLovin']

Just get the Natal and Move and play a game where you have to kill like 100 enemies. Then when you're tired you go back to normal gaming. Or they incorporate motion sensoring with the normal gaming.

So like a warning would flash up saying this section of the game would be done by motion sensor. I think it would be pretty fun.