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Mr Puggsly on 29 April 2013
Otakumegane said:

They will have to surpass that barrier of uncanny-ness if this is going to work.

 

I'm not sure what the point of that video is. Kinda just a long winded way of saying Kinect doesn't work well with all games. But does it need to?

At the end of the video he says something along the lines of games may not use full body motion devices well. But at launch the Kinect demonstrated to be great for some genres.

It seems like people like to shit on Kinect for not bring great with all genres.



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Chark on 29 April 2013
Otakumegane said:

They will have to surpass that barrier of uncanny-ness if this is going to work.

 


I really enjoyed that video. It is a very good analysis of control schemes and why there are issues. It kind of reminds me of how many feel about the transition from 2D to 3D graphics. Some early 3D games didn't do a good job. There were camera angles, new control inputs, more graphics to represent and therefor some quality degraded. But then you had really great use of 3D graphics and over time new tactics were used and tweaked and now we have very sophisticated 3D graphic games.

It could easily be the same with controller-less motion controls, but early on, devs are trying to recreate the precision and standard of current games or taking the first steps into new concepts that just don't translate into good games yet.



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Jega on 29 April 2013
Chark said:
Otakumegane said:

They will have to surpass that barrier of uncanny-ness if this is going to work.

 


I really enjoyed that video. It is a very good analysis of control schemes and why there are issues. It kind of reminds me of how many feel about the transition from 2D to 3D graphics. Some early 3D games didn't do a good job. There were camera angles, new control inputs, more graphics to represent and therefor some quality degraded. But then you had really great use of 3D graphics and over time new tactics were used and tweaked and now we have very sophisticated 3D graphic games.

It could easily be the same with controller-less motion controls, but early on, devs are trying to recreate the precision and standard of current games or taking the first steps into new concepts that just don't translate into good games yet.

Good points.



ironmanDX on 29 April 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Otakumegane said:

They will have to surpass that barrier of uncanny-ness if this is going to work.

 

It seems like people like to shit on Kinect for not bring great with all genres.


I thought everyone was used to the anti-ms ways of VGC.



Mr Puggsly on 29 April 2013
ironmanDX said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Otakumegane said:

They will have to surpass that barrier of uncanny-ness if this is going to work.

 

It seems like people like to shit on Kinect for not bring great with all genres.


I thought everyone was used to the anti-ms ways of VGC.

Yeah, I know. They just shit on Kinect because its a MS product. I'm thinking too much.



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oniyide on 29 April 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
ironmanDX said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Otakumegane said:

They will have to surpass that barrier of uncanny-ness if this is going to work.

 

It seems like people like to shit on Kinect for not bring great with all genres.


I thought everyone was used to the anti-ms ways of VGC.

Yeah, I know. They just shit on Kinect because its a MS product. I'm thinking too much.

Yeah because people LOVE wiimote and Move around these parts. Please, if they are shitting on it, it is because it is a motion device. Which some around here dont care about. I like Kinect for stuff like dancing(hell of alot better than the other two) and things like Kinect Sports which i enjoyed. Anything else i pass. Anyone thought it was going to do "core" gaming even remotely well. Was a fool. 

OT i doubt it. They kind of got people really excited last time, because it was something different. Even if Kinect 2 is better, which i dont doubt, its not different so its not going to be as exciting. I dont see people shelling out 400 plus for a better Kinect. Its kind of like why Wii us arent flying of the shelf. Its nothing new, tablets have been around for a while. 



scottie on 29 April 2013

Just like Kinect 1 was the killer app for the 360?

Oh wait...

 

With all the next-gen news blitz, I completely forgot about the importance of Kinect.

Here are my top 5 reasons why I think Kinect 1.0 will be the killer App for Xbox 360.

1.Kinect will make even multiplatform games better on Xbox 360.

2.Kinect will work alongside the standard gaming controller.

3.Younger gamers will be attracted to Kinect 1.0 resulting in toy-like sales (millions upon millions of units) for Xbox 360.

4.A hardcore game using only Kinect 1.0 could be an industry changing experience.

5.You can only experience Kinect 1.0 on Xbox 360.



bigCchris on 29 April 2013

If kinect 2.0 fails then they could always give this a try 

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/29/4281228/microsoft-illumiroom-table-projector-for-next-xbox



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Porcupine_I on 29 April 2013

i hope Microsoft is getting everything behind Kinect 2.0! I relly do!



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the2real4mafol on 29 April 2013

Nah i don't really like Kinect, it hasn't done anything good for gaming. I still see it a gimmick and Microsoft should focus on games for their traditional controller. Controller free is something technology can't do to well, right now



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