Why do all game sites keep gushing over Kinect's voice commands?

[lilshawn]

I think it will have to be a decent title, considering the franchise and the control it's owners have over the products bearing it's name.

I just learned that Kinect Star Wars has a dance mode entitled "Galactic Dance Off". What a great idea.

 

[BurgerKingDiamond]

man that is gay

[Malenko]

Yes, I've played a few games. They all sucked. I haven't, unfortunately, played Dance Central, but I have no doubt that it is fun.

I cant be bothered to go through 13 pages, which games did you play?

I have a Kinect.
Kinect Adventures is still in the shrink wrap.
Fruit Ninja is well...... fruit ninja, silly fun.
Dance Central 2 is pretty neat. I look like a total ---uvula--- dancing, and yes I even close the curtains so the neighbors cant see me but its a pretty good work out.
Kinect Sports Season 2 its not bad. Skiiing is weaksauce, and my GF is much better at baseball than me but it was worth picking up for ~$40 used. I like the golf the best.
Still have yet to redeem the free download for the GunStringer.

Overall Im not displeased with the purchase and while none of the games are awesome to me (Fruit ninja is close!) my GF really likes it, and Im hoping they have some more games that I'll find interesting. I would love it if they'd release some shooters on it (like Virtua Cop)

[shmokes]

The pack-in game. I think it's Kinect Sports. The newest in the Just Dance series . . . 3 I think. And another that is escaping me for the moment, but I'll think of it.

I was surpriced at how pronounced the lag is in Kinect Sports.

[lilshawn]

it was worth picking up for ~$40 used.

it's in the $10 and under bin at my gamestop.  still passed

[versapak]

it was worth picking up for ~$40 used.

it's in the $10 and under bin at my gamestop.  still passed

http://www.gamestop.com/xbox-360/games/kinect-sports-season-2/91411

 

I personally think the first one was much better, but at $10, passing on a game like that means you just don't like kinect period.

[lilshawn]

it was worth picking up for ~$40 used.

it's in the $10 and under bin at my gamestop.  still passed

http://www.gamestop.com/xbox-360/games/kinect-sports-season-2/91411

 

I personally think the first one was much better, but at $10, passing on a game like that means you just don't like kinect period.

i'm too fat for that stuff. I tried "hole in the wall" yeah i'm too fat for that! 

[Nephasth]

it was worth picking up for ~$40 used.

it's in the $10 and under bin at my gamestop.  still passed

http://www.gamestop.com/xbox-360/games/kinect-sports-season-2/91411

 

I personally think the first one was much better, but at $10, passing on a game like that means you just don't like kinect period.

i'm too fat for that stuff. I tried "hole in the wall" yeah i'm too fat for that! 

bigshawn?

[lilshawn]

bigshawn?

yes...yes, that's the joke of my nickname. 

actually when I went to school there was another older kid named Shawn that nobody liked, so they often asked their parents if Shawn could come over to and they where like "ugh no!, I hate that kid." then they would be like "no, little Shawn" then they would be like "Oh yah that's cool! no prob." It just kinda stuck.

now it's just ironic. since i'm almost 6 foot and about 280 some lbs...and don't fit through syrofoam cut-outs of people in awkward positions.

now, if I was on the actual show, I could just stand there and bust my own hole in the wall. ain't no syrofoam gon' knock me down!

[jfunk]

Not to resurrect this painful thread, but if you ENJOY Kinect, you should check out Double Fine's Happy Action Theater...  It definitely does some things with Kinect that haven't been done before.  ESPECIALLY fun for kids...  Yes, it's more of a big set of demos than a real game, per se...  But my girls love it

Just wish you could record/upload videos from it 

[ahofle]

man that is gay

The "Awesome" and "Great" on Boba Fett's crotch doesn't help either.

[danny_galaga]

Has anyone tried Steel Battalion yet? I'm not sure what the point of a kinnect version is without that awesome controller from the original, but maybe there's something in it...

[shmokes]

Maybe they'll have a Mech controlled with an interface like the one Tom Cruise uses in Minority Report. That sounds like it could be pretty badass (caveat, this just now popped into my head and I've given it no real thought).

[ark_ader]

Maybe they'll have a Mech controlled with an interface like the one Tom Cruise uses in Minority Report. That sounds like it could be pretty badass (caveat, this just now popped into my head and I've given it no real thought).

[shmokes]

Lol . . . not so much.

"If my intention cannot translate reliably into the game each and every time I make an input, I'm not playing a game. I'm fingerpainting."

"Were you trying to switch to the wrong ammo type by attempting to press the small button on the dashboard? No? Well, that’s too bad, because that’s what you just accidentally selected. Did you want close the shutter on the hole that lets you look out of your [mech]? No? Well, you’ve got to now, because you’re grabbing it and there’s no way to cancel the action. OK, it’s closed. Now just reach back up and reopen it so y-- oops, you were just exploded by a missile."

"I don't know how many times I've reached for a button and ended up pulling down the periscope instead or somehow managed to fill the cockpit with smoke because it interpreted my movement incorrectly. My constant arm flailing left me feeling like a crazy person trying to activate my non-existent superpowers."

[danny_galaga]

I'd say I can get the "gesture success rate" to 90%. You know what my "button success rate" is with every game ever? 99.9%. The .1% is when I spill a martini on the controller and stand up screaming "Aw ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, there goes perfectly good gin," and accidentally hit "B" by mistake.

 

Well, that's a pass then. Pity, it LOOKS nice...