Microsoft Denies Core Gamers Hated Kinect

[BoredDragon]

He's just trying to play the PR guy. I think he really doesn't like it, but he has to say he does to keep up Microsoft's stocks

 

[rossatdi]

Hatred is probably a strong word but far, far from excitement.

After having experimented with the Wii its a big case of 'yup, that won't be useful for any game I want to play'.

 

[thethingthatlurks]

Yeah...no. Sorry, but every demo of the bloody thing I've ever seen has not convinced me that Kinect is not a worthless, inaccurate, laggy piece of crap.

 

[Bob_F_It]

While motion controls look cool from the outside, there's only so much you can communicate with your body to a 3D camera before a SNES controller is superior. I appreciate the intergration into Mass Effect, I'm sure £99 for a microphone for your games is quite rediculous. (Anyone want to link similar/more expensive microphones that you can plug into a 360?)

As long as they make something a little more....revolutionary as this:

All I'm seeing there is a rail shooter with a light saber, and a rail shooter is effectively what SOCOM4 had to boil down to to accomodate Move. We've got light guns for those.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

*shrug* Whatever you say M$, I'm still waiting for a good killer ap and/or boxing game to come out before I buy it.

 

[The-Epicly-Named-Man]

Personally I think controlling your squad in ME3 with voice commands looks quite cool, but I realise I'm probably in a minority there.

but that could be achieved with a headset, could it not?

Or better yet, with a button press. I'll be honest; I haven't used a Kinect before, but as far as I can see it's only real uses are for party/children's games and gimics, like ME's squad commands or voice controlled dashboard. It seems to me like Kinect should have been on a console on it's own, it would have cut out it's unnecessary inclusion in games it's clearly not designed for. Or they could have just not bothered at all.

Edit: Reading more of the comments, I'm suddenly reminded of all forum posts I read about the other two motion controllers that came out not long ago. It seems nearly everyone has the same opinion on this as well. In other words: for the past 5 years the internet has been like a broken record.

 

[Ranorak]

As long as they make something a little more....revolutionary as this:

All I'm seeing there is a rail shooter with a light saber, and a rail shooter is effectively what SOCOM4 had to boil down to to accomodate Move. We've got light guns for those.

Exactly, it's a rail-saber game.
AKA the only input you have is swinging a light saber.
The storm troopers walk towards you like Lemmings, just waiting to get hit.

I always wondered how they were going to integrate walking into the games.
Nintendo still had it's control stick, but I do wonder how Kintect is going to register strafing to the left while you're shooting at a enemy.
Or do we all have to learn to do the moonwalk?

 

[Aelrath]

It's not that i hate the kinect itself, i hate the idea of it. I bloody hate the idea of moving for a game, and do not believe it will ever be as precise as using a controller or keyboard, and you will never be able to do as many commands in as short a time. I want to be in complete control of my game and moving does not help that. HOWEVER for those who liek dancing (not me) go ahead and get it.

 

[Nightvalien]

so i guess that box full of dog shit i sent them never got there, oh well i can always try again later.

 

[Crowser]

I like to eat my snot. All males like to eat their own snot. See, I am a male, I've been one for a long time, so I'm proof that all males like to eat their own snot.

See, I can do it too Microsoft!

 

[Metal Brother]

Interesting timing - one of my Facebook friends (who is as hardcore a gamer as anyone i know) posted this as his status about a minute before I saw this article:

Xbox Kinect is indeed a great add-on for my Xbox 360

Say what you will...

 

[OliverTwist72]

To be honest, the one time I played a Kinect it was fun. Other than that it was too gimmicky to want to play more than once or twice, and also I would never want to play it alone. I also would never spend money on the thing.

Is it fun? Yes. Would it collect dust after the novelty wears off? Yes. Which for me is about 2-3 hours.

 

[Scabadus]

There's a big difference between 'activly hating Kinect' and 'thinking Kinect's a bit wierd and not wanting it in core games.' It's similar to how "hardcore gamers" feel about the Wii (flameshield up!): there's no point hating it when you can just not buy the thing, but Nintendo still aren't making any money out of the people who aren't quite convinced.

EDIT: I just realised....

As long as they make something a little more....revolutionary as this:

I'm all up for potential and the genius that might be uncovered with Kinect gaming.
But they'd have to do better then this.

Please tell me that was NOT a Trade Federation main battle tank fighting alongside the stormtroopers on Naboo? Please? Somebody?! (Edit edit: Nope that was definetely a droid starfighter at the beginning. Microsoft, we need to talk.....)

 

[Im Nightmare]

People only hate the kinect cause Microsoft has tossed core gamers aside for a quick money grab.

Also it has 1 good game.

 

[SoopaSte123]

Oh, Microsoft... go ahead, just keep putting your fingers in your ears and going "LA LA LA LA LA LA!" and maybe all your competition will just disappear.

 

[Hungry Donner]

I'm sure there are some "core gamers" (whatever that means) that enjoy the Kinect and some that don't, pointing to a few individuals on either side and saying that proves your point is disingenuous.

And just because some "core gamers" enjoy games on the Kinect doesn't mean that "hardcore" games are suited to the device. One can enjoy a wide range of genres, but that doesn't mean all of those genres can utilize motion capture well.

I wouldn't say I "hated" the Kinect. It just doesn't suit my tastes. I've no problem with it's existence, I can see the appeal for other people, and I'm outright impressed with some of the uses it's been put to.

Doesn't mean I'd buy one, or consider it for gaming.

I feel the same way. The Kinect is an impressive piece of hardware, but that doesn't mean I want to play games that involve jumping around waving my arms about.

 

[dday4you]

slow clap : clap.....clap......clap.......
oh good, my slow clap function still works
so microsoft is just gonna ignore the people who arent intrested in kinect?
way to pretend something doesnt exist

 

[pandasaw]

As long as they make something a little more....revolutionary as this:

All I'm seeing there is a rail shooter with a light saber, and a rail shooter is effectively what SOCOM4 had to boil down to to accomodate Move. We've got light guns for those.

Exactly, it's a rail-saber game.
AKA the only input you have is swinging a light saber.
The storm troopers walk towards you like Lemmings, just waiting to get hit.

I always wondered how they were going to integrate walking into the games.
Nintendo still had it's control stick, but I do wonder how Kintect is going to register strafing to the left while you're shooting at a enemy.
Or do we all have to learn to do the moonwalk?

Actually, the game is not on rails. Oh, it is really linear, but the player actually controls where he/she moves. I thought it was strange that Microsoft did not make it clear that this was not an on rails game. They did the same thing with the Fable: the Journey demo. That was only an on rails segment to a game where the player controls where they are going in the world. Microsoft should have made this clear during the press conference.

 

[WouldYouKindly]

I love how they can tell us we didn't hate it. How it's being used doesn't appeal to me. What we were shown was just rail shooters, kiddie games, and a voice command thing we could do with a head set, why would we be excited?