Gamertag Radio writes: "New Project Natal Avatar game. An obstacle course where you have to dart under trees and jump over logs."
(Project Natal, Xbox 360)
i can see how little kids could be excited by this...its clear in the video...but when you see the 2 adults and then both kids jump in and try to move around...the camera doesnt show the on screen action or if it is even capturing all of the movements.....what was awkward was the way Natal responded to the kids abrupt movements.....it looked weird to me....i really do hope these games have tutorials b/c the way that woman tried to play a simple game of bouncing balls was just..........uhhhhhh ill let you guys finish that sentence
Why is it a failure?? The more I see of it the more I actually think it can succeed. Say whatever you want but they where having a lot of fun no matter how dumb they looked which makes it even more fun and funnier. Kids are going to be the ones who will really love this. Plus not everyone is going to move like that I think they were exaggerating a little with their movements. But they did look funny the mom especially.
People gotta start realizing natal is not being made for the "hardcore gamers' its being made for the "casual gamers" which I doubt any of you are seeing your responses. Why are so many fanboys in here.
And once you boot up Natal you will lose all semblance of a life, girlfriend, and a clue. Funny how that works out. Awesome video by the way. I can't wait to see the hardcore games that are sure to follow gems like these. Right guys? Hardcore games. The 360 boys promised me hardcore games.
Edit: But you have to admire the precision of the Natal. Any controller where the most efficient way to win the game is "Move more. Just keep moving around more" is bound to be the most precise and efficient controller on the market. I bet the best Gears of War 3 players, if it is graced with Natal controls, will be large dogs getting their ears scratched. It seems that a quick trigger leg kick is the best way to play.
If you are worry about how stupid you look in front of people when having fun then you probably have some self esteem issues that need to be worked out....
The problem is the whole fun factor is based on the fact you're making a fool out of yourself. It is fun (especially with other people), but that get's old fast - there's a reason people put their wiis away in the closet.
You are doing just that right now Everytime I read something you write, I always wonder why you keep make an a$$ of yourself. I'll pass on the offer to finish you off though. That would make me a bigger fool than you.
@lukewind "Shriek!Shriek!Shrieeeek! " F**k pal, relax. Nobody said anything about Sony, except for your raging internal inferiority complex. That video was flat out horrific. Regardless of questions that it might have been actors or simply an overly excited test group guinea pig 'family', this isn't the promotional route that Natal should be heading in. (Assuming of course, that their grand plan isn't just to provide entertaining 'therapy' sessions in the 'play' room of the local nut-house.)
Why does everyone care how they look? When they should be focusing on whether it's fun or not? It looked like they were having a good time, isn't that what counts?
I've said it before and I'll say it again, MS is aiming this towards casuals.
Penny, these are simple demonstrations. Very silly, yes, but you don't have to be so hell-bent on seeing Natal fail. I hope to see better games at E3 utilizing the technology, but right now we have nothing.
The best part is how the older guy is TRYING to sound happy but he sounds like a robot.
Anyways, I do see this succeeding with the casuals. Casuals don't see silly gameplay, they see family time and spending time with their kids in an active way. MS is going to advertise this well, the problem is showing games for us hardcore gamers.
Alpha if you think that looked fun than I don't know what to say. I own a PSeye, I know where this is heading. I'm not hell bent on failure because this is MS... I want this to fail because if this is the future of gaming I don't want to be a gamer.
However I was just reminding you that you shouldn't be so quick to judge-- yes, it's COMPLETELY silly and laughable, but saying anyone who defends Natal after this is mean-spirited. What that essentially does is make it look like anyone who defends Natal is a fanboy, which is unfair. Just saying you should stay open-minded towards others. All I'm saying is that MS is the kind of company to be tight-lipped about their work, and with E3 around the corner I am *hoping* they offer something for gamers like you and me. Right now they seem to be just focused on appealing Natal to the casual crowd. But surely they aren't stupid enough to ditch the hardcore crowd altogether.
But yeah, this particular demo was so silly. I would love to see someone gif this.
After seeing this I feel like this is going to fail as a casual device. They didn't look like they were having fun at all, the kids just looked bemused. Not to mention moronic.
However, I'm still very, in a naïve way, hopeful about what my favorite developers can do with this technology. I think hardcore games can really benefit from this, more so than with the wiimote or move.
I still play my games motion free, I tried the Wii and was utterly unimpressed with the technology. Just felt like a cheap lightgun to me. So I'd like to continue using my standard controller and have this motion (and voice) technology complement the experience rather than overhaul it.
