I PLAYED Kinect!

So me and my friends were walking downtown today when we noticed Microsoft rented out a building for a kinect showing. Having nothing to do we went in to test it out.

What was there:
Kinect Sports
Kinect Adventures
Kinectimals
Kinect Racing
Kinect Fit (?)
Kinect Dancing game

Alright, so heres how it went:
Kinect's games were clearly casual - so significantly that I dont remember any console game with a controller being this casual. Nothing was deep in any way.

Bowling almost played itself when you actually aligned to the 'purposely angled camera' (Came in 3rd in the tourny for the entire night, Dr. Awesome).

Kinect Adventures - we had the most fun with this one actually. It wasnt deep, and it probably wont have any lasting appeal, but we played it twice and I accidently smacked my friend across the face thinking we were further apart (based on the characters on screen).

Kinectimals - no, you cant kick the tiger. You cant beat him, you cant do anything harmful. Most of the actions didnt make sense and the only things we did that worked were purposely acting retarded or gay Jazz hands seemed to make the tiger do a 2 legged stand for some reason.

Kinect Racing - dry humping the air makes you go faster. The controls were very strange some times, with turning not being as precise as it should be.

Kinect fit - didnt play

Kinect Dancing game - We got half way through funky town before stopping. We just felt retarded to be honest - didnt help that we sucked at the game. We got points for actions not even close to what we were supposed to do - and our timing was just awful on top of that.

Kinect Sports - Bowling I mentioned - but it was nowhere near as bad as ping pong. You really had little control over where the ball goes or the power. completely missing the ball still counted as a hit - and sometimes swinging way too early worked too. Some motions werent even registered.

Kinect - It was laggy, buggy, and very very imprecise. The cursor would have some acceleration and great lag - so just accessing the menu was broken sometimes. It would often mistake my friends hand for mine when they went to close and the cursor would jitter around the place. Im sure we all predicted this.

Overall its heavily casual, imprecise, laggy, and not very efficient. Its not hypable - and there doesnt seem to be many hard core uses for it. That said, we had some fun with it but we dont expect the fun to last long.

Ps. Oreo cakesters suck.

I'm sorry you had to endure that




:P

I'm interested to see how this fairs closer to release. No doubt sales will rocket though :(

I call BS

Unless you post pics from cell phones and can proof it I CALL BS!!!!!!

Kinectimals - no, you cant kick the tiger. You cant beat him, you cant do anything harmful.

bloodlust_101

You wouldn't beat a tiger in real life

So, it's good to hear they added a bit of realism to the game :P

I wouldn't be shocked with 3 million sales before the end of the year, but I WOULD be surprised to see a number much higher than that for all of 2011.

I call BS

Unless you post pics from cell phones and can proof it I CALL BS!!!!!!

MortgageMan007

and the damage control bout kinect begins again...one thing in common with most previews have been the input lag itself being a hinderane of the product.

my sincere sympathy for going through all that and having the courage to play that crappy eyetoy 2.5

LOL, well congratulations. Just one question. Did you manage to pull off one of these by any chance?:P

I call BS

Unless you post pics from cell phones and can proof it I CALL BS!!!!!!

MortgageMan007

Of course YOU do. I beileve him. It sounds right.

You know those commercials for pharmaceuticals that have a disclaimer that's longer than the rest of the commercial?

I'm expecting Kinect to kind of be like that.

I call BS

Unless you post pics from cell phones and can proof it I CALL BS!!!!!!

MortgageMan007

He was probably playing behind closed doors. You could get sued if you took pictures of a big thing like Kinect.

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I call BS

Unless you post pics from cell phones and can proof it I CALL BS!!!!!!

jkhd831

Of course YOU do. I beileve him. It sounds right.

