Conclusion
This isn’t by any stretch intended to be a ‘review’ – merely some impressions based on a good few hours over the weekend with the final hardware and nearly final game code. Overall, we’re happy – the hardware itself is astonishing in terms of build quality and what it’s potentially capable of, and the games are starting to show the same levels of quality even if a couple of areas need a bit of tweaking. We’re confident Sony have got this one right, though, we never had any problems with lag, the mapping is immediate and precise, the calibration is straightforward and the range of motion demonstrated with the three titles we currently have access to shows that any game experience is a potential fit for Move.
We’ll have much more on Move in the near future, and stay tuned tomorrow for the official unboxing of the media kit…
Kennykazey
I’m gonna buy move one day, just you wait and see!
SpikeyMikey23
Can I ask who ‘we’ is? Obviously its nofi, just wondering which other staff members have tried it. The jurys still out for me. Looking forward to a few tsa reviews to see if you can persuade me to part with my cash. Informative write up! Thanks!
Kovacs
It’s the royal “we”. Standard practice when talking about an entity such as a website. That said, expect to hear more MOVEments in this area from us (or, you know, me) before the week is out.
YOURMUMANDME
Did everyone at TSA Towers have a sex change ? :S
That picture says so, also explains why it’s so tidy now as well….
Kovacs
I thought everyone knew TSA was staffed by a bunch of hot women? Isn’t that the reason why we’re so popular? ;)
*flutters eye-lashes*
Tuffcub
I can assure you I am NOT a woman.
YOURMUMANDME
Circus much ?
“Bearded, dancing, female bear-cub spotted in grungy council estate flat.”
JoshHood
I can assure you that I don’t think I’m a woman.
jonny_bolton
Yeah, I have to say Nofi’s looking pretty hot.
Mason_Mk
Very neat article, resembles how i wanted to learn about move: glad the tech works well, but don’t really care about really minute details that only fanboys bicker over. Getting this day 1 with resi 5 (was this available for you to play too?)
colossalblue
oooh, I forgot Resi 5 Gold was going to be Move compatible. I’ll have to dig out my disc!
Juelz345
Only the Gold (or what ever it’s called) Edition will have move support.
Mason_Mk
Yeah ive pre-ordered the gold 1 on shopto for £15, bargain!
AG2297
@ Juelz345
He did say Gold dude :)
Juelz345
*slams head on desk*
a inferior race
This sounded like the hardware acts as advertised but that the software is more or less average. Could this be true of all the games designed move?
Mason_Mk
These are more the casual games though, it will probably work better in games like Killzone 3, Sorcery, Resident Evil 5 etc. which is more based on accuracy and precision then waving your hands around
Parker
Yeah exactly, the first wave of games is pretty much guaranteed to be sub-par, but later on, I’m sure we’ll see some pretty epic implementations of the Move.
a inferior race
Should the first wave of games really be sub-par? When new tech comes out, shouldn’t the first wave be good a least. Take the dualshock for example. Vibration worked pretty well in Gran Turismo and motion control worked quite well is motorstorm.
Juelz345
Simple rumble is VERY different from implementing a whole new control machanic. And just how well motion worked in Motor Storm with Dual Shock 3 is subjective, and still very differnt (which is what you’re talking about right, the original dual shock didn’t have motion controls.
I fully expect that the majority of games that launch for Move and Kinect will be average at best, hopefully with a few shiners. Just like launch games for any console don’t show you what the console is really capable of and fail in comparison to the games that are released in the coming years.
iAvernus
Weren’t the first couple of games for the PS3 ok too? I mean they weren’t bad, but they weren’t great! With time they’ll make better games for the Move…I’m sure of it.
Carl
Does it come with the girls?
AG2297
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/08/10/lunchtime-discussion-sex/
;)
nemesisND1derboy
Hahaha…Genius :P
matty
Nice article, seems like it all works as it should. Don’t think I’ll be getting it but good to see it’s alright. I like that you can control the xmb with it that’s pretty cool you don’t have to switch between controllers then.
I need to stop looking at the move logo and seeing it as an upside down Voi Jeans logo lol.
Peter Rushton
The only good games worth getting in first week imo are r.u.s.e, echochrome 2, sports champion ( which americans get free rather then a disc version of demos ( which will be on the psn store for free.. ) ) and then of course there are those games that will be recieving a free patch i.e lbp, heavy rain and flower :D
GameBoss01
Yeah. Here in America, We are not getting the demo disc replaced by Sports Champions! The Bundle comes with both Sports Champions and the demo disc :D
dude90
I still probably get the starter kit, but getting the full games will depend on my own experience with Move itself.
haz360
Brilliant little article, looking forward to future Move coverage from TSA :)
Glad to hear that the Move “feels” right, can’t wait to actually get my hands on one. For me, Sports Champions is the only “new” disk based game that appears worth getting. Resi 5 and Heavy Rain should get some extended play time in my house because of Move too, but I think the real winners at launch are going to be PSN titles like Echochrome 2 and Flight Control HD.
Looking forward to it regardless :)
nofi
The games are fine, don’t worry. We’ll have full reviews of them all on the 1st of September.
minerwilly
Realy enjoyed your in-depth preview of your thoughts Nofi. I’m definitely going to get the motion controller on day one and then if I enjoy it the sub-controller at some stage in the future . £29 quid isn’t too much of a risk to try it out even on my crap income !