Age of Empires Online on Xbox360 with Kinect? read on my friends :D

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Seece said:

naznatips said:

AussieGecko said:

TRios_Zen said:

While I stink at competitive RTS, I've always enjoyed playing the campaigns, and Age of Empires was always fun.

If this came out for the 360 that would be great!  I'd look forward to this and Halo Wars 2 as excuses to use Kinect on RTS, though having the option of being able to play without Kinect would ensure the game(s) reached the highest possible fan base.

yeah its a really good idea, might help take the last bastion of rts from pc if done right

Kinect isn't even close to precise enough to replace a mouse for hardcore RTS gamers. We would love cross platform with people using Kinect though. The massacre would be fun.

It's amazing how some people accept and adapt to different controllers . With the update (being able to track fingers ect) it'll make it even more precise.

Anyway, why would you need to play people who supposively have a sucky way of playing? Maybe you're just not very good?

While finger tracking will be great for some games. RTS it would not be. There is no way for it to know which unit or units you are pointing at exactly. I guess maybe groups might work.. but if you have a group of 40 units together bunched and you want to select 1 it will not work. Also drawing waypoints will not work well at all. Also, menus wont work unless you want to constantly say open this or that constantly which most RTS's need. Menu systems would need to be completely reworked into (ugly?) big buttons on the side or top of the screen.

The main issue is that there isn't one size of TV and even if they are the same size, resolution can be different. Whether its 480, 720, 768 (some tvs do this), or 1080, and all the other various tv resolutions around the world. Unless your TV is the exact size of the wall behind you, it will not work. RTS's need extreme accuracy, more than even shooters.

It would most likely work if you have another Kinect behind you that measures your TVs size and improve pointing accuracy though.

Finger movement tracking all that would be amazing for RPGs. Adds a new level of interactive casting. A Naruto game would be such a pain in the ass, lol.