Sixaxis: an interesting concept, but not used very much. why?

it could be done well, but many devs choose not to use not to use it.

it could be used well, like in heavenly sword, but other than many first party games, most games dont have it.

ideas as to why you think?

I personally don't like it. It's not good enough at responding imo. I don't use it at all and actually gets in the way.

The only thing I've actually found it useful is for flight when I played the Warhawk beta.

it could be done well, but many devs choose not to use not to use it.

it could be used well, like in heavenly sword, but other than many first party games, most games dont have it.

ideas as to why you think?

supa_badman

Its a novelty..

It gets old fast.

Its like buying special edition stuff, you look at it a couple times...But you dont really need it all that much. Just the core product

Its a novelty..

It gets old fast.

Its like buying special edition stuff, you look at it a couple times...But you dont really need it all that much. Just the core product

navigata

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Its a novelty..

It gets old fast.

Its like buying special edition stuff, you look at it a couple times...But you dont really need it all that much. Just the core product

supa_badman

[QUOTE="navigata"]

Its a novelty..

It gets old fast.

Its like buying special edition stuff, you look at it a couple times...But you dont really need it all that much. Just the core product

supa_badman

Wii would be different though. PS3 does it half assed and not too well to begin with. Wii got it right and is the primary control system.

Just throwing this in while were talking about sixaxis....how does MGS4, as an exclusive, take advantage of the sixaxis?HarshGamer

[QUOTE="HarshGamer"]Just throwing this in while were talking about sixaxis....how does MGS4, as an exclusive, take advantage of the sixaxis?raven_squad

Yeah it doesn't get in the way

The best i have seen it used was throwing grenades in uncharted.....god that was awesome, up, down, up, down. IM JUST MOVING MY HANDS !! :Dhip-hop-cola2

Heavenly Sword used it wonderfully, as did Uncharted. Heavenly Sword it was just perfect the way you could control the way projectiles or thing you made projectiles after they were thrown. Uncharted's grenade mechanics were good too ... you could use just the controls or the sixaxis, I found it really useful in Uncharted, heard it won't be implemented in the next one, hopefully cause the found a better use rather than just taking it out completely.

The reason why It worked in these games is that they weren't completely necessary. You could still accomplish the same task without them, but the motion sensing actually did make it easier and more rewarding. I think it can only work well if its used in a way which isn't intruding. Killzone 2's door opening and charge detonation with the sixaxis look pretty clever and i expect GoW3 will use it for small things like ripping off medusa's head or rotating/ripping out the cyclops' eyeballs.

It might be hard to admit but I think the sixaxis was just a gimmick. It's only really used with exclusive games.one_on_one

Well most the games coming out don't need Six-Axis and it will just ruin the game if you put Six-Axis in for no reason. For EG: Putting Six-Axis in Fifa 09 what would be the point.b3yondstupidity

it could be done well, but many devs choose not to use not to use it.

it could be used well, like in heavenly sword, but other than many first party games, most games dont have it.

ideas as to why you think?

supa_badman

I like it in one bowling game. Folklore utilized it well. Killzone 2 is using it to steady sniping. Silverdragon17

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it could be done well, but many devs choose not to use not to use it.

it could be used well, like in heavenly sword, but other than many first party games, most games dont have it.

ideas as to why you think?

HarshGamer

Yea I agree

I like how much they use it now... where it's basically delegated to minigames or PSN shovelware. Sony starts encouraging too much gimmickry among developers and this console will turn into a Wii overnight.

Not to mention the fact that most games on PS3 are crossplats w/ 360 which doesn't have motion sensing controls.

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Its a novelty..

It gets old fast.

Its like buying special edition stuff, you look at it a couple times...But you dont really need it all that much. Just the core product

Denji

Wii would be different though. PS3 does it half assed and not too well to begin with. Wii got it right and is the primary control system.

Wii uses a motion sensor to determine the full motion of it's controllers. The Six Axis doesn't have that. It funtions in a way where it needs to be leveled with the ground first and then motion registers properly. Thus, Wii has full motion, while PS controllers have six motions.

I like the fact that Six Axis is looked at as a novelty. Heavenly Sword, Ratchet and Clank, and other games had fun ways of incorporating the Six Axis. But, if every game used it, the novelty would wear off, well, for me anyways. For devs, the SixAxis is a risky thing to work with. It can frustrate more than entertain sometimes. I personally hated Six Axis in Godfather and NBA 2K8.