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"Playing Child of Eden with Kinect is like being a Jedi... hold on while I cry"
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harriet the spy
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just checked - i was thinking of the right game. Maybe douche is a bit strong, but Mielke really rubs me the wrong way.SmithnCo said:
Never really heard of eternity's child, but the designer does look like a drama queen.
why does he have to be french..
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I am Korean.
No way that'd work hands free.SapientWolf said:
Ickman3400
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Mrbob said:
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I see what you did there. Very nice.
CoffeeJanitor said:
Absolutely not. I even said that the article was overwritten, but the core still remains. That's how it works with all reviews. Even when Ebert writes a scathing review that barely touches on the actual plot points of the film, I can tell when I might disagree with him and enjoy it anyway.
Not to say this dude is qualified to sniff Ebert's jockstrap, but it doesn't make sense to throw out everything he said just because you disagreed with the writing style/enthusiasm of the journalist.
AbsoluteZero
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That sounds great. A shame I don't have the space to set up a Kinect doohickey.
So far I've heard two impressions of people (Justin @ Joystiq and Garnet @ Shacknews) who have played the latest version of this game and they've both have stated that Kinect is the better control method. I haven't played it and I've generally have agreed with their perspective in the past. I'm heartened by the fact that they both (independently I assume) have even pointed the same specific reasoning: Using the controller makes it feel like a game [where as Kinect makes you feel like you're in that world]. An interesting aside for people looking forward to the move version; I wonder if it's being a controller more so than Kinect adds or removes from the experience both these accounts are describing?
Master Milk
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So I guess I'm the only one that thought of the Jet Li movie when I read the thread title? That doesn't usually happen on the internet.
Alx
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Casval said:Trying to imagine someone crying while waving his arms around makes me giggle
Trying to imagine someone crying while pushing buttons makes me laugh out loud.
Hyperbole aside, the point of the article is not so surprising or even new. We would expect that without a controller, the experience would be different and more involving (that's what the developers were going for from the beginning anyway), while with a controller it would be closer to any regular game, and add a layer of abstraction between the player and the game.
Master Milk said:
Actually that's what I thought he was referring too...
Barry Lightning
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just pre-ordered. cant wait for this frackin game. box art looks like marketing dept drivel tho.
Revolutionary
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Jesus, the amount of snapping at the (surprisingly) well written article just because it's saying something you don't want to hear. Grow up, folks.
Neuromancer
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HahaSapientWolf said:
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gogojira said:
To me it reads as something I would expect to find in Edge, The Escapist or on Kieron Gillen-era Eurogamer and not on Joystick. In fact, there are several articles similar in tone in the recent thread about best examples of gaming journalism, but hey...
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luka said:
Now that was a life-changing experience.
REMEMBER CITADEL said:
It has a scent of 'new-gaming journalism', which even KG gave up on. Which was one of those things that seemed utter unnecessary and generally really, really pretentious. He's implying that with Kinect the experience transcends videogames. Which is silly. With or without kinect, all it is is a videogame. And there's nothing wrong with that; trying to suggest otherwise does the medium a disservice.
I have to note, however, that I don't think any of the sources you listed are particularly good, so different strokes etc.
supermackem
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You have to stand up to play with kinect?.
RomanticHeroX
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Still playing it with a controller and buttons.
I AM JOHN!
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What I've learned from this thread is that we hate games journalism because they're press release spweing assholes who are obviously paid off by the industry and therefore never say anything of substance, yet when someone actually writes a preview that treats something critically and talks about a meaningful experience he had with the game that may involve using a piece of equipment that's not exactly well-liked here, we hate that too. Thanks for clearing this up, guys.
You might want to have some tissues on hand while you play this, then.8bit said:
A bit exaggerated, isn't it? I'll be playing this with a controller when it releases. Ever since the announcement of the game... Kinect controls never amounted to better gameplay in my view. Playing Rez for the past... what, 7 or 8 years I never thought "Hey, flailing my hands around might make this game more fun!". Yes, it'll be an amusing activity when using the Kinect, but I highly doubt it'll be as fluid and intuitive/natural as using a controller.
Don't get me started on Genki Rockets. I just hope the girl doesn't show up in the game.
Don't get me started on Genki Rockets. I just hope the girl doesn't show up in the game.
Hai guyz, I found a youtube video of someone playing this game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU
scar tissue
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No, it means that the other method (i.e. Kinect) is superior.DSN2K said:
GhaleonQ
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NO IT'S JUSTIN MCELROY. I still love My Brother, My Brother, And Me.
"(And yes, for those wondering, it's perennially 1999 in my noggin'. Sorry.)"
At least he apologized.
Critically? With respect to him and you (both of whom I really like), he wrote that he turned his brain off and got "immersed." I hate this "argument" so much.
"(And yes, for those wondering, it's perennially 1999 in my noggin'. Sorry.)"
At least he apologized.
I AM JOHN! said:
Critically? With respect to him and you (both of whom I really like), he wrote that he turned his brain off and got "immersed." I hate this "argument" so much.
Not the entire game, but she's definitely there from time to time (and the central piece in the menu interface).geebee said:
Check our video of the presentation we saw a few weeks ago:
http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_child_of_eden_dmo_child_of_eden_tetsuya-20591_en.html
Our preview is still being translated, it should be done later today or tomorrow.
I AM JOHN!
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And that kind of statement still has value. It might not be the deepest level of criticism, but talking about how this experience ties into the synesthesia Miz always goes for in a way that a controller can't is still looking at something beyond the top level analysis most writers do. It's no less criticism than anything Nathan Rabin has ever written (though obviously nowhere near his quality of writing or analysis since hey, this is still Joystiq we're talking about here, let's not go crazy!).GhaleonQ said:
Sorry for derailing your stealth Kinect troll thread, guys; I'll leave now.
Rad- said:
The Kinect probably is the way to go for this game. No doubt about that. This isn't a skill-based game, and going by Rez, I doubt that many will ever even worry about failing in this game. Probably not to the point where motion control sloppiness would be a factor.
szaromir said:
I'm not sure that it would be!
I AM JOHN! said:
Liking the Kinect experience is not the issue. Pretentious use of hyperbole is the problem. It's a (highly) condensed version of Tim Rogers' bullshit. The line about being Neo and The One simultaneously is no less cringe-inducing than "our frothing demand for this game increases."
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