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thx1139 on 22 August 2010
Porcupine_I said:
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This really sounds like a fake hands on. First off everyone has said Dance Central works very well.  My experience with it concurs with that thought.  What really makes me believe it was fake was the monster squashing game.  This is trying to give a hands on to a concept that has only been seen in the Project Natal trailer when it was unveiled.

Now I have tried out Kinect twice. Once at Macys on State Street in Chicago where we gave Kinect Adventures, Kinect Sports (just hurdles), Joy Ride and Kinectimals a good lengthy try out.  We enjoyed all of them (although just my 8 year old played Kinectimals). Then we tried the Kinect again at Navy Pier last weekend where we were able to try Dance Central (Awesome) and Kinect Sports again.  Worked very well and got the heart pumping.

have you even clicked the link, before calling this fake?


Yes and the content is exactly the same. Your point.  I didnt say the link was possibly false. I said the impression may be fake.

My point being, that he actually wrote a whole lot of "hands on" articles about gamescom. Are they all fake?  He is actually a well respected writer for the sixthaxis. But what about you? Who are you claiming this to be fake? maybe you just didn't like what he had to say and you just wanted to come up with a reason to dismiss his OPINION, as he very well stated!

now i dare you to go over to that site and call him out if you are so sure, and then come back when you have debunked him and tell us all about it.

good luck!

by the way, good sir, he never said Dance Central didn't work, he merely stated that the people watching seemed indifferent, and that he got annoyed when professional dancers played it who didn't even look at the screen while dancing.

 but i will shut up now, as i have made my point and don't want to support the derailing of a thread any longer.

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I got really annoyed when a couple of people started a game of Dance Central – and they were obviously professional dancers with a choreographed routine as they weren’t even looking at the screen. That’s not convincing me that Kinect works guys.




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huaxiong90 on 22 August 2010
thx1139 said:
Porcupine_I said:
thx1139 said:
Porcupine_I said:
thx1139 said:


This really sounds like a fake hands on. First off everyone has said Dance Central works very well.  My experience with it concurs with that thought.  What really makes me believe it was fake was the monster squashing game.  This is trying to give a hands on to a concept that has only been seen in the Project Natal trailer when it was unveiled.

Now I have tried out Kinect twice. Once at Macys on State Street in Chicago where we gave Kinect Adventures, Kinect Sports (just hurdles), Joy Ride and Kinectimals a good lengthy try out.  We enjoyed all of them (although just my 8 year old played Kinectimals). Then we tried the Kinect again at Navy Pier last weekend where we were able to try Dance Central (Awesome) and Kinect Sports again.  Worked very well and got the heart pumping.

have you even clicked the link, before calling this fake?


Yes and the content is exactly the same. Your point.  I didnt say the link was possibly false. I said the impression may be fake.

My point being, that he actually wrote a whole lot of "hands on" articles about gamescom. Are they all fake?  He is actually a well respected writer for the sixthaxis. But what about you? Who are you claiming this to be fake? maybe you just didn't like what he had to say and you just wanted to come up with a reason to dismiss his OPINION, as he very well stated!

now i dare you to go over to that site and call him out if you are so sure, and then come back when you have debunked him and tell us all about it.

good luck!

by the way, good sir, he never said Dance Central didn't work, he merely stated that the people watching seemed indifferent, and that he got annoyed when professional dancers played it who didn't even look at the screen while dancing.

 but i will shut up now, as i have made my point and don't want to support the derailing of a thread any longer.

Quote from the impression

I got really annoyed when a couple of people started a game of Dance Central – and they were obviously professional dancers with a choreographed routine as they weren’t even looking at the screen. That’s not convincing me that Kinect works guys.

To be quite frank with you, that's only helping his argument.



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Porcupine_I on 22 August 2010
thx1139 said:
Porcupine_I said:
thx1139 said:
Porcupine_I said:
thx1139 said:

have you even clicked the link, before calling this fake?


Yes and the content is exactly the same. Your point.  I didnt say the link was possibly false. I said the impression may be fake.

My point being, that he actually wrote a whole lot of "hands on" articles about gamescom. Are they all fake?  He is actually a well respected writer for the sixthaxis. But what about you? Who are you claiming this to be fake? maybe you just didn't like what he had to say and you just wanted to come up with a reason to dismiss his OPINION, as he very well stated!

now i dare you to go over to that site and call him out if you are so sure, and then come back when you have debunked him and tell us all about it.

good luck!

by the way, good sir, he never said Dance Central didn't work, he merely stated that the people watching seemed indifferent, and that he got annoyed when professional dancers played it who didn't even look at the screen while dancing.

 but i will shut up now, as i have made my point and don't want to support the derailing of a thread any longer.

