Leaked Footage of Half-Life 2 Played on Project Natal

Someone secretly leaked out a clip of Microsoft's upcoming system 'Project Natal' playing 'Half-Life 2'. This is most likely early footage of the beta testing for a FPS game on the Natal and of course, there is no confirmed source where the video came from so take it as you like (most likely will get you fired if you come out).

[Mucudadada]

A. I'm not convinced this is real.

B. If it is real, this looks like no fun at all. Seems like too much micromanagement to even move. He was using both hands to just look around. How would you be able to do that and shoot at the same time?

Only time will tell...

[Elvfam511]

natal isn't that suppose to be in front of you so it can track your movements

[Cold 2000]

Looks like it got potentiel ! I guess that is only the tip of the iceberg!

[Rocket Sauce]

It seems like it would be fun to try it out and feel like Tom Cruise from Minority Report, but I can't imagine sitting on the couch and doing this for an hour.

[IaMs12]

Wow im actually impressed they pulled it off this far. This is just the beginning and they will learn how to tweak it. I still have hopes that this will work and be very fun, i hope so.

[dinsurya]

Im not impressed at all.
They keep showing camera control with hands, but nothing else.
If you dont have something new to show than gtfo. geez.

[Mucudadada]

Ya'll misunderstand me. I think natal has a ton of potential, but I do not think that this video accurately portrayed it.

[Saaking]

Looks fake to me. And if it IS real it looks really boring. I mean, why would I choose to move my hands around instead of simply getting a gamepad? It looks too basic, like you can't really do much. Anyways, like I said, the thing looks fake.

[darthv72]

Just a small sample of an existing game adapting to a varied control style. If it is real it shows there is hope for existing games to be played without physical controls.

If it is fake then I retract what I said.

Although, there is potential with the idea of natal. Lets see what others can do with it before we pass judgment.

[umair_s51]

I dont get it, if you use one hand just to control the camera how will you do other stuff like simultaneously shooting, reloading, walking, aiming down the sight, grenades, using health pack etc...

[Hisiru]

Looks pretty cool! It's the first FPS game for Natal and it already looks great, the next games will be improved, of course! Developers need to understand the system, isn't it what happens with any console/system? Look at early x360/ps3 games and look at recent games.

@edit:
Fake? Take a look at it:
http://img37.imageshack.us/...
This looks like a camera to me.

[evrfighter]

whoa if thats real i take back everything i said about natal.

Still won't beat a mouse/keyboard

but would be more interesting than using a controller.

lol'ing @ Saaking's attempt at damage control. There is a huge chance that this is fake. Is all you needed to say

I wouldn't argue that. But damn dude calm down, you're sweatin bullets

[IaMs12]

Hey i dont want to hear any of the "This is too hard for Devs to develop for" Crap from anybody because they said the same thing about the PS3 and now look at it.

[GVON]

I do like the idea,but i've still a few concerns.

The biggest problem is neutral points,with a stick or keyboard you can let go and resets to a neutral point.as this constantly tracks movement,what do you do if you want too just look but move your other arm but not the character.

Also he is having problems interacting,what takes him ten seconds,in switching the teleporter on,is only a button press normally.

It would be better if his hands were shown in 3d whilst playing,and a camera/movement lock,I guess you could say lock,but It seems an awful lot of stress,rather than using a pad/keyboard and just pressing use.

Lol will probably get a tonne of disagrees just for a few concerns,but if I do,I beg you give me a solution or easy way around it.
(less than a minute,but you couldn't offer a solution.Well done)

[evrfighter]

"It would be better if his hands were shown in 3d whilst playing,and a camera/movement lock,I guess you could say lock,but It seems an awful lot of stress,rather than using a pad/keyboard and just pressing use.

Lol will probably get a tonne of disagrees just for a few concerns,but if I do,I beg you give me a solution or easy way around it."

hmmm this isn't exactly a public demo....heck it isn't even confirmed to be real =\

Why do you feel the need to ask questions you'd ask a developer to a bunch of people that know nothing about it?

[edhe]

Guessing this is another example, probably 3-4 months old, of the Natal team's attempts at converting control systems to natal to 'see what works'.

Whilst it's nice to see the a FPS working on natal it's not really going to be the case that FPSs will use natal for control that way. Mean they just prove that everyone's concept of how natal should be used that way is silly - gamepads will rule that for a long time to come on consoles. What it does show though is that you can work the first person perspective nicely for other kind of games or experiences.

Avatar virtual arcade? CSI-style murder investigation with contextual interviewing with voice & facial recognition? Oblivion?

But even still, holding up your arms isn't what core gamers want to do.

[Parapraxis]

@ Hisiru
Yup, It looks like a camera.
Natal, however...not so much.
http://img94.imageshack.us/...

[GVON]

"Why do you feel the need to ask questions you'd ask a developer to a bunch of people that know nothing about it?"

I only asked if somebody disagrees,could they think of a way around my concerns,I gave one example in the camera/movement lock.

But this is the open zone,of a gaming site,and i'm simply putting forward concerns and i'm interested in hearing other people's solutions or ideas.

[Xbox Avatars Shoe]

Meh...

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

This might not lend itself to twitch and shoot, but certainly for more immersive experience it would work. Think Bioshock mood while you move around!

Now that sounds awesome and also, think of the ways you can interact with the environment that is much harder with the controller.

The haters will hate though....

[Saaking]

"Why do you feel the need to ask questions you'd ask a developer to a bunch of people that know nothing about it?"

If you guys know nothing about it, then why are you hyping it? From the looks of video, it's very limited and hard to control precisely. All it shows is the guy basically moving around. No shooting, no nothing. Just moving around. I doubt it's even real though.

And like I've said before, if you're so hyped up about motion controls (either Natal or Sony's Motion controls) then why not get a Wii? It's basically the same thing isn't it? FPS on the Wii are the same as that in this video (they control the same except the Wii has the all important buttons).

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Then why do you feel the need to put something down when clearly you have very limited knowledge about it?

It's the same story every single time with you. We all know what you are going to say, and it ain't positive.

[Hisiru]

"Natal, however...not so much."

This can be a redesign for demo purposes.

[kewlkat007]

..... I'm, pretty sure everything you see now leaked and such about Natal is just examples and testing and seeing what this thing can do.

[Parapraxis]

@ Hisiru,

Again, Only one sensor emitting light in this video.
Natal has 2 sensors and a mic.

MS, would have clearly stated that Natal would be far more compact by now, if it could be. Or at least made very clear that the design we have all seen is not final.

I'm sure many people will buy it, regardless of its bulky size, however, if the large design we all know now wasn't the final size, I'm pretty sure ANY company in their right mind would clearly state that the product was still in design phase and that the final product would be much more compact.

Sony clearly said that their motion controllers were not in their final form.
MS, didn't.
It's that simple.

[Rampant]

It doesn't look like fun because hl2 isn't a game designed for Natal. People said you wouldn't be able to control an fps with Natal, MS just showed it works to move around 3D spaces. Now they just need a game suited for project Natal before we're really talking.

[Perjoss]

another microsoft related article packed with disagrees on the positive comments :)

[FamilyGuy]

Natal has potential but this video does NOT show any. That's probably why nothing officially released yet by way of FPS games.

People compare natal to minority report and that's very PS2 camera esq, i'd rather see something like what was done in the movie Gamer and The Island.

[likedamaster]

Like they say, haters will hate.

On topic/
Impressive tech, NO ONE can deny that but the demo(nstration) didn't seem real to me, personally.

[thegood33]

Yes! Yet another reason to play Half Life 2! Okay, it's just speculation, but could you imagine how cool it would be controlling the gravity gun with Natal?

[hazeblaze]

If this was Natal... it is full of fail. He was doing WAY too much work for me to enjoy playing a game that way... and the response time seemed laggy (but I'm sure that's something they will be working to correct before it launches).

[The Shadow]

wow! imagine playing like that for several hours, my hands will be sore. I rather use controller.

[multipayer]

...

On topic though, from the looks of the unsteady camera aka arm fatigue aka get deodorant. I'd rather have a thumbstick. It'd still be cool to interact with the screen for puzzles and stuff like DS.

[Anon1974]

Again, if this is the future of gaming, count me out. And again, if they want me to move my hands around and sense finger movements to play these games, how about you just hand me a controller and let me kick back on my couch?

