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o_O.Q said:

"My Mom said it looked really fun when she saw the commercial, she also doesn't like video gaming"

my mom said the same for various wii commercials and she also doesn't like video gaming

do you think your second sentence still applies?............................................

Yes? That was already established a long time ago though.



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Not even Obi-Wan can save the Kinect...



Ask stefl1504 for a sig, even if you don't need one.

i have a question:is Kinect need any hope?(look at the sales)



What did you actually expect from this game? Anyone could have predicted this based on these three factors alone:

1: It's a licesed game.
2: It's a Kinect game.
3: It's a licensed Kinect game!

Didn't take a genius to figure out how this would end.



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

There actually is one game on the horizon that could be ok, and that's Steel Battalion.

The reason why this game could actually be good, is that the developer isn't afraid to forget MS's original hype about Kinect being some sort of miracle device for all your games. They recognize the limits of the system, and are implementing a proper controller into the gameplay, alongside Kinect. I mean holy shit, isn't that the most obvious thing to do in the world?



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I'm not sure what's meant by last chance for kinect, but reviewers definitely seem to hate the game. That said, I think MS should invest in adventure gaming more, that seems more suited to kinect than anything else. Haunt got pretty good reviews because of it. Gunstringer was another beloved kinect game, and people seemed back and forth on Rise of Nightmares, I know some friends of mine on another forum really loved it. I don't expect these type of games to make big bucks by themselves though, unless it has a huge name brand attached. It's a shame MS let this happen, no first party should ever be this hated.



Sal.Paradise said:

There actually is one game on the horizon that could be ok, and that's Steel Battalion.

The reason why this game could actually be good, is that the developer isn't afraid to forget MS's original hype about Kinect being some sort of miracle device for all your games. They recognize the limits of the system, and are implementing a proper controller into the gameplay, alongside Kinect. I mean holy shit, isn't that the most obvious thing to do in the world?

you're funny,afraid?do you know Steel Battalion announced in MS's TGS keynote?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/21/microsoft-says-to-expect-non-casual-hybrid-kinect-games-over/

yeah forget,i guess you and "some" people always forget "something" to make you feel better



D-Joe said:
Sal.Paradise said:

There actually is one game on the horizon that could be ok, and that's Steel Battalion.

The reason why this game could actually be good, is that the developer isn't afraid to forget MS's original hype about Kinect being some sort of miracle device for all your games. They recognize the limits of the system, and are implementing a proper controller into the gameplay, alongside Kinect. I mean holy shit, isn't that the most obvious thing to do in the world?

you're funny,afraid?do you know Steel Battalion announced in MS's TGS keynote?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/21/microsoft-says-to-expect-non-casual-hybrid-kinect-games-over/

yeah forget,i guess you and "some" people always forget "something" to make you feel better

I don't get it, what am I afraid of? Poor english?

And, er, what did I forget? 



Sal.Paradise said:
D-Joe said:
Sal.Paradise said:

There actually is one game on the horizon that could be ok, and that's Steel Battalion.

The reason why this game could actually be good, is that the developer isn't afraid to forget MS's original hype about Kinect being some sort of miracle device for all your games. They recognize the limits of the system, and are implementing a proper controller into the gameplay, alongside Kinect. I mean holy shit, isn't that the most obvious thing to do in the world?

you're funny,afraid?do you know Steel Battalion announced in MS's TGS keynote?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/21/microsoft-says-to-expect-non-casual-hybrid-kinect-games-over/

yeah forget,i guess you and "some" people always forget "something" to make you feel better

I don't get it, what am I afraid of? Poor english?

And, er, what did I forget? 

did i ask you what are you afraid of??maybe you can tell me from software/capcom afraid about what

and you forget in 2010 July,MS already said there will be hybird game



D-Joe said:
Sal.Paradise said:
D-Joe said:
Sal.Paradise said:

There actually is one game on the horizon that could be ok, and that's Steel Battalion.

The reason why this game could actually be good, is that the developer isn't afraid to forget MS's original hype about Kinect being some sort of miracle device for all your games. They recognize the limits of the system, and are implementing a proper controller into the gameplay, alongside Kinect. I mean holy shit, isn't that the most obvious thing to do in the world?

you're funny,afraid?do you know Steel Battalion announced in MS's TGS keynote?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/21/microsoft-says-to-expect-non-casual-hybrid-kinect-games-over/

yeah forget,i guess you and "some" people always forget "something" to make you feel better

I don't get it, what am I afraid of? Poor english?

And, er, what did I forget? 

did i ask you what are you afraid of??maybe you can tell me from software/capcom afraid about what

and you forget in 2010 July,MS already said there will be hybird game

Oh, you were referring to me talking about the developer, got it!

Yeh, I know perfectly well they talked about Steel Battalion, that's how I know about it. My point is that Microsoft tried to convince people that Kinect was the future of gaming, period. They tried their best to rake in the 'core' audience as well as the casual audience, telling us that traditional controls were the past now.

'Star Wars Kinect was placed as a massive effort to legitimise Kinect as a gameplaying interface' - Brad Shoemaker, Giantbomb.  

What games like Star Wars Kinect show us is that replacing traditional control schemes with Kinect controls just doesn't cut it, no matter the promises pre-release. 

There are two specific types of 'good' Kinect game,

1. The type that recognizes the limits of the hardware and/or is designed with that in mind, instead of trying to shoe-horn Kinect controls into every aspect of the game: see Double Fine Happy Action Theater or Steel Battalion

2. Games that use a completey new control scheme that you simply cannot emulate on a traditional control pad: see Dance Central

The Promise of Kinect on 360 =/= the reality of Kinect on 360.