Where does the VG247 community stand on Kinect?
Buying (HELLZ TO TEH YEH TIS DA FUTURES)
Waiting (Killer App/Price drop)
Never (Stupid device iz Stoopid)
I think i'll be getting one when I can afford it. Dance Central looks fun and would be a hoot in Uni. Your Shape also interests me, I could stand to exercise a bit more.
I'm more like "waiting verging on never".
I'm not interested in the current crop of Wii-alike games with middling-to-poor scores and less responsiveness, and with nothing on the horizon I'm very much waiting, and unless I move into something quite a bit bigger soonish then it's a never because I don't have the 6 or 8 feet worth of space Kinect needs.
I know, you heard many times my opinion on this, but i say just politely and simple after playing Kinect at the local gaming shop:
Kinect is a fad and will die fast, industry just don't need it. Games are not enjoyable compared to Wii Sports or Wii games and using menus with arms is ridiculously slow and not comfortable. I see Kinect as a great Fitness device, but thats just it. .
+ i just don't have time for this when there are games like: SC2, D3, WOW:Cataclysm, Guild Wars 2, Firefalls, Call of battlefields with Marvel vs Capcom, with Dead space 2 or Fallout: New Vegas where i spent 90 hours and will play more, Crysis 2, Two Worlds II, Drakensang:TROT, Civilizations with RAges, Killzones, Infamouses, GT5, Dragon Age 2, Portals and many other great games|franchises and i'm glad that i don't have time for Kinect or other fad.
If i will buy one of these gimmicks it will be Move, but only after 3-5 GREAT, not Good, but GREAT games. I'm not missing anything.
+ 3DS is on the horizon and PSP 2. Cayman series from Radeon and e.t.c.
I don't think I can pick any of those options. I mean I'm buying it, but I don't think it's the future... I just know that playing Dance Central with the missus / family will be funny as hell, and I'll likely grab whatever fitness title is good so I can get some random stretching going. :D
Same as Psycho, buying it but without the 'hellz to the whatever'. I'm a gamer, it has some fun games for it, end of story.
Oh, and shut up Erthazus. Don't reply, just shut up.
Waiting. Interested in trying the multiplayer stuff but nothing interests me single player yet - maybe when we get some hybrid games hitting the market (controller + kinect). There needs to be some compelling single player stuff for me to consider a full priced purchase.
The other thing I'm waiting for is my kids to get a bit older. Kinectimals would likely go down a storm with my son in a year or so. A good way to introduce him to gaming :).
The tech is very interesting, but there no games at the moment that justify the price tag in my opinion. That and a distinct lack of space!
Space is something I'd like to try out too. Got plenty of space side to side and no tables in the way, but can't go back so far. Move games can also stipulate similar space requirements (6ft-8ft), but so far have been fine at the lower end of the requirements (~5ft) for single player - they can be more demanding for some multiplayer titles though. Move doesn't really care about your legs either - so aiming the camera down a bit and sitting down on the sofa can help increase your distance too if your space is limited.
@Gadzooks,
"I'm a gamer, it has some fun games for it, end of story."
I'm sure when you played original tetris you thought: I'm playing tetris and i'm a GAMER!!1
"Don't reply"
Sorry, chum, i had to reply to you. :D Don't forget to post yourself playing with kinect :D
When I was playing Pong I was a gamer... when I was playing Space Invaders I was a gamer... when I was playing Pac-Man (yup, you guessed it)... gamer. Tetris, yup, also a gamer. Mostly by virtue of the fact that I was playing a game.
You kids and your pointless image based rules. Go play some CoD or something, you'll be like, totally hardcore. Or is it MAG or Crysis or Counterstrike you need to be classed as hardcore now in the 13-21 age bracket?
@Erthazus
Out of curiosity, do you find it hard to make yourself sound so incredibly stupid or does it come naturally?
I am assuming you intentionally make your posts sound like a head trauma victim mashing his nose into the keyboard, because the thought that someone could actually post what you post, on purpose, without irony, is bloody scary.
"Or is it MAG or Crysis or Counterstrike you need to be classed as hardcore now in the 13-21 age bracket?"
I think behaving like an idiot is a key part of being hardcore. :)
Sounds like maybe hardcore means you are not allowed to have fun. Makes me glad to be just a plain ol' gamer, cos I sure do enjoy me some fun!
"When I was playing Pong I was a gamer... when I was playing Space Invaders I was a gamer... when I was playing Pac-Man (yup, you guessed it)... gamer. Tetris, yup, also a gamer. Mostly by virtue of the fact that I was playing a game."
Reading one book in your life... you are a book worm or e.t.c.? Playing a game does not make you a gamer at all.
@Gadzooks, "Out of curiosity, do you find it hard to make yourself sound so incredibly stupid or does it come naturally?"
after that post i'm sure you are thinking how a smart Troll you are. Nice pompous know it all attitude, i bet you jerk off every five minute and give yourself a high five afterwards. Little 12 year old faggot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqjNZQeM_i4 i saw you there :D pff Justin Bieber fans think they know it all: About 3D with anaglyph glasses :D i can't wait to see when you will buy kinect and will praise it :D
Ugh god... you're utterly clueless. I'm not even going to waste my time replying to any more of your idiocy.
BASED ON A TRUE STORY :)
Once upon a time (yesterday :P) on a cool sunny November afternoon in PA
(That's Pennsylvania for you euros)
I was in Best Buy and I came across a MOVE and NATAL set up that was positioned back to back from one another. There were about 20 people total around this set up. They were switching back and forth to see which was better. For a minute it seemed NATAL had the most people on its side but as the dumb embarrassing Kinect T-shirt wearing Best Buy employee had to navigate through 10 min worth of NATAL sports menus and loading times the crowd became bored and uninterested. It seemed that the glowing balls of the MOVE controllers captured their attention and they quickly shifted to the other side of this head to head tech show off entertainment hub.