Seriously, is this really what gamers were clamoring for? I've never once talked to a gamer who said "You know what I hate about video games. The controllers. I wish I could just wave my arms around and a laggy camera could half ass capture what I wanted to do."

[JokesOnYou]

I dont know if this is real or fake but it sure is funny as hell to watch sony loyalists sweat because you can see right through their transparent "I hope it will work, but...BS", lmfao you can almost feel the panic in their voice. It's too bad sony is only taking the next step by offering basicly a "wii-sony in hd remote", while micro is taking an evolutionary approach to motion controls with Natal. I mean most Natal posts attract more sony extremists while 360 fans like me who actually say they are interested in Natal manage to miss a few Natal posts here and there, lol by the time I checkout n4g its littered with the usual sony extremists downplaying its potential.

lmfao, I'm a little dissapointed, Saaking seems to be losing some of his creativity in downplaying Natal, it sorta' gets boring when you know exactly what his spin will be, pretty much the same as darkride, you guys aren't twins are you? or is it that brilliant minds think alike...pfft, lol I really like the posts where you can tell they dug deep into the sdf fail manual for reasons why Natal will suck, garaunteed! lol, ssshh, dont tell them that "leaked footage" like this is reported to be would simply be a vid testing ONE ASPECT=movement using Natal, who knows how much further along in development Natal is and what capabilities it is currently showing off behind closed doors, with all types of games...yet this alone is enough to raise excitement because Natal has huge potential over its competitors= which is again why Natal causes so much FEAR, ENVY, or whatever you want to call it from sony extremists, all because it easily overshadows what sony is doing, so of course the haters want to be JUDGE & JURY ON NATAL RIGHT NOW, forget the fact that it won't likely even begin to be utilized in games until *late 2010, while at the same time these SAME sony folks will scream in your ear "its not finished yet" for criticizing a demo of a game thats due out in 3, 4mo, maybe? lol and that isn't even using brand new motion controls, their just trying to learn how to do physics+damage that other games have already been doing for years, lol. Quick! somebody write a blog about the "wii-sony in hd remote", hopefully a few people might actually read it too.

JOY

[Anon1974]

I'm not just skeptical of Natal, I'm also skeptical of Sony's Motion Control bringing anything really new to gaming and I've always maintained that the Wii-Mote was the biggest thing wrong with the Wii for me.

This has zero to do with your ridiculous console wars nonsense and everything to do with the fact that motion control has so far been nothing but a gimmick that experienced gamers have not embraced. Who knows? Maybe Sony's motion control or Natal will prove me wrong, but not from what I've seen so far.

Did you witness the "Elephant out of pillows now throw paint on it" Demo? How about the "Grab the imaginary steering wheel" Burnout demo that showed gamer after gamer unable to control their cars and spending the entire time either crashing into walls or trying to restart after driving off the road. How about that staged, pedophile's dream Milo? And now we've got mister wiggle hands trying to play Half Life 2.

My current skepticism of Natal has zero to do with console preference. If these demos had been leaking from Sony I'd be just as underwhelmed. This is all about the simple fact that, so far, Natal looks like a huge annoyance rather then a new gaming experience. Like I said before, it all depends on how it's ultimately implemented and there's some talented people working on Natal so who knows how it will all shake out? But at this point myself, and many other 360 owners, aren't going to be ditching their controllers in favor of Natal to play Halo Reach, or Gears 3, or Fable 3. You want me to wave my hands in front of the TV to play my games? How about you just hand me a controller and let me play. No one asked for controllerless videogames.

[Pika-pie]

Why on earth would I want to play Half Life 2 like this. Oh god, please let this be fake

[SaberEdge]

I don't know why some people are so negative (well, actually I do *wink*), but I think it looks like it has potential.

Millions of people already use motion controls in their games with the Wii. That is in fact the main selling point of the best selling console (it certainly isn't the last gen visuals).

So why is it so hard to envision that a more advanced motion control technology could enhance games for more serious gamers? The regular controller will still exist and be widely used, but what's wrong with having another interesting alternative?

Sure, it's not as easy as a traditional controller, but I don't think that is the point. What it loses in ease and comfort it gains in immersion. Playing drums or Guitar in Rock Band isn't the most comfortable thing either, but millions of people love to play such games.

I mean, for years gamers have discussed the concept of virtual reality, but that also requires more movement from the user (unless we are talking about the sort that just interfaces with your mind directly). I think the concept is still so attractive for some people because of the immersion factor. You are actually moving your body and having your virtual avatar respond, and of course you are also seeing things from the perspective of your avatar.

I think motion controls, if done correctly, are just one more way to diversify the kinds of experiences that gaming can offer. And I fail to see how that is a bad thing.

[Nicaragua]

One of the reasons that guitar hero/rockband and the Wii work is that they have some form of tactile feedback in the buttons and pads that you press - this gives a confirmation of the action you have just done.

The second reason they work is that you can rest in a neutral position and not be pressing anything. Now if a trigger response in Natal is you wiggling your finger, then that means you basically have to not wiggle your finger unless you want to fire - you cant just relax and let go off the pad/wiimote.

Also there is nothing immersive about standing up wiggling your hands and fingers - it just makes you tired and look stupid.

[JokesOnYou]

"My current skepticism of Natal has zero to do with console preference." -darkride

lmfao, I picture you saying that with a straight face for about 10 seconds, then we all laugh, and you say "Alright I'm busted, I hate micro but....."

Anybody with eyes can see even in this vid there's no flailing around like a mad man, he's simply making small gestures with his hands and fingers, I won't go into all the different variety of gameplay mechanics that we can assume Natal might accomplish with ease both with and without a controller, its pointless because there is simply no talking to haters who hate micro with a passion but then comicaly act like they are actually being open-minded to the concept of Natal, you guys aren't fooling anybody, its hard to see the good in anything when you wear sony goggles.....its like a detective who only speaks English, trying to interview a suspect who "claims" he doesn't speak English, you're not going to really get anything worthwhile out of him until he decides he's ready to talk or you find an interpreter. So at this point I can't understand a word you're saying darkride, I need a gibberish interpreter. lol

JOY

[Christopher]

This look real, but it also looks like they're proving the issue with action delays based on gestures with this, in addition to how much more difficult it is to move and interact with the world through gestures.

It's a neat concept, but games like this need to have truly accurate controls without response issues. We're talking about an FPS, in which people measure control response delay to the hundredth of a second, and this is obviously delayed to at least a very noticeable half of a second.

I too would love to see some gun play using gestures and I feel that based on what we've seen so far enemy AI would have to be greatly altered in order to balance gameplay with the delayed and possibly unresponsive gestures.

[facelike]

Anyone notice that near the end of the video where the user was trying to flip the switch of the machine on table, he kept trying to reach forward with his left to trigger the switch, but instead kept moving. He'd then move back, try to hit the switch again but move again. He did it 3 times before he triggered the event.

[vhero]

@JokesOnYou and anybody else who thinks people are worried about the impact Natal will have on PS3 your are deadly wrong. Nobody is worried this video has fake written all over it and looks more like a PC version of the game more than anything there are cams similar to Natal already out for the PC you know that can do this kinda thing! So no doubt Valve have tested them out Natal is far from new technology. Also it seems like such hard work just to do anything and that's with no enemys around! I'd be knackered after 1 hour of that but imagine being surrounded by 3 enemys? You would be royally SCREWED with those controls.

So lets just say this IS real for arguments sake here its just proof Natal is useless for shooters games and what's the no.1 best selling exclusives on 360? Oh wait... SHOOTERS!! 360 fanboys can disagree as much as they like but Natal is another idea like Japan with MS throwing money in the WRONG direction. MS should concentrate on their true market shooter fans.

[Anon1974]

That's right. So none of my points raised are valid because I'm some kind of "Microsoft Hater" who just happens to own a 360, is a huge Halo and Gears Fan, loves Fable, has gushed about these titles in these forums over and over again, is excited for Alan Wake (this beats God of War for me next year in terms of anticipation, I'm not afraid to admit), has his Gamertag posted on his profile and is available to all (say hi sometime), still buys games for his 360 despite multiple console failures and runs a game news site which is actually partnered with Microsoft. Yeah, I must really hate Microsoft, eh?

