I just got to play on Kinect!

madmonkey

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I Just tried out Kinect on a n xbox 360 slim,

it was being demoed in Argos store near where I live, i went in to buy Castlevania so got to try it out.

I played the game, where you are in an inflatable raft going down some rapids.

and it sucked.

it was unresponsive, to the state where it missed a lot of my movements, and the movements it did recognise were delayed by about half a second.

all you had to do was step left or right, to adjust your weight on the raft, which was supposed to turn it, and jump.

i finished the level, but i didn't get too many of the stars.

I found you have to move about half a second before you actually need to, or your character slams in the walls.

i asked the MS guy that was representing it, if it was working properly, and he said, it wasn't detecting my movements that accurately because I am too tall. I am only 6 foot tall, so bigger people could have problems.

The Kinetic itself was on a table, with a TV and it was at the bottom of the TV so was at about waist height, which could explain why it wasn't tracking me properly.

Over all, it was a laggier shinier version of an eyetoy. The graphics were obviously quite good, but it just wasn't responsive enough to make it that fun, if it was a game that required more actions, it would of really struggled today.

the REP said they are demonstrating it in a lot of Argos stores in the UK, so if you are near one, check it out and you might get to play it yourself.
 
was really looking forward to it but i did have my doubts. would you say it was better than the wii?
 
My mate has pre ordered it, I will **** myself if it's **** because it's all he ever goes on about.
 
was really looking forward to it but i did have my doubts. would you say it was better than the wii?


its a different kind of experience than the Wii and i only got a little bit of time with it, but the game I played had a lot less too it than a normal Wii game, I would think there must be more deeper games for it. If there isn't it will really struggle.
 
I personally am not going to buy it.

But to the height thing, doesnt that have to do with distance from the TV, height of the TV and positioning of the sensor? So the height thing could be counteracted although you may be a little far from the TV.
 
I personally am not going to buy it.

But to the height thing, doesnt that have to do with distance from the TV, height of the TV and positioning of the sensor? So the height thing could be counteracted although you may be a little far from the TV.


yeah it could well be, i was only about 1 metre away from it, as it was in a little enclosure in the store.
 
hoping one of my friends gets it so I can see it as I don't have the space nor the money to risk on something that might not be that good
 
Microsoft Kinect, Playstation Move...

All unnecessary, ****** gimmicks. I'll be playing on a pad forever.
 
Yeah, can't be bothered with that. I play games to relax, I don't want to have to expend all that energy, like, standing up!
 
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