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[Atomski]

who even plays portables in the sun, for that matter?

I wonder if you will even be able to see the screen with the awful glare. I could not see shit on the psp outside in the sun. I can't imagine they fixed that in the NGP. :/

 

[Ickman3400]

This option is part of the augmented reality experience that the NGP will make available for all developers and games, and it's just an option well welcomed, I for one like the gimmick at least they are trying to get more creative with the game.

They should be focused on making the actual game better instead of tacking on every possible input gimmick they can think of. It won't add anything of substance to the game.

 

[MrPliskin]

OMG THESE GIMMICKS, I JUST WANNA USE MAH FINGERS!


...seriously guy's, feed into stereotypes some more. Please.

 

[pharmboy044]

What the heck are you guys thinking? You don't need a light source on the screen.

The camera is on the back and you will point the NGP toward the light source to make this work.
Jeez....some of you have no imagination.
To me this sounds pretty cool.

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

The more important news is Uncharted launching alongside NGP before Christmas.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

IN B4 GIMM-

Nice to see Sony come up with some gimmicks of their own.

Oh well. I think Sony should use gimmicks to create new experiences, Uncharted is HARDCOREZOMG and people will not accept well. *reads thread for fun fun fun*

 

[H_Prestige]

The more important news is Uncharted launching alongside NGP before Christmas.

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[wsippel]

Nice to see Sony come up with some gimmicks of their own.

That sun stuff sounds very similar to something Kojima Productions did on GBA almost a decade ago.

 

[yurinka]

By the way, the article says "pointing the outside camera at a nearby light or the sun", not just the sun.

You still can use it by night in your bedroom.

That sun stuff sounds very similar to something Kojima Productions did on GBA almost a decade ago.

Yep, Botkai.

 

[arnoldocastillo2003]

I wonder if you will even be able to see the screen with the awful glare. I could not see shit on the psp outside in the sun. I can't imagine they fixed that in the NGP. :/

Dude is a OLED screen, you won't need to
Worry about that.

 

[H_Prestige]

Dude is a OLED screen, you won't need to
Worry about that.

OLED is not immune to glare.

Only tech that is visible outdoors is e-ink.

 

[arnoldocastillo2003]

OLED is not immune to glare.

Only tech that is visible outdoors is e-ink.

I know but OLED is good dude, at least better than the psp and 3ds and many cellphones.

 

[MightyKAC]

Why are people pinging on Sony when they complain about these gimmicks when it's the developers that are the one's implementing them? All Sony is doing is providing the tech and while I'm sure they want it to be showcased in the their games, it's not like they're holding a gun to anyones head and saying "you MUST use it in THIS WAY!!!"

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Why are people pinging on Sony when they complain about these gimmicks when it's the developers that are the one's implementing them? All Sony is doing is providing the tech and while I'm sure they want it to be showcased in the their games, it's not like they're holding a gun to anyones head and saying "you MUST use it in THIS WAY!!!"

Glad someone understands.

They are just showing the tech and the possibilities that come with it to use in games.

I think that it's the source who is making it sound like if it were an obligation.

 

[totowhoa]

Resistance feature would be okay and really an interesting feature for other games (not so much this one from the way I'm imagining it) if you could just swipe a single free finger or two instead of a whole "hand", as the article stated, in order to perform a function.

Do NOT force me to fiddle with a light source in some slow-ass cave exploration area so I can see some shit. Jesus Christ, be optional, or don't exist at all. Uncharted is not the genre for this gimmickry. Find something more suitable, if you must.

 

[Nirolak]

They should get Sony Bend together with the Phantom Hourglass team.

 

[Snuggles]

it uses the what?

I play games so I don't have to go outside, not the other way around

 

[arnoldocastillo2003]

They should get Sony Bend together with the Phantom Hourglass team.

OMG the game resulting from these team would be legendary.

 

[Ickman3400]

Why are people pinging on Sony when they complain about these gimmicks when it's the developers that are the one's implementing them? All Sony is doing is providing the tech and while I'm sure they want it to be showcased in the their games, it's not like they're holding a gun to anyones head and saying "you MUST use it in THIS WAY!!!"

If they made the system without this crap then it can't ever be used, optional or not. I've heard more about gimmicks in this uncharted then the actual game. It's completely dulled the excitement.

 

[Kusagari]

Oh God I'm getting Boktai flashbacks.

 

[rexor0717]

Sounds gimmicky as hell, but I guess I'll have to wait and see.

 

[friskykillface]

dat glare flashbacks , i am getting flashbacks too haha



I'll be optimistic in that its optional, nice to have a variety i guess, let's go e3!!!!!



Uncharted launch title as well

 

[Boney]

Why are people pinging on Sony when they complain about these gimmicks when it's the developers that are the one's implementing them? All Sony is doing is providing the tech and while I'm sure they want it to be showcased in the their games, it's not like they're holding a gun to anyones head and saying "you MUST use it in THIS WAY!!!"

Yeah that was what I was thinking. The inclusion of all this stupid (optional) shit in Uncharted has me worried. What the hell are the designers smoking?

The resistance example sounds awful as well.

 

[Kung Fu Grip]

Yeah Sony isnt really understanding how to be Nintendo.

Guess what?

They're not suppose to. =O

*Sony copies nintendo* People complain they're ripping them off.

*Sony doesn't copy nintendo* People complain they don't know how to be like nintendo.