Get over yourself. It's sad to me that you come on a gamer site like this, not to discuss games but simply to propagate these idiotic console wars. Not every gamer is going to agree with you.

I know plenty of 360 fans that aren't the least bit interested in ditching their controllers in favor of leaping around their living rooms like hyperactive toddlers. Does that mean that they're all suddenly "Microsoft haters" as well, or does that mean that they're simply gamers with a preference on how they like to interact with their games?

Microsoft is aiming Natal square at Nintendo's casuals, just like Sony appears to be doing with their wand controllers based on the list of games we've seen coming out that support the wand. There's nothing wrong with that, they want to make more money. More power to them. They just better not be counting on droves of actual gamers switching over, because that simply ain't gonna happen.

If you can't see that and can only view things in "Sony versus Microsoft" terms, then perhaps a gamer site isn't for you.

[pixelsword]

All because it doesn't look like Natal doesn't mean it isn't; it could be a developer version: historically developer versions look different than the retail versions of consoles, peripherals, etc.

This will be interesting to see how this translates into a FPS; if anyone can do it successfully, I'm almost willing to say that Valve would be the ones to pull it off best.

I keep on telling people not to poo-poo other consoles because you never know what's the next big thing. Natal could be bigger than curly fries if pulled of right. Heck, so could the PS3's take on motion controls, so it's not like any of them are *that* bad (although I am not sold on motion controls as of yet)... so keep a positive perspective and look at all three with an open mind.

[4Sh0w]

"That's right. So none of my points raised are valid because I'm some kind of "Microsoft Hater" who just happens to own a 360"

Yeah, but thats no different than when Bill O'Reilly says some of his friends are Democrats and also claims to be politicaly Independent. Sure he can say whatever he wants but people are rightfully going to judge him by his record, so although he might bring up what on the surface may seem like a valid points, everything he says is motivated by his overwhelmingly conservative views, thus its TAINTED and most likely there is at least a common sense alternative to that viewpoint, which of course, he's going to drown out, and cut off his guest speaker so you'll never fully hear that opposing viewpoint but if you're watching O'Reilly show in the first place you either only care about the conservative/Republican view or you already know to take everything he says with a grain of salt. Generally all your cons of Natal have in theory a "workable" solution, however reiterating them over again for you is futile, you seem to already have your mind made up, again similiar to O'Reilly's conservative views, the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle.

[Bungie]

bu bu bu FPS can't be done using natal

haha ownage

looks soo cool

[Mucudadada]

Ya, too bad there was no "S" of this video. We were only shown first-person. The hard-part is going to be the shooter part, which was not shown in this video.

[Bungie]

this is just a demonstration to what natal can do

they will have to build a game from the ground just for it

but i can see games like Mirrors Edge using natal

it'll be interesting to see what will developers do

EDIT : it would be cool if you can scream BOOM in front of you TV to shoot stuff :)

i can see all the future videos on youtube LMAO i love my imagination

[MGOelite]

this quote "it would be cool if you can scream BOOM in front of you TV to shoot stuff" makes all your past, present and future comments totally worthless and pointless

[mrv321]

Well you are right their... you completely prooved us wrong with

-Blurry video
-Something that could easily be faked
-No shooting at all
-No proper idea on how it works
-No control Ideas
-1:00 long
-NO GOD DAMN SHOOTING, it's a FPS and yet no shooting... untill you see that I think I'll stand by my judgement of a mouse being better.
-That video was extremely shakey... that doesn't seem like the control I want in a FPS showing NOTHING.

Please note that this video shows you NOTHING but a guy moving around a room... from a SHAKEY perspective. It shows nothing but two annalogue sticks explain where do you get the following button

-left
-right
-up
-down
-L3
-L3
-R2(analogue)
-L2(analogue)
-L1
-R1
-x
-o
-triangle
-square
-Select
-Start
-Home

So tell me PLEASE... how this shows an FPS because all this shows me if something that's allready been done and nothing that special.

I do admit the video looked impressive and immersive... but shows nothinf about FPS on Natal. While if I do see Microsoft do a FPS demonstration I'd be impressed and my opinions would change so it's not being a fanboy I own a 360... I just HATE motion controller fads.

[Elvfam511]

"bu bu bu FPS can't be done using natal

haha ownage

looks soo cool"

It was just movements which was hard to control to what he wanted
no shooting no reloading crouching and so on

[PixlSheX]

Yeah, i would love to see YOU doing that.

[Cold 2000]

I know MS havent showed anything solid for the moment with Natal. But seeing the reaction this "maybe natal, maybe not natal" video is causing, I think theres going to be A LOT of hate if MS manage to pull of FPS's and other hardcore games with Natal.

@remeberthe357: I'm skeptical myself about natal, but I'm telling myself MS are already in too deep for natal NOT to work. I dont see MS letting natal not be the what it is supposed to be.
And come on! It's clear a lot of people (you know who) are praying hard for natal to fail. Look at the reaction this blurry video is causing in only a couple of minutes from the "other camp".
Now just imagine an official vid from MS with actual gameplay of a hardcore game...

[RememberThe357]

There is more to a FPS then just moving. This did prove that you can move effectively with Natal, but that's it. We only have two hands and there are a lot of buttons that are missing.

It looks like they're trying to figure it out but I have to wonder if it will really be fun to play. I frankly don't think the appeal of waving my hands around will last very long.

@Cold: Why would that generate hate? That would be cool if they could figure out how to make a deep game that doesn't fell awkward or tedious to play. I'm having little doubt that they will make a FPS work, I'm just not sure how well they'll make it work.

[anti-gamer]

"it would be cool if you can scream BOOM in front of you TV to shoot stuff :) "

yay you well look like an idiot.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Parapraxis]

@ Cold 2000
"I think theres going to be A LOT of hate if MS manage to pull of FPS's and other hardcore games with Natal. "

I honestly WANT them to pull it off, it could be the start of a huge leap in gaming interaction, it could possibly be the next thing before full on virtual reality.

I'm just a skeptic.
From what I have seen, I have concluded it will be very unlikely that we could properly play games without a physical interface, such as a controller, or something similar to a power glove...well, one that actually works.

[Cold 2000]

I'll just wait and see! Guess we'll know at E3!

[kneon]

The question is can you do it well, so far the evidence does not support this. Besides the fact that there is no shooting in this "demo" the control seems "mushy" and imprecise. For an FPS game, controls need to be precise and repeatable. I expect this video is old and the real deal is better than that.

But this actually looks worse than I ever imagined, all these hand gestures are going to turn a lot of people off. Even for those that like it I expect it will get old quickly after the "gee whiz" factor wears off.

[BrokenAnarchy]

"it would be cool if you can scream BOOM in front of you TV to shoot stuff"

You mean like this? =P

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

I guess MS had this idea from the beginning.

[Jaces]

Demonstrations are nice but I want to see actual gameplay.

I'll wait to say anything till I see a game actually being played rather than some demo of looking around a room.

[likedamaster]

LOL...

That video still makes me laugh.

[Insomnia_84]

"it would be cool if you can scream BOOM in front of you TV to shoot stuff"

yeah it would be AWESOME!! o.0

[mylesbarfed]

True, but you can't help but be impressed with the response time. I've heard lots of people claim it was laggy but that looked pretty sharp to me.

and an fps can totally be done with natal. Move your left hand forward or back, side to side to move your characer (just like the left thumbstick) and use your right open hand to aim, close your hand to shoot.

[N4PS3G]

That looks sharp for motion tracking tech...can't wait to see the final product demonstration..most likely at E3 :)

[morganfell]

Someone doesn't know anything about motion tracking tech if they think that is sharp. Sharp is an Xsens suit. Okay, this doesn't use a suit. It isn't anything that hasn't been seen from other companies already except those companies offered perspective shift with their version and this does not.

The only people this video owned are the people that approved it.

[duplissi]

but if the controls are like that why bother? they would be merely different and not anything special beyond the first few minutes.

[Triella]

If this is video is not a fake you will notice that at 0:40 he has to try to turn on the device like four times before succeeding apprently he's not able to synchronize both of his hands so that one is moving the camera and the other is motionning to push the button (or maybe it's because Natal has problems deciphering the purpose of the hand movement).

