Many Kinect gamers have been waiting the arrival of a hardcore Kinect title since Microsoft launched the device back in November 2010. Well, Kinect fans rejoice! Your first hardcore title will arrive this holiday exclusively for Kinect… at least that’s what we’re going to make you believe because, face it, there are no hardcore titles coming.
Last week, I took a trip to Jersey where I met up with HairGel Games to get an exclusive first look at Jersey Shore: Kinect. Many of you are probably wondering “what in the world is so hardcore about Jersey Shore?” Thankfully, a HairGel rep was there to explain:
“Jersey Shore: Kinect is a unique gaming experience that can’t be matched by any of our competitors peripherals. Our goal with Kinect is to offer a realistic representation of what one can experience at the Jersey Shore. Players can go tanning and workout throughout the day, and at night time go party and get into crazy bar fights. Of course if you wanted to sit on your lazy ass all day and start drama with your roommates, you can do that too.”
Fist Pump For The Win!!
Basically you start off in your beach house with 7 other roommates and you’re free to do as you wish. While you can interact with your roommates and freely roam around your beach house by simply holding your arm straight out in front of you pointing in the direction you want to go, you’ll need to call a cab to get anywhere else on the Shore. A few minutes after calling for a cab, I heard a horn outside and was prompted to say “cab’s here!” to proceed to my destination.
Once I arrived at the club, things got interesting. Some intense funky-fresh track came on as I was prompted to begin. As you can see above, the controls are pretty simple. You raise your hand up and constantly punch thin air for no apparent reason, aka fist pump. That’s it! You don’t get extra points for actually dancing, but the faster you pump, the more points you rack up. Awesome! Just make sure not to accidentally hit anything or anyone while playing. We all know how crazy and dangerous fist pumping is.
After I got done getting my groove on and showing those ripped orange gangsters my swagger, I decided it was time to go tanning. Yes, tanning! In Jersey Shore Kinect You can unofficially get orange without the need of baking your flesh! The great thing about tanning is that I was able to take a quick nap and rack up an insane amount of points. Mostly because how you play is just like in real life, which, as the developer explained, is “their goal”. All you need to do is simply lay flat on your back anywhere that Kinect can track you… and wait. Then wait some more… then a little bit more. Basically, until you’re tired of laying down.
You can also choose from a variety of tanning lotions, which felt very pointless since you can’t see your character. But hey, they wanted that realistic representation, and they’re going for it! After about 30 minutes of tanning, my back started to ache but I was able to get my first Jersey Shore achievement.
Speaking of achievements, while the game is still a little ways off, HairGel decided to share a few achievements that the game offers to give us a sneak peak of what’s in store for gamers this holiday.
One of my favorite achievements shown above is “Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Snook ‘em’s” where you must punch Snooki in the face for a kick-ass 30 gamer points. Some of the other achievements included: “Umpa Lumpa – Tan for 60 consecutive minutes”, “Thick & Sticky – Use an entire bottle of hair gel before heading out to the club” and “Bombs Away: Dodge a grenade at the club and sound the grenade whistle”.
Jersey Shore Kinect also offers 8-person online multiplayer. Gamers from across the world will be placed in a virtual beach house where they can fight, argue, drink, talk about pointless shit and then venture out into the Shore and become superstars. If you’re not excited yet, HairGel also stated they plan on releasing a demo two weeks before launch to show Kinect believers just how hardcore this game really is. Seriously bro, it doesn’t get any more hardcore than this.
As if the game isn’t already enough, you can pick up the Jersey Shore avatar items on XBL right now!!!! Are you ready to party? Check out the official box art for Jersey Shore: Kinect below!
http://www.ripten.com/2011/08/04/jersey-shore-kinect-the-first-hardcore-kinect-title/
