bigtroyjon
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You can stand relatively close to the tv in Child of Eden, I'd try it without the zoom. I never had any issues with the cursor when I played and stood a lot closer than other games.
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Kinect Thread: YOU are the controller!
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Monkeylord
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Dancing games aren't my bag, but the missus will likely want a try. I'll gladly have a go at the rest though
I'll try and describe the issue better:
I can use my right hand to move the curser around, and shoot, when shooting though the camera does a short sharp pan upwards slightly (most probably my fault/incompetance).
When I try and bring the left hand in for the alternate/rapid shot (the purple one, I can't remember the name) the camera spazzes out as if it thinks my right hand is teleporting around the place.
With the Zoom, I'm standing roughly 4-5ft away, without it it doesn't track me at any distance.
At 7-7.5ft you're hitting the sofa.
getting a new sofa delivered today that I think is a bit less deep than the current one by a few inches, and we'll be able to put it right against the wall (current one is about 6in away from the wall) so I may be able to gain roughly another foot of playspace.
Fingers crossed.
Fuck MS for thinking that everyone has 12ft of space between the TV and anything else. I'd love to know their rational on that line of thought.
Blame the Zoom. I never had a single issue with either.
I have the Zoom but haven't used it yet. Download all the demos in the marketplace. Rise of Nightmares and Dance Central (and to a lesser degree, Kinect Sports) are the only "must-buy" titles that you haven't tried, IMO.
The only games that gave me any kind of trouble were Rise of Nightmares asking me to step back (i could still play it perfectly without stepping back, though), doing ground exercises in exercise games (since i only have 9 feet or so of space, i couldn't strecth my arm on the ground completelly) and Kinect Adventures having visible lag in the ball-bouncing game.
Alx
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Currently watching it... there seem to be problems with the arms tracking at times. I don't know if it is because of the user's shirt, or if the game performances have an effect on the body detection. I didn't notice such problems on the demo.
soul creator
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forgot this thread was still around...
there's actually a demo for Kinect Star Wars if anyone was curious. Obviously the game has some issues, but I figured someone wouldn't mind trying it out for free (especially since Kinect game playability can vary so much depending on the user's setup)
full disclosure, I worked on the game, so I'm always interested in hearing about people's experiences with it, good or bad
there's actually a demo for Kinect Star Wars if anyone was curious. Obviously the game has some issues, but I figured someone wouldn't mind trying it out for free (especially since Kinect game playability can vary so much depending on the user's setup)
full disclosure, I worked on the game, so I'm always interested in hearing about people's experiences with it, good or bad
Alx
Member
I'm not sure the mannequins are his main problem... most of the time when the tracking is lost the software finds arms around his neck, or near his knees. The silhouette seems ok when it is displayed by the game though. I still suspect the shirt folds, or maybe the dog tag he's wearing. It it catches bad reflections, it could randomly mess up the depth measurement. Just a random guess, though.
I'm afraid you won't hear many nice things about it...
I did try the demo, and while I liked the general ideas (yes, even the dancing), there is one point that killed all enjoyment : the looooong loading times.
I don't remember having troubles with the controls though, except maybe for the jumping commands (but I live in an appartment on the 4th floor with a wooden floor, so I'm usually very careful with kinect games requiring to jump, what with the neighbours and all )
*edit : I found my impressions on the demo at the time : http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=37780750&postcount=610
forgot this thread was still around...
there's actually a demo for Kinect Star Wars if anyone was curious. Obviously the game has some issues, but I figured someone wouldn't mind trying it out for free (especially since Kinect game playability can vary so much depending on the user's setup)
full disclosure, I worked on the game, so I'm always interested in hearing about people's experiences with it, good or bad
I'm afraid you won't hear many nice things about it...
I did try the demo, and while I liked the general ideas (yes, even the dancing), there is one point that killed all enjoyment : the looooong loading times.
I don't remember having troubles with the controls though, except maybe for the jumping commands (but I live in an appartment on the 4th floor with a wooden floor, so I'm usually very careful with kinect games requiring to jump, what with the neighbours and all
)*edit : I found my impressions on the demo at the time : http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=37780750&postcount=610
soul creator
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I'm not sure the mannequins are his main problem... most of the time when the tracking is lost the software finds arms around his neck, or near his knees. The silhouette seems ok when it is displayed by the game though. I still suspect the shirt folds, or maybe the dog tag he's wearing. It it catches bad reflections, it could randomly mess up the depth measurement. Just a random guess, though.
I'm afraid you won't hear many nice things about it...
I did try the demo, and while I liked the general ideas (yes, even the dancing), there is one point that killed all enjoyment : the looooong loading times.
I don't remember having troubles with the controls though, except maybe for the jumping commands (but I live in an appartment on the 4th floor with a wooden floor, so I'm usually very careful with kinect games requiring to jump, what with the neighbours and all
*edit : I found my impressions on the demo at the time : http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=37780750&postcount=610
heh, yeah, that was the last place I posted it. Figured I'd bring it over to the general Kinect thread once I saw that it was bumped. Thanks for the impressions though.
Revelation isn't it?
It's become something that I don't think of now I just do naturally.
So much quicker than turning the controller back on.
Alx
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Video for a finger-tracking API using dual kinect :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UmCcYfVXZ5w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UmCcYfVXZ5w
Make that an actual controller MS, please.
Alx
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I couldn't find an official topic, so I'm raising this thread from its (shallow) grave, but I just wanted to mention that I tried the Just Dance 4 demo yesterday and was surprised at how much fun I had. I always thought the serie had the best music selection among music games, but the gameplay was just uninspiring and you didn't feel like you were rewarded for your moves.