And I personnaly don't think Natal will be appropriate for people prone to motion sickness since it seems like one wrong movement of your hand sends the camera flying around. Just imagine what would happen in an FPS while trying to turn around the camera to shoot someone before getting shot or in a survival horror game when something startles you.

[Parapraxis]

Whatever it is, I don't believe it is Natal.
There is a camera (or something similar) on a tripod in front of him.
You can see near the end of the video (00:49) that the camera does not resemble the Natal one at all.
It may very well be an earlier form, or another system all together, but it definitely is not "Natal" as it has been previously shown in its final form.

I expect any developer using Natal for a game like Half-life (FPS) or Gears (TPS) to use Natal in conjunction with the xbox360 controller, giving the user much better reaction time when firing/moving about as well as becoming immersed in the game via gestural movements.

Anyways, it is suggestive of how a game MAY control, but it clearly isn't "Natal" as has been shown at E3.
Some may argue that the dev kit may vary, however I'd expect MS to be distributing Natal dev kits that are going to react in the exact same fashion the current iteration of Natal would. I only saw one light emitted from a fairly small device, natal has 1 green light and 2 purple lights and is almost as big as the 360 itself.

EDIT: disagrees, please explain why you think my reasoning is bad. Unless it's just butthurt, then I guess I understand (even though there's no reason to be butthurt if this isn't Natal)

[Cold 2000]

well natal well surely be better than that. So its not a problem. Just shows what to expect.

[we won]

I disagreed because you don't know what build of the device they are using, meaning it could be tested in any form they feel fit, maybe they test Natal as a chipboard with a camera attached. lol

I think you guys need this to be fake so you're looking for things that are not there. Even if it is fake you know what Natal offerings will explode with popularity and the content for it will be out of this world. An army of top developers are developing for it so these supposed leaked videos are nothing compared to what is coming built from the ground up for Natal.

EDIT

Yeah Yeah Yeah we know fanboy, Natal sucks, these videos are fake, you know everything about Natal, you know how they are developing the tech and you know how they will market Natal. lol You know what the dev kit/units look like. You know it would be on Halo and not half-life lol on and on/

No one cares what you have to say you sound like little girls all envious of the new hot, smart and popular girl at school.

[Parapraxis]

@Cold 2000,
I agree, and it certainly doesn't appear to be Natal from the video.

Personally I think Nintendo got it right with the motion controllers. There is still plenty of gestural movement and you also retain the amount of control required to become fully engaged in a video game.

If people think flailing their arms and legs is bad with the Wii, then I do think Natal will take the cake.

I will be buying Sony's motion controllers. Their E3 presentation literally wowed me. The control is super-precise and very responsive. It's easy to see how the PS3 "wands" could be implemented into most games.

Full body gesturing, on the other hand, I think is a bit much. UNLESS it is going to be used hand-in-hand with a traditional controller.

I don't use mouse gesturing on any software I have on my PC due to it being more tedious and overly complicated, instead I use mouse movement and a few simple clicks.

I couldn't imagine playing an FPS for several hours using my entire body (but mostly my hands) to control every single movement. I'm pretty sure the novelty would wear off faster than tickle me elmo.

I'm very interested to see what happens in the next year or year and a half.

Sony's wands are intended to launch in the spring and Natal is slated for the fall. How these new technologies change the industry, if at all, will surely be a topic of great discussions.

@ we won,
I even said it could be an older build, but if this video is new, then It's unlikely they would be using a build that looks so vastly different from the final product. If the device in the video IS Natal, then why does the current build being publicized of Natal have multiple sensors (RGB camera, depth sensor) and a microphone, whereas the device in the video has only 1 clearly visible sensor. Shouldn't Natal have become smaller if they can fit an RGB camera, depth sensor and multi-array microphone into such a small device?
I suppose it's possible they have shrunk Natal down to the size of the PS Eye, but I find it unlikely.

Also, could you maybe for 1 minute stop acting so childish.
I did not say one bad thing about Natal. In fact, I find it very interesting (as I stated several times). Before you accuse me of saying "natal sucks" and that I'm a "fanboy" *cough*open zone ->*cough* I do think you need to turn the mirror onto yourself.

"No one cares what you have to say you sound like little girls all envious of the new hot, smart and popular girl at school. "
B-U-T-T-H-U-R-T

[3sq]

Now show me the avatar shoe, bam. LOL

Edit: I can't wait to play with Milo, avatar shoes, and the painting program.

Only on Flopbox360 ;)

[chidori666]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[chrisulloa]

So much butthurt here lololol

[3sq]

Butthurt? Because you get to play with MILO and AVATAR SHOES? Bots are cracking me up. LOL

Edit: Bungie, "they used to getting owned everyday" <- The funniest thing is that I only see YOU get OWNED by FACTS everyday.

Oh and that kindergarten avatar of yous suits you very well.
Bungie=Kindergarten

Now I understand why you love Milo and the Painting program so much. LOL

[trancefreak]

screw this crap where is half life 3 already. Valve reaLLY looks to be in the milking business of late. Moo

[Assassin Creed]

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL NEXT GAYLO1.5 Played on Project FLOP LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL PLEASE STOP I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE LOL LOL LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[bennyace]

All the PS3 fanboys don't think it looks fun or cool. It's not made by Sony. I think that if Sony had an exclusive game where you would watch grass grow they'd say something like "it's innovative". At least it's different that Sony's Gem which is a rip off of the Wii controller. We'll wait to see where it's heading before judging. But to me it looks promising if it's real.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Lots of droids here (go figure) can't do this with your pink dila-thingy. Hey you may be able to change the channel or go to the menu of all those Blu-ray movies you bought over the holidays instead of games. Don't they sell the pink PS3 dila-thingy over at gaysexshop.com?

[OmarJA-N4G]

ROFLMMFAO! what a joke...

Natal will be the downfall of the 360. :)

[infekt]

that looks waaaay too inaccurate. but we'll wait and see this project bomb. lmfao.

[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

only on a web site like this would they need to seperate the comments section; this is obviously the section for d!psh!ts.

[TheDudeAbides]

and tiring, i dont want to play like this for more than 5min

GIVE ME BACK MY CONRTOLLER

[Elven6]

Who took it away?

[RememberThe357]

Natal did... What the hell kind of question is that?

[Arnon]

It did? I wasn't aware I was being forced to play Half-Life 2 with Natal. Am I not allowed to use both a controller and Natal at once? Who's to say that it doesn't just open up more menus that allow us to use Natal in subtle ways alongside a controller?

[Elven6]

So your controller is now rendered useless? You can't use it to play any games new or old? The only way to play a game now is Natal?

[RememberThe357]

MS is not going to make you hold your 360 controller while playing on Natal. Natal is a "controller free" control interface. The dude was just making a statement and I was telling it how it is.

@Arnon: Where did you get it in your head that you'll be waving around your 360 controller?

[green]

Is it that some of you Microsoft haters suffer from selective memory? or is it that you just like to cherry pick certain pieces of information and completely ignore the rest.

"Don Mattrick, senior VP of Microsoft’s interactive entertainment business, says that the company has no intention of ditching traditional controller-based games following the unveiling of its motion sensing Project Natal.

“I think we’ve got the best thumb-based controller ever created,” Mattrick told Edge. “We’re not going to take anything away."

"“Think, you could be playing a game with a controller and have your character react when you instinctively duck out of the way of an explosion, or the ability to throw a grenade with a gesture. I don’t think of Natal as taking anything away, I see it as adding more". http://www.edge-online.com/...

Aron greenburg even stated in another article that there will be Natal only games, Natal + the 360 controller games (hybrids) and controller only games. For someone that is always in 360 articles, it will be shocking if you don't know this.

[RockmanII7]

Think of it this way, MS makes more money selling controllers and Natal than just Natal or just controllers. If you think every game from here on out will only use Natal controls and ditch normal controllers, your not that bright.

[RememberThe357]

Truth that! I thought he mean that you held the controller in one hand and waved your other hand around and that seems like it would be awkward. I'm not an MS hater, matter of fact I'm kind of a Windows fanboy. But I did know about what you are talking about, I was just being narrow minded. Notice I thought he meant waving his controller around. lol I'm not really sure where I got that from.

