http://kotaku.com/5810010/three-amazing-things-youll-do-with-aliens-colonial-marines-on-the-wii-u
So, motion tracker is in. Awesome.
So, motion tracker is in. Awesome.
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Gearbox talks Aliens: Colonial Marines on Wii U
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Mister_Bubbles
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Sounds great - holding up the controller to the screen to do the door hacking minigame would be cool.
Cosmonaut X
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Sounds like it's a lot more likely to come to the platform than it seemed earlier - talk of Gearbox prototyping for the system and setting up an R&D department etc.
The Lamonster
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Same.stuminus3 said:
Here's the thing I don't get about all these cool secondary things you're supposed to be able to do with the second screen: WTF happens when you turn off the tv and only use the pad? Then you only can use the single screen... which says to me they'll never be very important to the actual game.
Interfectum
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Bert said:
No, some people hate hardware gimmicks.
FunkyPajamas
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I think I just came.SmithnCo said:
It certainly sounds like a cool aspect of the game and I cannot wait to try it out. Sounds like it could add a nice extra aspect to the game. The sad thing is, by the time the Wii U comes out, most people would have already played the game to death on other consoles.
If they use the remote for some of the mini-games and hacking/programming turrets etc, that would also be really cool. It would help doing objectives and still keeping an eye out for enemies.
If they use the remote for some of the mini-games and hacking/programming turrets etc, that would also be really cool. It would help doing objectives and still keeping an eye out for enemies.
stuminus3
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I think this remains to be seen, but I really hope the option to do so becomes standard. Especially since WM+ and Move are so similar, and so many multiplatform games in the coming years will probably have Move support. It would be really nice to have the choice, being able to switch it up depending on the game and the quality of the Wii U controller-specific features.Vagabundo said:
Let me just add to my original comments I think the motion tracker on the tablet controller could be cool, but I don't want to be sweeping my arms around like an idiot while playing the game.
Instead of having the motion tracker on screen, looking down to your tablet and taking your eyes off the action to look at the tracker could lead to a more intense experience.
Instead of having the motion tracker on screen, looking down to your tablet and taking your eyes off the action to look at the tracker could lead to a more intense experience.
stuminus3 said:
I agree as well.
It's nice that they are talking about coming to Wii U in a more definitive way than what it seemed earlier.
As for game playability when the TV is off, I assume that they just simply "revert" certain things once the switch is made. A HUD can come back, put the map on a pause screen, etc. It'd just be moving assets around.
Zoramon089
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Mrbob said:
Geez, I wonder how many people have played wii games before...very few games make you do things like this, at least the good ones.
Anton Sugar
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I think being able to solve puzzles/door hacks/whatever with your hands sounds fantastic.
plagiarize
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remember how in Aliens, the motion scanner was a seperate thing that they carried around with them, and how it wasn't on a heads up display, and how they had to look down at it to read the information off of it?
that's why we think it's cool..
not because it's 'gimmicky'. not because it's more useful (it clearly isn't as useful as the same information on a HUD) but because it more faithfully recreates something from the films.
it's the ideal use of that second screen in an Aliens game.
and remember, you use the motion scanner *when you can't see the aliens infront of you*. if it's true to the films it won't help you for stuff behind you, so you are only going to be looking down when you get the 'bleep' for movement but there isn't anything on screen that you can see is causing that movement.
further more, in the 360/PS3 footage, the motion scanner is on screen obscuring part of your vision seemingly at all times.
let me see more of what's infront of me, and make the motion scanner function the same way it does in the films.
that people are calling it a negative... yeah. whatever... i don't think you want to play a game that faithfully recreates the experience of Aliens then, because this version of the motion scanner does just that.
that's why we think it's cool..
not because it's 'gimmicky'. not because it's more useful (it clearly isn't as useful as the same information on a HUD) but because it more faithfully recreates something from the films.
it's the ideal use of that second screen in an Aliens game.
and remember, you use the motion scanner *when you can't see the aliens infront of you*. if it's true to the films it won't help you for stuff behind you, so you are only going to be looking down when you get the 'bleep' for movement but there isn't anything on screen that you can see is causing that movement.
further more, in the 360/PS3 footage, the motion scanner is on screen obscuring part of your vision seemingly at all times.
let me see more of what's infront of me, and make the motion scanner function the same way it does in the films.
that people are calling it a negative... yeah. whatever... i don't think you want to play a game that faithfully recreates the experience of Aliens then, because this version of the motion scanner does just that.
Cosmonaut X
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FoneBone said:
The earlier PR was quite vague. An extract:
I believe Randy Pitchford later came out to say that the PR was couched so vaguely so as not to disrupt announcements etc. by "partners", but it was a lot more wishy-washy than game announcement PR usually is - hence my "likely".
I'm not sure how much I really like the idea of looking away from "the action" to check a map or something that's normally visible. It works for certain games (and I imagine it'll work for something trying to capture a survival-horror vibe or fitting with the "lore") but I'd rather not have to divert too much attention away from "THE ACTION" in the midst of ... well, the action.
Nothing against this, mind you, as I like it here. Just the thought of playing with TV + Controller and using the controller screen more than the TV worries me for lack of better words.
Nothing against this, mind you, as I like it here. Just the thought of playing with TV + Controller and using the controller screen more than the TV worries me for lack of better words.
Buckethead
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Wii U sold.
Day UNO.
Day UNO.
beelzebozo
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bad fucking ass.
It will be optional. In the interview, it was stated that the entire game will be playable on the controller only. If that is the case, then I don't see how they could implement something like that while streaming to the controller. Although it is possible that its only disabled while streaming, rather than being an option that can be toggled on and off.Mrbob said: