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Is Kinect sensor supports to read your hand to see where you move units?  Curious how RTS is supposed to be done.  I just don't see where a precise point and click interface is doable on the ONE.  I am curious because RTS, due to interface issues, hasn't made a migration over to consoles.



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Voice could help and using ur hands to move around and select units



They would need to dramatically change the controls similar to Pikmin. Currently implementations (Kinetic, Smartglass, whatever) will not be able to emulate PC controls well enough to be fun or playable.



theshonen8899 said:
They would need to dramatically change the controls similar to Pikmin. Currently implementations (Kinetic, Smartglass, whatever) will not be able to emulate PC controls well enough to be fun or playable.



I don't agree voice control and motion control combo would easily do the trick....

say : "select all units" "attack closest ennemy unit"
say: "build command center" then either position it with your hands or smartglass
say: "create group one" and then select with hands or SG

etc etc.... I actually would love to see that on PC too.... real commanders don't point and click on units... they give out voice orders...I'd love to see a really well done voice supported RTS (yeah I know there have been tries in the past)

but being able to say
tank units, hold the line at rally point alpha
GI's flank the ennemy group in zone delta by the east, fall back if you reach 50% casualties
Comandos go on hill side zeta and wait for my orders
engineers get ready to be air lifted at LZ tango
etc etc



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HALO WARS

Why won't they ever make a sequel....



Munkeh111 said:
HALO WARS

Why won't they ever make a sequel....


wait what???? they said they would never do one... or just because the studio closed down you are assuming so ???



Munkeh111 said:
HALO WARS

Why won't they ever make a sequel....

There was a LOTR RTS that also had an innovative interface.

The UI of Project Spark could also be used.  It's rather impressive, but would require "setup".

That is, you develop command routines and assign them.



endimion said:
theshonen8899 said:
They would need to dramatically change the controls similar to Pikmin. Currently implementations (Kinetic, Smartglass, whatever) will not be able to emulate PC controls well enough to be fun or playable.



I don't agree voice control and motion control combo would easily do the trick....

say : "select all units" "attack closest ennemy unit"
say: "build command center" then either position it with your hands or smartglass
say: "create group one" and then select with hands or SG

etc etc.... I actually would love to see that on PC too.... real commanders don't point and click on units... they give out voice orders...I'd love to see a really well done voice supported RTS (yeah I know there have been tries in the past)

but being able to say
tank units, hold the line at rally point alpha
GI's flank the ennemy group in zone delta by the east, fall back if you reach 50% casualties
Comandos go on hill side zeta and wait for my orders
engineers get ready to be air lifted at LZ tango
etc etc

One can go and try End Game to see how it goes.  The number of units commandable is much smaller.  And RTS fans just don't get into it.  Idea here is to be able to get PC RTS stuff able to also appear on consoles in a way that is natural.



endimion said:
Munkeh111 said:
HALO WARS

Why won't they ever make a sequel....


wait what???? they said they would never do one... or just because the studio closed down you are assuming so ???

I also believe it didn't sell sufficiently to generate interest.  Put it this way, if you took Halo Wars and ported it to the PC, would it sell as well as any other top RTS?  If not, then one would have an issue.

What you MAY get is some sort of strategy game that plays in real time (Herzog Zwei is this, and could seriously use a remake that people know about), but it isn't going to be an RTS as we know them.

Without getting this right, the consoles do not get Starcraft, nor do they have a chance at getting remakes of Age of Empires, or other classics from the past, like C&C.