Hardcore development studios (at least the good ones) are smart enough to know that they shouldn't venture anywhere beyond using Natal as a Hybrid solution. The controller will always be the core and Natal will be used to enhance the gameplay...the best of both worlds.
I good use of Natal for ME3 would be heads-up or navigation displays. Such as when you are navigating through the star maps...could be pretty sick and non-invasive to the actual game play.
Hardcore games that use the controller will continue to use them but enhance the gameplay with natal. If Natal sells enough, most hardcore game will add some feature that use the tech as an option. Things like signals to the team, picking up items, throwing of grenades and right hooks, could all be done better with motion.
WTF said they would even use natal? Erghh I really hate how people think because MS/Sony are making their own Motion thingy means that They want to replace the normal controller with them. let's be real now Video Games started with Controllers and it will stay like that forever.
That's fine but I do hope they try and use some Natal for ME3. There is only so many of the same looking identical planets, mines, rooms, etc you can go thru in 3 games before you look for I don't know.. something new and inventive?
Bioware seems to suffer from what a lot of RPG dev's do and that is being complacent and stuck in old mechanics that are quickly becoming out dated.
If there was one game that jumped to the front of my mind when I saw the voice/speech/face recognition demo was Mass Effect. So sick of looking at a stupid dialog wheel and having to use a boring controller to do that..
I know a lot of people like to post how superior the PC versions of games are. The truth is it is subjective (depends on what the person looks for in a game). What you will find in most cases is that most people prefer to play games on console over the PC version. Case in point: ME2 on 360 will easily out sell the PC version. The PC version will have a lower price and better graphics, yet more people will buy it on 360 alone. Controller are more emersive than mouse and keyboard, despite what the common belief is. Mouse and KB do not have the same feed back and comfort found in the controller and usually remove some of the challenge of lining up a good shot. I get move excitement from the gameplay when the game is done well on the controller.
That is because Natal and core games don't go together very well as proven by the Burnout demo they showed, so this is no surprise at all. And expect many more announcements like this from other devs as well.
Well thats what i wanted to here :D
WTF said they would even use natal? Erghh I really hate how people think because MS/Sony are making their own Motion thingy means that They want to replace the normal controller with them. let's be real now Video Games started with Controllers and it will stay like that forever.
That's What I wanted to hear myself... Good news..
Good news :)
sweet dude, although I'm not too big on motion controllers.