Someone smack him back to earth. I don't hate kinnect, but it really doesn't make sense for hardcore games. It will be near impossible to replace a controler with a kinnect, and literaly impossible to replace the good old mouse and keyboard with the kinnect.Logan Westbrook said:
Microsoft Denies Core Gamers Hated Kinect
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I know that I'm not a terribly huge fan of Kinect. At least as a game peripheral.
He would have been correct if he was talking about the things people are modifying it to do because that I really enjoy seeing but as far as games go count me out.
Also judging on how poorly people are viewing Microsoft's conference I'd say that a lot of core gamers aren't terribly big fans of Kinect just yet.
He would have been correct if he was talking about the things people are modifying it to do because that I really enjoy seeing but as far as games go count me out.
Also judging on how poorly people are viewing Microsoft's conference I'd say that a lot of core gamers aren't terribly big fans of Kinect just yet.
well thank you for telling me what i like microsoft, i really appreciate it.
you know, marketing and PR is one thing, but outright putting words in my mouth? i honestly think those tasked with marketing the kinect are so cynical about their own product that they are doing their jobs sarcastically now; showing us shit and acting like its gold to the point of parody.
yet again i must state how kinect is moving gaming in the wrong direction; to a greater segregation of thought/action instead of less, not to mention having woefully less functionality than a standard controller. it has less to offer gaming than the wii, which is saying something.
count your losses and move on microsoft, you cant keep living in your fantasy world where the kinect is popular forever.
you know, marketing and PR is one thing, but outright putting words in my mouth? i honestly think those tasked with marketing the kinect are so cynical about their own product that they are doing their jobs sarcastically now; showing us shit and acting like its gold to the point of parody.
yet again i must state how kinect is moving gaming in the wrong direction; to a greater segregation of thought/action instead of less, not to mention having woefully less functionality than a standard controller. it has less to offer gaming than the wii, which is saying something.
count your losses and move on microsoft, you cant keep living in your fantasy world where the kinect is popular forever.
honestly i dont really see the point of voice commands, especially in a game like ME3 which is gonna have quite fast paced combat.
1) It takes a lot longer to say a phrase than push a button
2) Responsiveness would be an obvious issue as saying clear, audible phrases would probably be harder than it seems when thinking solely about shooting.
3)Yelling at your TV will be immersion shattering as well as the fact that your room mates will probably think you're a lunatic.
1) It takes a lot longer to say a phrase than push a button
2) Responsiveness would be an obvious issue as saying clear, audible phrases would probably be harder than it seems when thinking solely about shooting.
3)Yelling at your TV will be immersion shattering as well as the fact that your room mates will probably think you're a lunatic.
I will be only buying it if you can say 'Wrex get your ass out of my scope' and he moves.uguito-93 said:
When i see one single decent looking game for Kinect, I will care about it enough to maybe hate it. Until then I don't a flying fuck.
Problem with Kinect is the same problem with the hard Drive, not every Xbox owner has one so developers aren't keen on making grade 1 titles that use it because its going to cut out a lot of the userbase.
Essentially imo it was doomed before it was released, even if its a hit with the PC crowd
Essentially imo it was doomed before it was released, even if its a hit with the PC crowd
I think when he says "core gamers" he just means people who buy games, in which case he would be right, kinect has sold like crazy. Obviously, our version of "core gamer" are the people who buy a few games and play the shit out of them competativly.
They put more hours in, but they buy less games. Money talks.
They put more hours in, but they buy less games. Money talks.
I don't know how exactly to define what a hardcore gamer is, but my friends & I love Halo, Gears of War, & ME3, and we are anxiously awaiting ME3 with Kinect support. I was originally going to buy ME3 on PC, but the Kinect support puts it over the edge.RedEyesBlackGamer said:
I can't speak beyond my circle of friends, but there's nothing shocking about people loving to shoot things in the face and also enjoying Kinect. It's a tremendous device; it just needs more creativity from the devs, which will come with time.
The internet typically represents the uber-vocal minority, so I would say the horror and anger is coming from a much smaller group than it appears. What with Kinect being the fastest selling consumer device and all.
Kudo, you are wrong. The kinect is doing what I was afraid it was going to do, and thats pull a majority of their focus towards it, and away from games without it. The last two conferences are proof of that. If they could balance the two evenly, that would be fine, but they are not.
Motion controls for gaming is gimmicky bullshit that robs games of development time that could be used for other, better features. Kinect is good for all it's neat applications that ARE NOT gaming.
I still can't decide which I hate more, terrible 3D movies/gaming or motion controls.
Microsoft has stuck it's fingers in its ears singing nananannananananananana because they want to convince themselves and the public that this crap will stay popular.
I still can't decide which I hate more, terrible 3D movies/gaming or motion controls.
Microsoft has stuck it's fingers in its ears singing nananannananananananana because they want to convince themselves and the public that this crap will stay popular.
Read "Microsoft" as "Minecraft" again... gotta stop doing that.
Well I'm a core gamer who happens to own a Kinect and about 75% percent of the games on it... and I hate it.
Well I'm a core gamer who happens to own a Kinect and about 75% percent of the games on it... and I hate it.
Things to consider...uguito-93 said:
1) It may take longer to say a phrase than push a button, but you can say a phrase WHILE you are shooting. If you want your squadmates to change weapons or use any of their full abilities with a controller, you need to stop shooting, open a radial menu (dpad only lets you hotkey ONE), and THEN hit a button. Longterm, the voice control will speed the game up for me, as I will be pausing a LOT LESS.
2) For the most part, Kinect has read my natural speaking voice exceptionally well, even with noise in the background. I don't have to over-enunciate very often, and I don't imagine the concentration required to say the phrases will be a distraction at all. If we can hold conversations while driving, this is a non-issue.
3) Screw roommates.... my wife loves the story behind Mass Effect, but hates actually playing games. This way she can sit on the couch and read a book while I shoot things, and then engage directly with the interface when conversations come up, no controller necessary. This one feature is going to SAVE my marriage when ME3 comes out. XD
Given that Bioware was able to practically turn-key the implementation (Kinect does all the heavy lifting), I love them for adding this. Giving me new options for playing the game? YES. Ye Gods, YESSSS!
Kudo is mistaken methinks.Gamers don't hate Kinect,they just hate the fact that Microsoft are putting all the emphasis on Kinect at the expense of everything else.That E3 presentation was painful to watch for people like me i.e non-Kinect owners who have no interest in buying one