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[Hanmik]

about the Dance minigame... I read a review where they said, that when you chose to play the dance part. C3PO pops up and tells you that he is worried because the file has been corrupted, and that the files for places like Jabba´s Palace have been exchanged for dance routines instead..

that is their way of making the dance game "legit" in the star wars universe..

 

[mrklaw]

I am with you here. I am in tears listening at hologram girl, but let's be honest, this shit was nearly just as bad (helped by the fact the lyrics are incomprehensible), and it was actually in the movies. You can't pretend it doesn't exist.

that was bad, but it was just some muppets singing for 'atmosphere'. If Han Solo had started dancing with Jabba, I'd agree with you.

 

[Limanima]

What a waste of resources...

Kinect gifs are always so god damn fun!

 

[mrklaw]

A wild review appears!

Venture Beat: http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/02/k...aign=TechL0G&utm_content=Venturebeat_standard

I with they'd stop with the 'kids may be happy with this' like 'oh its shit but maybe stupid kids will like it'. Kids like good stuff too.

Are there any kinect games with accurate controls, or do you basically have to design carefully around the inaccuracy?

I can only imagine this will sell well on the basis of people thinking 'they are the controller' and 'ooh lightsaber fights'. And then will be disappointed. I really just don't get kinect.

 

[DangerousDave]

Interesting that the game is 12+ but the reviewers say that small children may enjoy it.

 

[mrklaw]

8 videos showing the different songs..

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/...---The-Emperor-Dance-in-Kinect-Star-Wars.html

"You know this Wookie is for real". Oh my. I think I'm going around the circle from hate to love. Its just wearing me down

 

[derFeef]

What a waste of resources...

Kinect gifs are always so god damn fun!

And they are always the same ones, so much fun!

 

[Hanmik]

more reviews here.

6/10 Strategyinformer http://www.strategyinformer.com/xbox360/starwarskinect/1852/review.html

8,5/10 CVG http://www.computerandvideogames.co...his-is-kinects-best-game-since-launch-review/

84/100 Xboxer360 http://www.xboxer360.com/gamereviews/review-kinect-star-wars/

7/10 Nowgamer http://www.nowgamer.com/xbox-360/xbox360-reviews/1307264/kinect_star_wars_review.html

7/10 Godisageek http://www.godisageek.com/2012/04/kinect-star-wars-review/

45/100 X360A http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/star-wars-kinect/review/

4/5 Digitalspy http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/review/a374494/kinect-star-wars-review-xbox-360.html

8/10 Entertainmentfocus http://entertainment-focus.com/games/articles/kinect-star-wars-review

4/6 Shoptonews http://www.shoptonews.net/2012/04/03/kinect-star-wars-review/

 

[Margalis]

That Hologram Girl video...oh my.

It's like too bad to even be parody. BUT IT'S REAL!

Edit: I love how every positive review is basically "this sucks but it's fun if you just try to have a fun time and don't focus on stuff like gameplay - also it helps if you are five!"

There is literally not a single game ever made that you can't give a good review to using that criteria. "ET makes no fucking sense and has no real gameplay but if you are a kid who likes ET and just has fun running around floating out of holes with your stretchy neck it's a blast! - 8/10!"

 

[i-Lo]

"You know this Wookie is for real". Oh my. I think I'm going around the circle from hate to love. Its just wearing me down

..I...I...i can never look at Darth Vader the same way again T_____T

 

[panty]

This is what the work of 200+ can result in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knePJZcX8YE

I have no words. That's.. what the... that's SHIT.

What makes it more sad is people are going to buy this.

 

[Afrikan]

..I...I...i can never look at Darth Vader the same way again T_____T

oh man it is 4:40am in the morning and I'm trying not too laugh to loud, but that was just wrong.....just wrong..

here is my post from the other thread

I think what makes this so frustrating is the realistic looking characters.... I think if they didn't go for a realistic artsyle for this mode, some wouldn't make a big deal...if it were cartoony then it might have not been a big deal.

but when you see a realistic looking Han Solo dancing and moving like that....its like someone is forcing you to forget your memory of what you remember of Han Solo....that is what might put Hardcore Star War fans off. I never pictured him moving his hips like that.

its like taking a Hardcore Death Metal legend or Country Singing legend and digitally making him sing and dance to some rap shit. His fans would be LIVID!

 

[mrklaw]

OK, lets try to be positive - can you play the game without being forced to dance? I'm not waving my fucking arms around in my lounge. If so, the rest of the game sounds kind of alright...

 

[snoopeasystreet]

Is there a song about AT-ATs called Drop it Like it's Hoth in there?

 

[Hasemo]

I've actually liked half of those dance videos and it made me seriously think about using my 30 day code for SWTOR.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

more reviews here.

