Kinect Games That Don't Suck

Havoc2049 · 10-19-2010, 10:56 AM

The Kinect launch line-up looks like a complete mainstreamer pile of shovelware dung, but 2011 actually looks really good.

Child of Eden

Project Draco (really geeked for this one)

Rise of Nightmares

Haunt

Codename D

Steel Batallion: Heavy Armor

DBJAY · 10-19-2010, 11:34 AM

No doubt that every publisher out there for the motion controlled market is looking only duplicating the sales performance of Wii Sports, Just Dance, and Wii Fit. Hopefully, if there is success of alternative titles, that will encourage more amibitious projects for Kinect.

BlindMaphisto · 10-19-2010, 11:54 AM

The only one that showed what it was like to actually play the game was child of Eden and that was laden with lag. I have a feeling that those who pass on Kinect will be the happy ones in the long run.

Dr. Bombay · 10-19-2010, 12:17 PM

The main problem is that the Kinect isn't precise enough to do this stuff reliably. Everyone I know who has played Kinect thus far says the same thing, it was fun, but tiring, and in the end I couldn't play the same game twice doing exactly the same thing and have the same experience.

Apparently Child of Eden plays WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better with a controller than it does with Kinect. So I will play it, and probably everything else on that list that way.

Havoc2049 · 10-19-2010, 12:28 PM

I look at add-ons differently than most people, as I look at the big picture. Most people consider the Sega CD and 32X failures. They are add-ons though and without a Genesis, they are just chunks of plastic and electronics that can't play anything. With a Genesis/Sega CD/32X combo though, you have access to a large library of games and one hell of an awesome gaming system. Hardcore gamers will sometimes buy a system just to play one or two games and be happy. All I need is a handfull of good Kinect games and I'll be happy.

As for Microsoft trying to sell to the mainstream non-gaming public or younger gamers, good luck. Every time they try to go outside the core gaming audience, they seem to fail.

Dr. Bombay · 10-19-2010, 12:51 PM

Kinect is an odd thing. I remember when the Wii was first revealed and no one in the gaming community wanted one, and it was successful regardless.

Only time will tell with something like this. 1 killer app and there could be one in every house. I haven't seen that killer app yet, mostly because Kinect itself doesn't work terribly well.

Sinful Sam · 10-19-2010, 08:19 PM

I have to try them out before saying anything.

Zack · 10-20-2010, 04:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlindMaphisto

The only one that showed what it was like to actually play the game was child of Eden and that was laden with lag.

yea most those were just random story trailers which showed no gameplay.

Dr. Bombay · 11-04-2010, 01:03 PM

So...remember all that stuff I said about kinect not being precise?

http://www.giantbomb.com/chat/

They seemed to have fixed that.

Like...all of it. I'm actually sort of impressed.

spider-prime · 11-04-2010, 06:14 PM

oh cool golden eye!

BlindMaphisto · 11-04-2010, 07:33 PM

Anybody tried this piece of shit out yet? Curious how the responce time is in the final product.

Vegetto · 11-05-2010, 12:03 AM

I was watching a stream of these podcast people playing a bunch of different games with it.

looks horrible, half the crap barely works

Sinful Sam · 11-05-2010, 12:14 AM

Yeah. Just the same thing as the Wii...

Dr. Bombay · 11-05-2010, 08:42 AM

Yeah.

It looks like it works about 85% of the time, and a lot of it depends on the game being played. Kinect Adventures looked to work flawlessly, Kinectimals worked really really well, about 75% of the stuff in Kinect Sports worked well and fighters uncaged or whatever that game was, looked really really responsive. But all the ubisoft games except for their exercise game (which actually looks quite good) were terrible and incredibly non-responsive.

To be fair, the tech is cool and if people can get it to work more reliably, it could be interesting. The facial recognition is pretty amazing, and the vocal stuff is cool, but it needs to be snappier. Kinect makes everything take about 5 times as long as it would with a controller unless you make the controlls snappy. The hover and hold stuff is terrible, but the Konami stuff where it's left arm up for yes, right up arm for no was really quick.

It's like they said on that stream, the first time it works, it's magical. The first time it doesn't work, the whole thing is a piece of shit.

bujeezus · 11-08-2010, 11:44 AM

on the child of eden clip, kinda looked like your hands would obscure the screen at times. i'd rather have a controller in my hands down low.

