Microsoft's global product manager Glenn Gregory has teased Big Things on Kinect this year, in what we sincerely hope is a veiled allusion to Crytek's first-person face-bludgeoner Ryse, reportedly "going really, really well".
"We've had a great response to it over the last year and a half," Gregory told OXM at a Kinect Star Wars preview event today. "The interesting thing is seeing how it progresses and how people use it in different ways. I think there are a lot of capabilities in the hardware that people haven't used yet, and I think it's going to be really interesting over the next 12 months to see what comes out.
Gregory also took a moment to reiterate Microsoft's commitment to controllers, just in case last year's harping on the subject left you in any doubt.
"My personal opinion is that there's always going to be a place for controllers. Certain games fit controllers perfectly and I don't see why you'd change those games for Kinect for the sake of doing it. It's all about using the technology in a way that's appropriate for the game as opposed to using the technology just to use it.
"Games like Halo, a fantastic controller based game, the experience wouldn't be as fun if you were standing around shooting an imaginary gun. Games like Fable Heroes, however, are built from the ground up to use the Kinect technology and I think people are going to be really excited when they see it because it's pretty cool."
More on that "really cool upcoming stuff" as we get it.
7 comments so far...
Bezza89 on 15 Mar '12 said:
In the 18 months Kinect has been out... what has been good? What future games look any good?
michaelhill2110 on 15 Mar '12 said:
to be fare kenect sport and dance central have been good. well deserved triumpfs. but there are still no games for the serious gamer... 18 months and not a single serious adult gaming experience?? im an looking forward to metal battalion as this is going to be the first to change this but i am afraid it will also be the ONLY one to change things. heres hoping i'm wrong
schwepterbrowser on 16 Mar '12 said:
More adult games would include Blackwater, The Gunstringer & Rise of Nightmares, too. I have all of them, but am yet to try any of them, so I couldn't say whether they were any good or not...
I assume Fruit Ninja will be good fun, too. Got that with Gunstringer, but again, I haven't tried it.
michaelhill2110 on 16 Mar '12 said:
Blackwater would have been called bad 5 years ago... want to try gunstringer but cant find it for an afordable price (im broke atm so £10 is too much) and have no idea about rise of nightmares
schwepterbrowser on 16 Mar '12 said:
I've seen some decent reviews for Blackwater, (7/10s; one of which was from OXM) supposedly it evokes memories of light gun games like Time Crysis, which I used to love playing in the arcade. That's the only reason I got it, well, that and it was only a tenner.
I got Gunstringer for £15, I haven't seen it for anything less. Are you interested in Fruit Ninja? That'd cost about £7 to download and comes free with the game, making it pretty good value for money.
richwk on 18 Mar '12 said:
If "really cool" and "really interesting" mean "stormtroopers dancing to YMCA" and "even more fitness and dancing games", I'll have my money back now, please.
Captain_Chao5 on 19 Mar '12 said:
Gunstringer...an adult game? Really?
Rise of Nightmares got slated in every review I read due to poor game controls.
Blackwater - no idea.
I agree Kinect Sports and Dance Central were good. The Wife also liked Michael Jackson experience - but otherwise not much else good came out. I've just downloaded the demo for Tiger Woods with kinect support before I decide if this is worth a punt. Star Wars kinect is the BIGGEST disappointment for me. i was so looking forward to it - but the more i see, the less I want it.