Playstation Move Games

[ShadowRunner]

The animation of the robot is pretty cool too. I have been suprised with how polished this game is. Character designs could be better art wise but you can tell they put a lot of effort into them.

 

[rabidrabbit]

The table tennis could stand out as a game of it's own, it's really that good! That and Gladiator Duel are my favorites. I'm still awed at the accuracy and speed of the tracking.
Any table tennis that is released as a full game after Sports Championship will have lot to live up to.
Hope there'll be a good Star Wars game and dream of a Soul Calibur game for Move.

 

[Billy Idol]

Tried Move at my friend's gaming loft. He bought 4 Move controllers.
The only game I wanted to try is Sport Championship - according to reviews, everything else is garbage and not worth checking out.
So here are my unfiltered impression:

- I was only interested in trying this Bow game, Table Tennis and this Gladiator game.

-First impression: why has the graphics in those type of games (Move, Kinect) look like a complete mess? There is not much displayed on screen so they should pump up fidelity - but the first thing you note is ultra blocky and ugly flickering shadows - great first impression, screams low production quality from the start!

-Using Move to navigate through the menus proofed me that my SOCOM 4 impression are real: at least, I cannot aim with Move.

-Bow game: looked funny when my buddy played it, did not work when I was playing it: either it is my fault that I am to large for the eye toy, or that I am to clumsy for the controls - > I skipped this game fast, not impressed.

-Table Tennis: expectations rather high. Did a match against my buddy, choose Bronce difficulty: control did not feel good to me. Indirect. I am a rather good Table Tennis player in real life. I did not have the feeling that I have great control over the ball and its spin. The ball physics is crazy at best.
You want a proof that this game does not require skill, or is not well suited for hardcore gamers: I lost my second match playing against my sister (in Tekken, I can beat here with using one finger only)- > lame as hell!

-Gladiator game: I admit, this game was ok-ish. Using two Move, one for shield and one for the axe was good and felt natural. Overall a good implementation IMO - it happens that I started to have slight fun during playing this game. But: when two guys are playing, you need a lot of free space which was a little problematic here. Second problem: after fifteen matches with lots of blocking, taunting smashing and superattack blocking duels (I needed this long to finally win a round and claim superiority) - I started to sweat like a pig -> lame as hell!

-My last comment: one of my Move balls was pink...

 

[djskribbles]

Perhaps the positioning of the camera was not ideal for your size. I find that camera position can make a fairly big difference. After I moved my camera above the TV and set it exactly how I want it, I find that all games feel extremely good and the tracking is nearly perfect. Also, you should make sure that your buddy's camera is set to wide mode (turn lense to blue dot on the camera), especially for multiplayer.

 

[patsu]

Billy, how big is your friend's loft and how far were you standing ? And yes, where is the camera positioned ?

In Sports Champions, the default Move controller color is magenta. The second controller is blue.

Other games may use a different color.

 

[Arwin]

Tried Move at my friend's gaming loft. He bought 4 Move controllers.
The only game I wanted to try is Sport Championship - according to reviews, everything else is garbage and not worth checking out.
So here are my unfiltered impression:

- I was only interested in trying this Bow game, Table Tennis and this Gladiator game.

-First impression: why has the graphics in those type of games (Move, Kinect) look like a complete mess? There is not much displayed on screen so they should pump up fidelity - but the first thing you note is ultra blocky and ugly flickering shadows - great first impression, screams low production quality from the start!

The game does not look stellar no, but certainly good enough for most audiences, and particularly those coming from the Wii . It's definitely about the gameplay.

-Using Move to navigate through the menus proofed me that my SOCOM 4 impression are real: at least, I cannot aim with Move.

Not the right conclusion to make - the menus in Sports Champions are not one-to-one pointing by a mile. It's fairly sensitive. You'll have to try the MAG beta if you still can, or wait until MAG 2.0 or Killzone 3 are out, I guess (or maybe try Resident Evil 5 for a while, it's something you two can play together, at least)

-Bow game: looked funny when my buddy played it, did not work when I was playing it: either it is my fault that I am to large for the eye toy, or that I am to clumsy for the controls - > I skipped this game fast, not impressed.

Impatient much eh? Playing this one with two Move controllers, as discussed below, takes some getting used to. That said, yes, height can be an issue. I had better results as well when kneeling with one leg on the couch.

-Table Tennis: expectations rather high. Did a match against my buddy, choose Bronce difficulty: control did not feel good to me. Indirect. I am a rather good Table Tennis player in real life. I did not have the feeling that I have great control over the ball and its spin. The ball physics is crazy at best.
You want a proof that this game does not require skill, or is not well suited for hardcore gamers: I lost my second match playing against my sister (in Tekken, I can beat here with using one finger only)- > lame as hell!

