My afternoon with Kinect (impressions)

[MaxwellGT2000]

Mr Puggsly said:

MaxwellGT2000 said:

LOL Guitar Hero is one of the best casual games of the past decade, the series didn't grow after World Tour it shrank.  Rock Band vying for the same crowd started the 4 instrument thing and it was fairly expensive too.  Price has a lot to do with if your typical non gamer buys a product, unlike gamers they don't spend hundreds of dollars on games every year.  Also not why you're trying to call others references stupid?  Not really sure what the attitude is going to help you accomplish.

And the whole point to a casual gamer product is they have games they can pick up and play, put down, and play again for 30 minutes to an hour with themselves or with others, they're not likely to sit down and play games that require hours of investment, so using "a thing called a joystick" is sorta pointless to them unless you can think up some exceptional casual Xbox games that use the joystick (again that was more needless attitude that isn't doing anything for a debate other than trying to rile things up, makes the other person mad, you don't get anywhere in trying to convince someone of your point by doing that)

Well I don't know what Guitar Hero has do with anything. I mean the Kinect is a perhiperal that can enjoyed with a lot of genres. Guitar Hero's plastic guitar was only useful for Guitar Hero games. They released additional perhipals that were expensive and once again only good for music games. I just don't understand what Guitar Hero has to do with anything or why you would even compare it to Kinect.

Hmmm... well it takes hours to complete a game like NSMBW. Does that means its not a casual game? I mean you gotta sit there for hours using that Wiimote like a joystick to complete it. Most games are pick up and play thanks to something called save points. I hate discussions about core and casual.

Anyhow, I'm just saying lets not pretend you save a $100 and get the same experience on the Wii. The 360 has different motion technology and a very different library of games.

Then how about stating that with 100% less attitude  

Though the technology is different they're making really similar games, I mean exactly the same in many cases and they try to control them the same way you play them on Wii especially boxing and bowling on Kinect.  

And its not just about checkpoints its about the game itself being simple and easy to get into you seemed to skip right over the question of good quality non Kinect games on the 360 that are pick up and play casual friendly, checkpoints doesn't make controls and game complexities any less difficult for non gamers.  Example since you want to bring up Mario.

NSMB Wii - D pad - movement - 1 - run/action 2- jump, Halo - left joystick - movement - right joystick - aim - right trigger shoot... well I'm not going to spell it out theres a lot for Halo, Super Mario Galaxy - joystick - movement - d-pad camera - A - jump - B - Crouch  - movement - spin.

Which one sells the best and easiest for the non gamer to get into? Why New Super Mario Brothers of course!