[casual_games] Yes we need more FPS

[Joe Schultz]

Agreed, was also thinking Jedi Knight did this very well. Also agree  
with "immersive and casual control schemes" applied towards console  
type games. In fact, our current project The Late Call aims for  
exactly this. I'm calling it "immersive casual" but I imagine an  
editor somewhere will come up with a better term for such games.

Not sure if this was brought up before, but does anyone have details  
on code-name PQRS from Spielberg & EA?

It is supposed to be a Wii casual puzzler. Spielberg & EA are also  
doing a high end action / adventure code named LMNO for PS3 / x360.

I read about it here;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6287628.stm


Joe Schultz
Game Director
ByDesign Games
joe.schultz at bydesigngames.com
http://www.bydesigngames.com


On 10 Jul 2007, at 16:59, James Terry wrote:


> On the topic of FPS's, I think this is one place the Wii can really

> shine and give people an immersive experience. With the Wii Remote and

> Nunchuck, the controls can be quite a bit more intuitive than

> keyboard/mouse/controller. And hopefully the work Sony has been doing

> with the HD Eyetoy can benefit this genre.

>

> With Light sabers in an FPS, the Jedi Knight series did this very  

> well.

> You maintain first person for all the guns and switch out to a third

> person view when you bring out your light sabers, since the light  

> sabers

> are flashy very distracting to a first person viewpoint.

>

> In the past few years, FPS controls haven't changed much at all and

> everything there is seems to be graphics, more graphics, more physics,

> more realism, and new weapons. More immersive and casual control  

> schemes

> can really be a boon.

>

>

> James R. Terry

> Yatec Games

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>

>>

>> The idea that FPS has nothing new to offer seems reasonable until

>> someone comes out with the next cool idea.  At that point we all then

>> declare that FPS has again finally reached the point where it has

>> nothing new to offer.

>>

>> The game I'd pay retail for is Lego Star wars with a first person

> combat

>> system.  Same game mechanics.  Same easy controls - like a casual

> game,

>> you can teach your friends how to play in no time.  The two person

> mode

>> with easy entry / exit means you can fire it up at a party and let

> folks

>> take turns easily.

>>

>> [OK, so maybe I'm sick, but some days I really want to play a Lego

> Star

>> wars FPS 16-player LAN death match.  That's not the topic of this

>> missive.  And the Lego in-jokes about involving the word "stud" could

> be

>> every bit as juvenile as what you hear in Unreal, but I digress.]

>>

>> But what I have said for years is that exploring is best done in  

>> third

>> person and combat in first.  So in the Lego Star wars case, when I

> pull

>> out that light saber, please drop me into first person so I know what

>> I'm actually going to hit with the thing (and so my son next to me

> does

>> as well).  Lego handles "own goal" pretty well, but still it's a  

>> pain.

>> And when I put the saber away, third person is best to see all the

> cool

>> things the level designer put in for me.

>>

>> You could even have camera AI so that when I do a flashy combat move

>> like jump+attack the camera pulls back to chase-cam position or so,

>> giving me the nice view of my character executing the move (during

> which

>> time it's not accepting control input, so camera angle does not

> penalize

>> me).

>>

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