Is kinect worth it ?

luckyfrank

Since i moved the xbox downstairs ive being tempted to buy the kinect but i want to know is it worth it ive plenty of space but i want it to try get my girlfriend into gaming and my son age 4

So watcha think guys good buy or bad buy ?

MiniNukinfuts

I got it today, I thought that it would be bad but it's really fun. Even my mom, who has never played a computer game, loves it. I think it's a great buy anyway. But i'm not sure how long it will keep me occupied, or will it be just another wii but in HD.

cycocycle

I got Kinect for Christmas. I wouldn't be a hardcore gamer but I play mostly hardcore type games i.e.shooters,racers,survival horror etc. Kinect is, in my opinion,excellent fun. My other half who normally barely tolerates the xbox loves it. The novelty of the tech with the accessible fun of the likes of Kinect Adventures means it appeals to non gamers. I would recommend buying it.
(My muscles ache! It would be interesting to see the amount of alcohol/Kinect induced injuries from Christmas Day alone!:rolleyes:)

amacachi

Wish I had Kinect.

billyboy01

Its good if your 10 years old or younger! It will be a passing fad!

coffeenuts

billyboy01 wrote: »

Its good if your 10 years old or younger! It will be a passing fad!

This is definately not going to be a passin fad. After setting mine up yesterday I was definately sceptical but after playin it for a few minutes my doubts went out the window.
This is without doubt the future of gaming technology and will be around for years to come.

If you dont like it fair enough but dont for one minute expect this to pass any time soon.

ps I'm nearly 30 and normally wouldnt play these sort of games, thought the wii was incredibly limited. My normal would be FPS's and the like so I'm not a 10 year old kid lookin for party games only.

Anita Blow

I wouldn't be into all Wii type games since I love shooters and all that, but I got Kinect yesterday and its great craic. Definitely recommend it, even for the non-game stuff. Like automatically signing you in when it see's you, voice commands for your video and dashboard etc.

Get Kinect Sports. It's legend

brian plank

coffeenuts wrote: »

This is without doubt the future of gaming technology and will be around for years to come.

not really

iPlop

I got it a few weeks back but took it down for the whole family after dinner ,everyone played ,grand children ,sisters ,mother ,father ,everyone.Kinect sports is great especially the bowling.

dreamers75

Its not great a bit finicky and has serious lag issues.

The games out for it are fairly crap other than Dance Central which is well made. As above its Wii in HD with a better sensor.

Korvanica

dreamers75 wrote: »

Its not great a bit finicky and has serious lag issues.

The games out for it are fairly crap other than Dance Central which is well made. As above its Wii in HD with a better sensor.

Launch titles are never amazing, and the lag issue varies from game to game ... kinect adventures works perfect for me, while motion sports is dodgy as hell...

Its defo not just like the Wii in HD with a better sensor...

for one it doesnt have 480,000 mario games... :pac:

give it time and games will get better...

SantryRed

brian plank wrote: »

not really

You're actually comparing the Eye Toy to the Kinect?

mossie

dreamers75 wrote: »

Its not great a bit finicky and has serious lag issues.

The games out for it are fairly crap other than Dance Central which is well made. As above its Wii in HD with a better sensor.

I have absolutely no lag issues so far and I've been using it over a month. It needs more serious games to really test it but so far it's good.

docdolittle

It did have a few issues picking up movement in two player for a few of us playing on Christmas. It's really good, the only problem is I'm a lazy bastard and I woke up in bits the next day, sore shoulder and everything Felt like I hit the gym the day before :pac:

maco

I agree if you have kids it will be worth it . . . kids enjoyed it so much and it's good for them to keep them fit jumping up and down.

Gambler

Would be interested to know how much use it's getting now by people who bought it at launch.. I loved the Wii when I got it and 2 months later I had stopped using it completely.. Waiting to see what people say after a couple of months before I buy one myself..

iPlop

Gambler wrote: »

Would be interested to know how much use it's getting now by people who bought it at launch.. I loved the Wii when I got it and 2 months later I had stopped using it completely.. Waiting to see what people say after a couple of months before I buy one myself..

I think the technology involved in the kinect is amazing.I mean I just walk into the room and then it says "identifying" and then pulls out my gamer tag.I think this was invented for a lot more then games Video chat/party watching movies and selecting without a remote ,and the voice recognition (not currently available in Ireland)If Modern Warefare 2 came out on this you'd have every kid trying to get their hands on one ,and you'd be fit as feck:pac:

maco

I have both of them, Wii and Xbox Kinect. I agree technology involved in the kinect is amazing, it managed to detect the depth as well. So far just played one game but it was fantastic. It realy depends the type of game that will come in the future . . .

brian plank

SantryRed wrote: »

You're actually comparing the Eye Toy to the Kinect?

yep. little camera, jump around, literally minutes of endless fun. give it a month and there wont be anything else on adverts or donedeal.

hobochris

brian plank wrote: »

yep. little camera, jump around, literally minutes of endless fun. give it a month and there wont be anything else on adverts or donedeal.

Its a little more advanced then that:

Click Me

With the money that Microsoft have put into it, It will around for along time.