But the devs will have to support it if it's going to be any use. I'm sure the novelty of navigating the dashboard with swipes will wear off fairly quickly.
Hey At least the kids are having fun, and in my house that's all that matters.
Aside from that it looks like you have to move around way too much and i dont know about you guys but I'm not goin to invest into a video game that is going to make me jump all over the place like that, before i do that ill jump in my car drive a few blocks and go play in the park.
So how many people in n4g play their games that far away from the tv set? I assume you all have some kinda seating arrangement for your tv entertainment area. It'd be silly to have to move the sofa aside to play ricochet.
The good thing is they seem to be enjoying themselves. The silly thing is the adult asking the kid to join in when clearly the kids do not pop in as two additional avatars playing ricochet. Poor kids probably thought they were actually playing.
I remember when Nintendo first confirmed the name of Wii and we all laughed. The wii is now the number 1 console on the market thanks to all of us haters.Now Natal stands a chance to repeat the Wii madness and I for one will not go down this time looking like an idiot by doubting.
OT: That looked like pure family fun and hopefully the games live up at e3.
I'm starting to doubt Natal... Natal requires you to move around alot! You might mess around and lose some weight or something crazy like that! I think I will stick with the Wii and PS Move. I can still sit on my ass and play games that way and if i'm lucky, I can lose a few pounds in my arms while my ass gets fatter...yay!
Be open minded people! All of your negative comments make it seem like you are scared of Natal or something! Calm down!
@claterz... She did look goofy as hell didn't she! I can see why people think they might look stupid playing with Natal, but truthfully i felt the same way playing the Wii. This motion coltroll thing is still fairly new and we will all look stupid playing either on, even the beloved MOVE!
Why does ever demo video of this thing show people playing these games like retarded seizure victims? Even the worst of the Wii shovelware doesn't have you flail around like an incompetent jackass. Show me hardcore games with serious gamers playing. Cause I'm really not sold. Cause as of right now the only red ball in my motion gaming is Move's sphere turning red as I blow some fire down in Elder Scrolls V.
Interactive gaming for mass market(casuals) Gamepad gaming for hardcore gamers. Hardcore games FTW!
They try to make gamimg as an interactive entertainment, that`s ok. But as a hardcore gamer most time i would spend on traditional games, rather on this.
Still, there's finally footage of a new game even though they went right back to Red Ball. The avatar looked like it was doing the jig. Did anyone else notice the guy kept saying "Move"? lol
EDIT: Made it all caps because I just watched it over again. It was funnier the second time. Oh, and scratch my jig comment (0:24). The dance looked more like this video:
someone forgot to tell these guys and girls that the chicken dance is only done at butlins when you are pissed, lol, that was so funny, oh well best wait for the move:):)
OMG Noooo why put them on YOUtube? I'd say it's cute being that they're a family (I guess) and all but come on at least they look like idiots together. Saying this I have to say every time I see natal, I see the Eyetoy, I have nothing against it but that is what I see. Motion controls bringing the Fam together
shoot me right in my face, dont think twice just blow my face off, face off, what in gods name did i just watch, if this is what ms has in store for us 360 gamers then i might as well drop down my shield and say FU ms and sell all my 360's.
again, i ask oyu, what the hell was that. is this where gaming is headed to, seriously, and im not talking about richochet.
whats natals core audience that they are targeting, is it a fetus to 3 years of age.
Something tells me these people didn't quite get the "motion controlled" concept. the way they are constantly moving and shaking as if dancing... it looks like they think in order to play the game at all you must be in motion. lol. they were trying to get the kid to keep moving the entire time also, rather than actually play the game. this is going to wind up in many a parody.
HAHAHAHAHA You are so right... and even in the video it has the same lag timing as Natal. Watch the video and learn guys if you are going to buy that Hot Wet Vomit called Project Natal. EPIC FAIL!!!!
bwhahahahahaha!!!!!!! *sniff* man that's classic. Death to all motion control infidels!!!!!
Edit - guys what's even funnier is the fact that if this thing is priced decently enough 150.00 U.S dollars be damned this crap is gonna sell, and because I hate it so it's gonna sell well.
Move... the Move remote is almost an exact copy of the wii-mote. I'm just surprised that so many people who hate on the wii due to its motion controls are loving the move, which really is the same thing except with HD graphics.
At least your not jumping over more red balls. And BTW wages of sin, the dildo joke is over okay. Get over it. The only dildoes left are the ones who still think that comparison is funny.
I've heard that if Sony's Move doesn't sell, they have a deal in place with Adam and Eve.com for them to buy up the remaining stock to repackage and sell on their website.
