Football With Project Natal Discussed

by pastapadre
Posted January 12th, 2010 at 11:37 am

ESPN has posted up an interview with David Hufford from Microsoft that goes through various features of the Xbox360 and the ways they tie into sports gaming. What is most interesting is when the subject of Project Natal comes up as the response is all about how it could potentially work with a football game.

I think what Natal is going to enable is a whole new level of interactivity. You can imagine huddling up with your guys and you call a play in the huddle with your voice. You don’t use the menu on the screen to scroll through, you’re actually calling a play in the huddle and you would literally walk up to the line of scrimmage as you were taking the snap from center and you drop back to pass in your living room. As a kid growing up, I spent tons and tons of time pretending I was Joe Montana or Jerry Rice, and now we’re going to be able to bring that childhood experience into the virtual world. It’s really going to bring sports games alive.

Could this be a little foreshadowing about what was discussed yesterday with the “innovative and new take on Madden”? It now appears that the statement actually does have to do with Madden 11 in some capacity. With a time frame being offered in reference to the new and innovative Madden when the yearly game is locked into a date that could be an indication of being Natal related. However that would conflict with how Natal is said to be used for brand new properties and not integrated into those that have already been released. The possibility is there for a Madden 11 created specifically for Natal.

It’s become clear that motion controls are well suited to individual sports games but not team sports games. So this could work for something like the career modes where a single player is controlled. What are your thoughts on a Project Natal based football offering?

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HUEJAC2

Don't do it. Consentrate on putting actual roster players on the side line instade of all those 00.

michael

Project natal will ruin videogames forever

Ask the real ?

Here's the real question......how many people have a large enough screen to do all of this?

Everybody doesn't have a 50 inch in a spacious living room to simulate 11 on 11 virtual football LOL. Parents will have a fit

Jose Canseco

Does anybody know if they will include a steroid option in MLB The Show and MLB 2K? You have to include it if you want to make it as real as possible.

Halosniper52

idk about any of this.

HAL9100

Yeah, like others have mentioned, how is it supposed to know where you intend to go on the field? How is it supposed to know that you want to run or stand still? I guess they could have you run in place but that would get old fast. And, I suppose it could tell how hard you threw the ball by the speed of your arm motion but how is it supposed to know which receiver you're throwing to?

It's an intriguing idea but I don't think it's an executable one.

jusmegamer

I'm still looking for a true football SIM. This is not it.

sroeland

Maybe Natal can get Madden's injured reserve system to finally work...

darkheath

Yes!

IR is totally broken.

t daley

REALLY? Do you really want to have to actually pretend to play a sport to play a sports game. This is the most rediculous idea todate. I dont want to have to huddle in my living room to call a play and I certainly dont want to have to rearrange my furniture so I can drop back and pass. The wii nunchuck is one thing but this is purely retarded.

GET REAL

Another thing how will natal know when your trying to shoot? how will natal know who you are throwing the football too? How will natal know you are trying to jump on a ledge?

NATAL is a FAIL!!!!!! LMFAO

It will be just like the ps3 eye toy a HUGE JOKE!!!

chonch84

Dude maybe you should watch some videos on it before you make comments. Its real simple how it works and there are vidsout there that show you exaclty how it reacts to your body. if you want some links let me know ill dig em up for you.

0?0

Who says that the ps3 eye is a joke? It's the best peripheral on either system to date.

NATAL IS HYPE

The reasons why natal will be a JOKE!!!!!

1. Natal will suffer from HUGE lag issues, has anyone played the wii? Where there is a slight minor lag?? Well natal's will be WORSE a LOT worse, which will be ANNOYING during gameplay.
2. Nobody will have enough room to play madden with natal, MOST people have there system in the living room or there room.
3. How will natal understand where you are trying to go? for example lets say your playing halo on natal how will natal understand where you want to go on the map?

