Natal- is it going to be any good?
Monday, November 30th, 2009After watching E3 I was extremly impressed by Microsoft's presentation. I was getting a bit bored until my favourite director Spielberg walked onto the stage hinting at a new Microsoft gadget.
MIlo was then showed off to the world by British company Lionhead. The game demo that the woman was playing enabled her to hold a conversation with a boy in the game. Although critics have said, “What’s the point” you can’t say that isn’t cool.
You are able to actually use your whole body in the games. For example you can hold an invisible steering wheel stepping in and out to accelerate and brake respectively. Anything from golf to penalty shootouts can be more realstic thanks to full body control. This could actually be the future of games altogether not just a fancy wavey wand. To make the games unique to each user, Natal can actually scan real life things so that you can use your own football or golf club.
If this is more than just hype then this is going to be huge. On top of this, at the recent Tokyo game show major developers such as Sega and Capcom have both announced their backing of the hardware and this is on top of all the other major developers which include EA, Activison and of course the expected Microsoft Game Studios who are headlining the stuff.
For more information on this amazing new gadget it might be worth checking out a gadget blog.