How 'bout the power to move you?


Ive been playing with the move again recently after finshing the resident evil remake HD I was in the mood for some more resi evil, That's when I leaned that the gold edition of resident evil 5 has move control support so I charged up the move and nav and re-downloaded resi 5.
And its great, Really works well with the action style resident evils games, If you have every had the chance to play Resident evil 4 on the wii imagine that but with motion plus and then some, I think the added camera tracking allows this to be very smooth and very responsive, After a google I was sad to learn that the move support wasn't carried over into resident evil 6 its seem like it would have suited that game as well There is another resi game that's supported.
Resident evil Umbrella chronicles and Darkside chronicles both Support the move and the Official gun attachment, Upon my research into other games with move support I stumbled onto something else move related.

Above is the Playstation move racing wheel, The move controller sits in the middle of this fully fledged racing controller and powers the whole thing up, with a D-pad all the shoulder buttons with big triggers for gas and break, This uses the moves motion sensors to steel left and right, Like Mario cart wii's wheel but vastly more actuate, and has easy to reach flappy paddles for changing gears but that's not all.
Press the two clips at both sides of the controller release the grips upwards and locked into place in a motorbike configuration, with the right hand grip having a build in throttle action for use with motorbike games.

So after checking the list of racing games that are compatible with the move wheel I found out Gran turismo 5 is top billing to work with this thing, So I go about installing GT5 witch takes forever So many updates then it installs!
Then I proceeded to have my mind blow by the Move wheel, I was really expecting this thing to be a bit finicky at best, Like some 3rd party racing game that used the wii mote, The PlayStation move wheel is nothing like that it feels totally grounded and what you do with the controller is accurately displayed on screen, In the Cockpit view there was a strange level of Emerson that I have never gotten with wireless motion devices before, Once the game kicks in and you start playing you brain almost convinces you that this peace of plastic in your hands is connected to the car your driving in the game, and your not just swishing it around in the air, I am totalling impressed with the move wheels performance in GT5 top marks on this game.
With the grips up I started up Motorstorm apocalypse, I picked the motorcycles and started the race, Now I was inclined to say that the wheel don't work as well with this game, I think its more to do with the faster paced nature of the game, It just takes a while to get used to Once I had give it a good go and It felt a lot better and makes good use out of the throttle control on the grip, it works well just not as good a GT5.

Now for an added bonus, Here are all the officially supported games for the Move wheel Gran Turismo 5, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Burnout Paradise, Motorstorm Apocalypse, Little Big Planet Karting, Mod Nation Racer, All of these games will work fine and some great with the Wheel, But every racing game out there can be used with the wheel, As long as it is set to Player one on the XMB the move wheel will act like the first controller, Most games that do not state support for it will be less responsive but will work to some degree, Some with better results then others. 

And that's what got me thinking, This controller has a quite serviceable D-pad and buttons, Bar an analogue stick its pretty much a complete controller? One again I reassign the Move wheel to 1/1-A and hope for the best
 
Yeah! You can totally play some retro with the controller and yes that's me playing mortal kombat trilogy with the Playstation Move Wheel, The only issues I came across is that L2 and R2 don't seem to work I don't know if this is on all games but the ones I tried they did not work, For playing PS1 games tho its not really a problem lots of games don't even use the back trigger buttons.
Like Resident evil Directors cut that works perfectly with this controller, Because of the big grips it feels great to play all manor of old PS1 games, So if you have a Move already and your looking for a cheap and a bit different extra controller, I'd picked up the Move wheel, I got mine from Ebay for Only £8.75 with free postage, Cheap at that price and totally extending the life and usefulness of the Playstation Move.


Right then its pick ups time, I had some trade at Cex and used it for Zone of the enders HD, Wipeout HD fury, GT5 so I could use the move with it, One more added bonus they had a copy of Shenmue 2 in on xbox so put the £10 extra in on top of the store credit to get that too.

In Red cross and I find oblivion for £3, Its £5 every where else so I picked it up it had the map and book and the disc was mint so £3 for this is on the money.
Still in red cross and I see Emperor battle of dune, Don't offen see this one people want about £11 for it on ebay, So for £2.50 all complete I picked it up and if its anything like the other dune games by westwood studios its should be awesome.

Jak X for £1 its about what its worth really, In was in good con and these where all in the same shop next to each other so I just ended up picking the lot up.





Few games off thats entertainment I noticed where going cheap, Arkham city and raccoon city both £1.99 each, I don't know why they where priced that low, Total bargain for last gen stuff.
And Guitly gear 2, Resident evil Dead aim, both £1.99, I kinda wish that there was a option to not use the light gun view and controls, Think there could of been a good resi game in here somewhere if only it hadn't of used the light gun gimmick.
Starwars Jedi Knight jedi Academy for £1.99 good resale on this plus weird I was only talking to a guy at work about this game the other day, and Mega drive collection for PSP that I gave my mate Dave to play on his broken PSP.












Some shitty sports games £1 each, Got these for the replacement boxes and to fill out the PS1 collection, Plus this was just before the Super bowl so I fancied playing a old madden game.

In cash converters Killer is dead for £3.99, £1 cheaper then cex, I have being meaning to pick this one back, I never gave it a good play last time I had it think the trade was good on it so it got CEX'd.


Even more that's entertainment stuff for £1.99 each Crimson sea Oninmusha 3, Dino crisis 3, Supriced to see Dino Crisis 3 on there, It has always been rare but only recently has the price matched that at about £10 on ebay currently.

Some good stuff in Recycling unlimited, Metal Slug 3, Gears of war 1 and 2 and bioshock for £1 each, All in great con too, On the money with the gears game not worth more then £1 but bioshock still sells in CEX for £5 so saved on that one.








 Mario Kart Wii for £3.99, Cex sell it for £15 cash of £7 and Trade of £10, There where two copys of this in cash express one was price up at £7.99 don't know why this one was cheaper but I knew there was resale in it so picked it up.

50p for The matrix on Bluray you would have to be a right dickhead not to buy that hells yeah, Not only an awesome film in HD but the cheapest I have every bought a bluray for today  know the price is gone down on them but 50p ace!




 £1.99 for the complete collection of Trap door, Hells yeah I am going to buy that, I remember as a kid these episodes seemed to be on for an hour, Even tho Each episode was only Ten minutes, But totally nostalgia bate and worth every penny.

In British heart foundation and I found Street fighter alpha anthology for £1.99, All the alpha games on one disc this has good resale but for £1.99 that is total value for money.



 Resident evil Afterlife that I picked up for my girlfriend, she seemed to like them I think the resi evil films are god awful, and Syphon filer the omega stain for 50p, PS2 games for 50p cant go wrong.

Back in cash express and £4 for the Prince of Persia HD collection, Cex sell this for £10 cash of £5 and Trade of £6 so a great deal on this and a pretty awesome collection of games, there are a few HD collections on PS3 worth looking out for.
A whole bunch of original Xbox games in cash generator for 19p each, All these games are so-so, Need for speed hot pursuit 2 is more sort after, the rest are common but for 19p why pass them up, Great price there isnt much I wouldn't buy for 19p.

I will leave you with this randomness, My Girlfriend sarah came along to cash converters with me the other day and spotted the stephen gately doll seen above, Loving herself some naff 90s crap she picked it up, Then I was out on the thrift today and saw baby spice in the box for £5 so I picked it up for her so her boyzone doll has a friend, I don't think I am about to make a habit of this pretty funny seening two of the same sort of thing in the space of a week tho, Ok people tell next time, Thrift the fuck on!

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