6/10 Strategyinformer http://www.strategyinformer.com/xbox360/starwarskinect/1852/review.html

8,5/10 CVG http://www.computerandvideogames.co...his-is-kinects-best-game-since-launch-review/

84/100 Xboxer360 http://www.xboxer360.com/gamereviews/review-kinect-star-wars/

7/10 Nowgamer http://www.nowgamer.com/xbox-360/xbox360-reviews/1307264/kinect_star_wars_review.html

7/10 Godisageek http://www.godisageek.com/2012/04/kinect-star-wars-review/

45/100 X360A http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/star-wars-kinect/review/

4/5 Digitalspy http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/review/a374494/kinect-star-wars-review-xbox-360.html

8/10 Entertainmentfocus http://entertainment-focus.com/games/articles/kinect-star-wars-review

4/6 Shoptonews http://www.shoptonews.net/2012/04/03/kinect-star-wars-review/

That's... Quite a bit better than what I was expecting.

 

[Alx]

And they are always the same ones, so much fun!

Yah, at least make new ones. The family playing ricochet is from 2010... (I'll give a pass to the girl playing kinectimals, because that one is creative and genuinely funny ^^ ).

About the reviews : they look all over the place... I suppose that the feedback will be extremely subjective since everybody probably had expectations from a SW motion game, but it's strange that some people say the controls feel right when others feel they're broken. I'd be curious to try a demo of the main mode.

 

[Hanmik]

Yah, at least make new ones. The family playing ricochet is from 2010... (I'll give a pass to the girl playing kinectimals, because that one is creative and genuinely funny ^^ ).

About the reviews : they look all over the place... I suppose that the feedback will be extremely subjective since everybody probably had expectations from a SW motion game, but it's strange that some people say the controls feel right when others feel they're broken. I'd be curious to try a demo of the main mode.

yeah.. I really don´t get how some sites praise the Motion controls and others bash them to hell and back..

 

[Desaan]

Interesting that the game is 12+ but the reviewers say that small children may enjoy smashing the disc to pieces.

Fixed for clarity.

 

[Elvin Atombender]

So they just gave up on making that stuff they showed years ago playable and made this instead - I wonder how much money went down the drain?

(well, all of it I suppose based on the videos)

 

[Alx]

So they just gave up on making that stuff they showed years ago playable and made this instead - I wonder how much money went down the drain?

(well, all of it I suppose based on the videos)

The modes "they showed years ago" are still there.

 

[Hanmik]

So they just gave up on making that stuff they showed years ago playable and made this instead - I wonder how much money went down the drain?

(well, all of it I suppose based on the videos)

the only thing that is gone, is the onscreen characters doing stuff before you do them.. ! lol

 

[Ushojax]

the only thing that is gone, is the onscreen characters doing stuff before you do them.. ! lol

Yeah, now you have to wait half a second before they do anything and it's not what you want them to do anyway.

 

[Night_Trekker]

its like taking a Hardcore Death Metal legend or Country Singing legend and digitally making him sing and dance to some rap shit. His fans would be LIVID!

Nobody's going to post yeahboi.gif? You're slipping, GAF.

 

[Elvin Atombender]

the only thing that is gone, is the onscreen characters doing stuff before you do them.. ! lol

So you can't control the game using the Force anymore?

 

[Windom Earle]

Waiting for the non MS financed reviews.

 

[Hanmik]

Waiting for the non MS financed reviews.

like this?

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1222167p1.html 5,5/10 IGN..

 

[Canova]

What a fucking waste of resources

 

[Marco1]

The best way for me to describe this game is from a parents perspective such as myself. I pre-ordered this from shopto and it arrived 5 days before the official release discounted to under £30, I'll admit this sent alarm bells ringing but it's for my son who LOVES star wars and still plays every iteration of lego star wars on DS, wii and 360 and never complains.
So I install this to 360 as I imagine it always being on and I don't want my disc drive prematurely wearing out. My son starts playing and all I hear is," Dad why will he not move when I step forward? Dad why does the lightsaber go through the robot and not kill him, Dad why will he not jump when I jump, Dad I tell kinect to play and it won't play, Dad why does C3PO not sound like him, Dad look Dad when I lift my hands up to lift the tree it's not working, Dad you can have this back now and can you turn on the wii."
Thanks Microsoft, you owe me one.

 

[Z3M0G]

I'm surprised the Kinect sensor didn't catch fire in that room...