[Smokzdaizm]

"Arrgggh I play video games so I don't have to excercise now I ACTUALLY have to get up off the couch and wip the cheeto dust of my belly and ACTUALLY move Arrrgh this sucks.... Excercise is too hard, it's for jocks and gay people... I just want to sit on my couch like Jabba the Hut and girls will flock to me from there"

It amazes me how lazy people can be, there is a reason why that damned Wii Fit sells so much. I personally I'm looking forward to Natal and will be one of the first to get one if I'm blessed to do so...

[green]

What he means is, imagine a game like Mass Effect being played with Natal. Your a character with biotic powers and you want to use your LIFT ability, instead hitting RB, pausing the game and selecting it from the circle wheel, you simpy lift your right hand mimicing shepards action. Same for, force push, barrier and as of Mass Effect 2, trust both hands forward (while holding the controller) to do the dash move. Fluid combat without ever pausing the game.

In the right hands, this tech can open up new genres and game play mechanics that will never be conceivable in the right hands.Why people are not wanting games to be pushed forward in other areas apart from graphics is something i can never understand.

@ Smokzdaizm : Bubbles buddy, that is the right attitude to have towards new tech. If it is released and it does not deliver, then can we go on a hating spree. As for now, i am excited and can't wait to see the kind of games that we will see when both Sony and Microsoft release their motion devices.

[Omega4]

So they found a way to do movement with it, E3 will be very interesting indeed.

[MajestieBeast]

I know the best way to play half life 2 with a keyboard and mouse. It looks fake who knows if it isnt some dude behind him controlling the game.

[kaveti6616]

I know the best way to play Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 is with a keyboard and a mouse. Too bad Sony doesn't let me. :(

[Nikuma]

Natal looks like crap. I laugh at 360 loyalists who think it's going to be the second coming.

[MajestieBeast]

Didnt you know motion control was the lamest thing till microsoft showed a chick bashing balls in a wall and now its like the most hardcore thing ever unlike the wii/S

[dragonelite]

At least its better then a slim version like sony does.

[likedamaster]

I laugh at Sony loyalists who go out of their way to comment on "so called" crappy 360/Natal tech.

[Nikuma]

While I do enjoy my PS3, I'd probably say I'm more of a PC gaming loyalist than a Playstation one. I don't care what comes out for what platform in the end so long as it's good. I'm not afraid to say something is crap even if it were on my system of choice.

Natal = Crap.

[donscrillinger]

ucking wow ,3ucking 60 baby

[Pandam0bile]

This probably isn't Natal.

Five bucks says this isn't even running on a 360. Why would they use Half-Life 2 for a demo of Natal, and not something like Halo.

There's mods for Half-Life 2 that let you utilize an infrared camera for gesture controls already on PC.

Fake.

[MajestieBeast]

Pc motion controls okay that was not funny cause the pc alrdy has 1 of the best controllers.

[Elven6]

Maybe that is why it was being used? The mods were already in place and with a few modifications to the code they could get a proof of concept going? Would also work across all Source Engine games with little modifications.

[darthv72]

It is ok to be skeptical. After all, we dont see the natal camera very clearly nor do we see the 360 dev unit. However, considering the ease of taking an existing game and creating a patch for motion controlled input (like seen in burnout) it should be just as easy to take a game that is as widely modable like HL2 and using a preexisting control scheme for motion/gesture input and make it work on the 360.

This is just a sample. I am willing to give benefit of the doubt on this one. I think it can be pulled off.

[Pandam0bile]

Yeah, but then what's even the point of this then. It would have to be a PC mod because I highly doubt Valve would have any part of Natal.

[LeXxXiNgToN]

This is cool and all, but I would like to see some games that couldn't be play with a normal controller.

Also, its kind of funny to imagine my frat boy Halo/CoD friends waving their hands around and shooting with invisible triggers.

[i_am_interested]

i just see a first person camera moving up, down, left, right, and forward

ive already seen that with the burnout paradise demo, i saw more action in that demo than in this video

[Miacosa]

Need to see the entire set up to be sure but if true better then the crappy mini-game shown at E3.

[gamehistoryx]

Have you ever noticed how the majority of PS3 Fanboys spent their time online posting comments instead of playing games. After all how many times can you complete Uncharted 2 you know...

[mrv321]

I've completed it once allready.

How many times can you complete Halo:DLC four times but that probably the same time it'd take me on Uncharted 2 soo well you know.

PS3 fanboys anti Natal... actually resonable people are also aggainst it shall I tell you why.

BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN LITTLE OF IT DOING WHAT WE NEED IT DOING.

We've seen a cheesy fake F1 racer, we've seen Burnout on it without the control or precission of a controller. And we've seen an Eyetoy game. Show us an FPS... Sony showed us a working FPS and RTS. So yeah... I just don't get what's wrong with my controller.

[MajestieBeast]

Gamehistory wow just wow so what are you then?

[Obama]

"Have you ever noticed how the majority of PS3 Fanboys spent their time online posting comments instead of playing games."

o the irony.

[SaberEdge]

Guys, he was obviously speaking in general. He is just saying that PS3 fanboys in general seem to spend more time online attacking the 360 than actually playing the PS3. Of course some 360 fanboys also write comments on the internet, but I think his post has some truth to it. Whether it is N4G, Gametrailers or Gamespot the PS3 fanboys seem to spend far more time writing crap about the 360 than the other way around.

What you guys are implying is silly. It's like if a researcher was being interviewed on TV and was saying that people watch too much tv nowadays, it would be stupid to say something like "oh the irony, you are on tv talking about how people watch too much tv". Being on a show to get a certain message out wouldn't mean in that case that you think people should watch unlimited amounts of tv, but rather that they should be more selective about what they watch.

Likewise, gamehistoryX making an observation about PS3 fanboys 'in general' spending too much time on the internet attacking the 360 doesn't mean that he is hypocritical for making a comment pointing out that fact.

[Smokzdaizm]

Man I've been saying exactly the same thing all along... you would think they would be walking around Home talking about how much Microsoft sucks at least or playing something/anything than posting on a 360 thread

[PS360PCROCKS]

Omg that made my already thumping headache even worse...

[kingboy]

lol have fun ..well doing that
http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/rum...

[MajestieBeast]

The geometry wars video also doesnt impress microsoft is spending to much on Natal and not enough on their own gamestudios the ps3 line up of 2007 even beats the 360s 2009 lineup.

[RockmanII7]

Sony has 16 first party studios, MS has 4.

[TheTruth2009]

"First Person Shooters using Natal" are set to revolutionize the Gaming Industry. If you honestly don't think that EVERY young boy in the world won't want to experience it, you're out of your minds. It's the second coming of "Minority Report", and it'll be the cool tech toy when it hits the stores.

It'll be a HUGE leap in gaming. Monstrous.

I've been telling you for months that 2010 will be the death of Sony and the PS3. Microsoft has been waiting for the upcoming season to wreak havoc on Sony and put them to death once and for all.

When this is released embedded with a Slim 360 and with a cheaper hardware price...

It's OVER.

And it's coming.

VERY SOON.

And watch what people think of the bland PS3 Slim when it does.

The PS3 will look like a "turd on a stick" up against this juggernaut.

See you next year! :-)

[Bungie]

Nuff said

they used to getting owned everyday

[stonecold1]

the crapbox360 rip 2005 . 2009 this year and all happens again in 2010 with gt5 the real driving simulator finalfantasy 13 on the horizon the fail natal will be a sega 32x in coming

[Zechs34]

Say bye to your last bubble :P

[OmarJA-N4G]

You guys are the most laughable joke here in N4G this just sad. :)

[Ilikegames76]

you have to hump your hips forward to shoot, backward to reload. Wait till you try the machine gun.

[stonecold1]

same with final fantasy 13 and vs 13 im looking forward to 2010 xbox will be forgotten

[Man_of_the_year]

right, just like Lair, Haze, Resistance, Resistance 2, KZ2 Little Big Planet, Uncharted, Uncharted 2, MGS4, Price cut, new Slim model, another price cut did right?

So now we can add to the list, GT5 and FF13 and FF 13Vs.

LOL. FF 13 is Multiplat LOL and that will contribute to the "END" of the 360. LOL stupid delusional Droid.