Yay. Another sony thread, another shitstorm incoming.

Spoiler

Half from people who have no interest in buying NGP anyway

 

[LQX]

If true and a major feature that's one Uncharted I may never finish as my handhelds don't leave the house.

 

[Meier]

Shit sounds awful -- both the Uncharted and Resistance implementations. And playing a screen like that anywhere near sunlight? PASS.

 

[AniHawk]

They should get Sony Bend together with the Phantom Hourglass team.

nathan drake only walks on the preset path you drew on the map whenever the ngp senses you walking.

 

[Boney]

They should get Sony Bend together with the Phantom Hourglass team.

that's not funny

people died

 

[guina]

I'm here hoping they are developing these gimmick gameplay mechanics just to get attention from developers, like "hey you can do this, and that, and that too" Because if Uncharted use all the gimmicks they showed us so far... oh boy.

 

[MightyKAC]

If they made the system without this crap then it can't ever be used, optional or not. I've heard more about gimmicks in this uncharted then the actual game. It's completely dulled the excitement.

Sooo..... now you want Sony to take features like the camera as well as others out because YOU can't see a use for them??

 

[klee123]

Wow, this is about appealing as the 3D feature in the 3DS.


However, as long as it's not mandatory in the game I can live with it.

 

[Ickman3400]

Sooo..... now you want Sony to take features like the camera as well as others out because YOU can't see a use for them??

Well people are so quick to put 100% of the blame on developers. They can't use what's not there. It's pretty obvious that, much like nintendo, sony is encouraging the use of these gimmicks.

 

[MrPliskin]

it uses the what?

I play games so I don't have to go outside, not the other way around

Struggling with those reading skills, huh?

 

[Boney]

Struggling with those reading skills, huh?

he's a catdog whatchu expect?

 

[btkadams]

whatever. as long as it's not really critical to the main gameplay. i really loved how in resistance you shake the dualshock to put out the fire. stuff like that is subtle and immersive. i'm fine with them adding in little gimmicks like that.

also, uncharted at launch?!!!!! uncharted + wipeout at launch could be deadly.

 

[MightyKAC]

Well people are so quick to put 100% of the blame on developers. They can't use what's not there. It's pretty obvious that, much like nintendo, sony is encouraging the use of these gimmicks.

If they make these alternate interfaces mandatory then yes, I will blame the games developer, but honestly I kinda doubt that it will be. That and I trust that ND will make the right decisions when they make this game so I'm not really worried about it.

And besides these are launch titles. They're SUPPOSED to show folks all the little things that the system can do.

 

[sixteen-bit]

lets hope the screen isn't ultra-reflective

 

[Snuggles]

Struggling with those reading skills, huh?

just as you struggle to detect obvious sarcasm

 

[MightyKAC]

whatever. as long as it's not really critical to the main gameplay. i really loved how in resistance you shake the dualshock to put out the fire. stuff like that is subtle and immersive. i'm fine with them adding in little gimmicks like that.

also, uncharted at launch?!!!!! uncharted + wipeout at launch could be deadly.

Another article from the same site is reporting rumors that are stating that very possibility.

News has come to us of the first-party launch titles that Sony will be releasing with the NGP.
Our retail source has divulged that Sony plans to release four first-party titles with the NGP when they launch it later this year.

Slated to arrive with the handset in the third quarter of this financial year are Uncharted, ModNation Racers, Wipeout 2048 and a title called Smart As. The source also confirmed that there will be Resistance title out for the NGP some time between January and March of 2012.

The source also confirmed to us that, due to the troubles faced by Japan at the moment, it looks like we will be getting the NGP first.

 

[Vilam]

Ugh, please keep this gimmicky bullshit out of gaming. Give me a good game, that's all I want. A console Uncharted or Resistance experience on the go is enough to get a sale from me... start bogging it down with this kind of crap though and my interest starts to drop quickly. It shows a real broken design philosophy to me.

 

[bigboss370]

meh not a big deal for me, we always have a light source around us anyways.

 

[MisterAnderson]

I guess we know how to solve the inevitable Kojima bullshit puzzle in the next Metal Gear game for NGP.

 

[Cwarrior]

those gimmicks sounds like some bullshit only kojima can come up with.

boktai was bad really really bad

 

[arnoldocastillo2003]

those gimmicks sounds like some bullshit only kojima can come up with.

boktai was bad really really bad

Dude how many years have passed from its release, maybe uncharted will have a better use for it.

 

[rekameohs]

Uncharted NGP seems to be the most gimmicky game ever...

 

[Anticitizen One]

Uncharted NGP seems to be the most gimmicky game ever...

Reminds me of E3 2006:

"Here at Sony we aren't interested in gimmicks" - Kaz Hirai
*Guy on stage starts shaking the sixaxis controller around wildly to control Lair*

 

[enzo_gt]

Creative, would never want to use the two mentioned uses of the tech though. Kind of reaching closer to gimmicky uses like the fate the wiimote suffered.

 

[Ushojax]

Sounds absolutely terrible. This type of software doesn't need these gimmicks.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

I for one, love boktai.

 

[Bending_Unit_22]

Kojima haunts my gaming experiences. Please, let us disable this. Think of the screen reflection and battery life.

New Boktai please.

Geeze GAF, I was going to ask what GBA had a sun requirement and it's in the first 7 posts.