Watch this video. It's Max Payne for PC played using the Kinect sensor and a Wii Remote/nunchuk combination. Using FAAST, a tookit used to map gestures to keystrokes developed at USC for use with PrimeSense systems (Kinect's camera included), motions are used to control most aspects of gameplay. Bullet time is activated by leg motion while movement can be controlled with leaning or the nunchuk's analog.
The effect, as you can see, is a physical implementation of the bullet time mechanic used in Max Payne in a way that's natural and doesn't sacrifice much in the way of accuracy. This is exactly the sort of thing I have been trumpeting as the reason core gamers should get excited about Kinect. As you can see, it's certainly not perfect. But as developers start to consider the possibility of making games that are not either controller-based or Kinect-based, this is the kind of thing we can probably look forward to.
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It's only a matter of time before Microsoft announces a new "Kinect controller set". It's obvious now that there's only one way to make games work on Kinect; bring controllers into the mix.
How to make Microsofts evil scheme work:
1.Introduce Kinect with-out the controllers to make the cost lower initially and into gamers homes.
2. After everyone who absolutely can't live without Kinect has one, introduce "Mii-too" remotes.
Everyone with the Kinect already, knows there are no cool games with-out buying "Mii-Too" remotes, so they buy them and feel like it's a good deal because they haven't bought anything Kinect related beings as there have been no good games.
3. Everyone with a 360 but no Kinect see how cool the games with Kinect and Mii-too remotes are and are suddenly ready to buy the whole shebang for 250 bucks. They feel like it's a steep cost of entry but bite the bullet for the sake of gaming with what ever is the new hip thing to be doing.
4. Eventually price drops ofthe $58 worth of components that make up the Kinect enable Microsoft to discount the whole bundle slowly with years of Kinect/Mii-too price drops. Eventually they are selling 360s with Kinect and Mii-too for $300.
What Corduroy Turtle said. That just...ugh. I don't get how you can complain about motion controls and applaud that. I like motion controls but that didn't look very fun.
@nanowerx because hacking is the only fun thing to do woth kinect at the moment. :p but I'd rather be getting my head shot on with the move in killzone 3. : )
If said game still requires me to lean from side to side on one leg then I stand by by initial statement. I'm not a hater of motion control and I firmly believe that the Kinect has some truly amazing things up it's sleeve.
Tell that to my kids who cant stop playing it. Hacking the kinect is what i would say anybody above 8 years old are doing. And its furthering the advancement of the kinect. The games will come. IMO i would never want to play a game like this with the kinect. The controller still has appeal for certain games and max paynes is def one of them.
You know, sometimes I feel as if the Kinect is Microsofts excuse for not given us real gamers a better gaming system. The Xbox 360 is great and making it more like the Wii just does not cut it.
I didnt always think about it like this but I came across an article called "Can you really hate Kinect". You can find the article here: http://getyourgadgetsgoing.com/2011/01/11/can-you-really-hate-kinect-poll/
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6:30 AM on 01.13.2011 | 
How to make Microsofts evil scheme work:
1.Introduce Kinect with-out the controllers to make the cost lower initially and into gamers homes.
2. After everyone who absolutely can't live without Kinect has one, introduce "Mii-too" remotes.
Everyone with the Kinect already, knows there are no cool games with-out buying "Mii-Too" remotes, so they buy them and feel like it's a good deal because they haven't bought anything Kinect related beings as there have been no good games.
3. Everyone with a 360 but no Kinect see how cool the games with Kinect and Mii-too remotes are and are suddenly ready to buy the whole shebang for 250 bucks. They feel like it's a steep cost of entry but bite the bullet for the sake of gaming with what ever is the new hip thing to be doing.
4. Eventually price drops ofthe $58 worth of components that make up the Kinect enable Microsoft to discount the whole bundle slowly with years of Kinect/Mii-too price drops. Eventually they are selling 360s with Kinect and Mii-too for $300.
5.1 Year later they announce the XBox 720.
NGGGGGGHHHHHHHHNNNNN
Move.
Who cares:)
Didn't get the memo? Nobody is hacking the Move. One word...Kinect.
Still....I don't have my hopes high, that's for sure.
If said game still requires me to lean from side to side on one leg then I stand by by initial statement. I'm not a hater of motion control and I firmly believe that the Kinect has some truly amazing things up it's sleeve.
Tell that to my kids who cant stop playing it. Hacking the kinect is what i would say anybody above 8 years old are doing. And its furthering the advancement of the kinect. The games will come. IMO i would never want to play a game like this with the kinect. The controller still has appeal for certain games and max paynes is def one of them.
I didnt always think about it like this but I came across an article called "Can you really hate Kinect". You can find the article here: http://getyourgadgetsgoing.com/2011/01/11/can-you-really-hate-kinect-poll/