Buried near the bottom of an interesting article on the history of the first-person shooter comes an interesting look into the genre's future from Rare’s Mark Betteridge. When asked how Microsoft's Project Natal and Sony's motion control system, Betteridge said,
"Right now our sights are trained on Natal, which is a great opportunity to break new ground with content and gameplay, It’s also an opportunity to exercise some genre evolution, so hopefully we’ll be able to develop something on that front.”
It shouldn't exactly shock anyone that Rare would like to work on a Natal game (after all, it's owned by Microsoft) but hopefully, if Rare does develop a Natal-based shooter, it will rise to the standards set by games like GoldenEye and the Perfect Dark games. In
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UltraViolence74
it will probably be some silly little xbox avatar shooter.
but lets hope not.
ProjektX13
Conker FTW!!!!!
fatman2008
We will have to see what happens... but sadly I have little faith in rare has of late.
qulqu_nick
i'm not sure a natal shooter is a good idea. my hands aren't that steady and i don't like the idea of trying to hit a target without a light gun or some kind of peripheral . really natal just doesn't look good for anything like shooters, and platformers. cause i'm not a god shot and i can't jump 2 X my height
StPau1y
I can't wait for the peripherals that are going to come out for Natal, I am already seeing a battle rifle or some other gun
gamersince1995
to late...
RRODisBack ShowHide(3 Replies)
Halo Reach?
Plasma_Cake
Rare you guys should make a new Banjo Kazzoie, that has platfromer and vechile mix
Conker
Perfect Dark
Please Golden Eye
but dont make those games for ONLY NATAL
nvserg
You guys are missing the point here. HELLO!!! What did the Romans say when people thought of flying???? Here we are flying in airplanes. Now Natal, open your mind and think about it instead of talking down. How do you know MS is going to disappoint us? It s not like Sony hasn t done some shady sh#@T either. So that been said, I cant wait to see what they have to offer in the shooter game. Hopefully it will be my thing =o)
RRODisBack
Rare had a spark when they started but now they're just garbage.
ddc2494
So instead of looking like a pedo. talking to Milo, you can now look like a jackass shooting and reloading a invisible gun.
EpicAmbu
My hands are going to get so Freaking tired, I mean holding the wiimote in the air for 5 hours was bad but holding my bare hands in the air for 20 hours!! ~Thats going to suck
jungleman67
i can't imagine how this would work
Warrior567
i hope microsoft doesn't sacrifice good controls with the controller for bad games with motion control, like the wii
justanothergamer300
I hope they stop making disappointing sequels before they make a new game.
pmc_soap
f flame wars
XwingVmanX
Natal is an interesting concept, but I think a hands free shooter will feel retarded to play. Will kinda remind me of that movie Gamer.
EdSabre
Cant wait to see what Rare cooks up. They've been having trouble winning over the current generation, but those of us who played Banjo, Goldeneye, and Conker back in the day know that Rare has some amazing talent if they can find the right direction to channel it.
Blue_Vortex
Well we could be seeing a 5 star game if Rare is truly committed to this new project they have going on.
Cheers Rare if you can make this work
lucidity
Hey grunto
I've got some bad news for you.
Natal will be multi faceted and not pigeon holed to your narrow minded interpretation.
Specifically...games akin to the Wii fit, will, unlike the Wii, not require a controller at all.
Others games will combine controller and hand movements resulting in more controll than either is capable of producing, even with a keyboard.
Suck it up princess.
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