Virtual articulation

See also: limb-based control

Simplest example of this is where player controls the 3-dimensional position of the wrist/ankle while the rest is handled by inverse kinematics or other procedural means. Though the exact method may make this even simpler or much more complex.

This probably shouldn't be used on Wii games as there this is almost a standard due to the controls being uniquely suited for it.

This is rare mostly because it's difficult to pull off well on regular controls available on most systems as well as the inherent difficulty to using it on such systems as the available controls are unsuited for it (and never were intended for full spatial motion, not in the level required for this at least). As such, many have only partially implemented systems.

Requires a controller that allows more free-er motion than a button-based controller (like computer keyboard and many older gamepads) can provide, such as a mouse, a joystick or similar device (also modern gamepads with the analog sticks).

Note on the tag name: there seems to be no officially/widely accepted name for the thing and tends to have widely hackish names when given one, usually quoting game specific name like the VSIM in Die by the Sword or not even calling it anything specific, only describing it. So, if this ever gets a real name, this tag should be modified to reflect that.