Stokolan

My mate has it since launch and it gets used most days and a lot at the weekends when we all call over for a bit of a session.

I picked mine up just before xmas and am having great fun with it. I think the your fitness evolved is class. Did it for 10 min and was in bits the next day.

Not sure how often I'll use the kinect prbaly 2 - 3 times a week at most.

budhabob

Not trying to hijack the thread,but just wondering if anyone has seen any decent bundles/deals on the slim and kinect?

Asmodean

Its a party/family fun piece of kit and thats it. its not going to represent the future of gaming anymore than the wii did.
serious gamers dont want peripheral free setups. its just a fad. think about how a fps will work with kinect (the answer is it wont)

docdolittle

Asmodean wrote: »

Its a party/family fun piece of kit and thats it. its not going to represent the future of gaming anymore than the wii did.
serious gamers dont want peripheral free setups. its just a fad. think about how a fps will work with kinect (the answer is it wont)

Think about how it will work with RTS's and other game types. It does have the possibility of gathering serious gamers support, once it is implemented in the right way. Just because it wouldn't work with FPS games as well as a controller or keyboard/mouse setup, doesn't mean that 'it's just a fad'. There are a lot of possibilities for kinect and I really hope Microsoft and developers make the most of it

amacachi

I think people (and possibly MS and developers) are looking at it in the wrong way. It should be an integrated part of the console and of all entertainment electronics etc. in the living rooms. Things like auto-sign in with facial recognition, auto-start up etc. etc. I don't have the imagination to come up with more interesting uses. :pac: One thing I would like to see would be when playing videos it automatically paused if you stood up to go get something etc. etc.

Gooch2k4

amacachi wrote: »

I think people (and possibly MS and developers) are looking at it in the wrong way. It should be an integrated part of the console and of all entertainment electronics etc. in the living rooms. Things like auto-sign in with facial recognition, auto-start up etc. etc. I don't have the imagination to come up with more interesting uses. :pac: One thing I would like to see would be when playing videos it automatically paused if you stood up to go get something etc. etc.

You can see things heading in this direction, MS have big plans for Kinect, theyre spending crazy money on it

mcgovern

I got mine for xmas as well, and so far only tried Adventures (good fun!) and Dance Central (good fun, but I've no rhythm!) and some of the demo's.
I'm seriously thinking of getting one of the fitness games and using it every day.
My other half also played it, and she has never played any other game on the xbox.
Big test tomorrow when her niece and my little sister come around and try it out, but so far, it seems like it will have a lot more legs than I thought it would, and I can't see it fading away.
Once it gets going and developers get to grips with it, I can imagine some great moments with it.

Gambler

Oh don't get me wrong, I think the tech is amazing alright, in fact the one thing that DOES have me very tempted to get it is the open source drivers are coming out with to interface it with a PC to control other things.

Am tempted to get one just so I can play around with some of that stuff but as for on the xbox itself, I thought that the voice\motion control of the console wasn't enabled over here yet?

Gambler

Oh and I don't think I'd like to play an FPS with it unless it had a VERY clever control interface. I don't fancy running on the spot to get my character to move or any of that stuff..

timeforachange

Hi all, i got the kinnect at christmas too, it came with kinnect adventures and Ive got kinnect sports and dance central too.
I want to get one of the fitness games though and just wondering if anyone has any advice or info about which one is better??

garv123

im not a fan of dance central either but it is by far the most advanced game ive ever seen. we played it xmas night whilst habing a few drinks and the craic was brill.
dance central really test kinect. it picks up every movement bar your fingers and toes. you lose out if you dont move your hips, knees elbows properly and the sensor shows where you went wrong. too me this is an amazing piece of tech and i cant wait to see what the future holds for it

mcgovern

Gambler wrote: »

Oh don't get me wrong, I think the tech is amazing alright, in fact the one thing that DOES have me very tempted to get it is the open source drivers are coming out with to interface it with a PC to control other things.

Am tempted to get one just so I can play around with some of that stuff but as for on the xbox itself, I thought that the voice\motion control of the console wasn't enabled over here yet?

Motion control is here (though not for all blades). Voice control is not though

Anita Blow

Voice control works for me for Sky Player and Zune Videos

Dcully

Its alright i suppose, my 2 kids are getting bored of it already.
Most annoying is the very noticeable lag, take the hurdles in the sports game for example, you have to jump when you see green on the track but the thing is your about 20 metres away from the hurdle when you are told to jump, this just shows how much of a delay there is,pretty ridiculous really.
Overall it seems like work in progress to me, nothing special at all.

padair

cycocycle wrote: »

I got Kinect for Christmas. I wouldn't be a hardcore gamer but I play mostly hardcore type games i.e.shooters,racers,survival horror etc. Kinect is, in my opinion,excellent fun. My other half who normally barely tolerates the xbox loves it. The novelty of the tech with the accessible fun of the likes of Kinect Adventures means it appeals to non gamers. I would recommend buying it.
(My muscles ache! It would be interesting to see the amount of alcohol/Kinect induced injuries from Christmas Day alone!:rolleyes:)

I did my hamstring in playing Kinect with my niece.. Not good, not good at all.

