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Bring Back Rocket Race!!!
Posted by: PhatMatt89
Using Project Natal with an FPS would be fail. There would be so many problems. For instance, how would you walk/run/back up/jump/turn/shoot? If you walk/run forward, you'll hit the TV. If you back up, you'll run out of room eventually. And jumping would just be retarded. Just jumping in place, banging the floor, killing your feet, and getting shin splints. I suppose for walking/running/backing up you could just do it in place, but there would probably be many errors. Also, when you run, both feet leave the ground for a second, so Natal might mistake that for jumping. Turning could also be solved pretty easily I guess, just turn your torso some, but this would lead to turning when you don't want to. And the big one: SHOOTING. You need a button for shooting. I doubt that Natal will be able to pick up the very small movement of pulling a trigger very accurately. Reloading would be a bit of a problem as well. What would you do, go through a different action for every weapon? Project Natal is great for games where your character stays in one place and doesn't have to do anything other than drive, kick, punch, duck, or head-butt. And yes, I do know that they did the skateboarding thing where the person dragged their foot on the floor and jumped to do some sort of trick, but the person wasn't walking, and jumping still makes a lot of noise (unless you have shag carpet). What are you gonna do, put Master Chief on a Covenant Hover Board or something? No. So, in conclusion, Project Natal+Not walking=Win; Project Natal+FPS=Fail. It wouldn't even be good for rail shooters, because you have the problem of shooting. I guess you should just make bang noises to shoot, and when you have the crosshair on someone's head, just scream, "BOOM! Headshot!"
For driving with Project Natal, you could always use similar controls as Racing Games. We've all seen videos of racing games like Burnout Paradise using Project Natal. So there you go, all the vehicle problems in Halo have been solved for Natal.
Natal is able to track full body motion. Moving your finger will definitely be detected so shooting a gun shouldn't be too difficult.
As for walking, you might actually be able to use movements similar to driving. After all, when you use the controller, walking and driving use similar controls. So Natal should be able to do the same with walking and driving.