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Since 6901 DaysThis one is just not true as you'd want them only to recognize your avatar, hence all the NPC needs to know in an RPG is that the player is there and act accordingly. Other than that your points are valid...i just don't see how it makes much difference for a player that can handle a regular pad :)
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Since 7576 DaysI still think Natal was designed for a completely different audience, and attempts to cross over are going to end up on the fringe.
Since 6901 DaysI'm expecting some casual games, and considering this list i'll expect them to be of rather a better quality than i had first thought, but casual titles none the less.
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Since 7444 DaysThis one is just not true as you'd want them only to recognize your avatar, hence all the NPC needs to know in an RPG is that the player is there and act accordingly. Other than that your points are valid...i just don't see how it makes much difference for a player that can handle a regular pad :)
Natal for me offers two opportunities. Just because it's aimed primarily at an audience who's never picked up a gamepad before doesn't mean it can't also be used to augment play with a game pad in useful ways. By useful I mean complimentary, not taking mechanics that work perfectly well on a pad and forcing players to do them differently.
In an RPG scenario if the game can detect a change in my facial expression and react to it, I'd say that's pretty cool. If it picks up gesticulation (i.e. I can interrupt an NPC more readily by raising my hand naturally, or shake a fist) that's also worth trying. Small subtle things that people far smarter than me will find much better examples of I'm sure.
Not everybody working with it is going to start making "casual" games. My main concern would be I'm not sure if Microsoft have the depth of resources internally to show 3rd parties what really is possible. The Wii-mote would have been a flop had Wii Sports not been the perfect software for it. There's quite a lot resting on Rare's shoulders. I can imagine the lack of anything from them this year is because they will need to ship multiple titles next year.
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Since 6901 DaysAnd do you really think the Natal has the ability to read subtle facial expressions? As much as i'd love to see that I'm doubtful, and even if it were done i'd be willing to bet that it'd be buggy.
Seeing as how a barrage of AAA developers are already working on Natal titles i say screw rare. They haven't made anything good since...DKC on SNES (ok, so that's arguably just my personal opinion, so let's say that Perfect Dark was their last good effort since that will probably resonate better with the rest of the community) and i doubt that they'd be the ones to set a great standard for this piece of hardware. I'm way more intrigued by Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom and Konami nad hope that one of those companies will make something ground breaking to show what the Natal is capable of. All i can hope for, and this hope is certainly in vane, is that Natal doesn't bring around a shitstorm of party games, like what we see on the wii today.
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Since 6648 DaysSo its gonna be priced in such a range that they can comfortably drop the price over a period of time....
I know i wont touch it if it costs more than £80 with a game included, and they will have a hard time convincing casuals to buy the console AND natal to play games, especially if the cost of natal is in the same region as the cost of a whole arcade machine.
Since 7506 Dayshttp://kotaku.com/5402009/rumor-project-natal-laun...
Nov sounds too late to be honest, I was expecting it to release around May/june. It's still a rumour though. £50 sounds like a cheap enough price though if true. I wont be buying it as I dont care about motion gaming AT ALL but that's a good price for casual gamers to jump in!
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Since 7444 Dayshttp://kotaku.com/5402009/rumor-project-natal-laun...
Nov sounds too late to be honest, I was expecting it to release around May/june. It's still a rumour though. £50 sounds like a cheap enough price though if true. I wont be buying it as I dont care about motion gaming AT ALL but that's a good price for casual gamers to jump in!
And if the boys at Rare can come up with some form of killer app for Natal amongst those 14 games, then that's going to be a world of pain for Sony because I don't see them competing on price. It will be interesting too to see how Nintendo respond.
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Since 6901 DaysI mean, trying to be realistic, i don't think anything too revolutionary will come of it.
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Since 7576 DaysI'm with Megido. I still need convincing. All indications are that this is not for me. It's for the broader, "non-gamer," audience.
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Since 6462 DaysToday Project Natal received recognition as one of TIME Magazine’s Inventions of the Year. This is the third major honor Project Natal received this past month including the Popular Mechanics 2009 Breakthrough Award and Popular Science Best of What’s New Grand Award. This is great news for the industry. Congrats to the entire team for the great work they’ve accomplished so far.
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Since 6901 DaysI mean, it's a cool gadget to be sure but the concept alone won't make it either fun or good.
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Since 6901 DaysI mean i like the concept, i'm not bashing the idea of natal at all. I really want to try it out to see what it's all about but i also think that it's important not to expect too much of it, as usual it's based on contemporary technology and while it might be a step forward i doubt it'll spark a revolution. I guess all i'm saying is that i'm advising caution in the hype over this.
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Since 7436 DaysToday Project Natal received recognition as one of TIME Magazine’s Inventions of the Year. This is the third major honor Project Natal received this past month including the Popular Mechanics 2009 Breakthrough Award and Popular Science Best of What’s New Grand Award. This is great news for the industry. Congrats to the entire team for the great work they’ve accomplished so far.
** Yes We CAN!! **
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