Okay so everyone out there who owns a wii and thought that First person shooters would be cool on it please stand up! Now I’m sure there is a lot of you out there who probably went out and got the wii blaster and a first person shooter game such as maybe medal of honor heroes or something and had good expectations of how that would play out with motion controls. Some of you may have liked it but if your someone like me you noticed the flaws in this.
First off if you’re using the blaster, good luck changing weapons of crouching. A lot of the movement or action buttons used often in a first person shooter are located at the top of the wii controller. With the wii blaster it’s pretty difficult to stretch your thumb or finger all the way around to the top of the blaster. The Second issue is turning around. To turn your character, simply aim to the sides of the screen. This doesn’t seem too difficult right? Oh but it is. If you’re like me you know that if you aim too far too the edge of the screen it will stop registering your wii controller and you have to move back a little to get it to turn again. This is because outside of your TV there is an invisible threshold where the wii sensor bar can detect motion this is where you have to aim to turn your character. This makes turning your character in most cases slow as well.
Now I know I am talking about wii a little too much for a Playstation fansite however believe me I have a point. Now someone who has dealt with Wii first person shooters might ask themselves well why would Killzone 3 be any good with the move or first person shooters in general on the Move? Well first off because it’s accurate. The Playstation Move is the most accurate form of motion control making first person shooters a little more realistic. However a Big Reason is the threshold problem on the Wii is gone. The Camera and Move are tracked via 3D space and augmented reality. This means there is no threshold even if you move your move off the camera’s tracking it’s still going to turn your character and possibly faster as well. This kind of motion control system keeps up the precision with no lag making your actions perform just as fast as you while keeping up with the accuracy.