Look intersting... are you really going to care what you look like when you're playing? if the thing's fun, why does it matter. I'm not saying that it is fun because I've never played it, but saying that natal will fail because you look like a goof playing the game is unfair.
And I just find it so hilarious that so many ps3 "people" are raiding these natal posts so frequently just to downplay the device and promote the Move, which is just the wii-mote on a system with HD graphics. You'd probably find almost no 360 person in the Move posts downplaying something that they haven't even played or experienced.
very low lag Am impressed with the lag free nature of the item. Seems like there is a substantial and noticeable difference between today's vid and WSJ's vid posted yesterday(?)
I suspect that the lag free nature has to do with the clear lighting of this scenario vs. yesterday's stage scenario.
um... lag free? not at all. there is definite lag, especially when more than one person is in front of it. you can see it towards the end of the video clearly, in addition to the avatars glitching the entire time.
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oooh soo much fail
somebody has to make a funny youtube video about this
and i think you really need a big room like that, stupid natal.
still not seeing any thing special.
People gotta start realizing natal is not being made for the "hardcore gamers' its being made for the "casual gamers" which I doubt any of you are seeing your responses. Why are so many fanboys in here.
Edit: But you have to admire the precision of the Natal. Any controller where the most efficient way to win the game is "Move more. Just keep moving around more" is bound to be the most precise and efficient controller on the market. I bet the best Gears of War 3 players, if it is graced with Natal controls, will be large dogs getting their ears scratched. It seems that a quick trigger leg kick is the best way to play.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Of course you may not mind how you look when you are having fun but be prepared for the results as this video demonstrates.
WTF is this? I can't believe people here are actually liking what they are seeing.
buying Move.
Let me guess you holding a black long stick with a ball on the front while pretending to be a sword fighter does not make you look like a tool.
Both Natal and Move suck balls - the controller FTW!!!!
Did you know that this can be a serious psychological issue?
Everytime I read something you write, I always wonder why you keep make an a$$ of yourself. I'll pass on the offer to finish you off though. That would make me a bigger fool than you.
So disgustingly obvious. Stick to B-level TV actors for this crap, MS.
"Shriek!Shriek!Shrieeeek! " F**k pal, relax.
Nobody said anything about Sony, except for your raging internal inferiority complex. That video was flat out horrific. Regardless of questions that it might have been actors or simply an overly excited test group guinea pig 'family', this isn't the promotional route that Natal should be heading in. (Assuming of course, that their grand plan isn't just to provide entertaining 'therapy' sessions in the 'play' room of the local nut-house.)
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Im sorry you would look like a window licker playin that game lol
When they should be focusing on whether it's fun or not? It looked like they were having a good time, isn't that what counts?
Too bad irrationality runs rampant here.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, MS is aiming this towards casuals.
Penny, these are simple demonstrations. Very silly, yes, but you don't have to be so hell-bent on seeing Natal fail. I hope to see better games at E3 utilizing the technology, but right now we have nothing.
The best part is how the older guy is TRYING to sound happy but he sounds like a robot.
Anyways, I do see this succeeding with the casuals. Casuals don't see silly gameplay, they see family time and spending time with their kids in an active way. MS is going to advertise this well, the problem is showing games for us hardcore gamers.
However I was just reminding you that you shouldn't be so quick to judge-- yes, it's COMPLETELY silly and laughable, but saying anyone who defends Natal after this is mean-spirited. What that essentially does is make it look like anyone who defends Natal is a fanboy, which is unfair. Just saying you should stay open-minded towards others. All I'm saying is that MS is the kind of company to be tight-lipped about their work, and with E3 around the corner I am *hoping* they offer something for gamers like you and me. Right now they seem to be just focused on appealing Natal to the casual crowd. But surely they aren't stupid enough to ditch the hardcore crowd altogether.
But yeah, this particular demo was so silly. I would love to see someone gif this.
However, I'm still very, in a naïve way, hopeful about what my favorite developers can do with this technology. I think hardcore games can really benefit from this, more so than with the wiimote or move.
I still play my games motion free, I tried the Wii and was utterly unimpressed with the technology. Just felt like a cheap lightgun to me. So I'd like to continue using my standard controller and have this motion (and voice) technology complement the experience rather than overhaul it.
But the devs will have to support it if it's going to be any use. I'm sure the novelty of navigating the dashboard with swipes will wear off fairly quickly.
0:25 Double Bottom of avatars shoe.
At least the kids are having fun, and in my house that's all that matters.
Aside from that it looks like you have to move around way too much and i dont know about you guys but I'm not goin to invest into a video game that is going to make me jump all over the place like that, before i do that ill jump in my car drive a few blocks and go play in the park.
