Let Talk Project Natal

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E3 is now over, and compared to the last couple of years it was quite the great show.

Microsoft came in this year showing... well... not all that much (on exclusive new content) but it did came with the biggest talking piece of the show... Project Natal.

So, how does it look like for you guys?

I'll be honest... i see limitations, but i'm kinda excited about it. I still think that if Sony put's their Motion Controls cheaper ( Natal is $200 so far ) Microsoft will have trouble pushing the Hardware. But it all does really come down to Software.

Clear there will be tons of NXE content for the thing... but what abotu games? All we have seem are a bunch of promo videos and Tech demos (and we all know those are hardly trustworthy, for any company)

When i think about games with Natal, i think of Racing games, Football and Basketball. These all seem doable and probably fun to play. Sports and Racing games kinda come of easy with a setup like this.

Other games... not so much. At least, they seem hard to do... maybe something like an RTS or Board games... tons of "Family Games" too and probably Xbox Live Arcade. Any other type of game comes out "weird" to me on how it would work.

The voice recognition on the other hand... i just don't know what to make of that. I mean, since "Hey You Pikachu" and Seaman you KNOW of the limitations of said feature. But this one really feels gimmicky. It can work? Sure it can. But in Big games? With all the music and dialogue and Sound effects going around? I really doubt it...

So, what you guys think of it?