Gooch2k4

Lol no pain no gain!

padair

I have the Playstation move and it was interesting to play the Kinect. While the games I played were fun (Sports & Dance) I cannot see what other type of games they can make apart from Sports, Fitness and dance games.

When I was in HMV I was chatting to the shop assistant and it was good to see they were telling folks how much space they would need to use the Kinect.

DarkJager

Got it for Xmas and I'm still aching Had great fun with it Xmas day with a few drinks and smokes, mainly Kinect Sports but tried Adventures for a while as well. Love the bowling on Kinect Sports, boxing as well (although that really took a toll on my arms after 15 mins of it). Still not sure about Kinect Adventures - it seems to do full body tracking quite well but christ, the games you are forced through really bring the pain on

Enjoying it so far and looking very forward to seeing what they can do with this tech.

darced

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Reamer Fanny

For me the fun is short-lived only played Dance Central & Kinect Adventures, the release titles were wishy-washy for me but I am excited about future releases and the potential of this device, Microsoft plan to upgrade the sensor in the future to pick up even more points on the body for greater accuracy and I hope they implement scanning of real-world objects as they had touted this feature in early advertisements. I would like to see some kind of 'double-tap' feature instead of having to hover the cursor over a button(and waiting) to make selections

ThunderApple

I was thinking of getting a kinect for us, too but then I thought about the guy who lives downstairs. He always complains about our parties, which we didn't have for years. He's a little bit crazy. I'm afraid that kinect won't be any use to us with such a neighbour.

AdrianII

yeap , just get a floor mat of something to reduce the noise doing downstairs. Thats what i did, seems to be working ok so far

Dcully

LIGHTNING wrote: »

You dont have to jump immediately when it goes green you can go much later and make up time. Same with the other events.

Well when we jump later its often too late,especially the long jump etc.
Overall we are finding it all very laggy even though we have plenty of space and all is set up correctly.
Very definitely rushed out imo and still only work in progress.
Having said that maybe the games need improving and the technology is fine.

Dcully

Dcully wrote: »

Well when we jump later its often too late,especially the long jump etc.
Overall we are finding it all very laggy even though we have plenty of space and all is set up correctly.
Very definitely rushed out imo and still only work in progress.
Having said that maybe the games need improving and the technology is fine.

Laggy? Not a notion what you're on about. The thing isn't laggy at all. I suggest you bring it back and get a new one.

However it does just sound like a bit of sour grapes. You need to run and jump simultaneously - you can't run, stop, then jump as one of my mates tried doing (albeit not as slowly as described) but the game definitely penalises you if you can't run and jump simultaneously. You just need more practice at it really. I don't have any issues at all with lag and neither does my other mate who I know has one.

Edit: i notice you only encounter lag when trying the running and jumping games - this is definitely an issue you're having due to your technique.

Dcully

Deleted User wrote: »

Laggy? Not a notion what you're on about. The thing isn't laggy at all. I suggest you bring it back and get a new one.

However it does just sound like a bit of sour grapes. You need to run and jump simultaneously - you can't run, stop, then jump as one of my mates tried doing (albeit not as slowly as described) but the game definitely penalises you if you can't run and jump simultaneously. You just need more practice at it really. I don't have any issues at all with lag and neither does my other mate who I know has one.

Edit: i notice you only encounter lag when trying the running and jumping games - this is definitely an issue you're having due to your technique.

Where are you getting sour grapes from? sour grapes from what? what a ridiculous statement!
I dont play the game,played on xmas day for about an houris all, my kids and wife do and there is a definite delay on both our system and a friends, there is atleast a half second delay, not a big deal but not great either.
Its the same in the one we tried in pc world during the week.

Still pissing myself laughing here over sour grapes :rolleyes:

dreamers75

Definite lage of about half a second, pain in the ass for Dance Central but makes the adventure game easier as you can time your movements on the screen.

Dcully

Is the dance game any good?
My little 5 year old girl is mad into her hip hop dancing class, i might grab her the game if its any good.
How many songs etc?

TeddyTedson

the thing would be better if it worked in real time.

dreamers75

Dcully wrote: »

Is the dance game any good?
My little 5 year old girl is mad into her hip hop dancing class, i might grab her the game if its any good.
How many songs etc?

About 30 songs, its very well made my kids love it. i suck balls at it tho 10k on Lady Gaga Kids got 400k

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Central

Some DLC out for it thinkit comes out every friday. Worth a purchase bit of replay in it for anyone who likes it.

DarkJager

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Make sure that you kinect isnt in direct sunlight. Some of the games have a little more lag than others but not the running games. I found most of the Sports games to be excellent in terms of lag.

+1 to this advice. Sunlight really messed around with my sensor as well on Christmas day until the Kinect actually gave me a message about it. Cursor and even motions in games were nothing near what I was actually doing with my hands.

MyKeyG

My mate brought it round the other evening. I'm 30 he's 36. We got canned up and were jumping around the place like idiots. However every time I thought about buying it I would catch a glimpse of my sisters Wii gathering dust in the corner. For 150 quid plus 40/50 per game I'm not too sure how long the novelty would last.