Beautiful Katamari on Project Natal

ape007 - 81 days 22 hours ago

until kojima came out and said what he said

I really hope developers mix natal in hardcore games,maybe at some segment of game,for example,you play modern warfare 2,play with 360 controller,enjoy the mission and suddenly you got do defuse this bomb quickly,you just drop your pad and control with your hands,or say commands,like "AIRSTRIKE" or hot wire in gta,or also get rid of quick time events,imagine RESI 4 events with natal or a simple scripted continues conversation in mass effect,you just say some words,lets say that mass effect 2 the developer include 1000+ voice commands to say in the game or in cinematic games like heavy rain or mgs,ms could build an entire strategy game based on voice command,don't expect voice commands to be free and infinite like milo which was fake

I have a feeling that natal may(MAY) complete your game experience(if it done right),it may bring realism to conversations,quick time events,mini segments,make desicions with your voice in hardcore games while playing with your 360 pad for the rest of the game,it really could start a revolution like kojima said,let's just wait and see

I really squeezed my brain to think of these things :)

edit:another good use,use natal to save your motion capture in your avatar,when someone connect online and scroll to his friend list,he see his friend doing different animation(I know you all think of what im thinking right now LOLOLOLO xD)

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Maddens Raiders - 81 days 22 hours ago

do not want to do what the bloke in that video is doing. Ever.

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dustgavin - 81 days 22 hours ago

People keep talking about using the controller with Natal. I thought the big push for Natal was 'Your body is the controller'.

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Microsoft Xbox 360 - 81 days 22 hours ago

Wow that looks so mind blowing. Never seen such amazing thing in my life. My favorite part was the innovative lag and the accurately, inaccurate movements.

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Kushan - 81 days 22 hours ago

"People keep talking about using the controller with Natal. I thought the big push for Natal was 'Your body is the controller'. "

It is, but what most people seem to be fixated on is how Natal can be used with existing genres a games - games that weren't really designed with Natal in mind. The best compromise is for you to use both.
Ideally, Natal should bring about a bunch of games that simply haven't been made yet due to the controller being limiting in some way. That's the plan, anyway, we'll see what happens.

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Polluted - 81 days 22 hours ago

@Ape007: Interesting ideas, I guess, but your girlfriend/roommate/parents are going to think your some sort of crazy person if you're sitting in front of the TV talking to yourself all the time.

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StayHigh - 81 days 22 hours ago

natal is a rip off of the eye toy for the PS3..Sony ripped off nintendo with motion control..BOTH EQUAL FAIL!!

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Kushan - 81 days 22 hours ago

Anyone that thinks Natal and the Eye Toy are the same thing is sorely mistaken and incredibly ignorant. Do some research.

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calis - 81 days 21 hours ago

Yeah...my idea of gaming is to sit and relax. I'll stick to that thanks.

If I want to move, I'll go outside like the rest of the normal world.

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chaosatom - 81 days 21 hours ago

At least from what I saw.

That made no sense to me whatsoever. It would be more frustrating than anything else.

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whothedog - 81 days 21 hours ago

There is a difference but what everyone seems to be excited about, the PSEye can also do. And by that I mean voice recognition and facial recognition.

But yes there are differences mainly the camera itself.

and I think incorporating voice recognition in games like FPS or RPG would be cool. Facial recognition.... I don't know... I don't want to be "fake smiling" or making other gestures at my tv every time I am talking to someone in town.

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lowcarb - 81 days 21 hours ago

The whole call in air strike or for back up thing is an interesting idea. Just imagine talking and the members of your squad see you face on there screen. Natal seems like a good device for games like RB6 and Ghost recon.

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Cold 2000 - 81 days 21 hours ago

Hideo Kojima.

Nuff said.

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Keowrath - 81 days 20 hours ago

Amen to that!

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Tony P - 81 days 19 hours ago

The way I see it, at least MS and Sony are showing you how the tech could be applied to different interest games, not just the target market of their motion efforts. None of this is optimal. I'm not playing Katamari like drunk Superman, and I'm not going to MacGuyver RE5 with a light bulb looking thing and half a controller.

But it's still quite a bit more progress than was made with earlier attempts imo.

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cRaZyLeGs 93 - 81 days 22 hours ago

Imagine someone walking in on you doing that?

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ape007 - 81 days 22 hours ago

driving with natal,aside from it being so stupid,your hands simply cannot shaped on air,the diameter changes a lot,that means if I get my hands closer the car will steer more???

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Cold 2000 - 81 days 21 hours ago

Just imagine MGS Rising uses Natal, Kojima would find crazy ways to incorparate voice recogntion, face recognition etc into a MGS game...

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Cenobia - 81 days 21 hours ago

Like what?

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Funky Town_TX - 81 days 22 hours ago

There are games on the Wii that look as if there was 10 hours of dev time spent on them. Gamers speak with $$$ so no buy = no go. The Wii crowd is mixed with non-gamers though and it will be hard for M$ to get those guys on a 360.

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Jamescagney - 81 days 22 hours ago

Yeah Nintendo have probably been designing the next level of interactivity and are laughing at the copycats.

So late in the game, so very late.

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dreamcast - 81 days 19 hours ago

Natal yoga or pilates lolol.. I don't see it being a hit, but you never know.

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StayHigh - 81 days 22 hours ago

I bet you Katmari can be played on the eye toy too..lol..i just dont see the big fuzz about natal..

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Jamescagney - 81 days 22 hours ago

That must be it, we don't have imagination. Because Natal is hardcore.

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calis - 81 days 21 hours ago

Kingslayer - get off your throne, you are no more imaginative or intelligent then anyone else here.

