Watching with sound turned off cos I'm in a computer lab at uni and didnt bring headphones
1) Paranormal Activity 2? Fuck yeah, the first was really well done, although I hope the second stays true to its roots, ie suspenseful horror, rather than the shit that most high budget horror movies pull. I'm writing this while watching the PR guy talk.
2) That Harry Potter game looked like pure shit. There was a lot of lag at times, much more than could be accounted for by hardware problems, we know Kinect can do better. It was purely replacing button mashing with flailing and the actions of Harry seemed to be completely unrelated to the actions of the woman. Again, completely due to the coding and nothing to do with hardware capabilities. This is exactly why MS is bring Kinect out now, as opposed to as the launch controller for the 720, devs need to learn how the fuck to make good games.
1. Lol, I take it that was the ad you got before the vid. I keep getting one for the Scion.
2. I do believe Kinect can do better, but how much better I have yet to see. I mean Kinect Adventures in the same vid was definitely better, but there was still noticable lag within the game when he shifted his body, as well as his jumps. And this is a MS published game that's supposed to show off the cameras capabilities. I just don't see why the games should have this much lag if progression through the levels is on-rails.
No offense, but still believe a lot of what MS actually showed on stage was, well, staged. I have seen some footage where people actually got to play a real demo of Forza behind scenes and there was a little more lag than that. The head motion portion was missing, as well. And the fact that the steering is assisted in the corners kinda shows that Kinect isn't responsive enough for the type of accuracy needed for cornering. Actually, I just found it again:
