Post by nacthenud on Jun 3, 2011 10:50:27 GMT -5
The PS Move starter bundle was on sale $20 off, so I finally bit on that. Got it set up last night.
That darn camera has a blue light on it to indicate that it's on, but holy Hannah if that thing didn't shine brightly right in my eyes the whole time I'm trying to concentrate on the screen. I ended up putting some electrical tape over that ridiculous thing.
The controller took like 4 hours to charge. I wanted to make sure it had a full charge before using it so as to not needlessly shorten the battery life, but that was annoying. The Wii sure is nice where you get it home, set it up, throw in some rechargeable double A's and you're good to go, like NOW.
So finally, when I had a full charge, it was already 9:45pm. Threw in Sports Champions and went to table tennis because a) I love the real thing and b) I have played the same sport on both Wii Sports Resort and Kinect. I got to play three games of this before my wife was finished with her work and I had to go get us some DQ treats as promised and watch a show with her before bed. Again - stupid charging time.
So how does the Move table tennis stack up? Well, hardware wise it was great, it definitely tracked the position of my paddle very accurately and felt very good at timely response. I think the Wii's advantage is in detecting the rotation of my controller as I hit to add top spin or backspin realistically, where as the Move is better at actually detecting the direction in which I swing, which can add spin, but not so much with the rotational effect. The Kinect, in single-player table tennis (not in multi-player) is very good at tracking your full body and you really have to move around to play well, which is awesome, but the control over the shot is the least accurate and responsive. An ideal system would marry the three technologies into one supreme setup.
On the software experience, however, this game was definitely the least exciting experience. The lame silence save for the sound of the ball bouncing around was very ho-hum. Motion Sports for Kinect has an absolutely stellar soundtrack full of pump-you-up licensed tunes that play in between points when you do well. It is exceptionally exceptional at getting you fired up. Wii Sports Resort has good crowd reactions that keep you feeling the unfolding drama. Sports Champions just leaves you feeling... I don't know... sterile.
So in my very limited experience with it, it seems technically competent, but with it's own unique limitations as compared to the competing tech.
That darn camera has a blue light on it to indicate that it's on, but holy Hannah if that thing didn't shine brightly right in my eyes the whole time I'm trying to concentrate on the screen. I ended up putting some electrical tape over that ridiculous thing.
The controller took like 4 hours to charge. I wanted to make sure it had a full charge before using it so as to not needlessly shorten the battery life, but that was annoying. The Wii sure is nice where you get it home, set it up, throw in some rechargeable double A's and you're good to go, like NOW.
So finally, when I had a full charge, it was already 9:45pm. Threw in Sports Champions and went to table tennis because a) I love the real thing and b) I have played the same sport on both Wii Sports Resort and Kinect. I got to play three games of this before my wife was finished with her work and I had to go get us some DQ treats as promised and watch a show with her before bed. Again - stupid charging time.
So how does the Move table tennis stack up? Well, hardware wise it was great, it definitely tracked the position of my paddle very accurately and felt very good at timely response. I think the Wii's advantage is in detecting the rotation of my controller as I hit to add top spin or backspin realistically, where as the Move is better at actually detecting the direction in which I swing, which can add spin, but not so much with the rotational effect. The Kinect, in single-player table tennis (not in multi-player) is very good at tracking your full body and you really have to move around to play well, which is awesome, but the control over the shot is the least accurate and responsive. An ideal system would marry the three technologies into one supreme setup.
On the software experience, however, this game was definitely the least exciting experience. The lame silence save for the sound of the ball bouncing around was very ho-hum. Motion Sports for Kinect has an absolutely stellar soundtrack full of pump-you-up licensed tunes that play in between points when you do well. It is exceptionally exceptional at getting you fired up. Wii Sports Resort has good crowd reactions that keep you feeling the unfolding drama. Sports Champions just leaves you feeling... I don't know... sterile.
So in my very limited experience with it, it seems technically competent, but with it's own unique limitations as compared to the competing tech.
