Official Microsoft E3 Conference Thread

[JaggedSac]

NJ5 said:

JaggedSac said:

Sure, buttons are required for things we are doing now.  But I just thought of something that I would enjoy after about 3 hours of seeing what this thing can do.  Give devs time to come up with neat stuff.  The ability to read hand and feet movement at the same time can definitely offer some interesting options.  I agree with you that genres and game types that we play now will be hard to force onto Natal.  But perhaps we should be wanting something new.  This isn't mapping hardware that ou are carrying into 3D space.  This is mapping you into 3D space.  I think that is quite neat.

It's definitely neat, but as far as practical game development goes I don't see developers faring any better than with the Wii controls, actually worse. The main advantage over the Wii Remote is that it tracks all of your body, the disadvantage is that any action has to be done through movement or speech. IMO that will really limit developers.

 

Yep, you are correct.  Devs could either come up with some neat gameplay, or they could pidgeon hole the stuff into current games.  But if I want to play Halo, I can pick up my 360 controller and play an awesome as FPS game with good graphics and amazing online.  Then if I want to play something casual with my girl, I can start playing a Dancing with the Stars Natal game.

 

Also, no one seems to be mentioning it, but WTF is up with that cart racing game.  I was expecting something better than that from Big Park.