[keysy420]

young boys will want to play natal nobody is talking about natal not selling it will probably do like 5 millon in the first week.

but after that its dead in the water you are only going to have to play natal once to get this experience after that its beack to a controller and sitting on the couch. sorry but that is reality look at the wii at first people where flying across the living room breaking fish tanks and tv. sbut after the hype nintendo cant sell a game. sorry but this could be the end of 360 if they choose to support natal as a seperate system with its own games.

[Bodyboarder_VGamer]

So you move by waving your hands around... What so impressive about it anyway?

Would it be better to play a racing game with a steering wheel or just by simply waving your hands around? I

[Akagi]

FPS on Natal?

LOLno.

[AliTheBrit19]

I don't see this being real..

[keysy420]

if you can move like that how do you differentitate from other movements outside of the game. doesnt seem too accurate when it comes to shooting.looks like something that would be cool for the arcade.

[Arnon]

Lol who knows. If it is, it's gonna be pretty nice, though.

[Barbapapa]

well they can auto aim the heck out of it, making gameplay cheap and super casual friendly.

[morganfell]

This is an absolute joke. Watch the guy use a small gesture of the fingers to turn and then use a larger handwave for the same purpose. This isn't just a fake but a bad fake. When they do get it right there is some seriously bad lag.

It should be obvious to anyone this isn't natal and isn't even a good fake. The guy that made this is laughing his ass off at the dupes.

If MS had anything to show they would have pulled it out before christmas. This is worth a laugh watching people flock to this.

[Lou-Cipher]

Exactly, anyone who fell for this horrible fake should be locked away for an overwhelming amount of stupidity.

This video is as fake as Microsoft's made up European sales numbers.

[keysy420]

somethings the person did get right in here that you cant argue.

it wasnt accurate, the guy was standing, he used finger jestures seen in previous ads for natal, and his distance from the camera, plus the jitterines and extra motions of the camera going on. This is real, it for hype of natal but it may have back fired this looks lame as tits.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

...MISERABLE year for the xBox 360 and the ChatBots&ModBots on n4g.com!!! ;-D

"Watch them all fall down..."

[hatchimatchi]

How can anyone take that video seriously?

It's probably fake and if it is real, natal is set to be a huge disappointment unless things are fixed.

[Arnon]

Ever seen the movie "Gamer"?

He was able to control certain aspects of the game by making different hand gestures, which perfectly makes sense. One hand could be showing a palm which would represent walking (and you could just move your hand to turn a camera), while the other hand could represent another action.

Natal can track 48 separate points of the body as well as individual finger movements, so why would it not be possible for you to be able to control a camera, movement, and shooting aspects with hand gestures?

[YoungKingDoran]

lol how many times did he try and activate that machine. not excited

[Nitrowolf2]

Thats real?
wow then this looks allot worse then i pictured
that looked lame as he11,there is lag and then the game is moving before him at some point
this looks fake to me, and i hope it is, i expected it to be better then this crap at least, what the he11 is he using 2 hands just to turn his character around? wtf controller is more faster then this sh1t
but if this is real NATAL needs allot more improvements
Okay and i notice that he was using his hand to turn and such wat if he has a gun? wouldn't that just complicate things more?

okay i for one am one of those people who would like to try NATAL out, but i can see it being very tired some after a while, i hope this is fake, cause this is nothing to get over excited about, this is almost the same as what this kid thought it be http://www.youtube.com/watc...

however if this is real, i am curiouse how you are able to walk, is that gun using his pointer and middle and moving them like walking person or wat?

@Pandam0bile -
i hope its a PC mod, cause like i said this looks lame if its NATAL

[frankymv]

If that was Natal...............snoooooooo oze city....

Looks like your treading water

[Godmars290]

For something that's supposed to be aimed at the casual gamer, MS seems to be aiming at the hardcore.

[Dirk Benedict]

Flopsbots are prepared to flap their arms like penguins, if they think it will get under the skin of our beloved Sony Collective.

Flop- I mean Flap in.

[Mizz_mai]

there's no need for all the bashing but this does'nt look impressive looks kinda laggy

[hill71]

welcome to lagtal

[Xi]

i expected it to be far more jittery and laggy but if it's any indication of how natal might perform then I'm extremely impressed.

if it's real.

[Goldenarmz]

i would like natal to be 50-50, where i use the pad/board to move around fire and shoot, but when i access a computer terminal elevator etc something pops up, i pretend to key in a few buttons or hit a button to call a elevator and thats it. But i dont see my self wanting to control the whole game with just my arms and hands. I mean i loved the Wii and some of the games that used the wiimote right, but it got tiring REALLY fast but it could work if done just right.

[yoghurt]

If this is real, i cannot think of a worse way to play a video game.

[Xi]

why do you feel that way?

[Blow Out Your Brains]

If anyone thinks that this turd stands a chance against 3D gaming they should have their head examined. I'd rather play the crap Wii than this mess and that's saying a lot. I'm not a fanboy, I play L4D2 and GeOW2 religiously but this is crap if it's real.

[RockmanII7]

I'll wait for MS to show it themselves before I decide.

[bligmerk]

There were more than a few lawlz at how bad the control was. He tried 3 times to push the transporter button. The room turns into a blurry mess when he tries to move the camera, it looks like with very little turn rate control. If that is Nutall, then it is laughably bad.

[Parapraxis]

It should be noted that the entire video has lag, not just Half Life which is being played on the screen.

[LesterCorncrake]

looks lame as hell

[Tricksy]

But I think its fake. MS would make something better then that piece of junk looking video.

Microsoft will make something decent or just cancel the project, they are far too smart to release something that will just become a joke.

[Parapraxis]

...Windows ME? Vista? Zune? Games for Windows?

Oh wait, you were being sarcastic weren't you!
You clever clever lad.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

You sure whine a lot don't ya. And what OS are you typing this comment on?

[Arnon]

How is Vista bad now, let alone the Zune? Both are very well built (when SP2 released for Vista).

Amazing, 8 comments that have nothing to contribute to this topic in any positive manner whatsoever.

[Smokzdaizm]

@Para

The Zune is great I already of two a 80 and 120g and I'm about to buy a Zune HD, how about that Sony player - oh wait there isn't one hmmm

[Xtremist]

Half Life 2 looks so fecking cool even 5 years after its release.

[lonix]

If your nose gets itchy, or your butt hurts?
What's the motion for pause again?

Oh waht a dumb idea natal is get an eyetoy

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Sweet vid for it's quality. Wish it could have showed something more. But a lot of whining, intimidation, hasty generalizations and insecurity coming from something that is not an official preview of the technology. Pathetic kids.

[Parapraxis]

Speaking of pathetic kids...nice profile kiddo:
"PS3 Tag: KISSMYASSTHEPS3SUCKSBALLS "

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Little boy my comment posted on this topic refers to people forming hasty generalizations of technology that has yet to be released. And ridicule of something nobody here has played. Yet you kids form these generalizations as if you have played it. That is what children do. My comment of the ps3 is NOT formed by hasty generalizations.

I played it and compared and contrasts what it had to offer against other consoles which it proved not meet my preference. The statement on my profile is accurate in my opinion based off of experience. What is yours based off of Natal? Have a nice day high-speed.

[likedamaster]

Ouch, but I agree with Assassyn... grown folks are talking, sthu.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

THE LAG IS HORRIFYING!!

[Wrathman]

ouch butt hurt in here.

listen here and listen gud droids.jealousy gets u nowhere,but in the butt.

natal is for the wii type games.and thats where it will stay.at a reasonable price i will buy it.but not for games like this.but i will not for any reason be buying the ps3 fleshlight.i have a wii for that.and so does every1 and their granny.thats why it hurts you guys so much!

the slim ps3 did wonders for the sales of the ps3.imagine wot natal and a slim xbox will do!!!

omg the butt hurt will be unholy!!especially when this time next year, when you can pick up the ps3 fleshlight for 50p from the bargain bin.lol

[exnihilonihilfit]

Why would someone make a fake video in low fidelity like this. Presumably someone was play testing the natal mechanics, and someone in the room thinking it was really cool shot a video on their cell phone even though they probably weren't supposed to. Regardless, this still does not demonstrate how someone will play a first person shooter, just how someone will move around in one. Still, it's not very difficult to follow through from here. Open fist is look, closed fist is fire, switch weapons/throw grenades with voice command. The issue isn't being able to play an FPS on natal, the issue is WANTING to play and FPS on natal. I just don't see myself wanting to stand in front of the screen waving my hands around when I can just use a perfectly good controller. Then again, I may be wrong.