10-19-2010, 10:56 AM	#1
Havoc2049 64-bit Interactive Multimedia System Join Date: May 2002 Location: So. Cal, USA Posts: 3,159	Kinect Games That Don't Suck The Kinect launch line-up looks like a complete mainstreamer pile of shovelware dung, but 2011 actually looks really good. Child of Eden Project Draco (really geeked for this one) Rise of Nightmares Haunt Codename D Steel Batallion: Heavy Armor __________________ Formerly known as AtariX Xbox/Windows/Windows Phone: MajorHavoc 2049 Steam: MajorHavoc2049 Last edited by Havoc2049; 05-25-2011 at 01:24 PM.

10-19-2010, 11:54 AM	#3
BlindMaphisto DANGER-HUMAN Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Kakalaka Posts: 3,745	The only one that showed what it was like to actually play the game was child of Eden and that was laden with lag. I have a feeling that those who pass on Kinect will be the happy ones in the long run. __________________ "I had a perfect nightmare on a starry torrid sea, I am cast in prison by a crippled demon's plea, The demon has three faces all are laughing down at me, The Banker with his filthy lucre sets the game astride, The General with raging might lets forth a battle cry, The Judge locks now the metal tomb where I am meant to die, But vengeance is a brutal beast not held by any cell, My wit is steeled my blade is wet so sound the reapers bell, Banker, Judge and General you all shall burn in hell."

10-19-2010, 12:17 PM	#4
Dr. Bombay ificouldjustbemorehuman Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: The Nexus Between Jersey and NYC Posts: 9,208	The main problem is that the Kinect isn't precise enough to do this stuff reliably. Everyone I know who has played Kinect thus far says the same thing, it was fun, but tiring, and in the end I couldn't play the same game twice doing exactly the same thing and have the same experience. Apparently Child of Eden plays WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better with a controller than it does with Kinect. So I will play it, and probably everything else on that list that way. __________________ ~There's a Door Here, But It Will Not Break~ ~There's a Stone There, But It Won't Remain~ ~Up There's a Heaven Now, But It Will Not Wait~ ~And The Lies There, The Scent Of It, Just Too Much~ ~So Should You~ ~Sow It Once and Make It Grow, The Sweet Clematis~ ~Let It Flower, and Paint it All Of The Colors Old~ Instantly Things Fall and Fade, Return to Silence~ ~Why Oh Why, Why Does It All Feel So Sorrowful?~ ~Dreams Of What Is Real~

10-19-2010, 12:28 PM	#5
Havoc2049 64-bit Interactive Multimedia System Join Date: May 2002 Location: So. Cal, USA Posts: 3,159	I look at add-ons differently than most people, as I look at the big picture. Most people consider the Sega CD and 32X failures. They are add-ons though and without a Genesis, they are just chunks of plastic and electronics that can't play anything. With a Genesis/Sega CD/32X combo though, you have access to a large library of games and one hell of an awesome gaming system. Hardcore gamers will sometimes buy a system just to play one or two games and be happy. All I need is a handfull of good Kinect games and I'll be happy. As for Microsoft trying to sell to the mainstream non-gaming public or younger gamers, good luck. Every time they try to go outside the core gaming audience, they seem to fail. __________________ Formerly known as AtariX Xbox/Windows/Windows Phone: MajorHavoc 2049 Steam: MajorHavoc2049

10-19-2010, 12:51 PM	#6
Dr. Bombay ificouldjustbemorehuman Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: The Nexus Between Jersey and NYC Posts: 9,208	Kinect is an odd thing. I remember when the Wii was first revealed and no one in the gaming community wanted one, and it was successful regardless. Only time will tell with something like this. 1 killer app and there could be one in every house. I haven't seen that killer app yet, mostly because Kinect itself doesn't work terribly well. __________________ ~There's a Door Here, But It Will Not Break~ ~There's a Stone There, But It Won't Remain~ ~Up There's a Heaven Now, But It Will Not Wait~ ~And The Lies There, The Scent Of It, Just Too Much~ ~So Should You~ ~Sow It Once and Make It Grow, The Sweet Clematis~ ~Let It Flower, and Paint it All Of The Colors Old~ Instantly Things Fall and Fade, Return to Silence~ ~Why Oh Why, Why Does It All Feel So Sorrowful?~ ~Dreams Of What Is Real~

10-19-2010, 11:34 AM	#2
DBJAY Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Socal Posts: 3,998	No doubt that every publisher out there for the motion controlled market is looking only duplicating the sales performance of Wii Sports, Just Dance, and Wii Fit. Hopefully, if there is success of alternative titles, that will encourage more amibitious projects for Kinect.

