- x Lai Tasha x
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Phoenix is dead, long live Phoenix!
Is it?
I'm just going to repeat what I said in another Natal thread...
I believe that there are some aspects of the game that could be incorporated with Natal that will be both worthwhile and work great, with a bit of fine tuning and stuff.
Personally I play games to chill out, I will not buy Halo: Reach if I have to stand up for the majority of twelve hours + of the campaign, my legs would be killing me after an hour, I'm not a Spartan, I'm a lazy teenager who wants to slob out on the couch and shot confetti out of grunts with minimal effort on my part...
The only way a FPS could work with Natal, in my opinion would to have Natal acknowledge a set point as being standing still. If the person is standing half a step forward from this position it would tell Natal that they want the character to move forward at a walking pace. Standing a whole step or more forward would have them running forward. Same with reverse and same with moving left and right.
To get it to turn would be the same, a slight 10deg turn would have the character slowly turning, whilst a 20deg or more turn would have the character turning at full spin. Moving back into the original spot would have the character standing still again. Crouching, Jumping, throwing grenades, Melee'ing throwing or dropping grenades would be quite easy to do. Pulling the trigger would be hard.
However, that is off topic, It would still require me to stand up which I would not want to do. I believe that the main advantage of Project Natal's application in FPS games such as Halo would be best restricted to the additional extras, everything that's not the Campaign and Multiplayer.
Forge would be fun, and possibly alot easier, if Natal could be applied well to it, theatre and the general title screens could also work well.
Could you imagine making things in Forge with Natal, the three axis control that your hands are capable of would make placing that BR correctly in its place, a whole lot easier, pushing that box flush with the other box would also be easier and well, quicker. I get fed up of Forge after half an hour, let alone the three hours in takes me to make something worthwhile.
So yeah, I think it would have its applications and could be used in a FPS, but let the lazy teen be able to slob on the couch and shoot confetti out of a grunts head with minimal ease.