{"id":5447,"date":"2010-02-23T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"valve-knocks-shitty-motion-control-party-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/5447-valve-knocks-shitty-motion-control-party-games","title":{"rendered":"Valve knocks \u201cshitty\u201d motion control party games"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems unlikely that fans of Valve franchises such as Left 4 Dead will be able to enjoy some first person action via motion control anytime soon following the remarks Valve writer Chet Faliszek recently made to CVG.<\/a><\/p>\n

Faliszek, whose history lies primarily within the acclaimed zombie franchise Left 4 Dead, labelled Nintendo’s market capturing titles as “sh*tty” motion control party games – this is despite his company of employment showing an active interest in the possibilities Xbox 360’s Project Natal may present for developers.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully we’ve gotten past the point of mini-games,” he said. “I’m sick of that [makes arm movement]. That’s not a game for me anymore. Let’s get some real interaction going.<\/p>\n

Instead Faliszek encouraged designers to rethink how the motion control interface may work and relate to games in the future adding that it would be easy to simply apply a basic template based on previous models.<\/p>\n

“We have these technologies now that let us interact in different, really exciting ways. It’s developers’ jobs to do something with it. Impress me. Don’t just make sh*tty games I wouldn’t want to play if I had to use a joystick.”<\/p>\n

When asked if Valve would consider incorporating Project Natal into the interface for titles such as Left 4 Dead or Left 4 Dead 2 Faliszek assured gamers that if such a project went ahead it would be vastly different from what they might expect.<\/p>\n

“We’ll see. You won’t have to make the arm movement of sawing off a zombie’s head in some tiresome mini-game. I can promise you that.”<\/p>\n

Discuss Valve’s comment<\/a> in the forums<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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