D4 CREATOR DISCUSSES KINECT, HOW DEVELOPERS NEED TO 'CHALLENGE THEMSELVES'

BY CASSIDEE MOSERD4 Director Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro recently shared his thoughts on developing for the Kinect, voicing some strong opinions about how he believes developers need to challenge themselves to create games using input devices other than controllers.

Speaking with Gamasutra, Swery explained that Kinect was not the motivator for the creation of the motion-controlled D4. Rather, it was simply the primary input device he decided to use.

"It wasn't because of Kinect that I made D4; Kinect is just a device I used with it," he said, later adding that he hoped people who owned an Xbox One with Kinect would give the game a try, but didn't expect it to be a reason why people would purchase the peripheral.

However, according to Swery, it's important that developers try to create games using more than just basic controllers as input devices.

"I do think developers need to challenge themselves more in terms of input devices. There's a sort of idea that goes around that says 'well you know, this input device isn't very popular and not a lot of people have it, so we shouldn't use it,'" he said.

"I think that's kind of stupid, because if people keep thinking that way then we'll be stuck with the same kinds of controllers for decades to come. I think we should be more creative about the ways we allow players to interact with and control their games."

Swery's most recent release D4 allows for the use of either a controller or Kinect, with unique controls for each. To learn more, read IGN's review of D4.

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I apologize for the format, it looks better when I edit it... And definitely agreed with Swery, something I really want from this gen is new experiences.