Playstation Move

I’ve been using the Playstation Move for some time now with various games, and I’ve got to say that I love it. In most games it adds an extra layer of immersion, drawing you further into the world. I completed inFamous 2 on hard using the Motion controller and can definitely say the controller helped immensely. I also tried two times to get into Killzone 3 (loved 2) with the pad and utterly failed. It seems third time’s the charm, because it’s brilliant with the Move controller. It’s almost like playing a console FPS with a mouse, but better because pointing is much more intuitive – especially when dealing with guns.

There are variations in the Move’s reliability and functionality when it comes to pointing. There are definitely two distinct pointing ‘revisions’, possibly three. The first revision as seen in Dead Space: Extraction results in horrific drift unless everything is set up perfectly (which is rare). inFamous 2, Killzone 3, The Shoot and Child of Eden are a later revision and this is where it gets a bit hazy. inFamous 2 and The Shoot can suffer from a little drift that corrects itself by shaking the controller. It’s subtle, but definitely there. Child of Eden is peculiar in that you need to use bigger and bigger movements as the game goes on, although I’m not sure if this is intentional. Killzone 3 however, has perfect pointing control that doesn’t really drift.

The other issue with pointing is that regardless of which game you play, you will always be aiming slightly off-centre. With the Wii you always aim up or down depending on the sensor bar position – the Move doesn’t suffer from this problem. Instead the Move’s centre is always slightly left or right and slightly up or down. This means using the controller with a gun attachment is largely an exercise in frustration since the gun makes it obvious you aren’t really aiming at all. The controller on it’s own is vague enough that it doesn’t matter so much, and even when you’re fairly far off the mark (as can happen in inFamous 2 and Child of Eden) it doesn’t seem to matter as much.

So the Move still isn’t perfect, but it definitely has potential. Suffice it to say I’ll always play future FPS games with the Move controller – it’s even better than keyboard and mouse for immersion. If you have a PS3 I highly recommend you pick it up – just be wary of the large number of Move titles that are just Move cash-ins.