If you missed the Microsoft E3 show, here's a quick round-up, plus a general thought of it all:
Kinect Sports 2...and Dance Central 2...nope...
You can now scan your teddy bears.
I do not want to actually pick rocks in Minecraft.
I do not want to be a stiff-as-wood Jedi.
I do not want to talk to Elmo...maybe the Cookie Monster.
I do not want to shout at my TV to watch Harry Potter.
I do not even want to use Bing let alone talk to it.
I NEVER want to walk round Disneyland getting touched up by Goofy.
I'm burying the Fable series right now.
Kinect. KINECT. KINECT!!
A NEW trilogy does not mean three more Halo games. And a remake.
I have Youtube on something called the Internet.
I have live TV already...on my TV.
Modern Warfare 3 is...well...Modern Warfare 3 honestly.
The new Tomb Raider has more quick-time events than exploring.
Gears 3 good. ICE-T not so much.
Forza 4 is impressive, even with Kinect.
Mass Effect 3. Fancy chatting up Miranda anyone?
So all in all: I'm not impressed. Microsoft are forcing Kinect down it's users' throat so much I find it alienating to myself and those who do not care for motion controls. Am I the wierd one and the rest of this supposed Kinect audience right? Or is it now just wrong to want to physically sit down with a controller and a cup of tea and play a game?
Thoughts guys? Hopefully I'm not alone in these thoughts. All my Facebook gaming fans are all pretty much saying the same thing. Except for Duncan, who has now just hibernated for Halo 4 in 2012...
Kinect Sports 2...and Dance Central 2...nope...
You can now scan your teddy bears.
I do not want to actually pick rocks in Minecraft.
I do not want to be a stiff-as-wood Jedi.
I do not want to talk to Elmo...maybe the Cookie Monster.
I do not want to shout at my TV to watch Harry Potter.
I do not even want to use Bing let alone talk to it.
I NEVER want to walk round Disneyland getting touched up by Goofy.
I'm burying the Fable series right now.
Kinect. KINECT. KINECT!!
A NEW trilogy does not mean three more Halo games. And a remake.
I have Youtube on something called the Internet.
I have live TV already...on my TV.
Modern Warfare 3 is...well...Modern Warfare 3 honestly.
The new Tomb Raider has more quick-time events than exploring.
Gears 3 good. ICE-T not so much.
Forza 4 is impressive, even with Kinect.
Mass Effect 3. Fancy chatting up Miranda anyone?
So all in all: I'm not impressed. Microsoft are forcing Kinect down it's users' throat so much I find it alienating to myself and those who do not care for motion controls. Am I the wierd one and the rest of this supposed Kinect audience right? Or is it now just wrong to want to physically sit down with a controller and a cup of tea and play a game?
Thoughts guys? Hopefully I'm not alone in these thoughts. All my Facebook gaming fans are all pretty much saying the same thing. Except for Duncan, who has now just hibernated for Halo 4 in 2012...