Max Payne on Kinect Hack (FAAST) using a Wiimote (GlovePIE)

This is one of the games I wanted to do from day one, I hope you agree that the control method genuinely enhances an already amazing game. I’m not sure if it comes across in the video but this is really fun and works pretty darn well. After the SNES trials I turned straight to Max Payne, but due to FAAST not currently sending low level key presses I was stumped. I managed to find a solution in using the remapping feature of AutoHotKey which has allowed this to work. Future versions of FAAST will negate the need for running this extra script. As you can see, the leaning left and right stuff is all there - and moving your body forward and backs moves you back and forwards. The reload and interact gestures are becoming pretty standard for me now, and pain killers are popped with an upward motion of the left hand. What makes this special though is the leg movements that activate bullet time. The result is bullet time diving for real! When this game hit just after the Matrix film came out it caused a big stir - with kinect augmentation it gets even better. The GlovePie script has been improved to allow better aiming as you'll see and in conclusion I think I'm going to spend a few days actually playing through one of my favourite games of all time in a brand new way. I actually forgot how hard this game was, with the serious scarcity of ammo, variance in weapon dynamics, your fragility and low movement speed combining into a high pressured shoot out. The augments don't make ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 8m 23s Date Found: Wed, Jan 12 2011 12:14 AM Category: Technology Date Produced: Tue, Jan 11 2011 10:55 PM View Count: 0