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76 of 80 found the following review helpful:
 Hold your horses....not worth buying yet Nov 01, 2010
By CookedXenon
There is a bunch of plastic add-ons for the PS Move already, most of them are the same thing, just a different shell to hold your PS Move controller, hit the trigger button. Should be simple in theory. Unfortunately, the makers of games for which this add-on would seem to make sense, don't know how to layout button commands in a sensible way. You must remember, these are just pieces of plastic. Your PS Move controller is doing all the work. These just make you feel more like your actually holding a gun and not a wand. The problem is...there is four games out currently that would seemingly benefit from this add-on. The Shoot, Time Crisis Razing Storm, Cabelas Dangerous Hunts 2011 and Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition. Ok, Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition uses the Move Button (the button on top of the controller) not the T Button (the trigger button). It is the T button which this gun hits to trigger the PS Move's trigger button. Makes sense right. So that eliminates Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition completely. Time Crisis Razing Storm works but you need to push the move button for reloading and shielding. This plastic gun add-on actually makes that more difficult. Its easier if you have just the PS Move and use both hands. One on the trigger, one on the move button. You have more physical control that way and your accuracy will be far better. Time Crisis Razing Storm is also crippled by the fact that you can't use the Navigation Controller and PS Move Controller together. That would solve the shield problem. You could use the gun for the trigger and the navigation controller for the shield/reload. Sadly, Time Crisis Razing Storm recognizes the Navigation Controller as a seperate Dualshock 3 controller and assumes you have a second player who wants to play. Rather then a Navigation/PS Move dual setup. Cabelas Dangerous Hunts 2011 is a first person hunting sim. It actually comes with its own IR light gun if you buy the bundle. So you don't even NEED the PS Move. I unfortunately have not played the game, so I do not know how it fairs with the PS Move controls in the game and with this add-on attached. THE SHOOT...ok, that game was made with this in mind. The Shoot actually has a picture of this add-on on the back of it's case. So Sony and the developers of that game made sure that the controls were perfect for this add-on. It works just as you would expect, you use the trigger and you shoot. Nice and easy. So, Resident Evil 5: Gold virtually doesn't work with this (unless you purposely want to make the controls harder), Time Crisis Razing Storm works with this but it makes your accuracy and comfort level worse, Cabelas Dangerous Hunts 2011 unfortunately I'm not sure yet, and THE SHOOT works perfect. Messy huh. It's not the add-ons fault. Its just a piece of plastic to hold your PS Move and its built very well, I wouldn't step on it or anything. It's not built THAT well. But the PS Move fits snug and the gun feels nice in the hand. But there simply isn't enough reason to buy it. You can easily enjoy THE SHOOT without the gun. I just hope developers will use a little more common sense when making their games to support this.
30 of 33 found the following review helpful:
 Surprisingly nifty. Oct 16, 2010
By romevi
I jumped the gun on this one (pun seriously intended). I wasn't sure if this was just another gimmick, like Nintendo's Wii Wheel, but I thought I'd give it a whirl since, like everyone else, I'm sucked in the novelty of the Move.
Now, Nintendo's Wii Wheel is nifty and all, but is it really necessary? Absolutely not. I'm personally a big fan of Nintendo, but the wheel's just a $10 piece of plastic. Okay, it makes holding the Wiimote a LOT more comfortable for Mario Kart, but it's otherwise useless (especially for me since I use the GameCube controller for MKW anyway).
But this Shooting Attachment is something different. Sure, it's yet another overpriced piece of plastic, but I don't feel as bad for buying this one. The top part of the Attachment, the transparent red part, comes off by holding and releasing the "Release" button. See that long, gray, indented button on the side, on the white part of the Attachment? Well, there's one on each side, and you hold 'em back to release the top part so you can safely put the Move controller in. There are even pads on the inside to prevent the Move controller from getting scuffed. Next, you pull back a gray flap on the back to slip out the wrist strap, snap it back in, and put the transparent red part back on.
Once it's on (and the Move controller has to be positioned face up so that it doesn't turn around inside--a smart feature), you're good to go.
Nevertheless, there are two gripes I have, and hence the four instead of five stars. One is the price. Though it's a fantastic piece of plastic, I still feel bad recommending it at $20. I got it at the pre-order price of $17, but would prefer if it was at $15. Is the extra $5 a deal-breaker, though? Nah. If you're going to be playing a lot of shooting games, I'd say this peripheral was a no-brainer.
After all, the Wii Wheel is overpriced for what it is, and I could only recommend that if it was cheaper.
The other gripe I have is that there's no click with the trigger. It slides in and out with no satisfactory "click" like you'd have with other video game gun accessories, but it's not that big of a loss. The only shooting game I tested it out on was The Shoot demo that came with my Move bundle, and after a while I didn't even notice there wasn't that clicking feedback.
Right now, it's not a necessity, but neither is the Move. After we get some more games, 'specially shooters, I'd recommend this without hesitation. You have easy access to all buttons, and it's a great first-party Move accessory, despite my personal gripes.
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Great for shooting games--but hard to reload Oct 26, 2010
By A. Looney
I bought one of these along with a copy of Time Crisis: Razing Storm. (A great game by the way for anyone who is a fan of on-the-rails shooters.) It is definitely the closest to an "Arcade Experience" I've ever had at home. As another reviewer mentioned, however, it is a bit over-priced for a piece of plastic (hence the four star review).
One other minor gripe is that, at least on TC:RS, you have to push the move button to reload, this requires you to keep one hand on the top of the gun at all times, which I found less than ideal. Though that is more a criticism of the Software and Move hardware than this peripheral.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Neat gadget if you own Move shooters Nov 23, 2010
By R. O. Borgono
I tried this with the demo of "The Shoot" and had a great deal of fun. It certainly is much better than just using the Move controller on its own, and adds realism. The grip is comfortable for an adult-size hand, the design is ambidextrous and it is not too heavy. My only major caveat is with the lack of "iron" sights, which would make aiming easier even without the on-screen reticule.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Not bad, but not brilliant like it should be... Oct 27, 2010
By I. R. Smart.
"Tzu Crazy"
This official Sony Playstation Move Shooting Attachment needed to be great. Really, really needed to be great. Instead, it's just "OK."
So what are the problems?
1.) The grip really isn't long enough, so for those of us with medium-to-large hands, it's not so comfortable to hold the gun
2.) The trigger on the gun actually presses the T button on the Move controller, which results in a long trigger press, and a not-so-pleasant "scraping sound" of plastics moving. I can say that I experienced some trigger fatigue from the constant presses. I wish this trigger had been digital, requiring much less deep a press.
3.) A pass-through for the wrist strap is good, but then the strap just flops around in the back and is actually quite a nuisance.
But it's not all bad. The gun is actually solidly built, houses the Move controller very well, and it's easy to remove the Move controller and put it back in. But I have to wonder if a better attachment is actually going to be from a third party manufacturer...
3 stars out of 5.
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