In a statement most likely to set the Internet on fire, the man behind the PlayStation Move – Dr. Richard Marks – has claimed it feels better for RTS games than a mouse and keyboard combination – and will bring RTS design into the 3D plane;
“I think that PC RTS games are designed right now for the mouse and keyboard, but I think the Move can work with the more general idea of an RTS really well.
It could play a PC RTS really well, but I think there is modifications on the RTS genre that will be really good with. I play a lot of RTS games but the way I think about it is you have a landscape below you with all the troops, and imagine you’re the general and you just want to look out over your troops and select guys – tell them to attack there.
You really feel like this general or god-like person that can manipulate huge armies.
I think that with Move would feel way better than a mouse for that, for example, and doing things that require some 3D information is much better with Move. The RTS genre has been designed not to require any 3D information, but having that extra dimension and all the angle data that we have too is also very interesting.”
The first test of his theory will be coming up soon with the release of the Move compatible RTS game ‘R.U.S.E.” In the meantime we hope Dr. Richard Marks doesn’t get trampled to death by angry PC gamers.
Source: CVG
stormy
Total War series on PS3…. Probably not… While id love to see it I could not imaging it making a good transition.
AG2297
Not a chance. Ever.
jenkosz
I seen a tech demo of how move could be used in RTS and I must say it does look good. Still will have less apm tho.
UsernameHere
That is too bold of a statement! You fools! what have you done?! You WILL unleash the wrath of the PC – superior race hardcorespendtoomuchmoneyonamouse fanboys!
Gods help us all.
Charmed_Fanatic
I can see how it will work, but not how it will replace a mouse and keyboard