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Fortnite on Nintendo Switch now supports motion controls
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iconmaster
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Not a Fortnite player but love to see good dev support. My son will appreciate this.
Rock And Roll
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Not a big fan of fortnite but I'll give it a download now and try it out. Gyro aiming on the Switch is way better than using sticks
GoldenEye98
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GameXplain tests it out:
WaterAstro
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This is really great since it was done first, or one of the first, on Killzone 2.
I think if you dial down the sensitivity just right, it will help with sniping quite a bit.
I think if you dial down the sensitivity just right, it will help with sniping quite a bit.
Revolutionary
Member
Neat! Should make building feel better as well.
Too bad I still can't play with my account on Switch. Damnit, Sony!
Too bad I still can't play with my account on Switch. Damnit, Sony!
Mochilador
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More options are always good!
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iconmaster
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Fortnite: Just Dance
Refreshment.01
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Well at least we are seing 3 options there:
Also it seems aim assist is turned off or dimished when using motion.
How it's implemented is that the motion controls the reticule sway. The less the user moves the controller the more steady the aim is. Yes, it can influence reticule poistion but the fact that is limited only to the Sniper and not other weapons; and that there are not adjustment options to control sensitivity of the motion shows what was the actual purpose. The Killzone game that had good motion aim controls was 3 and years later Mercenary on the Vita.
Some of the earliest really good aiming games using only Gyro that i can think of are Wii Sport Resort, Red Steel 2 and Face Raiders. However, i think the best Motion Aiming was achieved in Wii and Wii U games that both used the gyroscope and IR sensor for an hybrid type of aiming: Conduit, Skyward Sword, Metroid Blast, Pikmin 3, etc. Metroid Blast specially is top of the line too as far as aiming goes, a missed opportunity really since it wasn't implemented in an stand alone Wii U shooter.
- Motion Sensitivity.
- Motion Targeting Sensitivity.
- Motion Scoped Sensitivity
Also it seems aim assist is turned off or dimished when using motion.
The Killzone 2 implementation is actually the "inverse" of aiming. It was born because the developers tried to simulate more accuratly the sensation of using a sniper rifle and wanted an alternative to the rather in vogue at the time "hold your breath" button.
How it's implemented is that the motion controls the reticule sway. The less the user moves the controller the more steady the aim is. Yes, it can influence reticule poistion but the fact that is limited only to the Sniper and not other weapons; and that there are not adjustment options to control sensitivity of the motion shows what was the actual purpose. The Killzone game that had good motion aim controls was 3 and years later Mercenary on the Vita.
Some of the earliest really good aiming games using only Gyro that i can think of are Wii Sport Resort, Red Steel 2 and Face Raiders. However, i think the best Motion Aiming was achieved in Wii and Wii U games that both used the gyroscope and IR sensor for an hybrid type of aiming: Conduit, Skyward Sword, Metroid Blast, Pikmin 3, etc. Metroid Blast specially is top of the line too as far as aiming goes, a missed opportunity really since it wasn't implemented in an stand alone Wii U shooter.
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Desmond Sultana
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Oh hell to the yeah
Sensational news
Sensational news
lensoftruth
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Because "hardcore gamers" fear change and "waggle"
Jubenhimer
Member
If I was Epic, I wouldn't listen to them. Add a gyro aiming option to the PS4 version whether PS4 players like it or not.
JimboJones
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Can you play with 2 joycons separate so the motion sensing is limited to the right joycon? I always preferred the split controller gyro aim set up to having it in a regular controller PS4/ProController style.
sometimes i game
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I don't understand how gamers like this in Splatoon and in this. I tried this and turned it off after two minutes, I don't get it. Also makes me feel nauseated to watch, and Mirror's Edge didn't even get me to feel like that.
WaterAstro
Member
Hmm that's not how I remember it. I remember that if you had a sniper rifle, you can use gyro control to aim.
brap
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More like people don't wanna hold their arms up for hours at a time
Refreshment.01
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Yes, you can. This is pretty much the case for any Switch game that supports motion aiming.
i already explained what was the actual purpose and use of the Gyroscope in Killzone 2. The Sixaxis Gyro wasn't up to the task of supporting a game which aiming is based on it, the feature was even removed for part 3 were motion aiming was relegated to Move only. There's even comments on this board back in the day:
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/best...-motion-control-thus-far.345737/post-14035483
"The best use is in Killzone 2. You control the how steady your aim is with the sniper rifle by how still you can keep the controller. "
To repeat again what i said, it is more about steading the reticule to diminish gun sway than moving it around the screen, although it was indeed possible to do that to some extent. One of the game features was that explotions caused the controller to vibrate, so if the user was aiming through the sniper when one happened there was an extra bit of effort to keep the crosshair steady.
To be clear i like the implementation but Killzone 2 is a game based on thumbstick aiming still.
12 years after the Wii released and this missconception still exists. If the user wants just small movements of the hand suffice not that much different from a mouse with the advantage that is less restrictive in terms of confort.
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