New 360 with Kinect - Recommendations?

[Reasonable]

Hapimeses said:

Reasonable said:

The only Kinect title I'd recommend given your OP out of the current crop you don't have is Kinect Sports.  For you perhaps Alan Wake, Lost Odyessey and some of the other more interesting exclusives would also be of interest.  If you haven't already played Mass Effect on PC then that's worth a look for sure.

As for Live, I wouldn't get it unless you know for sure you are going to play online on the 360.  If you're going to be mainly offline - i.e. you're sure you're going to stick with PC/PS3 for online - then although it isn't much money you won't be getting much for it either.

Live is very good for online, and with Gold you do get some other stuff - Facebook, Sky, Last FM, etc. - although TBH I don't think you should need Gold just to access online apps but I guess that's a bit off topic.

I have all 3 consoles and do pay for Live, but only because I (or my elder son) are online enough to justify it.

Your kids might like Joy Ride for Kinect, too, come to think of it.  I hate it having tried it, as did my kids, but they sound older and were annoyed at the wacky controls, however some friends with young kids say they find it a blast trying to steer with their hands - in my experience "trying" is the right term but hey they're having fun I guess.

Have you got Move? I'd be interested to read how Kinect Sports compares to Sports Champions. I'm quite a fan of the latter.

Your recommendations re. Live seems solid to me. As it stands, I'm thinking a single Live account (or maybe two -- one for my wife and one for me) may be best for the whole family, compared to the four PSN accounts that we have (each racking up their own trophies). Do you have any recommendations there?

As for Joy Ride, I think my eldest would quickly get annoyed if the controls are dodgy (she really likes ModNation Racers, for example), but my youngest, only being four, wouldn't care either way. If the game is good, I'll pick it up. But, if it's just a bit of silly fun that quickly frustrates I'll avoid it, I think.

Thanks for dropping in with your recommendations.

Yes, I have Move.  The difference I'd say is for sports Move feels more precise and there's more of a sense of competition, whereas Kinect Sports feels more fun and a little looser.  I think both are good and I'm sure your family would enjoy Kinect Sports.

As I see it so far Move is very good for anything involving a raquet or holding something (surprise surprise) and Kinect is very good for stuff that works of your whole body.

Also, I'd avoid Joy Ride give your comments as I think you'd dislike it like I would.  It's awful next to say Modnation Racers (which my kids love, too).

If you wanted to be really picky, then on my experience the titles that work (would work) best Move/Kinect are:

Move

• FPS/TPS (based on Killzone and Resident Evil 5)
• Sports with raquets or holding something like a frisbee (based on Sports Champions)
• Swordplay or Wands based stuff (Based on Sports Champions and previews of Sorcery and common sense)
• Stuff like Tumble, Echochrome 2 (based on playing the games noted)

Kinect

• Fitness (Based on trying out the fitness title for Kinect)
• Dancing (Based on Dance Central)
• Sports based around body - volleyball would work well with it for example, running, jumping, etc. (Based on Kinect Sports)
• Guesture based interfaces (based on Kinectimals and the interface itself)

 

BTW if you have Sky you can set up your 360 (with Live account) to stream Sky channels you have to your 360, which can be useful if its in another room from your Sky Box.  I don't use it much myself but my kids do sometimes and they say it works well when they 360 is in their room.