5th January 2006, 9:31 PM
I've been thinking about this years before the controller was unveiled, that video games need a 3-D controller. Which creates a huge problem, how do you make people feel like they're steering a car or plane, hitting a sword, firing a gun, etc? Rumble doesn't cut it, it never really has. And if you're going to push immersion, you NEED a more in-depth feedback system! Thus guy sums exactly what I imagine:
Now incorporate classic rumble as well, like the vibration from a GC controller, and imagine you're playing Metroid Prime 3.
You see an enemy that hasn't noticed you yet, you sneak closer while you start to power up your cannon by holding down the button on the back, it glows in front of you, lighting up the walls and puddles of water rumbling in your hands. The creature sees you, begins to charge, you aim your controller and suddenly you realize that it's extremely hard to aim, your arm immeadiately flys up, you try to center it back down, you can feel it twisting in your hand, if you let go it will fly out of your palm. You get it aimed just right as the creature is a few feet away from you, and when you let go of the back button, your hand flys backwards towards you, like the recoil of a massive gun.
I'M FUCKING WET
Quote:it would be directional force-feedback. The further you move away from a point, the greater the force pushing back.
Now incorporate classic rumble as well, like the vibration from a GC controller, and imagine you're playing Metroid Prime 3.
You see an enemy that hasn't noticed you yet, you sneak closer while you start to power up your cannon by holding down the button on the back, it glows in front of you, lighting up the walls and puddles of water rumbling in your hands. The creature sees you, begins to charge, you aim your controller and suddenly you realize that it's extremely hard to aim, your arm immeadiately flys up, you try to center it back down, you can feel it twisting in your hand, if you let go it will fly out of your palm. You get it aimed just right as the creature is a few feet away from you, and when you let go of the back button, your hand flys backwards towards you, like the recoil of a massive gun.
I'M FUCKING WET