Kinect opinions from ACTUAL EXPERIENCE

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Porcupine_I said:

here is a summary from the guy the sixthaxis has sent to the Gamescom:

Kinect

Tricky subject this. It didn’t seem to go down well at all from my perspective. Those watching people playing all seemed to have the same look on their face – complete indifference. Some of the games I observed worked fine, whilst others struggled a bit when using the swipe motion to flick through menus. I got really annoyed when a couple of people started a game of Dance Central – and they were obviously professional dancers with a choreographed routine as they weren’t even looking at the screen. That’s not convincing me that Kinect works guys.

My own hands on with Kinect wasn’t pleasant. It was a party game compilation and I played two of its games – bowling and some kind of monster squashing game. The bowling was ok, with Kinect registering what I was doing absolutely fine. The monster squashing game was an embarrassment as you were forced to jiggle about waving your hands whilst stamping your legs. I walked away with but a shred of pride remaining.

Source: http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/08/20/gamescom-2010-hands-on-round-up/

This really sounds like a fake hands on. First off everyone has said Dance Central works very well.  My experience with it concurs with that thought.  What really makes me believe it was fake was the monster squashing game.  This is trying to give a hands on to a concept that has only been seen in the Project Natal trailer when it was unveiled.

Now I have tried out Kinect twice. Once at Macys on State Street in Chicago where we gave Kinect Adventures, Kinect Sports (just hurdles), Joy Ride and Kinectimals a good lengthy try out.  We enjoyed all of them (although just my 8 year old played Kinectimals). Then we tried the Kinect again at Navy Pier last weekend where we were able to try Dance Central (Awesome) and Kinect Sports again.  Worked very well and got the heart pumping.