From the three devices I only tried the Nintendo Wii, and I was disappointed. It is fun but it requires a lot of suspension of disbelief. I am only curious how will the other two will perform because I am a little bit skeptic. In addition I was thinking to buy the PlayStation Move but then I asked my self why would I spend money on something that is maybe 10% useful?
And I was right, is not going to be satisfactory no matter what, and is not going to be force feedback what so ever, maybe a little vibration here or there. In addition not a lot of games are going to actually work and implement very well the device. Moreover what game types will allow the user to exactly move and reproduce the moves with perfect accuracy. Because then maybe the army will be interested in some simulators for hand to hand combat, or any type of combat. These types of controllers are are just an unfinished product in a hurry to make a buck for the console manufacturers. I wonder if there is going to be any fencing games or sword fighting games that would perfectly implement the device because then there would be some vale to the product. The only problem is that fencing is not a game where you can prolong a fight for more then a minute. There the game writer are going to have a tough time making a game appealing if a fight only lasts for 30 seconds. Another good idea would be to make sword fighting games that will allow the user and the characters to use any kind of moves in play. But the parrying and the defending mechanisms are still going to just try to synchronize the fight based on timing not on real weapons touching. So it is still unsatisfactory, at least in my view.
One good application would be the 3D shooter games where one can aim the weapon at the TV screen and shoot. That would be perhaps the most benefit that one can get from these controller types. But yet the game manufacturers would have to allow complete freedom to the player. But you see allowing freedom in a game has to actually be implementing or accounted for. Is not like in reality where if you strike a rock hard enough it would break. In a game you can use 10 grenades on it and it would still be there. That is why I feel that these controllers are just a too premature attempt to real play.
But if we really want to play some war games the we should go paint balling. If we want to play some fencing then we have to take some lessons, and if we want to learn sword fighting like a samurai then we have to go take lessons.