 

[subversus]

The best way for me to describe this game is from a parents perspective such as myself. I pre-ordered this from shopto and it arrived 5 days before the official release discounted to under £30, I'll admit this sent alarm bells ringing but it's for my son who LOVES star wars and still plays every iteration of lego star wars on DS, wii and 360 and never complains.
So I install this to 360 as I imagine it always being on and I don't want my disc drive prematurely wearing out. My son starts playing and all I hear is," Dad why will he not move when I step forward? Dad why does the lightsaber go through the robot and not kill him, Dad why will he not jump when I jump, Dad I tell kinect to play and it won't play, Dad why does C3PO not sound like him, Dad look Dad when I lift my hands up to lift the tree it's not working, Dad you can have this back now and can you turn on the wii."
Thanks Microsoft, you owe me one.

hilarious.

 

[Derrick01]

like this?

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1222167p1.html 5,5/10 IGN..

That's still about 3 points higher than I was expecting.

 

[Goodacre0081]

like this?

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1222167p1.html 5,5/10 IGN..

so, according to ign kinect:sw is better than ninja gaiden3?

 

[Oppo]

They should have rendered the models to look like abused action-figures in a stop-motion style, to complete the Robot Chicken effect.

 

[darkwing]

so, according to ign kinect:sw is better than ninja gaiden3?

for the intended audience, yes

 

[mujun]

What a fucking waste of resources

Doesn't that apply to every single game you aren't interested in.

 

[lucius]

5.5/10 from IGN!

Waste of resources confirmed.



Seriously though the game will sell millions I am sure so that's all that matters for this game, I won't be buying it though.

 

[Plinko]

Seeing the positive reviews for the Pod Racing mode it makes me wonder why they don't just go ahead and make a full-fledged version. On a side note, the N64 game was great.

 

[throwawayname]

this should have been the first reply.

 

[VeryGooster]

Seeing the positive reviews for the Pod Racing mode it makes me wonder why they don't just go ahead and make a full-fledged version. On a side note, the N64 game was great.

Episode I Racer HD would have been perfect to coincide with the 3D re-release of TPM.

Personally, of all the things about Kinect Star Wars, the R2 themed Xbox looks cool, yet part of me wishes they made an X-Wing or TIE themed one too.

 

[marc^o^]

200 people approved THIS ?

I wonder how Harrison Ford let this happen. In terms of image it's a bad, bad move. Han Solo used to be the coolest character in the universe.

 

[Banana Kid]

Is there a song about AT-ATs called Drop it Like it's Hoth in there?

If there was, I would buy this game.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

The last thread was a GOLDMINE

WAT

They did this to Star Wars?

 

[Cheech]

The best way for me to describe this game is from a parents perspective such as myself. I pre-ordered this from shopto and it arrived 5 days before the official release discounted to under £30, I'll admit this sent alarm bells ringing but it's for my son who LOVES star wars and still plays every iteration of lego star wars on DS, wii and 360 and never complains.
So I install this to 360 as I imagine it always being on and I don't want my disc drive prematurely wearing out. My son starts playing and all I hear is," Dad why will he not move when I step forward? Dad why does the lightsaber go through the robot and not kill him, Dad why will he not jump when I jump, Dad I tell kinect to play and it won't play, Dad why does C3PO not sound like him, Dad look Dad when I lift my hands up to lift the tree it's not working, Dad you can have this back now and can you turn on the wii."
Thanks Microsoft, you owe me one.

Thanks for the review (and saving me some cash). I owe you a beer!

 

[Uno Venova]

The best way for me to describe this game is from a parents perspective such as myself. I pre-ordered this from shopto and it arrived 5 days before the official release discounted to under £30, I'll admit this sent alarm bells ringing but it's for my son who LOVES star wars and still plays every iteration of lego star wars on DS, wii and 360 and never complains.
So I install this to 360 as I imagine it always being on and I don't want my disc drive prematurely wearing out. My son starts playing and all I hear is," Dad why will he not move when I step forward? Dad why does the lightsaber go through the robot and not kill him, Dad why will he not jump when I jump, Dad I tell kinect to play and it won't play, Dad why does C3PO not sound like him, Dad look Dad when I lift my hands up to lift the tree it's not working, Dad you can have this back now and can you turn on the wii."
Thanks Microsoft, you owe me one.

See, kids have taste too. They just don't eat any shit thrown at them.

 

[Ridley327]

8 videos showing the different songs..

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/...---The-Emperor-Dance-in-Kinect-Star-Wars.html

Darth Vader and the Emperor dancing to Ghosts n' Stuff.

Sure, why not.

 

[Theonik]

8 videos showing the different songs..

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/n...Star-Wars.html

I have to admit, the YMCA parody had me in tears. Probably only redeeming feature of this whole thing.

 

[Demon Lizardman]

 

[heavyness]

8 videos showing the different songs..

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/...---The-Emperor-Dance-in-Kinect-Star-Wars.html

Are they selling these songs separately... because I kind of want them.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Is there a song about AT-ATs called Drop it Like it's Hoth in there?

:lol

The dancing bits.