As all of this was going on I sat back and watch the crowds eyes follow the glowing balls of the MOVE controller and game play that was happening on the HUGE 52" SONY Bravia TV. They all seemed amazed with smiles of joy on their faces and I couldn't help but wonder that most of them thought this would make a sweet Christmas gift for family and friends. So as I snapped out of that wonderful thought I took a quick glance back at the NATAL set up. An elderly couple had joined that fool with the eXtra medium sized Kinect T-shirt (look like he couldn't breathe I swear it was so tight) and they patiently watched this goof ball wave and hold his hands in place for long enough periods of time to be annoyed to finally get to Kinect Bowling.....(yea I know he chose this instead of that silly river rafting game.....cause we all know no one has played or seen Wii bowling moron)
So as this noob (FINALLY!)gets everything sorted he (waves his hands in the air) calls all the people who have been taking turns at Sports Champion to come and check out bowling on NATAL. As he called the people I noticed his Avatar actually mimicking his gestures rather damn well and I thought to myself this head to head just got taken up a notch baby. The people came back around to the NATAL set up, the people watched him get into form and he lunged at the screen as if he had an imaginary bowling ball in his hand. What happened next left me in awe....the guy knocked down every pin except 1....NATAL WORKED! It really does work. The camera tracked his leg and arm movement pretty dame well. It was impressive I have to say when you seen it in person. BUT!......that's not what left me in AWE....
Some girl in the crowd said out loud "Oh that's just like the wii except without the controller" As soon as she said that everyone jolted back to the other side to grab the MOVE controllers to play....."ping pong" yes you read that right NATAL got dissed by MOVE PING PONG. The only people still left watching the fool with the multi colored rainbow layered Kinect shirt was the old couple and even they were distracted by the neon color balls on the MOVE controller, but I guess the reason why they never came over to the MOVE side was because ultimately they couldn't wrapped their minds around how far technology has come along. I'm pretty sure they wish they had stuff like this when they were in their prime (they looked to be in their late 60's).
It was fun seeing real people react to MOVE vs NATAL head to head finally in person. I tried it and it works but I would be more interested in using NATAL for other things than gaming. The fact that M$ can watch you through this thing is a complete turn off and should creep everyone out. As a matter of fact I even mentioned that to the old couple and as soon as I did they looked at me like I was JESUS Christ in disbelief and walked away disgusted by the thought. So to answer the question by Olineatron....pretty much- "Never (Stupid device iz Stoopid)" ....but I am hearing reports about NATAL being hacked for other purposes lately so like the old saying goes NEVER SAY NATAL...umm I mean NEVER :D
^ And If Natal was on PS3 and move on 360 I give you 10/1 that Teas story would be reversed. ;)
Look no hands compared to M$ silly Wii rip off.
"Ugh god... you're utterly clueless. I'm not even going to waste my time replying to any more of your idiocy. "
Because you are stupid casual gamer. Go on and enjoy kinect. Stop trolling the entire motion control threads. If someone saying that kinect sucks than let it be.
"I played pong than i'm a gamer". Ok, cool, you can jerk off and think that you are a hardcore gamer or the next christ. Everyone knows that "Video gamer": A person who enjoys playing video games. But the type of gamers is another story.
Types of video gamers: Casual gamer, Hardcore Gamer, Pro Gamer, Newbie and e.t.c. Don't know what is it? Go and read wikipedia.
Go and fuck yourself at kinectimals, we are all happy that you are going to buy a shitty Eye Toy 2.0. My opinion was first of all posted not to you. Retard.
*bangs his head off the wall*
Oh I see you've gone and edit your comment O'Connor. too bad I didn't copy it in time but said something like this for the people who may have missed it.
"Keep it up and good members will be gone from this site because of TEA and Erthazus". Thats close enough what you said and oh you're gonna make your leave permanent....hahahahhahahaha yea right like that could ever be possible. You're a troll and you love to start shit and add your useless opinion whenever possible.
Your comment before that now states you're banging your big ass head (with a wannabe be solid snake bandanna wrapped around it im sure) had nothing to do with the topic of this thread. You simply read my post about NATAL and got monkey rage and posted off the topic shit showing how much I skull fuck you every min of the day lucky charms. Why change your comment coward! HUH?!
As I said to you before you walking cum sack if you have an issue with me deal with it here http://www.vg247.com/forum/topic.php?id=1382#post-12958
Simpleton.
I simply posted it in the other (more relevant) thread instead.
Calling other users "walking cum sack"s is apparently acceptable behaviour. That says it all to me, to be honest. I feel sorry for your daughter, having to be raised by a petty, vitriolic egotist like yourself. She deserves better.
*logs out*
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I might well get Kinect if Child Of Eden works well on it but other than that I am a bit of a sucker for gadgets...providing they work :)
@elronathon God bless you mate. You finally brought back some sense to this thread.
@Erthazus
Oh, i see. So not only are you stupid, ignorant and foulmouthed but you are a homophobe too.
/golfclap
The two most hated trolls on this site on the same page =\
Fairly sure names do not need to be mentioned, seems obvious to me...
Back to topic, Although Kinect looks to be fun (the very origin of modern gaming), i can't see myself enjoying it for more than a week, had the same problem with the eyetoy, the difference is $150 though... Not to mention lack of room & the general style of games do not fit my taste & despite MS promises, i doubt that we'll ever see a 'hardcore' game for kinect.
i'm like you crysis with regards to this although when you say we'll never see a hardcore game, wouldnt you class a series like "steel battalion" as hardcore?
Directly... Im not buying it, i dont liked it, as i dont liked Wii anyway and dont liked PS Move...
Im not interested in those things...
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