Tumble, a bit like Echochrome II, seems to be the other dark-horse in Sony's PlayStation Move launch line-up. No-one's talking about it but it genuinely looks really cool. The depth and object manipulation looks really fun. I think this is the extension of a tech-demo they showed a while back. I believe it's going to be a PSN release at launch.
EDGE magazine also seems way into it. They did a preview in their latest issue and wrote the following impressions:
"It's the precision. Stacking boxes in Tumble's 'build 'em high' challenges is pretty straightforward, but even then the controller's ability to sense depth produces a fine sense of reaching into the screen in order to put a block down. Minute alterations of your wrist are replicated onscreen - essential for slotting blocks together, Tetris style - and a gentle flick reorients the block currently in your grasp. If loading up Wii Tennis for the first time led to several minutes of playful swiping and waving, you first experience of Tumble will have you equally impressed while making much less substantial motions of the hand.
"Tumble's potential as a puzzler will ensure its long-term appeal. The introductory levels we've played are brilliant, understated demonstrations of the power of the Move controller, but if Tumble can serve up challenge and variety with its spatial-reasoning puzzles beyond the gentle opening stages, it has the potential to be much more than a novelty."
I actually got to check out PlayStation Move recently. Didn't get to play much else but Sports Champions' Table Tennis but came away super impressed. It feels less like a video game and much more like playing real table tennis. Any shot you can think of in the real world can be played intuitively on this thing. The Wii comparisons need to die because, yes, conceptually there are similarities. But man, try and get your hands on Move and try it for yourself because it's light-years ahead of Motion Plus. It really is that accurate.
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