The good thing is they seem to be enjoying themselves. The silly thing is the adult asking the kid to join in when clearly the kids do not pop in as two additional avatars playing ricochet. Poor kids probably thought they were actually playing.
OT: That looked like pure family fun and hopefully the games live up at e3.
Natal requires you to move around alot! You might mess around and lose some weight or something crazy like that! I think I will stick with the Wii and PS Move. I can still sit on my ass and play games that way and if i'm lucky, I can lose a few pounds in my arms while my ass gets fatter...yay!
Be open minded people! All of your negative comments make it seem like you are scared of Natal or something! Calm down!
@claterz... She did look goofy as hell didn't she! I can see why people think they might look stupid playing with Natal, but truthfully i felt the same way playing the Wii. This motion coltroll thing is still fairly new and we will all look stupid playing either on, even the beloved MOVE!
Gamepad gaming for hardcore gamers. Hardcore games FTW!
They try to make gamimg as an interactive entertainment, that`s ok.
But as a hardcore gamer most time i would spend on traditional games, rather on this.
PS: Those ppl look like dumbasses, damn im convinced im not buying this.
Oh man! The GIF's of that women dancing are going to be priceless.
I don't even need to say anything about that footage.The video speaks for itself.
lol sony likes balls too ...dont make me google them :)
that looked absolutely horrible, I hate when I see these casual gamers get on my favorite consoles
I hate this
00:39 I hope she is demonstrating at E3, that would give everyone a good laugh =)
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Almost on the same level as this video. Lmao
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36-44 wins E3, you are witnessing the furture of video games according to greenring of life incredible stuff.
Oops. ¿Still in development?
You gotta see the video but Muted.
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I hope E3 holds a lot more surprises.
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The kid at the back sitting down, poor kid
least it has six seconds of not a red ball.
But HOLY SHIT, that was hilarious.
Still, there's finally footage of a new game even though they went right back to Red Ball. The avatar looked like it was doing the jig. Did anyone else notice the guy kept saying "Move"? lol
EDIT: Made it all caps because I just watched it over again. It was funnier the second time. Oh, and scratch my jig comment (0:24). The dance looked more like this video:
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Talk about Epic!
It's not JUST cuz i dont want to look like a complete idiot, it's also because i CANT move around in my gameroom like that LOL
how much space required again?
Looks like I won't be able to play the red ball game :(
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omg lol rewatch it and ONLY watch the woman LOL
ms says 3x2 meters of clear space thats a lot in europe
But I see Natal selling like hotcakes over there, they like goofy sh!t like this.
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On another note that was bad, I'm still not convince why I should pick Project Natal. MS might have dropped the ball on this one.
P.S. Wat a nerdy family lol
"Wow Zaney ur gettin all the balls" LMAO!
"Keeeppp Moviiinnnggg" HAHHAHA
Everytime i watch this i laugh more.
man this looks really retarded...i call this self-retardation in its finnest form^^
man i cant imagine me making these spastic movements...
again, i ask oyu, what the hell was that. is this where gaming is headed to, seriously, and im not talking about richochet.
whats natals core audience that they are targeting, is it a fetus to 3 years of age.
But they look kind of silly. LOL
indeed that too hilarious!
video instruction for natal
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
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You are so right... and even in the video it has the same lag timing as Natal. Watch the video and learn guys if you are going to buy that Hot Wet Vomit called Project Natal. EPIC FAIL!!!!
Edit - guys what's even funnier is the fact that if this thing is priced decently enough 150.00 U.S dollars be damned this crap is gonna sell, and because I hate it so it's gonna sell well.
Freaking hilarious from Natal!
the Move remote is almost an exact copy of the wii-mote. I'm just surprised that so many people who hate on the wii due to its motion controls are loving the move, which really is the same thing except with HD graphics.
are you really going to care what you look like when you're playing? if the thing's fun, why does it matter. I'm not saying that it is fun because I've never played it, but saying that natal will fail because you look like a goof playing the game is unfair.
And I just find it so hilarious that so many ps3 "people" are raiding these natal posts so frequently just to downplay the device and promote the Move, which is just the wii-mote on a system with HD graphics. You'd probably find almost no 360 person in the Move posts downplaying something that they haven't even played or experienced.
Am impressed with the lag free nature of the item. Seems like there is a substantial and noticeable difference between today's vid and WSJ's vid posted yesterday(?)
I suspect that the lag free nature has to do with the clear lighting of this scenario vs. yesterday's stage scenario.