My afternoon with Kinect (impressions)

[Damnyouall]

jarrod said:

themanwithnoname said:

I wasn't interested in the Wii's launch lineup, but I'm not going to sit here and call it shovelware because of that.

Sorry, shovelware isn't the right word... maybe casualware.  Wii Sports or Dance Central can be well made and quality titles, but that sort of stuff generally isn't for me.  And really, that means there's literally NOTHING in Kinect's launch lineup for me... Wii launch at least had some diversity to it, Move even too to a degree.  I don't see that with Kinect though.

I agree. When Kinect's launch lineup was announced I literally laughed out loud. With Move we already have Time Crisis 4 / Time Crisis Raizing Storm / Deadstorm Pirates and The Shoot, all pretty cool non-casual lightgun shooters, and we got Move controls for RE5 and Heavy Rain. The (then upcoming) Time Crsisis collection was one of the reasons that convinced me to get Move; I hope Sega takes a hint and gives us a House of the Dead collection for Move. Due to the lack of buttons and lag I don't expect to see any of these on Kinect. Can you even point as precisely with Kinect?

I'm not saying I'll never buy Kinect; as soon as the price reaches a more reasonable level (around 50 USD), I suppose it would be a nice party-gimmick to have.