Did you choose any difficulty for her or yourself? Kind of matters in terms of assist. If you give both you and her Bronze, there's a lot of assist. If you give both Gold, there is little assist. When you unlock the Champions Cup, I think you get an additional difficulty setting too.

-Gladiator game: I admit, this game was ok-ish. Using two Move, one for shield and one for the axe was good and felt natural. Overall a good implementation IMO - it happens that I started to have slight fun during playing this game. But: when two guys are playing, you need a lot of free space which was a little problematic here. Second problem: after fifteen matches with lots of blocking, taunting smashing and superattack blocking duels (I needed this long to finally win a round and claim superiority) - I started to sweat like a pig -> lame as hell!

No comment on this one. It's hard work, and yes, simultaneous two player matches take up a lot of space for these kinds of games.

-My last comment: one of my Move balls was pink...

Wear a pink shirt the next time (or pull up your shirt, depending ) and hold the Move in front of it when calibrating, then you probably get red or something like that.

 

[Billy Idol]

The game does not look stellar no, but certainly good enough for most audiences, and particularly those coming from the Wii . It's definitely about the gameplay.

Yeah, I know...but I just hoped for some better quality graphics - that's all!

Not the right conclusion to make - the menus in Sports Champions are not one-to-one pointing by a mile. It's fairly sensitive. You'll have to try the MAG beta if you still can, or wait until MAG 2.0 or Killzone 3 are out, I guess (or maybe try Resident Evil 5 for a while, it's something you two can play together, at least)

Yeah, maybe. Just out of curiosity: can you "aim" easy when you want to choose something from the menu?

Did you choose any difficulty for her or yourself? Kind of matters in terms of assist. If you give both you and her Bronze, there's a lot of assist. If you give both Gold, there is little assist. When you unlock the Champions Cup, I think you get an additional difficulty setting too

Yeah, we both played Bronze.
But my post was not too serious...it's just that my sister mocked me the whole evening, because she somehow could pull of those yellow fast balls the whole time, and I couldn't

Wear a pink shirt the next time (or pull up your shirt, depending ) and hold the Move in front of it when calibrating, then you probably get red or something like that.

But I am a manly man! And the PS3 should detect this by itself and choose the right color for me (that is black )!!

With respect to the camera and the camera position:

When we calibrated the moves, I stand exactly in this white window frame - so I did not think much about the camera position.

The camera was in widescreen mode (blue light).

The position was kind of low (below the TV, which hang on the wall) - I would say below my knees - is this a problem?

We where maybe a bit to close (especially during gameplay when making some cool tricks) - I would guess 2 meters (it recommended 2.5 meters when starting the game, which is unfortunately not so easy to achieve in this room).

 

[rabidrabbit]

The camera was in widescreen mode (blue light).

The blue light is not indication of the wide mode, the led is just a power light. The red led lights when the camera records, I think.
You need to turn the lens to the blue dot position for wide.
I'm sure that's what you meant, I just wanted to make sure

 

[Billy Idol]

The blue light is not indication of the wide mode, the led is just a power light. The red led lights when the camera records, I think.
You need to turn the lens to the blue dot position for wide.
I'm sure that's what you meant, I just wanted to make sure

Yep, that is what I meant...but I check it again to be 100% certain!

 

[Arwin]

Yeah, I know...but I just hoped for some better quality graphics - that's all!


Yeah, maybe. Just out of curiosity: can you "aim" easy when you want to choose something from the menu?

Not as easily as in some games - in Sports Champions the menu is a little weird (very sensitive, and the menu options are presented and animated almost as if you were looking at them through a fish eye lense).

The position was kind of low (below the TV, which hang on the wall) - I would say below my knees - is this a problem?

Yes, absolutely, this is not the recommended position, certainly not for Sports Champions I would strongly recommend placing the camera at chest height, which is typically right above the TV.

We where maybe a bit to close (especially during gameplay when making some cool tricks) - I would guess 2 meters (it recommended 2.5 meters when starting the game, which is unfortunately not so easy to achieve in this room).

2 meters is fine for normal detection, though of course for two player gladiators, that gets a bit tight as you've noticed.

I think you're likely to gain the most right now by moving the camera to a higher position. Place or hang it onto the top of the TV if at all possible.

 

[rabidrabbit]

Not as easily as in some games - in Sports Champions the menu is a little weird (very sensitive, and the menu options are presented and animated almost as if you were looking at them through a fish eye lense).



Yes, absolutely, this is not the recommended position, certainly not for Sports Champions I would strongly recommend placing the camera at chest height, which is typically right above the TV.



2 meters is fine for normal detection, though of course for two player gladiators, that gets a bit tight as you've noticed.

I think you're likely to gain the most right now by moving the camera to a higher position. Place or hang it onto the top of the TV if at all possible.

