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toadslayer72 on 01 February 2011
ramses01 said:
toadslayer72 said:
SpartenOmega117 said:

i dont know how they will do a 1st person shooter on kinect. maybe make it on rails?

As has been mentioned already in this thread, it would most likely be a hybrid. I haven't heard of MS saying anything about making hybrids though, most likely not to confuse their initial target audience. They come with all this "you are the controller" stuff so casuals think it's magic and then as more and more waves of games come out there are more games that are an attempt to reach the core 360 users. Makes sense to me.
 I think things like voice commands and head tracking are pretty much a given. Even throwing nades or maybe deploying equipment like a bubble shield would work too.

There are fully functional FPS hacks out for Kinect already.

I'm aware of some of the hacks, it's been discussed here a few times actually, http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=123089&page=1&str=219472831# and I think they are cool. 

I'm just saying I haven't heard of MS talk about it and I can understand why IF they haven't.



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liu777 on 01 February 2011

No, please no.



toadslayer72 on 01 February 2011
liu777 said:

No, please no.

Just curious, why would you be so against a hybrid Halo game that would allow optional Kinect controls? 



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Darth Tigris on 01 February 2011
Reasonable said:

This was obviously going to happen.  MS would be crazy not to try and leverage the Halo brand to Kinect.

I doubt - unless they're really, really keen on Kinect above anything else - that any Halo Kinect title would be a main series entry unless Kinect was only an optional control option.  But I just can't see MS risking tarnishing Halo franchise with anything that risks the core audience.

More likely we'll see a spin off or extension title tailored to Kinect interface.  Could well feature the Master Chief for maximum impact, but I doubt it'll be a full FPS just using Kinect.  It'll be some form of hybrid or if solely using Kinect either an FPS on rails or something more suited to gesture based commands.


Dead on.

Personally I think the original take on the cancelled Halo Chronicles from Wingnut Interactive (remember them, lol) would fit a Kinect project.  It was supposedly a cinematic experience that wasn't quite Heavy Rain or quite typical FPS.  It'd could be cool.

The bigger question for me is, if this is actually an in-development game and not just grabbing up a domain, when will it be officially announced?  E3 this year or later?



Darth Tigris on 01 February 2011
toadslayer72 said:
liu777 said:

No, please no.

Just curious, why would you be so against a hybrid Halo game that would allow optional Kinect controls? 


I personally think that with the current 360 controller it is cumbersome to remove even one hand from it during an action sequence.  If it was a single hand controller that would be a different story.  So I think it would feel awkward and forced.



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thranx on 01 February 2011
Darth Tigris said:
toadslayer72 said:
liu777 said:

No, please no.

Just curious, why would you be so against a hybrid Halo game that would allow optional Kinect controls? 


I personally think that with the current 360 controller it is cumbersome to remove even one hand from it during an action sequence.  If it was a single hand controller that would be a different story.  So I think it would feel awkward and forced.

Voice controls? Head tracking, upperbody tracking? It doesn't just track hands you know



thranx on 01 February 2011
toadslayer72 said:
SpartenOmega117 said:

i dont know how they will do a 1st person shooter on kinect. maybe make it on rails?

As has been mentioned already in this thread, it would most likely be a hybrid. I haven't heard of MS saying anything about making hybrids though, most likely not to confuse their initial target audience. They come with all this "you are the controller" stuff so casuals think it's magic and then as more and more waves of games come out there are more games that are an attempt to reach the core 360 users. Makes sense to me.
 I think things like voice commands and head tracking are pretty much a given. Even throwing nades or maybe deploying equipment like a bubble shield would work too.

"What we haven't really talked about, but exist, are hybrid games." Kinect Director Alex Kipman

http://xbox360.gamespy.com/articles/113/1132439p1.html



toadslayer72 on 01 February 2011
thranx said:
toadslayer72 said:
SpartenOmega117 said:

i dont know how they will do a 1st person shooter on kinect. maybe make it on rails?

As has been mentioned already in this thread, it would most likely be a hybrid. I haven't heard of MS saying anything about making hybrids though, most likely not to confuse their initial target audience. They come with all this "you are the controller" stuff so casuals think it's magic and then as more and more waves of games come out there are more games that are an attempt to reach the core 360 users. Makes sense to me.
 I think things like voice commands and head tracking are pretty much a given. Even throwing nades or maybe deploying equipment like a bubble shield would work too.

"What we haven't really talked about, but exist, are hybrid games." Kinect Director Alex Kipman

http://xbox360.gamespy.com/articles/113/1132439p1.html

Yeah I thought there was the possibility of it being mentioned somewhere, just not being touted.



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Rpruett on 01 February 2011
Darth Tigris said:
toadslayer72 said:
liu777 said:

No, please no.

Just curious, why would you be so against a hybrid Halo game that would allow optional Kinect controls? 


I personally think that with the current 360 controller it is cumbersome to remove even one hand from it during an action sequence.  If it was a single hand controller that would be a different story.  So I think it would feel awkward and forced.

I agree.  I really think the 'hybrid' games will be passively or more gimmicky hybrid (Like moving your shoulders or head to do certain things)  versus actually removing a hand from the controller and throwing a grenade.   Or Microsoft is developing peripherals in a similar vein as the Playstation Move to couple with the Kinect.  Which if the latter is the case then the possibilities expand greatly IMO. 



yo_john117 on 01 February 2011

Will be interesting to see what they come up with.  Halo Wars 2 with Kinect support would be most prime.