This thread got replies fast. Ill answer any questions. Sorry no pictures - I didnt think I would have posted about it online so I didnt bother. If you want proof, I live in Toronto Ontario - Canada. Its along Yonge Street just around Eatons Center, South of Queen Station on the yonge line IIRC. Check it out. It wasnt closed doors. Yes, I suppose it is realistic to not kick a tiger - however there was very little I could actually do unless I acted gay for some reason. Iron Creed - yes I did manage to. All I did was turn around on Kinect Adventures when you control the stupid dinosaurs for some reason. I saw a little kid play kinectimals and I tried to convince him to attempt to beat the tiger. He didnt. He seemed to know what he was doing for the most part, but even though he clearly bounced the ball back to the tiger it didnt register.bloodlust_101

Lame, I was planning on shooting up to Toronto today, but got roped into a wedding... I would have much preferred to try out Kinect.

Everyone knows Kinects hardware is garbage compared to Move. Their going to know the games as simple and easy as possible so casuals can have fun and not notice the lag and inaccurate controls.Keiji993

Iron Creed - yes I did manage to. All I did was turn around on Kinect Adventures when you control the stupid dinosaurs for some reason. I saw a little kid play kinectimals and I tried to convince him to attempt to beat the tiger. He didnt. He seemed to know what he was doing for the most part, but even though he clearly bounced the ball back to the tiger it didnt register.bloodlust_101

LOL:lol: Kudo would be proud. I was merely trying to be funny, but I am really not surprised. I would not want Kinect if it was given to me. I would just turn around and throw it on Ebay for profit.

[QUOTE="bloodlust_101"]This thread got replies fast. Ill answer any questions. Sorry no pictures - I didnt think I would have posted about it online so I didnt bother. If you want proof, I live in Toronto Ontario - Canada. Its along Yonge Street just around Eatons Center, South of Queen Station on the yonge line IIRC. Check it out. It wasnt closed doors. Yes, I suppose it is realistic to not kick a tiger - however there was very little I could actually do unless I acted gay for some reason. Iron Creed - yes I did manage to. All I did was turn around on Kinect Adventures when you control the stupid dinosaurs for some reason. I saw a little kid play kinectimals and I tried to convince him to attempt to beat the tiger. He didnt. He seemed to know what he was doing for the most part, but even though he clearly bounced the ball back to the tiger it didnt register.lundy86_4

Lame, I was planning on shooting up to Toronto today, but got roped into a wedding... I would have much preferred to try out Kinect.

Theres more days to play it. I believe I saw tourny's registered all the way up till mid november, so it seems they are planning on staying there for a while.bloodlust_101

Awesome. I might consider giving it a try on a day off from school. I need to do some shopping anyway :P

Thanks for the info.

[QUOTE="bloodlust_101"] Iron Creed - yes I did manage to. All I did was turn around on Kinect Adventures when you control the stupid dinosaurs for some reason. I saw a little kid play kinectimals and I tried to convince him to attempt to beat the tiger. He didnt. He seemed to know what he was doing for the most part, but even though he clearly bounced the ball back to the tiger it didnt register.ironcreed

LOL:lol: Kudo would be proud. I was merely trying to be funny, but I am really not surprised. I would not want Kinect if it was given to me. I would just turn around and throw it on Ebay for profit.

Maybe thats why he was hoping to do it on kinnect? I was hoping kinnectnimals was something like this

[QUOTE="bloodlust_101"]

Kinectimals - no, you cant kick the tiger. You cant beat him, you cant do anything harmful.

Raymundo_Manuel

You wouldn't beat a tiger in real life

So, it's good to hear they added a bit of realism to the game :P

[QUOTE="bloodlust_101"] Theres more days to play it. I believe I saw tourny's registered all the way up till mid november, so it seems they are planning on staying there for a while.lundy86_4

Awesome. I might consider giving it a try on a day off from school. I need to do some shopping anyway :P

Thanks for the info.

Maybe thats why he was hoping to do it on kinnect? I was hoping kinnectnimals was something like this

You wouldn't beat a tiger in real life

So, it's good to hear they added a bit of realism to the game :P

elchiquilin

Haha, well the little tiger annoyed us really, we couldnt pet it, we couldnt talk to it, we couldnt even abuse it. All we could do was gay poses and jazz hands. Also, after every game (except sports) it shows you pictures of you playing. Its pretty bad. You can see that the camera isnt running at a decently fast framerate, this is probably what causes some of the lag and miscalculations in game. If this is the case theres going to be no real quick fix - and your going to be having a hard time in even a moderately lit home.

