Is "Force Feedback" really that big of a deal?

Post by **Mozgus** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:41 am

All I'll say is rumble has never made a difference in my life. It's one of the only areas of the PS3 that doesn't deserve the bashing it receives.

Post by **neohx_7** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:03 am

I think it can play an important part in increasing the dimension of the game. Some developers use it well and some don't. I'll try to come up with some specific examples later.

Post by **lordofduct** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:32 am

wait... wait...

Rumble eats through my batteries faster on wireless controllers! Screw that man... batteries are expensive, and recharging is annoying.

Post by **metaleggman** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:22 pm

lordofduct wrote:wait... wait...

Rumble eats through my batteries faster on wireless controllers! Screw that man... batteries are expensive, and recharging is annoying.

Now that definately is true. Now that you say this, it makes sense why Nintendo opted for a simplistic rumble motor for the wiimotes. They still eat batteries though!

Post by **Jubal** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:07 am

I enjoy rumble, and i will admit to being amazed that its being omited off some of the 'next gen'

the most recent rumble appriciation I have had is playing Fable, while fishing... I would have not fished near as much without rumble :)

rumble cant make up for any other lacking, but it is a detail that can elevate a game

-Jubal-

Post by **Zork** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:45 pm

I've always kind of felt it was one of those "Neato" things that came about in the 32/64 bit generation. You know how the companies were acting, they were trying anything as long as it sounded good on paper usually. By one of those "Neato" things, I mean that it seems cool at first but after a while it doesn't really matter anymore.

I've seen where some people have posted how certain devs have made rumble a good feature in their games, I've played a lot of games and honestly I can't think of any of these examples at all. The only things I remember that featured rumble in any games that I noticed were when you had to push an object the controller would rumble, or when you shot a gun, or when there was an explosion. Thats pretty much it. I could however see this work in driving games but honestly, they could just build rumble into a steering wheel from now on.

Post by **msimplay** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:22 pm

I guess its annoying in some game genres like fighting ones but in some games its useful.
It was quite good in racing games and role playing games that used it as a way to find hidden items.

I guess if you are used to it then you will miss it as will I because the whole of the last generation for me was played with the rumble set to on unless it was a fighting game.

It was brilliant the first time I played a game with force feedback. It was Starfox 64 and it was a great new experience at the time and to date I still think it's one of the best uses of force feedback

Post by **Dog_Man_Star** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:17 pm

The only game where I actually thought it enhanced the gameply was Metal Gear Solid. Having it shake in your hand as you were being spotted really added to the tension, in my opinion.