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leyego - 81 days 21 hours ago

ok lets be honest here.

natal will be innovative in the long run. theres no way whats so ever, that natal will change the face of gaming "THIS GEN". mb next gen or next next gen.

i think its a solid step towards VR. but the way ive been seeing it used is just lame. natal wont be all that special this gen. mb in future gens but not this gen. this tech is just a steping stone right now.

on another note. u guys remember that spherical ball that lets u controller movement of your character? mix that up with natal, remove the ball and replace it with a moving floor pad. pack that with some kick a$$ software and ur in business.

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Cenobia - 81 days 21 hours ago

Oh, good. I've been trying to get an answer to this question for months. Please give me those awesome examples of Natal utilization in a real game. I can't think of any. Maybe you're right and I just lack imagination, but for having so many ideas you sure seem unwilling to share them.

I want you to actually think about using Natal for more than 15 minutes at a time. Would you honestly play burnout in that fashion (which is NOT 'hardcore' btw) for 2 hours? No. Would you run around smacking dodgeballs for 2 hours? No.

When I play games I don't play them in 15 minute intervals. I have yet to see a Natal implementation that isn't a gimmick or a mini-game, and no one seems to be able to come up with any ideas that would appeal to the hardcore gamer.

Natal isn't worth a damn until they release at least one game that justifies it's existence to real gamers. It can be a casual device, I don't care, but then you need to stop hyping it up like it's the second coming.

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Natsu X FairyTail - 81 days 22 hours ago

who Ever said that Natal was going to cost 100bucks?

please provide the Link..

what seem to be the Plan for Microsoft is Release a new xbox who will have Natal In the Box so you dont have to pay for it as an extra.

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dustgavin - 81 days 18 hours ago

"what seem to be the Plan for Microsoft is Release a new xbox who will have Natal In the Box so you dont have to pay for it as an extra."

No. Instead they will jack up the cost of the 360.

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Jamescagney - 81 days 22 hours ago

I just noticed that he looked like a right prat playing it.

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Kushan - 81 days 21 hours ago

Anyone noticed that despite the apparent "lag", most journalists seem to be commenting on how responsive it is?

Here's Kotaku on this very video - http://kotaku.com/5367460/p...

"Playing around with the game for a few minutes I was impressed with how responsive the controls seemed to be, allowing me to move around moving objects fairly deftly and pick up only the items I wanted to with the ball. It was a fun way to play an already fun game. One that would inevitably expand the potential audience for the game."

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strickers - 81 days 12 hours ago

I love that arguement."MS have more dev support".Well if that's the case it can't be a re packaged Eyetoy in a post Wii world then.I'm yet to see a single demo that can't be done(in a weaker form)on Eyetoy.Problem is,that when I say Eyetoy,I mean the PS2 one.I played with tech demos on PS2 Eyetoy that did fire/water and Anti Grav(game)let you steer a game by tilting your arms,accerate by bending your knees and jumping by(you gueessed it)jumping.All on PS2.Obviously Natal is more advanced but the reason Sony(and rightly so)have gone for a controller is because Humans are tactile.People also seem to miss that PS Eye plus "Wizard stick"(PSM3s name for it)combines the best features of both Natal and Wii with better accuracy than either.It will allow Wii ports(good business decision)with some Natal possible as well.
Personally,it will be my 5 year old that wants motion control.I prefer a pad and probably always will.I can live without any motion systems.

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jack who - 81 days 23 hours ago

forget dev only had the natal dev kit less then a mouth.

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Eiffel - 81 days 22 hours ago

I can lie too. ThatCanadianguy420.

I for one love only one console. As I'm a tool.

See?

IMO: I know you own both consoles as do I.

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Natsu X FairyTail - 81 days 22 hours ago

I can Lie to!

I really want to play with the sony dildo looking wand and watch Blu ray Pornzz!

:)

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 81 days 3 hours ago

@Jack

You mean month? Capcom had the PS: motion controller for the same time and look how accurate it was in RE5

@Eiffel
I don't love "One" console..
I love my PSP,PS2,PS3,PC,Original Xbox.
Unlike you i don't reject reality, instead, i embrace it.
And within that reality it's clear to see that 360 is a faulty dvd player with no good games.ESPECIALLY in 09.

@Natsu
Hey, Dildo's aren't my thing..But if that's what you're into than all the power to ya.

I wouldn't mind some high quality blu-ray porn tho :)

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dustgavin - 81 days 22 hours ago

Not at all. You can see the guy in the video trying to steer right and the ball keeps going left for a second or so.

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bakaPX - 81 days 17 hours ago

Not for this game exactly but look at the other videos on Natal. Hopefully the accuracy will improve. Not that I care of because I'm looking forward to sony's motion controller instead

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Natsu X FairyTail - 81 days 22 hours ago

"nathal project will not sucessful."

your english is not sucessful.

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dustgavin - 81 days 22 hours ago

I am sure Nintendo is already brewing something up for the next console race.

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MaximusPrime - 81 days 22 hours ago

i actually like what you called lightbulb. it looks pretty good.

it will take time to get used to.

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d_dogg2007 - 81 days 22 hours ago

LOL!! really just like the xbox 360 and that revolutionary DVD drive and that revolutionary malfunction rate? Face it dumba** microsoft doesn't revolutionize anything especially in the game industry that title belongs to Sony..

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dustgavin - 81 days 22 hours ago

Well 360 DID have HD-DVD. That was revolutionary, right???

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chrisulloa - 81 days 18 hours ago

What are you five?

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dustgavin - 81 days 22 hours ago

Or scratch on imaginary turn tables.

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