The Fight: Lights Out promises 60fps fighting on the Move

Looks like the unnamed "Motion Fighter" for PlayStation Move now has a title. As revealed by the PlayStation.Blog, the game is now known as The Fight: Lights Out. For the uninitiated, The Fight is the Move's take on Punch-Out!, using the camera and two Move controllers to recreate your motions in a one-on-one setting.

Producer John McLaughlin took a few jabs at the competition (read: Wii), emphasizing the visuals of his game. "There's been motion controller games out there without that graphical fidelity, and now on PlayStation 3, it truly is the platform that can deliver everything," McLaughlin stated.

The Fight undoubtedly looks better than a Wii game (as it should), but we're most excited to hear that it runs at 60fps. Obviously, one of the biggest concerns surrounding the Move is the potential for input lag. If The Fight is capable of running at such a high framerate, it better deliver a truly fluid experience. We'll definitely get our hands on an updated build at E3 later this year.

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@Brian

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I'm starting to see a pattern here.

Does anyone know why half the time, my posts don't work? Seems like sometimes there's a word limit or something.

I get so irritated when people say one game has "better" graphics than another. Comparing this to Punch Out is like comparing apples to groundhogs--they're an entirely different species.

The Wii doesn't do photo-realism well (although it is capable of much higher fidelity images than people give it credit for). It handles other styles, like the cel-shaded cartoony look of Punch Out, very well.

I would go so far as to suggest that games like Punch Out, New Super Mario Bros: Wii and Super Mario Galaxy are every bit as "good looking" as Gears of War or Bioshock. Different styles.

I would say that games like Punch Out, New Super Mario Bros: Wii and Super Mario Galaxy are every bit as "good looking" as Gears of War or Bioshock. They're just different styles.

Also not too sure about the frame rate thing. Traditionally, film has been shot at 29 fps, and I've never heard any major complaints that the action didn't look "real" enough. The persistence of vision threshold has been scientifically proven to fall at 16 frames/second (see: wikipedia on "persistence of vision"), but most home televisions and computer monitors are fairly low light these days, so that number might not apply. I know I can tell when my pc rig falls under 15 fps, but really, anything over 20 I usually just can't tell, so long as its consistent. :p

What they *should* be pushing with this is the fact that its full 1 to 1 motion capture. That alone makes it better than Punch Out . . .

Tried this out at a preview event. Looks to be a standalone title: fight club, with the standard sports game/rpg elements: train your fighter, learn new moves, etc. What I saw had 3 different punches (which could be used with either hand) and 5-6 special moves, including a headlock (at which point you could beat on your opponent with your other hand). There definitely was not full body tracking, just tracking of the two Move controllers.
60 fps doesn't matter much if the gameplay is laggy, and in this case it was terrible. There were very pretty punches being thrown a full second after they had been inputted. Another problem was the difficulty in actually seeing your opponent, as the camera is typically placed behind your avatar, and he makes a much better door than window.

still there is no way to kick
so, it scks

The Fight: Lights Out promises 60fps fighting on the Move

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