Quote from the impression

I got really annoyed when a couple of people started a game of Dance Central – and they were obviously professional dancers with a choreographed routine as they weren’t even looking at the screen. That’s not convincing me that Kinect works guys.

thank you for supporting my point now that you obviously read it thoroughly.

i do not insist on a apology, just be more careful with your statements in the future.



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’

thx1139 on 22 August 2010
Porcupine_I said:
thx1139 said:
Porcupine_I said:
thx1139 said:
Porcupine_I said:
thx1139 said:

have you even clicked the link, before calling this fake?


Yes and the content is exactly the same. Your point.  I didnt say the link was possibly false. I said the impression may be fake.

My point being, that he actually wrote a whole lot of "hands on" articles about gamescom. Are they all fake?  He is actually a well respected writer for the sixthaxis. But what about you? Who are you claiming this to be fake? maybe you just didn't like what he had to say and you just wanted to come up with a reason to dismiss his OPINION, as he very well stated!

now i dare you to go over to that site and call him out if you are so sure, and then come back when you have debunked him and tell us all about it.

good luck!

by the way, good sir, he never said Dance Central didn't work, he merely stated that the people watching seemed indifferent, and that he got annoyed when professional dancers played it who didn't even look at the screen while dancing.

 but i will shut up now, as i have made my point and don't want to support the derailing of a thread any longer.

Quote from the impression

I got really annoyed when a couple of people started a game of Dance Central – and they were obviously professional dancers with a choreographed routine as they weren’t even looking at the screen. That’s not convincing me that Kinect works guys.

thank you for supporting my point now that you obviously read it thoroughly.

i do not insist on a apology, just be more careful with your statements in the future.

Ok maybe I need to hilight that he says.

"That's not convincing me that Kinect works guys."

Dance Central is just the game.  It is Kinect he is claiming may not work.

So no apology needed.  I have suspicion from that and the following paragraph that he didnt even try Kinect.



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

huaxiong90 on 22 August 2010
thx1139 said:
Porcupine_I said:
thx1139 said:
Porcupine_I said:
thx1139 said:
Porcupine_I said:
thx1139 said:

have you even clicked the link, before calling this fake?


Yes and the content is exactly the same. Your point.  I didnt say the link was possibly false. I said the impression may be fake.

My point being, that he actually wrote a whole lot of "hands on" articles about gamescom. Are they all fake?  He is actually a well respected writer for the sixthaxis. But what about you? Who are you claiming this to be fake? maybe you just didn't like what he had to say and you just wanted to come up with a reason to dismiss his OPINION, as he very well stated!

now i dare you to go over to that site and call him out if you are so sure, and then come back when you have debunked him and tell us all about it.

good luck!

by the way, good sir, he never said Dance Central didn't work, he merely stated that the people watching seemed indifferent, and that he got annoyed when professional dancers played it who didn't even look at the screen while dancing.

 but i will shut up now, as i have made my point and don't want to support the derailing of a thread any longer.

Quote from the impression

I got really annoyed when a couple of people started a game of Dance Central – and they were obviously professional dancers with a choreographed routine as they weren’t even looking at the screen. That’s not convincing me that Kinect works guys.

thank you for supporting my point now that you obviously read it thoroughly.

i do not insist on a apology, just be more careful with your statements in the future.

Ok maybe I need to hilight that he says.

"That's not convincing me that Kinect works guys."

Dance Central is just the game.  It is Kinect he is claiming may not work.

So no apology needed.  I have suspicion from that and the following paragraph that he didnt even try Kinect.

Then you might want to reread his words. He's saying "That's not convincing me", meaning it leaves a bad impression to the audience if something is obviously staged. It's different from flat out saying "Kinect doesn't work well".



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ZenfoldorVGI on 22 August 2010

It doesn't matter if it works right:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=113847



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welshbloke on 22 August 2010

My Daughter tried it recently when she was in Alton Towers (UK) with her friends. She had nothing but positive praise. My daughter is as casual as they come and even though I told her it would be avaiable at Alton Towers she was not interested. As it is turns out on of the lads with her was interested.