[lonix]

with shoving stuff up their klackers

i see game controller........

xbot sees a dildo, or a sex aid

[Alcohog]

BAM!

This is so retarded.

[Obama]

IF it is real then it looks very stupid. Who in their right mind would want to play fps like that?

[xcox]

they're gonna have to make a special league for natal gamers so that they don't get owned too hard by the other kids

[nogolis]

So we now have to get up from our chairs and stand in front of our tv's full time? no thanks. I work all day. I sometimes wanna just relax. I'm not some fat ass 30 year old who lives at home in his parents basement and has nothing better to do than play video games and bullshit people about what he's going to do in life.

While this is clearly fake footage, it is a glimpse at what to expect and it's just not for me.

[Kyur4ThePain]

My arms are tired just from watching that.

I seriously cannot imagine standing in front of my TV for hours waving my hands around.
How do I pause the game to take a break and rest my weary arms? Dash for the controller and hope my movements don't send me running into a force field of some sorts, or off a cliff?

Sorry, I'll pass.

[cheetorb]

THIS LOOKS SO....lame. Can't wait.

[xtremeimport]

natal is cool in theory...but god damn that looks boring and annoying as hell. i'll stick to the wii style games when it comes out.

[lightningsax]

What the heck is with the controls? It looks like he's conducting an orchestral arrangement of a Satie piano piece. I think Wii Music may have found its platform!

Swiping may work for menus, but this is ridiculous. If Microsoft wants this thing to get off the ground, they're going to have to push developers to not just screw around and put something counter-intuitive out for the sake of making a few bucks.

Then again, we all say that about the waggle, but that worked just fine for Nintendo, business-wise at least.

[bioshock1221]

That's awesome maybe fps can work on natal after all.

[rezenu]

I wasn't very impressed, unfortunately but it seems like it has potential.

[alb1899]

i'm really exited about Natal because of his huge potential and the big money behind it. I think that Gates will provoke a change not just in game or PC but in TV, can you imagine natal in every TV, it means no control to change channels and put up volume and everything in between..... ooh men better be good!!!

[Henry Cain]

I don't know about this. My complaint about this is, who wants to come home from a long day of work and have to move my your arms all around to play a game. I know many of us who play games for hours do so because we can relax on the sofa.

[RockmanII7]

I think it's for all the little kids with a never ending fountain of energy... because their aren't enough of those on XBL yet :(

[ni99awha7]

OMG l33T!
Okay sorry that was my inner fanboy coming out but seriously how exciting.

[alb1899]

OOH and hey gays don't be lazy some of you must be soo not in shape that you see it like and effort to move your arms......I recommend you P90X before get in to Natal !!

Jjajaja lol!

[alb1899]

come on you still will have the option to play with controls is just better to have options..... or not.
I know you all say yes, so stop complaining about moving arms!!!

[Rooted_Dust]

It looks like he has to reach out with his left hand and pull it back to move forward.

Half Life 2 has 6 different actions to perform not including movement and weapon selection, and some sections of the game require you to do two different things simultaneously. How are they going to map these controls so you don't need a controller?

[dmansodo]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh h!!!!!!!

[JJFNIGHTS80]

Some people just want to be famous putting up fake videos without even confirming it's actual real NATAL GAME PLAY. Why can't you all guys just wait until GDC 10' to come out so we can all see how it works without making yourself feel stupid, & dumb. NO ONE HAVE THE REAL VIDEO OR EVEN A BETA VERSION OF NATAL. JUST STOP THE HYPE ALREADY!!

[Manberg900]

Wow

[Obama]

Definitely not real. But if it's real then the game has already alienated the obese. (90% of the fanbase? I kid I kid)

[Death2494]

I'm calling this one fake. All you need is a ceiling mounted projector, someone behind the camera with a controller, and a pocket sized flash light. You, in no way, saw the 360 camera. You guys were a little too quick the claim the as real. I could post a video doing the same thing and you guys would swear it was project natal.

[ATi_Elite]

PROJECT NATAL!!!!! WHO CARES!!!

Video was probably leaked on purpose to get some press. A guy using WAY TOO many hand motions to move around a CUT SCENE in Half Life 2 is NOT IMPRESSIVE.

For Project Natal to work on a FPS they would have to severely DUMB DOWN the game, actually Modern Warfare 2 should work just fine.

Project Natal is a start along w/ Eyefinity for the future of gaming but not right now. I'll stick with my keyboard and rat.

[pshizle]

if not pretty cool but half life is meant to be played on the PC. though i do have orange box on my 360 =).

[bjornbear]

looks like a chore.

give me a controller with rumble over this anyday.

[Frostbyte]

I believe Project Natal still has potential but this video didn't show it. I'm just going to wait until Microsoft shows us some official footage of the periphial in action before I pass serious judgement upon it. After all it's slated to be release at the end of 2010 so give it time

[superrey19]

Anyone else dizzy after watching this?

[qwerty-1]

I'm waiting to see what E3 brings else. Should be good.

2010 Year of the Gamers

[qwerty-1]

Sony fans & Xbox fans

Why fight? Do you get paid for this? If you then fine fight. but if you not then lol shame on you.

2010 Year of the Gamers - 00's decade of the fanboys

[horndog]

This video shows pontential if real.

[tunaks1]

looks painful to play, but come on really this could be anyone. Get Half-Life 2 on the PC use one of Johny Lee Wii remote hacks and there you have it, fooling people on N4G

[dragonopt1]

I could really care less about motion control gaming. I bought a wii and all it did was collect dust. I admit it was fun at first but that went away fast. Most of the games I like to play are way better with a gamepad, I can't see playing anything but a sport/family game for a hour or two before I'm over it just like I was with the wii. I'm more interested in 3D and would much rather see that potential than anything dealing with motion control.

[rbluetank]

i would rather stick with my joystick for at least five more years. natal needs time and M$oft maybe pushing a little to hard with natal and the need tech is not here yet!.... just my opinion... it could be great if M$oft had more development time...

[Demon5500]

FAKE?

[ATi_Elite]

If this was leaked secret video footage from Micro$oft's Project Natal then why are they playing Half Life 2 instead of Halo or Gears of War?

and why is the guy playing a cut scene, why didn't they leak footage of actual gameplay?

[PLAYSTATIONGENRATION]

STUPID

[markis655]

i am a sony fanboy but, project natal looks pretty cool and im sure people will buy it as long as its under 100$. but i cant see myself playing a game and having to stand up and move to do so, when i play games i like to sit back and relax. but im sure others will find it fun.

[aaronisbla]

this video is fake, at least i hope it is because that wasn't nearly as impressive as i was hoping it to be.

If this is real footage which i doubt, it shows why FPS games may not work without some kinda of physical controller.

There is so much one does in a fps game, jumping, moving, shooting, ducking, throwing grenades, reloading, strafing, climbing, opening doors, melee combat,swimming ( on some games ) and many other things that we don't really notice since we are so use to mouse and keyboards or controllers.

If they figure a way to pull this off with Natal, awesome but im not holding my breath

[ps12&3lover]

anyone who says this looks cool or fun is either a bling fangirl or just st8 up lying...wtf was he doing with his finger?? rotating it to walk lmao are you serious...

i think they should just stop now because they're setting themselves up for a big laugh..but ofcourse the xbots will just love shooting with their fingers and taking cover behind thier moms sofa lmao...its sad cuase this and galo reach is your last hope and it does not look good for both

[ps12&3lover]

i can imagine if this was a sony prduct...every bot would of said this was stupic and every site would be trashing it

[robotnik]

Half Life 2? Next time choose Arkanoid for an older game.

[Bigpappy]

1. This looks like old Z-cam testing that could be more than a year old. It reminds me of the ball hitting game some guy put on youtube as Eyetoy footage. The camera in this one looks more like the Z-cam than Natal.

2. M$ did not release this as a demo of "FPS using Natal". so why are PS3 loyalist acting like they did? If it even was testing footage, why would we be expecting it to work before they figure out how to make it work. Is that not the purpose of the testing?

