The XBox Thread - Page 186

On June 26 2013 21:08 MoonfireSpam wrote:
I still don't understand how Kinect will make gaming better for me. I can appreciate how it can make for cool UI navigation, but beyond that?

Cool tech demo though.

On June 26 2013 21:08 MoonfireSpam wrote:
I still don't understand how Kinect will make gaming better for me. I can appreciate how it can make for cool UI navigation, but beyond that?

Cool tech demo though.

On June 26 2013 21:40 Excludos wrote:
Anyone else getting tired of the word "Exclusive!"?

On June 26 2013 21:40 17Sphynx17 wrote:


I think that is also the point. What games could be developed that works well with a Kinect interface. We don't know yet and that direction is still open for development. True that most gamers at this time prefer controllers or mouse and keyboard. But this kinect interface may break ground for a new acceptable standard of gaming controls. Who knows.

This one appears more superior to the 1st gen kinect so maybe that increased accuracy in detection would make developers less hesitant to make it a proper interaction with their games.

If not, at least, someone will try.

On June 26 2013 21:59 TheRabidDeer wrote:
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I can see potential for things like DDR, exercise games, and stuff like that. I don't see it working well with traditional games though.

On June 26 2013 08:35 Infernal_dream wrote:
I think microsoft probably chased them down for this instead of the other way around. Anything to pull in a bigger crowd.

On June 26 2013 22:16 17Sphynx17 wrote:


Well, that is what we are used to seeing when it comes to motion control gaming, but how about something like what steel battalion did?

I mean, I wish they could port that game to xboxone and see how the controls fare with kinect 2. Maybe it would be better?

I don't know how it can be really that precise but of course it would be combination of controller and the sensor. Say maybe you were a gundam pilot in the cockpit. And we can then justify the use of the tech demo where they were showing peripheral vision via a projector I guess outside what your monitor does. So that could be outside your 180 degree field of vision in side the cockpit monitor and more like your side view mirrors/windows. I think that would be worth testing and seeing given that the tech is being explored as to what it can do for gaming.

My two cents.

On June 26 2013 22:51 s3rp wrote:


I'd rather have a giant controller like the first Steel Batalion. I want something in my hand not feel like an idiot waving my arms around like an idiot .

On June 26 2013 23:00 TheRabidDeer wrote:

This is one of the big issues of something like kinect (or VR). There is no tactile feedback. You aren't touching or holding anything. It feels unnatural to try and do something on screen with precision because the orientation is awkward.

On June 26 2013 21:55 Mannerheim wrote:


Not only the word, but the whole existence of exclusive titles. Especially now that the whole playing field will be x86-based, exclusive titles will serve no purpose other than to generate additional sales for Microsoft/Sony (ignoring Nintendo here, because lol WiiU). For consumers and developers they're nothing more than a big inconvenience.

On June 26 2013 23:00 TheRabidDeer wrote:

This is one of the big issues of something like kinect (or VR). There is no tactile feedback. You aren't touching or holding anything. It feels unnatural to try and do something on screen with precision because the orientation is awkward.

On June 27 2013 03:44 WolfintheSheep wrote:

I don't mind it so much. In the vast majority of cases with "exclusives", it usually means that the game is only getting made because the console company is the one funding the project, so more or less hating on an exclusive means you wish the game didn't exist at all.

Take Bayonetta 2 for example...definitely sucks that it's WiiU exclusive, but for some ungodly reason Nintendo was the only company willing to back Platinum games on the project.



Developers just need to realize that "realistic motion control" is meaningless. Video gaming is all about a cognitive dissonance between physical output and virtual output. QCF+P = Fireball makes no sense at all, but anyone who ever touched a fighting game knows it and accepts it.

I'd love to see someone try using the Kinect more as a controller replacement rather than a 1:1 reflection of your movements.

On June 26 2013 17:43 17Sphynx17 wrote:
I guess here's the question for those that screamed bloody murder about the Xboxone and couldn't have patience for their ecosystem to mature before buying into it.

Now that they have changed their stance, will you buy it now? TB i know asked this a few times in his videos after the checkin change in stance.

I mean seriously, what right does a non-consumer of the product have to complain about when they are not going to be a consumer anyway?

On June 27 2013 04:02 TheRabidDeer wrote:

It doesnt even come down to realistic motion control. Using hands to do things when you arent holding on to something feels strange.

Lets say youre playing a mech game. Squeeze your left finger to fire one gun, squeeze right finger to fire another, thumbs for others. You hold your arms out like they are controls. You can turn your body left/right to turn. You can take your hand off the "controls" to adjust a lever to change speed/go in reverse. It sounds neat, it looks neat, but it doesnt feel quite there. There is no weight to anything.

On June 26 2013 21:59 TheRabidDeer wrote:

I can see potential for things like DDR, exercise games, and stuff like that. I don't see it working well with traditional games though.

On June 27 2013 06:35 BoZiffer wrote:


In home golf simulators... I'm telling you. With the way that they can now capture weight shifts and force applications, a real simulator that I can use my own set of clubs to practice in the offseason would be the best thing since sliced bread...but I am in the minority I think here.