Quake 3 on iPod Touch: Really
We reported last month on Apple’s announcement that games on the iPhone will soon be a very accessible reality. Spore and Super Monkey Ball demos were exciting enough, but there is now video floating around of being played on the iPod Touch, ported in its entirety by the independent game developer HermitWorks.
As the video demonstrates with a 2-player versus match, the game will utilize the accelerometer of Apple’s handheld gadgets for movement, and players will merely tap the touchscreen to shoot. Though details are currently scarce, the video has FPS and Quake fans both salivating and suspicious. While the former group exclaims through comments that this may be the greatest thing ever created period ever infinity, the latter is squinting close at their computer screens and assuring it’s a fake, merely a gameplay video someone is pantomiming the actions on.
Their reasoning is not especially convincing to the non-skeptic, however, so until further details or gamer testimonies are released I’d say it’s safe to be enthused. Unless you don’t own an iPhone or iPod Touch, in which case you should probably put your emotional stock in jealousy.
Despite how cool this, I have my doubts as to how well one can control an FPS using an accelerometer. I mean, tilting something can only let you have so much control–I would imagine that a mouse + keyboard or even a d-pad/analog nub (ala PSP) would be infinitely better than an accelerometer.
Talk about having to use pinpoint accuracy. But seriously, you and your buddies are going to meet up to connect and play quake on your ipods. Your going to look like a couple of real cool kids if thats the case. Stick to the comp. Just developers trying to capture the casual market with a hardcore game.