[xc7x]

if this is the real deal,then i'm anticipating it more now and i think a lot of naysayers missed what was shown here. i'm not saying it's going to be better than actual controllers but doing FPS games looks like it will actually be easier than some casual games. when moving forward it's a simple slight lunge forward with the arm. they could add to that movement when turning with a twist of the hand so that all movement could be done with one arm / hand combo. the other arm / hand could do all the other weapon / selection stuff,it looks easily implemented i.m.o.

[yorkie]

A fully featured FPS played like that just wouldn't compare to using a controller as a gaming experience. How long would it be before you got tired of waving your arms about ? and what ever people think not having a controller will limit the amount of input you can have in the game. Sorry but that is not the future of gaming.

[i3eyond the Circle]

Right...........I'll wait until GDC 10' and E3 10'.

[FreeWillow15]

This Wont Work,
At Least By Not Using Preset Waggle Controls I Could Stay Awake Playing This.

[gtamike123]

lololol looks bad to control FAIL!!!!

[tudors]

Natal will mostly be used for RPG's, I keep saying it in the hope that a DEV will read this, please please make the game 'mirrors', Mirrors made for Natal has the potencial to be a fantastic horror game, seeing your own face in a virtual mirror morphing into somthing scary would be a great concept, FPS should have Natal but more for the throwing of grenades or ducking behind virtual cover, but my advise is stop wasting your energy on games that will not work with Natal and imagine the ones that will, also it works well with the GUI within the dashboard, Natal has a lot of potencial, anyone who says otherwise really just wants it to fail.

[devilhunterx]

To shoot you got to say "Pew pew pew"

[DARK WITNESS]

hummmm ok.. .but.....

give me an old school controller any day. call me old fashioned or what ever, i just don't like the look of it.

I gave the Wii a try and that was more then enough to make up my mind that i will stick with controllers.

[wefarrell08]

im skeptical of natal... i dont think a video really is going to change my outlook on it. I think it is something i need to experience first hand to know if i want it or not. As of this second i am looking more forward to the PS3 mote than Natal. The way i see it is if your carrying a sword in a game and want it to be more smooth and life like than you need something in your hand. Who knows though maybe its something i cant live without but MS throws stuff out half@ssed and rushed so who knows.

[hakis86]

I don't understand you guys that are impressed with this. It looks to me like he's having problems doing very basic things like moving and pushing switches! And in this game you have to be able to run for cover, shoot, strafe, change weapons quickly, etc.

Also it looks so slow.
When can it be confirmed as real/fake?

[Jdoki]

Motion sickness FTW!!

If this is real the constant swaying of the first person view will need to be sorted out. At least with analogue sticks they return to centre when released - the constant tracking of the hand is not a good thing.

I'm sure it could be calibrated to have a larger 'dead zone' before the tracking kicked in, so possibly not a big problem.

The thing that makes me think this might be fake, is that the guy in the demo didn't seem to be making any sort of gesture for forward movement.

[The gaming GOD]

I wouldn't call it fake because I personally have no means of proving if this video is fake or not. But I have to say this little video does NOT make me a Natal believer.

FPS games have a lot of intricate button presses and innovations nowadays. As of now, I see no way of them implicating ALL the functionality you get from a controller on Natal.

Now with that said, it's true that the Wii has some fps games. BUT, even though it also uses motion control AT LEAST it has a controller and buttons.

This video isn't impressive simply because it only showed the same thing that Natal's tech demo has been showing since E3, just movement. Show me an INTENSE firefight and you'd get people impressed. The only people that I can see being even remotely impressed by this video are MS fanboys.

It's true Natal has potential. But make no mistake, THIS doesn't show it.

And on a side note, the average (not all) gamer is pretty damn lazy. Part of the reason Wii gets a lot of dust in people's living rooms is because after about an hour people are too tired to play lol. That can very well be Natal's route at this point.

[xg-ei8ht]

You know the only way to control a Game properly without a controller.

Is a brain link.

And what you said is true, playing games holding your hands in the air etc, aches and gets on my nerves after a short while.

With a controller, you can have it in your lap.

Even a mouse and keyboard, you rest your hands/arms.etc.

M$ should dump natal and try having some more first party studios.

[divideby0]

natal as with any motion control = niche...as our Wii
NEVER will be used for online gaming, unless you wanna be owned

RPGs and menu selection and Wii type party games are the niches for this stuff..

and I am talking about ALL companies..

natal better be cheap, but given MS rip off prices for accessories, they may learn the hard way

[LOLatURDUMBAZZ]

If this is natal, then why is the light for the cam sitting on something that looks like a tripod? Both videos that we've seen on this "leaked footage" have the same setup with the tripod in front of him. Where is the 360? Where is natal? I'm not falling for this video. I will wait for M$ to show real footage. I want still want natal.

[Alcon Caper]

god i hate the fanboys on this site

[mac4u10]

Epic fail how could you possibly play an fps game using only your hands, i mean come on now that's just lame

[AEtherbane]

I would love to stand up for 3 hours and wave my hands around to play a game..... I dont even see how his gestures corespond with whats happening in the game. Give me a controller please.

[BLADE_X8]

I left the 360 scene because of multiple rrod units (4 of them since launch!)
However, if Natal looks and plays simular to this....then I will "At Least" look at the 360 in 2010. The demo seems pretty good, actually.

[Yomiro]

Fake

[Droid Control]

If its real of course.

Seems easier and more intuitive to use a keybord&mouse or a pad.

[etownone]

i'm impressed.... highly doubt it would be any fun to play FPS using NATAL, but giving the right game, it would be amazingly cool playing in a virtual world using NATAL.

one question for the guys out there that now it all....
is it true NATAL has its own GPU and extra memory that will add to the 360's power thus making games look better?

[silkrevolver]

... if there is one, it's just to process stuff for the Natal, there's no way it would enhance regular graphics.

[silkrevolver]

... annoying.

[OhMyGandhi]

I just think that the ps3's motion controller is more practical.
this video, which I don't beleive to be fake, is neat.
But looks way too tedious. And since you have to move your arm to the left or right to "twirl" your character around, I find that not only annoying, but could ruin the experience as well.

[E_Dawgg]

Wow, I didn't realize Wii HD already had a prototype running. I won't fall for this again Nintendo. Just like Wii, this looks like something any true gamer would get bored of just like the waggle. Slapping the air is the new waggle for 2010. Although considering the 360 audience is mostly teens and tweens I could see this being popular.

[Xdrari]

Mouse and keyboard for me please, thanks.

Can't be arsed to vomit after each play session

[hoops]

Ahhhh, let the hating begin....for something NO ONE here has tried. And some of you call yourself gamers....

[Raoh]

is this really natal or another company? i ask because from the video there is no way to tell if this is from microsoft..
back in CES 2009 other companies had already demo'd natal like tech before natal was announced..

nothing from the video lets us know if this is actually microsoft or another company

[xg-ei8ht]

Bu BU BU But EPIC FAIL = NATAL. It will fall and fall hard unless M$ spend $$$ hyping the utter sh^t out of it. Just like HALO3. ka ching. '
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[PSWarlord]

If this is the best they can do with natal, then I would be very worried..cm'n how sh!t was that

[CARRIERHASARRIVED]

First off: This is not leaked. Since when has ANYTHING Microsoft did that was Xbox related get leaked (They did a lot of things that would have been good leak stories, but strangely nothing until now)?

I know that some games get uploaded to the 'nets a couple weeks early, but that's not what I mean. I'm saying, this is not a leak, it's a progress update.

I gotta say not thanks to waving my arms around for hours while playing a game. I want a controller in my hands. I WOULD love to be able to turn my head slightly to look around with my character though, or even be able to make a gesture with my hand to signal AI or other players. Enhancement, Microsoft! Controller enhancement is what we (I for one) want! Not replacement!

Edit: Now that I look closer, what the hell is his left hand actually doing? Near the end of the video his left hand appears, and is moving all over the place, yet there's nothing going on on-screen.

And we can't see if it's even a Natal camera can we? I didn't see one there. And what's around his neck? This seems almost as bogus as Milo/Mylo or w/e they called it.

[SuperStrokey1123]

Well did anyone see how many times he had to try and do things, dear god this would drive me insane...

Honestly natal could be good for lots of game genres i think but anything that requires even the smallest amount of precision.... i dont think so.

[JonnyBigBoss]

I'd rather hit myself with a broom.