10-19-2010, 08:19 PM	#7
Sinful Sam gnarf! gnarf! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Five min away from SavedFromSin Posts: 8,463	I have to try them out before saying anything. __________________ Join The-Magicbox Facebook group page! STEAM: Sinfulsam PSN: Sinfulsam Live Gamertag: Sinful Sam 3DS Code: 1461-6914-4192 (PM me your code if you add me)

11-04-2010, 01:03 PM	#9
Dr. Bombay ificouldjustbemorehuman Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: The Nexus Between Jersey and NYC Posts: 9,208	So...remember all that stuff I said about kinect not being precise? http://www.giantbomb.com/chat/ They seemed to have fixed that. Like...all of it. I'm actually sort of impressed. __________________ ~There's a Door Here, But It Will Not Break~ ~There's a Stone There, But It Won't Remain~ ~Up There's a Heaven Now, But It Will Not Wait~ ~And The Lies There, The Scent Of It, Just Too Much~ ~So Should You~ ~Sow It Once and Make It Grow, The Sweet Clematis~ ~Let It Flower, and Paint it All Of The Colors Old~ Instantly Things Fall and Fade, Return to Silence~ ~Why Oh Why, Why Does It All Feel So Sorrowful?~ ~Dreams Of What Is Real~

11-04-2010, 06:14 PM	#10
spider-prime NOW IN CINEMAPHONIC QUADROVISION! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: I hated going to weddings cause all the grandmas would poke me saying "you're next, you're next". They stopped saying that when I did it to them at Funerals. Posts: 20,412	oh cool golden eye! __________________ Join the Spider-Prime and His Amazing Friends Steam group!

11-04-2010, 07:33 PM	#11
BlindMaphisto DANGER-HUMAN Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Kakalaka Posts: 3,745	Anybody tried this piece of shit out yet? Curious how the responce time is in the final product. __________________ "I had a perfect nightmare on a starry torrid sea, I am cast in prison by a crippled demon's plea, The demon has three faces all are laughing down at me, The Banker with his filthy lucre sets the game astride, The General with raging might lets forth a battle cry, The Judge locks now the metal tomb where I am meant to die, But vengeance is a brutal beast not held by any cell, My wit is steeled my blade is wet so sound the reapers bell, Banker, Judge and General you all shall burn in hell."

11-05-2010, 12:03 AM	#12
Vegetto Alive Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 9,399	I was watching a stream of these podcast people playing a bunch of different games with it. looks horrible, half the crap barely works

11-05-2010, 12:14 AM	#13
Sinful Sam gnarf! gnarf! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Five min away from SavedFromSin Posts: 8,463	Yeah. Just the same thing as the Wii... __________________ Join The-Magicbox Facebook group page! STEAM: Sinfulsam PSN: Sinfulsam Live Gamertag: Sinful Sam 3DS Code: 1461-6914-4192 (PM me your code if you add me)

11-05-2010, 08:42 AM	#14
Dr. Bombay ificouldjustbemorehuman Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: The Nexus Between Jersey and NYC Posts: 9,208	Yeah. It looks like it works about 85% of the time, and a lot of it depends on the game being played. Kinect Adventures looked to work flawlessly, Kinectimals worked really really well, about 75% of the stuff in Kinect Sports worked well and fighters uncaged or whatever that game was, looked really really responsive. But all the ubisoft games except for their exercise game (which actually looks quite good) were terrible and incredibly non-responsive. To be fair, the tech is cool and if people can get it to work more reliably, it could be interesting. The facial recognition is pretty amazing, and the vocal stuff is cool, but it needs to be snappier. Kinect makes everything take about 5 times as long as it would with a controller unless you make the controlls snappy. The hover and hold stuff is terrible, but the Konami stuff where it's left arm up for yes, right up arm for no was really quick. It's like they said on that stream, the first time it works, it's magical. The first time it doesn't work, the whole thing is a piece of shit. __________________ ~There's a Door Here, But It Will Not Break~ ~There's a Stone There, But It Won't Remain~ ~Up There's a Heaven Now, But It Will Not Wait~ ~And The Lies There, The Scent Of It, Just Too Much~ ~So Should You~ ~Sow It Once and Make It Grow, The Sweet Clematis~ ~Let It Flower, and Paint it All Of The Colors Old~ Instantly Things Fall and Fade, Return to Silence~ ~Why Oh Why, Why Does It All Feel So Sorrowful?~ ~Dreams Of What Is Real~

11-08-2010, 11:44 AM	#15
bujeezus Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: deep south Posts: 461	on the child of eden clip, kinda looked like your hands would obscure the screen at times. i'd rather have a controller in my hands down low.

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