Please people stop believing the HYPE!!!! or you will be sadly dissapointed. Natal will become the biggest JOKE of this gaming generation.

anyone wanna see how much of a JOKE natal will be? look up natal E3 fail on youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDzXqK4fh-A

chonch84

You cant honestly expect it to be running perfect during E3 when it was still in devolpment. And i have a good suggestion to people who are complaining about not having enough room to play it. Dont buy it, simple as that. And i understand the comparison to the wii but really that was nintendo, lets see the microsofts take on it, and i know people are upset that the ring of death is still and issue but i really dont think the people behind that screwup are still employeed with microsoft im willing to bet. The issues are being fixed for free. And im not being a homer to 360 cuz i love to play my first party titles on ps3 and games with my kids on the wii. All im saying is that this should be a wait and see discussion not a lets trash it a year before it comes out discussion

t daley

Natal will be as relavant as the Nintendo Power Glove. Remember how that piece of crap was supposed to revolutionize gaming. Natal is nothing more than a fancy gimmick to lure the sheep in. It's application and practicality will be far outweighed by the nuisance this peripheral will create.

Look no further than to the PS3 six axis controller and realize how much playing with six axis sucks hard. We dont need fancy controls in games we just need developers to create masterpiece games. Games like MW2, or Uncharted, or MGS4. This is what developers should be striving for not flashy control schemes that will inevitibly be linked to garbage games.

blondeviking64

I just want to know how I can drop back to pass, read the defense, then scramble for 25 yards when my living room is only 15 feet long!

chonch84

You would probably be running in place, which is gonna make for some awesome youtube videos of people trashing thier living rooms.

TWINSTON

HEY EA WORK ON FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 5 FOR NATAL THAT WOULD BE GREAT KNOCKING OUT TRASH TALKERS ONLINE LOL!!!!!!!!!!

BernieWilliams

I hate people who use this argument against all sports games, but it's starting to get to the point where you have to ask yourself, shouldn't I be doing this outside with a real ball and real people?

@DaveDQ

Bernie, I feel the same way when I play Left 4 Dead. ;)

@gotmewrong1984

LMAO

JohnZapp

i hate natal. its gonna be another wii product only with good graphics. can we just play the game and controllers. fro natal and madden u need alot ofspace in 1 room. with a controller all u need is urself. hate wut theyre doing. theyre gonna ruin madden, ncaa football and basketball, fifa, nba, and nhl. how ould u do all those sports in one motion for each game. for football u need to be 1 player not all of the players. itll be too complicated

DANIEL

They need to be more worries about getting a firm hand on the RED RING OF DEATH instead of making additional products for a device that fails 60-75% of the time. MICROSOFT FIX THIS SYSTEM RIGHT NOW AND STOP WITH THIS BS AIR SPORTS. IM ON MY 3RD SYSTEM AND IF IT FAILS AGAIN I WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE ATARI 2400. AT LEAST THAT SYSTEM WAS RELIABLE.

darkheath

This could be fun, but I'd need more living room space.

I still think we're a good 10 years away from this being a very good thing. It may come out next year... but it'll be pretty rough, I'm sure.

myles

Keith, you are very wise. i agree.

Keith.

Let's see those geniuses at Tiburon figure out how to add in-game saves before they go tackling Natal (pun intended).

Keith.

Tiburon can't even progam the football to spin the right way (hell, they couldn't even figure out how to put refs on the field until this year), how in the world could they ever program something like this?

t daley

Ah Keith you totally to get what Tiburon does. They intentionally remove features from games in order to create a buzz and then put them back in so the fanbase will think they actually are improving the game. Refs have been in madden before and they took them out for no particular reason. Dont be surprised if the vision cone makes a return in a few years. Tiburon is at the limit with what they can do having to use the 360 disc space limitations. If they were able to utilize the Blurays 50GB limit, we wouldn't be having all these negative madden conversations every year.

chonch84

Madden is a 6 gig game. 360 disc is a little over 9 gigs. So i think they have a little room for advancement. and i actually think that madden plays smoother on the "limited" 360 version. Think Im wrong? if so why would EA put all thier Madden challenges tounaments on the 360. They made the game so im sure they know which one the game plays better on. I gaurantee you will NEVER see a sports game take up a full 50 gigs of a blu ray disc. no matter how much they cram into the game.

Borquette

I am not sure I wasnt to memorize a play book and all the terminology involved.

Rezluk

this would be sick first!!

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