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i won't lie. i didn't read this at all, not one bit.
i just wanted to say that no back to the future hoverboards this year will make it just as un-eventfull as every since i saw back to the future.
i just wanted to say that no back to the future hoverboards this year will make it just as un-eventfull as every since i saw back to the future.
I did read this and it's a good blog! I also agree with it. I don't think that the controller can be replaced by standing up and jumping around either with camera controls or a wand.
I can see games for those applications... games like the Eyetoy games. Some might become popular and spawn a new genre like the music genre with it's peripherals or the active genre like Wii games... but they won't replace the core aspect of sitting on our butts with a controller in our hands to get the submersive elements and better control features of the old fashioned controller.
I can see games for those applications... games like the Eyetoy games. Some might become popular and spawn a new genre like the music genre with it's peripherals or the active genre like Wii games... but they won't replace the core aspect of sitting on our butts with a controller in our hands to get the submersive elements and better control features of the old fashioned controller.
**Sony exec performs a magical girl transformation sequence on stage at E3 2010**
Everybody shuts up.
Everybody shuts up.
Yep, I wish they'd all just use their budgets hiring writers and artists to make more Uncharted 2's and Call of Duty 2's and Bayonettas.
Motion controls, love 'em or hate 'em there's an entire generation of kids that are more accustomed to a wii-remote and nunchuk than they are to dual analog sticks.
In that respect I think it would be stupid for MS and Sony to not get on the bandwagon because the kids playing wii now will be doe eyed devs in another 10 years having used motion controls their whole lives.
At this point I think it's pretty clear that the wii has changed the game forever, now I just hope they can change it for the better.
In that respect I think it would be stupid for MS and Sony to not get on the bandwagon because the kids playing wii now will be doe eyed devs in another 10 years having used motion controls their whole lives.
At this point I think it's pretty clear that the wii has changed the game forever, now I just hope they can change it for the better.
@KwikPwn: 3 years of Wii isn't close to a generation and videogames are so common and there are so many damn game specific peripherals that being able to adapt to various control schemes will be far more common among kids than the kids that grew up only playing wii motion specific games.
so in conclusion, stop trying to add stupid gimmicks to shit that don't need it. do what you know and do it well.
This is just getting out of hand. First I though it was just the motion control fad, but when you pointed out how consoles try to add more and more features, it just hit me. I don't know about most people but i'm perfectly fine getting up to use the internet.
Everything but Netflix on the 360 is a piece of garbage. The apps, I mean. I just look, and I'm like "whats the point?" Is it really that hard to stream music OUTSIDE of that application? now Game Room or whatever they are calling it looks to be promising, even if it is gimmicky and nostalgia. Mostly I'm excited because they say its going to be for PC. PC!??!?
Considering that retailers are now refusing to stock Wii shovelware and that quality 3rd party Wii games aren't selling, it seems weird that Sony and Microsoft are still moving full steam ahead on the "Mii Too" express.
The bubble is already starting to pop, but as usual blind faith in milking the success of others doesn't seem to be stopping them from piling onto it just as Nintendo is looking for ways to do something new.
The bubble is already starting to pop, but as usual blind faith in milking the success of others doesn't seem to be stopping them from piling onto it just as Nintendo is looking for ways to do something new.
I agree with your points about the Wii. It is still a great system as long as you come to terms with the fact that less than 5 of its games that fully embrace motion controls are good and the rest use the standard control stick and button setup. Although you forgot to point out the "amazing" motionplus which, with its inclusion to Zelda Wii's control scheme, has support for a whopping 2 games.
As long as game developers can still remember how to make great controller-operated games, fads like the ones you outlined will be mere ploys to suck in wads of cash from from gamers open to new experiences and people who don't know any better, and once the money has been made, the developers will silently abandon their new doohickey and continue on making games as they've always done.
As long as game developers can still remember how to make great controller-operated games, fads like the ones you outlined will be mere ploys to suck in wads of cash from from gamers open to new experiences and people who don't know any better, and once the money has been made, the developers will silently abandon their new doohickey and continue on making games as they've always done.
Indeed, Nintendo just didn't push the motion enough. Just look at Motion Plus, Nintendo fails to push it with oresome software. I doubt the Zelda team will even make M+ worth it.
Nintendo has made as many mistakes as they have successes this gen, they are only now getting back on track with NSMB and finally getting some brains.
Nintendo has made as many mistakes as they have successes this gen, they are only now getting back on track with NSMB and finally getting some brains.
You forgot to mention 3D.... did everyone already forget about the 3D craze that comes about every 8-10 years, and every time until now, always requires the use of some dorky, heavy, and independentrly powered googles??
I'm thirty-something and I have already played, in 4 different tech fairs over the years, 3D-optimized versions of Doom, Descent, World of Warcraft and Gears of War. It has always been hyped as the next big thing, and it has always dissapeared from the public's mind before the year ended. The only difference is that the equipment no longer wheights 4 pounds and has a tiny screen, but it's still bulky and makes you look stupid, there are still some wieird glitches on the image and noticeable slowdown on the rendering, and the flickering on the lenses to achieve the 3D effect can induce severe headaches on some sensitive folk (me included).