I'm having the camera quite low also, about... hm... my di*k height, because my display is a front projector and there really is no other place to put it.
I've had no problems with Sports Champions, other than sometimes in archery when aiming high, but I don't think the Move goes out of camera range then, but it might clash with the projector light (which is not very bright in PSEye's view, as it is mounted close to the ceiling, and the lens is at the height of about the screens top).

 

[Arwin]

I'm having the camera quite low also, about... hm... my di*k height, because my display is a front projector and there really is no other place to put it.
I've had no problems with Sports Champions, other than sometimes in archery when aiming high, but I don't think the Move goes out of camera range then, but it might clash with the projector light (which is not very bright in PSEye's view, as it is mounted close to the ceiling, and the lens is at the height of about the screens top).

Archery is probably the most likely to cause issues when you have your camera too low, apart from some moves in Beach Volleyball (but very few people play that it seems , I started playing that one last too, although it is much better than I expected / was led to believe by online impressions).

So if you have issues with it, then camera height is certainly a possible reason, and then you still have it much higher than Billy, who has it just below the knees ...

 

[Rurouni]

But I am a manly man! And the PS3 should detect this by itself and choose the right color for me (that is black )!!

Look at it this way... the fact that Move choose pink means that you're a manly man! You wear manly color, your room is manly.
Imagine those Hello Kitty fangirls trying to get pink color on the Move.....

 

[patsu]

The blue light is not indication of the wide mode, the led is just a power light. The red led lights when the camera records, I think.
You need to turn the lens to the blue dot position for wide.
I'm sure that's what you meant, I just wanted to make sure

I think the LED lights are programmable. The red light will light up in some games when you record, or when you are too close to the camera using Move. The blue light so far indicates that you're ok (in wide mode and naturally, power on ;-)).


Billy_Idol, I think if you move around the play area, you will experience the Table Tennis game differently. The Bronze levels make some assumptions about your relative position to implement the assist. As I posted above, you may want to take a step backwards.

Look at it this way... the fact that Move choose pink means that you're a manly man! You wear manly color, your room is manly.
Imagine those Hello Kitty fangirls trying to get pink color on the Move.....

What's with the discussion on pink color.

FWIW, when I was in college, some red dye got into my laundry. All my white shirts and socks became pink. I wore them anyways for 2-3 years. Dated one of the hottest and smartest girls around. Pink shirts and socks are underrated.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Historically, pink used to be a boy's colour and blue a girl's. IMO it's stupid to assign assocaitions to electromagnetic radiation frequencies. After all, we don't call 2,400 Hz a boy's frequency and 3,600 Hz a girl's frequency; nor do we consider 248MPH a boy's speed and 312MPH a girl's speed. All OT.

Also, the colour is more magenta. It's interesting to see the same colours coming up when there are so many to choose from. I guess not many folk paint their room in a shade close to magenta, for obvious reason. That reasoning leads me to think that the next most likely colour to be used is some sickly diarrhoea type green...

 

[patsu]

Ha ha, I wish the controllers would change color whenever I stick it beside an object (Change to opposite, usable color). Love to watch the changing hue.

EDIT:
Actually, someone should write a fashion app to help me match my shirt and pants colors too. I always get sent back to change clothes because of "mismatched" colors.

 

[Scott_Arm]

http://failblog.org/2010/09/29/epic-fail-photos-amazon-recommendation-fail/

Not trolling, just thought this was funny. People are obviously messing with amazon recommendations.

 

[patsu]

I don't mind a few games pushing in that direction.

EDIT: Not there when I tried it:
http://www.amazon.com/Trinity-Double-Pleasure-Vibrator-Pink/dp/B00367IMAO/ref=sr_1_10

 

[ShadowRunner]

Ha ha, I wish the controllers would change color whenever I stick it beside an object (Change to opposite, usable color). Love to watch the changing hue.

Me too! Was staring at it changing colours the other day while a game loaded and thinking how amazing it would look while on a hallucinagen Inspired me to plan a magic mushroom trip with my brother this weekend just to try it out These will make the ultimate glowsticks too!

 

[patsu]

That would be Tumble ! Sometimes I start it just to see the colors.

Now for Sports Champions, 2 DLCs may be coming soon:
http://www.justpushstart.com/2010/10/02/sports-champions-to-get-two-dlc-packs/

Amazon has today listed two different pieces of Downloadable Content for Sports Champions. Sports Champions is one of the PlayStation Moves launch titles when players can attempt to beat AI or friends in six different sports.

The first of the two DLC packs is Unlock All which will cost $1.99, this DLC seems to be popping up more regularly with some players it seems willing to pay to play even the hardest events; of which otherwise they wouldn’t have unlocked. As it says ‘unlock all’ it’s safe to assume it will unlock all the equipment and clothes for each character, allowing players to enjoy items such as the lollypop table tennis bat and the happy face beach ball.

The second pack coming out is the Haunted Pack, which will cost $4.99. While no details have been released