While it looks like it's still true somewhat, and that you wouldn't know how to do most of the moves from the icons alone, the choreography is so crazy that it makes up for it (the three songs of the demo are "What makes you beautiful", "So What" and "the Final Countdown". I skipped the first three JD, but I'm tempted to buy that game. ^^
I also played a bit of Wreckateer, it's ok-ish (especially for a game I got for free). The controls are good, but I can't see myself playing it frequently. I never was into Angry Birds and the likes, anyway.
While it looks like it's still true somewhat, and that you wouldn't know how to do most of the moves from the icons alone, the choreography is so crazy that it makes up for it (the three songs of the demo are "What makes you beautiful", "So What" and "the Final Countdown". I skipped the first three JD, but I'm tempted to buy that game. ^^
I also played a bit of Wreckateer, it's ok-ish (especially for a game I got for free). The controls are good, but I can't see myself playing it frequently. I never was into Angry Birds and the likes, anyway.
InaudibleWhispa
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While this is bumped just to let anyone know who doesn't, Kinect Party the Double Fine sequel to Happy Action Theater will be available free from December 18th - 31st.
Ok I never expected to say this, but Kinect is pretty fun and pretty great.
Had some experiences way back, and it was terrible but was at Best Buy ast week and they had a demo and we had fun.
Sooo....I bought it tonight, also grabbed Nike + for my gf and I to play with and Brain Training and it came with Kinect Adventures.
Going to grab Disney Adventures tomorrow since Target gas it for 19.99 (at least they did tonight).
Also the Nyko adapter for smaller areas is great and works perfectly.
So....suggestions, reccomendations?
Had some experiences way back, and it was terrible but was at Best Buy ast week and they had a demo and we had fun.
Sooo....I bought it tonight, also grabbed Nike + for my gf and I to play with and Brain Training and it came with Kinect Adventures.
Going to grab Disney Adventures tomorrow since Target gas it for 19.99 (at least they did tonight).
Also the Nyko adapter for smaller areas is great and works perfectly.
So....suggestions, reccomendations?
Psychotext
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Dance Central (3?) and Kinect Sports are certainly worth a blast. Gunstringer is fairly good.
Alx
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I had a few problems with Dance Central 3 while using the Nyko, you may want to try the demo first. As a general advice, you should try all the kinect demos available (there are many of them), depending on the user some games will klick and others won't (and some are to be avoided at all costs).
My personal suggestions :
- Kinect Sports 1 (must have... I think there is a pack including KS1 and KS2)
- Dance Masters
- Rhythm Party
- Just Dance 4 (yes that's a lot of dancing games... I'm not too fond of Dance Central though)
- Mini Ninja Adventures (childish but well done and rather fun)
- Child of Eden
- Fruit Ninja
Other frequent suggestions are the Gunstringer, Diabolical Pitch, Happy Action Theater (for parties), and for kids the Disney or Sesame Street games.
My personal suggestions :
- Kinect Sports 1 (must have... I think there is a pack including KS1 and KS2)
- Dance Masters
- Rhythm Party
- Just Dance 4 (yes that's a lot of dancing games... I'm not too fond of Dance Central though)
- Mini Ninja Adventures (childish but well done and rather fun)
- Child of Eden
- Fruit Ninja
Other frequent suggestions are the Gunstringer, Diabolical Pitch, Happy Action Theater (for parties), and for kids the Disney or Sesame Street games.
I just got a new slim to replace my recently deceased Elite and was thinking about grabbing a local kinect deal.
I'm worried about my setup tho, I measured diagonally from the top of my tv to the edge of my couch and it's just under 6 feet.. do you think kinect will work for me?
Edit: I'm not much into dancing, but will be looking at Adventures (of course), Gunstringer, fruit ninja and Disney, sesame street for my son.
I'm worried about my setup tho, I measured diagonally from the top of my tv to the edge of my couch and it's just under 6 feet.. do you think kinect will work for me?
Edit: I'm not much into dancing, but will be looking at Adventures (of course), Gunstringer, fruit ninja and Disney, sesame street for my son.
Psychotext
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I don't think that would be enough space. Maybe others could say otherwise though (I've never really tried it in a small area).
I've found Fruit Ninja Kinect to work pretty well, even if you're fairly close (also seems to be the only game that will actually calibrate the angle of the sensor). Most other games need the space though.
At the very least you'd still be able to use all of the voice stuff, and really, that and Fruit Ninja are the biggest reasons to own a Kinect for me.
At the very least you'd still be able to use all of the voice stuff, and really, that and Fruit Ninja are the biggest reasons to own a Kinect for me.
Psychotext
Member
As long as you put it slightly above you should be fine.
Well I got my kinect and it's working well. Ended up moving my crappy old couch out and replacing it with a couple of single seaters that I can easily move out of the way for Kinect sessions. I actually have enough space now for more than one player.
This thing is kinda fun, really gets you moving. I tried a few games that I thought would work sitting down but had issues with them; Fruit ninja and Gunstringer. Is it possible to play Child of Eden sitting down?
This thing is kinda fun, really gets you moving. I tried a few games that I thought would work sitting down but had issues with them; Fruit ninja and Gunstringer. Is it possible to play Child of Eden sitting down?
InaudibleWhispa
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I seem to remember testing playing Child of Eden sitting down and it worked, though I mostly played standing up. The Gunstringer worked sitting for me too though. You have to sit at the edge of the seat, if you lie back Kinect will sometimes confuse you with the back of the seat (unless it's a small seat like a computer or dining chair which shouldn't be a problem).
Your son (and you) should love Kinect Party/Happy Action Theater. Check it out!
Your son (and you) should love Kinect Party/Happy Action Theater. Check it out!
Thanks I've been keen to check those out. They are XBLA games?
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