And flying cars. Where the hell is my flying car????
I'm thirty-something and I have already played, in 4 different tech fairs over the years, 3D-optimized versions of Doom, Descent, World of Warcraft and Gears of War. It has always been hyped as the next big thing, and it has always dissapeared from the public's mind before the year ended. The only difference is that the equipment no longer wheights 4 pounds and has a tiny screen, but it's still bulky and makes you look stupid, there are still some wieird glitches on the image and noticeable slowdown on the rendering, and the flickering on the lenses to achieve the 3D effect can induce severe headaches on some sensitive folk (me included).
And flying cars. Where the hell is my flying car????
From your fingers to executives eyes...uh, and no I didn't mean gouge out the eyeballs of the corporations doing all these gimmicks.
I just wish they read this blog. There's really nothing to counter or argue. I feel you're right on all your points and said it well. Nice job.
I just wish they read this blog. There's really nothing to counter or argue. I feel you're right on all your points and said it well. Nice job.
Ah, yes, motion control hate. We get it; you don't like it. Neither does most of destructoid. I didn't like 3d polygon games when they were new, either.
Re4Wii showed how to use motion control as did Wii Control Pikmin and make them feel better than a traditional controller. I will say that NMH also used the motion control for deathblows, and I think that was the best thing about the game. I've never really been as animated with combat in a brawler as much as I was there.
I think that the future is bright here for the wand stuff. And frankly, the game industry is starting to kill itself under its own HD development budgets so it's nice to see the Wii firmly in first place. I'd prefer for the console industry to still be able to offer risky full-length titles, and that gets really hard when the dev budget is that big.
The multitasking stuff, yeah, I agree with you there.
Re4Wii showed how to use motion control as did Wii Control Pikmin and make them feel better than a traditional controller. I will say that NMH also used the motion control for deathblows, and I think that was the best thing about the game. I've never really been as animated with combat in a brawler as much as I was there.
I think that the future is bright here for the wand stuff. And frankly, the game industry is starting to kill itself under its own HD development budgets so it's nice to see the Wii firmly in first place. I'd prefer for the console industry to still be able to offer risky full-length titles, and that gets really hard when the dev budget is that big.
The multitasking stuff, yeah, I agree with you there.
Wow, I'm surprised this one managed to get frontpaged; I felt it was pretty clumsy by the time I posted it.
@m_earendil: I do like motion control; RE4 Wii was great, and heck, I liked Excitetruck for its motion control component, and that was first-gen and moderately wonky. I just feel like no one's got the stones to really push it as the next step in gaming evolution, even Nintendo. They've got a handful of good games that make great use of the waggle, but for the most part, it's still just an accessory to the action rather than essential. If they'd just man up and say, "Hey, you need to use this," in more of their games rather than letting you plug in old controllers, especially when the old controllers give you a more accurate and more enjoyable experience. Really, I'm just waiting for someone to be serious about it. Or to remake/sequel Stretch Panic with motion controls, because that would make so much sense.
Companies managed to do fine by adding extra buttons and making them essential components of gameplay; why can't this happen with motion controls?
@everyonewhomentionedfolklore: I don't have a PS3 (yet) but I did play a demo of that ages ago, and I forgot how sweet that was.
@m_earendil: I didn't forget 3D so much as leave it out, because I couldn't think of much more than Rad Racer, 3D World Runner, and lolvirtualboy. I thought the Virtual Boy was rad as hell, though.
Another thing I left out was touch control a la the DS, but that, I actually did forget I had anything to say about. In the end, I've a similar stance to motion control on that one, i.e. stop trying to force it on game styles and franchises that aren't suited to it and start doing more new, exciting, and touch-essential things. Get creative or no one will care.
@m_earendil: I do like motion control; RE4 Wii was great, and heck, I liked Excitetruck for its motion control component, and that was first-gen and moderately wonky. I just feel like no one's got the stones to really push it as the next step in gaming evolution, even Nintendo. They've got a handful of good games that make great use of the waggle, but for the most part, it's still just an accessory to the action rather than essential. If they'd just man up and say, "Hey, you need to use this," in more of their games rather than letting you plug in old controllers, especially when the old controllers give you a more accurate and more enjoyable experience. Really, I'm just waiting for someone to be serious about it. Or to remake/sequel Stretch Panic with motion controls, because that would make so much sense.
Companies managed to do fine by adding extra buttons and making them essential components of gameplay; why can't this happen with motion controls?
@everyonewhomentionedfolklore: I don't have a PS3 (yet) but I did play a demo of that ages ago, and I forgot how sweet that was.
@m_earendil: I didn't forget 3D so much as leave it out, because I couldn't think of much more than Rad Racer, 3D World Runner, and lolvirtualboy. I thought the Virtual Boy was rad as hell, though.
Another thing I left out was touch control a la the DS, but that, I actually did forget I had anything to say about. In the end, I've a similar stance to motion control on that one, i.e. stop trying to force it on game styles and franchises that aren't suited to it and start doing more new, exciting, and touch-essential things. Get creative or no one will care.
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