They played the raft game. From her experience she was very impressed that she could just walk up to a game and join. I never really thought much of this myself but she seemed really excited by this and how is recognised you. She thought the game replicated her actions and she did notice delay whilst she was playing or when watching the others.

Another interesting tidbit was the fact she considered £130 cheap and it contains a game which seemed to make up for the price. I am inclined to believe she does as yet realise how much it is but luckily she got her place in Uni this year so she will find out pretty quick.

I have mentioned this before but if you want to try Kinect go to www.kinect.me and choose your country. It lists upcoming events but also shows you other people playing the game in your region. Also if you register correctly (my lot did not they just pitched up) then you will get a guestpass which will allow you to watch your antics back.



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fighter on 22 August 2010
huaxiong90 said:
thx1139 said:
Porcupine_I said:
thx1139 said:
Porcupine_I said:
thx1139 said:
Porcupine_I said:
thx1139 said:

have you even clicked the link, before calling this fake?


Yes and the content is exactly the same. Your point.  I didnt say the link was possibly false. I said the impression may be fake.

My point being, that he actually wrote a whole lot of "hands on" articles about gamescom. Are they all fake?  He is actually a well respected writer for the sixthaxis. But what about you? Who are you claiming this to be fake? maybe you just didn't like what he had to say and you just wanted to come up with a reason to dismiss his OPINION, as he very well stated!

now i dare you to go over to that site and call him out if you are so sure, and then come back when you have debunked him and tell us all about it.

good luck!

by the way, good sir, he never said Dance Central didn't work, he merely stated that the people watching seemed indifferent, and that he got annoyed when professional dancers played it who didn't even look at the screen while dancing.

 but i will shut up now, as i have made my point and don't want to support the derailing of a thread any longer.

Quote from the impression

I got really annoyed when a couple of people started a game of Dance Central – and they were obviously professional dancers with a choreographed routine as they weren’t even looking at the screen. That’s not convincing me that Kinect works guys.

thank you for supporting my point now that you obviously read it thoroughly.

i do not insist on a apology, just be more careful with your statements in the future.

Ok maybe I need to hilight that he says.

"That's not convincing me that Kinect works guys."

Dance Central is just the game.  It is Kinect he is claiming may not work.

So no apology needed.  I have suspicion from that and the following paragraph that he didnt even try Kinect.

Then you might want to reread his words. He's saying "That's not convincing me", meaning it leaves a bad impression to the audience if something is obviously staged. It's different from flat out saying "Kinect doesn't work well".

When you go to Game shows there's always a lot of "staged" stuff, very few "respected contributors" would write negative opinions based on that fact, fanboys on the other hand...

And who gets in line to test first hand a game without remembering its' name ?

This seems so fake to me too i don't understand how Porcupine is so openly gullible...



ruff_romeo on 22 August 2010

I think a shopping mall experience may not completely reflect the Kinect experience until you experience it at home. When I got the iPad it was a completely different experience when I took it home with me and properly experienced it for myself. Not long left, so I think people should wait until they actually purchase one for their home and have a real go at it until further criticisms or conclusions are made. I am sure MS will make all the software tweaks that are necessary to make sure it lives up to its expectations.



Porcupine_I on 22 August 2010


Then you might want to reread his words. He's saying "That's not convincing me", meaning it leaves a bad impression to the audience if something is obviously staged. It's different from flat out saying "Kinect doesn't work well".

When you go to Game shows there's always a lot of "staged" stuff, very few "respected contributors" would write negative opinions based on that fact, fanboys on the other hand...

And who gets in line to test first hand a game without remembering its' name ?

This seems so fake to me too i don't understand how Porcupine is so openly gullible...


it is not a problem that you don't understand, because you obviously don't know where this is coming from.

i on the other hand understand perfectly well the need of people to dismiss negative news about a product they favor.

You should try the following:
Go over to that site and try to write a comment using "M$" for Microsoft and you will be told that it's a childish insult and you should refrain from doing it if you want to keep posting on that site. So much for bias.
but you wouldn't go there and call out a man who has a first and last name for posting "fake" articles, would you?

anyway, this thread has asked for "hands on" opinions and i contributed one. i don't like how this discussion is disrupting the thread so i will not longer post here on this subject. but my wall is open for anyone who thinks this pointless discussion needs to be continued.



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’