Kinectimals - the only time you'll be able to do Jazz hands infront of a tiger without getting mauled. :P Kinect sounds so lame.

Its a good experience for the architecture alone to be honest. Thats 1 of the reasons we even entered. My class has an architecture project and shockingly the interior looked along the lines of what we were planning (Just.. less microsofty). Im sure that most (all) of you wont share the same feelings for that though, haha. The time we were there was between 6 and 9, thats when the tourny took place. Not sure if its open all day or just on tourny days, tourny times.bloodlust_101

I'm presuming they have some sort of booth? it would be kind of cool to see, and i've been wanting to try out Kinect for some hands-on experience.

Kinectimals - the only time you'll be able to do Jazz hands infront of a tiger without getting mauled. :P Kinect sounds so lame.

WhenCicadasCry

[QUOTE="bloodlust_101"] Its a good experience for the architecture alone to be honest. Thats 1 of the reasons we even entered. My class has an architecture project and shockingly the interior looked along the lines of what we were planning (Just.. less microsofty). Im sure that most (all) of you wont share the same feelings for that though, haha. The time we were there was between 6 and 9, thats when the tourny took place. Not sure if its open all day or just on tourny days, tourny times.lundy86_4

I'm presuming they have some sort of booth? it would be kind of cool to see, and i've been wanting to try out Kinect for some hands-on experience.

I wouldn't be shocked with 3 million sales before the end of the year, but I WOULD be surprised to see a number much higher than that for all of 2011.

RandomWinner

Why does everyone assume this will be a gigantic hit in sales ? this isn't nintendo were talking about, after the first review and complaints of it's lagpeople will run from it.

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I wouldn't be shocked with 3 million sales before the end of the year, but I WOULD be surprised to see a number much higher than that for all of 2011.

static197

Why does everyone assume this will be a gigantic hit in sales ? this isn't nintendo were talking about, after the first review and complaints of it's lagpeople will run from it.

You have too much faith in customers. MS will no doubt maintain an expensive ad campaign, and impulse/need-based/loyal shoppers will help bolster the sales.

Not everybody is as informed as the general gaming community on forums etc.

It's amazing when people overhype add-ons that don't really add onto the value of what already is there.

Hence: Wiimote > Move > Kinect on that scale.

Kinect Racing - dry humping the air makes you go faster.

bloodlust_101

Day 1 purchase.

Kinect Adventures - we had the most fun with this one actually. It wasnt deep, and it probably wont have any lasting appeal, but we played it twice and I accidently smacked my friend across the face thinking we were further apart (based on the characters on screen).bloodlust_101

If true I don't understand why you would put yourself through every game, and for that matter do you seriously expect us to believe you had the opportunity to play all of those games? you must have picked a very quiet demo booth with nobody keeping an eye on it...

I call BS

Unless you post pics from cell phones and can proof it I CALL BS!!!!!!

[QUOTE="bloodlust_101"]

Day 1 purchase.

Twin-Blade

[QUOTE="bloodlust_101"]Kinect Adventures - we had the most fun with this one actually. It wasnt deep, and it probably wont have any lasting appeal, but we played it twice and I accidently smacked my friend across the face thinking we were further apart (based on the characters on screen).KingTuttle

If true I don't understand why you would put yourself through every game, and for that matter do you seriously expect us to believe you had the opportunity to play all of those games? you must have picked a very quiet demo booth with nobody keeping an eye on it...

SapSacPrime

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If true I don't understand why you would put yourself through every game, and for that matter do you seriously expect us to believe you had the opportunity to play all of those games? you must have picked a very quiet demo booth with nobody keeping an eye on it...

bloodlust_101

You are a braver man than I :P Im just pretending Kinect and Move don't exist (although me and my wife were pestered at a Move booth while we were waiting for somebody :x).

Kinect Racing - dry humping the air makes you go faster.

bloodlust_101