Kinect and it's effects on the WORLD.

[KALEL114]

dp..

 

[KALEL114]

Star Wars lightsaber game. Im sold. Just bought Kinect.

I'd wait until we see a live demo first Pat.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Star Wars lightsaber game. Im sold. Just bought Kinect.

It wasn't even in real time.

Plus it can be done with the PlayStation Move. Probably better.

 

[Nathan]

I was thinking the same thing. And Sony actually had a working real-time demo ready, that showed sword combat.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

It wasn't even in real time.

Plus it can be done with the PlayStation Move. Probably better.

No it will be better with Kinect. Move sucks. Kinect is awesome. MS is better than Sony, Sony is nothing but the devil.

 

[hippie_hunter]

LOL t:

 

[KALEL114]

Lol. I had a 2006 flashback.

 

[Paroxysm]

yeah this blows....

 

[hippie_hunter]

What a crappy showing of Kinect. The interactivity features with the 360 were cool, but the games looked flat out horrible.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Star Wars lightsaber game. Im sold. Just bought Kinect.

I'm really wondering if you actually get to move in the world though, it looked like you were "on rails" in the demo. It could've shown the very large achilles heel to controller-less game, you don't move freely within the game world.

 

[KALEL114]

Gamestop has Kinect for $149.99.

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/Prod...oduct_id=78103

 

[Solidus]

It's pretty amazing how many are disappointed with Natal. And I'm not surprised. MS jumps into things before they think about them.

Funny enough even IGN (usually leans more towards 360) thought Move was more impressive. More accurate as well.

I will skip Natal/Kinect.

 

[KALEL114]

For 150 bucks, it is not worth it to me.

 

[Boom]

My brother and I watched the demonstration on Spike. We were in disbelief at how bad it looked.

 

[Solidus]

What made me most upset was the "bribe" they gave everyone after everyone rolled their eyes at Natal. Which was a free Slim 360. There was a huge editorial about this on N4G, which really shows how MS does their business...."buy the love".

The Halo Reach should be good though. I'm stoked for that. Not natal.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

What i´m more sad about is the fact Microsoft doesn´t know how to use their own technology.
I can easily think of a lot of way to use it in games way better than the wii clone crap we saw.

 

[hippie_hunter]

What i´m more sad about is the fact Microsoft doesn´t know how to use their own technology.
I can easily think of a lot of way to use it in games way better than the wii clone crap we saw.

Exactly, what a wasted opportunity.

 

[Addendum]

I so wish I had saved all the rants and mockery MS fans made about the Wii.

The thing is, I don't think Natal or whatever the hell it's called will do that well with the "MS fans". I'm not a fanboy of MS, but I still enjoy my 360. I have seen nothing that warrants spending $189 (before tax) to buy an accessory so I can play shovelware.

 

[StrainedEyes]

I can totally see how kids could like stuff like Kinectimals or whatever, but as of now I have no plans to buy this thing. I'm not paying 150 bucks to navigate menus with my hands.

I really wish they would have put their focus elsewhere these past 2 years. This was an extremely lackluster conference.

 

[Crook]

It wasn't even in real time.

That's an understatement. All they did was play a pre-recorded video on the screen, and have a prop actor try (and failing miserably) to mimic the movements as if he were actually playing.

That was beyond an embarrassment of a "demo".

People need it to get it through their heads that motion-tech as is will not give us an enjoyable action game. Weapons require feedback, and we do not have that if all we're moving on is air. Even with the Wii or PS Move this isn't possible. When they've integrated some sort of weighted gyroscopes in these controllers, then we can start salivating.

 

[Boom]

That's an understatement. All they did was play a pre-recorded video on the screen, and have a prop actor try (and failing miserably) to mimic the movements as if he were actually playing.

That was beyond an embarrassment of a "demo".

Hahaha my brother and I noticed that during the demo of the dance game. The character started dancing before the guy on stage. Hilarious.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

I'll say about the Kinect and Move what I said about the Wii - this is just a stupid gimmick for people who suck at video games.

 

[Fading]

It's pretty amazing how many are disappointed with Natal. And I'm not surprised. MS jumps into things before they think about them.

Funny enough even IGN (usually leans more towards 360) thought Move was more impressive. More accurate as well.

I will skip Natal/Kinect.

I'm trumping it up to internet built buzz. A lot of ppl watching last years E3 saw Natal and assumed it really was the future, not just of gaming, but everything. That it was the true leap to a Minority Report world (I mean, no offense, but even the title of this thread talks about Natals impact on the WORLD). So many were assuming it would lead to the death of Nintendo with Microsoft walking a perfect line inbetween it's current hardcore crowd by developing Natal games like Fable, and stealing Nintendo's casual crowd. Even when doubt started to set in a lot of ppl kept repeating, wait for the games, Microsoft will melt our faces with it's E3 Natal launch titles.

Now reality is sinking in. It's looking to be too expensive like every other 360 peripheral. The games they're showing are casual to the extreme, extremely Wii-rip off, and despite saying emphasizing that they show the games rather than talk about them...the biggest Kinect buzz game (Star Wars) still looked either on rails or pre-recorded. Then top if off with a name that confuses, and is leading to so horrible game names (Kinectimals).

I think so much of the internet was focused on saying Move is a failure because Move was showing off so much, and keeping their initial hype for Kinect because they were showing nothing. Now that Natal is finally showing everything the die hard fans are seeing it's not the second coming, and everyone else that was interested in it but not sold, and looking forward to info so it could sell it to them are not as impressed as they expected it to be.

I bet if none of us had been on the net this last year, Kinect wouldn't seem like such a train wreck. It'll still sell, not the 10 million this year alone that Microsoft expects tho.

 

[DorkyFresh]

oh noz!

http://vgtribune.com/kinect-games-are-fully-priced-at-60-available-for-pre-order/

do they really think those games are worth $60??? if this is Kinect's effects (hey that rhymed) on the world, then i say "do not want!"

 

[Havok83]

those game look like crap. Typical Wii shovelware