Ironman273 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Hands-on: PlayStation Move's Slider by Andrew Yoon { Mar 16th 2010 at 1:00AM } Don't get too excited, folks. This isn't a game adaptation of a popular sci-fi series. Slider is one of the first PlayStation Move-enabled games to come out Sony's Japan Studios. It's also a perfect example of a game that's significantly hampered by uninspired motion control design. Slider certainly has a lot of charm. You play as a business man (or woman) on the run from the Japanese mafia. In typically zany Japanese games logic, your escape vehicle of choice is random office furniture. The quirky concept is very reminiscent of Incredible Crisis, a PS1 minigame collection that also featured a . A Sony producer told us that he was proud of the comparisons. Unfortunately, thanks to poor implementation of motion controls, Slider just isn't as good. Waggling the controller propels your character forward. To jump or duck, you need to thrust your controller upward or downward. Yes, moving forward, up and down all involve nearly identical motions, making for an imprecise and rather frustrating control experience. Every time our character failed to make a boost, or turn, or jump, or duck, we couldn't help but think, "Is this supposed to be fun?" Perhaps it's my innate lack of gaming skill, but I highly doubt casual gamers would be able to pick this up and play with any ease. I could think of a number of ways the game could be improved had it not used the PlayStation Move controller. For example, the game could have easily worked on the SIXAXIS controller. Why not have a button represent jumping and ducking? Heck, you could probably use the tilt sensors on the standard PS3 controller with greater success. Motion controls are supposed to make games more immersive. They can make you feel like you're really in a bowling alley, or fighting with swords, in a way that standard controllers could never do. However, the motions demanded by Slider have so little correlation with anything happening on the screen that it saps the fun out of what could have been one of the PS3's most amusing games. Source: Joystiq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted March 16, 2010 Veteran Share Posted March 16, 2010 someone quick call sony and tell them to scrap the whole Move idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 He looks like Gok Wan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 It's a gimmick! It'll never make it! It's a toy for kids! ;) Oh, the shoe is SOOOOO on the other foot now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted March 16, 2010 Veteran Share Posted March 16, 2010 It's a gimmick! It'll never make it! It's a toy for kids! ;) Oh, the shoe is SOOOOO on the other foot now. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDQuiksilver Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 It's a gimmick! It'll never make it! It's a toy for kids! Oh, the shoe is SOOOOO on the other foot now. Obvious flame bait is obvious. Back on topic eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red. Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 It's a gimmick! It'll never make it! It's a toy for kids! ;) Oh, the shoe is SOOOOO on the other foot now. But i still agree with it so you won't hear much from me :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 I wonder if lag will be an issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Dang, that is almost there with Natal lag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soniqstylz Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I wonder if lag will be an issue? How old is that video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Dang, that is almost there with Natal lag. Actually that's at least 5 times more than 100ms, possibly closer to a full second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 How old is that video? It was filmed at GDC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soniqstylz Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 It was filmed at GDC. Dunno where, because I was at GDC, never saw a setup like that. And I was in the session where Move was revealed to developers, including the tools, and saw firsthand the lack of lag. I think the lag shown in there may come from processing facial recognition and such, as games not featuring the PSEye-as-webcam feature, have near zero lag. EyePet was responsive,... I think casual titles may have some lag due to it just being a casual feature (which was somehing mentioned in the dev session, since casual gamers won't care as much) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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