Joystiq Hands-on: PlayStation Eye's Kung-Fu Live

Kung-Fu Live sounds almost exactly like a Project Natal game. With the aid of a camera, your image is placed directly into the game, and real movements are translated into in-game actions. As the concept trailer above shows, you'll be able to kick and punch wildly into the air to take down virtual baddies. But Kung-Fu Live isn't destined for Project Natal. Instead, it's coming exclusively to the PlayStation Network.

[sinncross]

lol looked like mortal kombat in a few instances.

i suppose for a psn game its a neat piece of software.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

It would be good to grab some enemies, would be a fight more deeply.

Is good to know the Developers are supporting more the PS Eye, with full Body Recognition.

There are coming more games to play without controllers too.

[Trollimite]

i could totally see that. specially when he was doing the high punch thing.

[Godmars290]

It is nice to see that Sony - might - directly support the PSeye. Make it seem less of an add-on to Move.

[ChozenWoan]

And this shows that Sony's motion control system can do pretty much 90% of what Natal can do... even without the PSMove.

Now if they make it online multiplayer, that would be an...
ULTRA ULTRA UUUUUUUUUUULTIMATE COOOOOMBOOOOOO!

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Except the additional 10% is what is what makes the experience significantly different. From the article:

"However, this doesn't negate the fact that I'm staring at the TV and punching and kicking the air. Because of the 2D orientation of the game, you'll be facing forward, but moving side to side, which is simply not as intuitive as facing the screen and moving in the same direction."

Yup, still a 2D camera.

[ChozenWoan]

But that does prove that Natal is not as revolutionary as it's made out to be.

Also, add in the PSMove and you get 110% more... thanks to this thing we call buttons. LOL.. but for real, the PSMove takes mocap beyond what even Natal can do. Sony has shown a fighting game that is in 3D and forward facing. Although it's currently gesture based, it can just as easily be made to be 1:1 with gestures for the special moves. All without sacrificing 30% of the hardware capabilities of the console.

Sony's got the best of Natal and Wiimotes all in one system. There is no denying that it will be the most ground breaking mocap system this console generation. But don't take my word for it, just watch and see.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Was the ipod revolutionary? Was the iphone revolutionary? Was the Playstation 1 or 2 revolutionary? Was the Wii revolutionary?

My point being that most technology is built on existing technology applied in some way that distinguishes it from other products that others put more value on. That is the revolution, not the technical capabilities. With that said, I still believe that the skeleton mapping and recognition that Natal is doing is revolutionary in the sense that nobody else has shown me something as versatile as what I have seen with Natal.

Getting the computer to understand what you see is a research subject for a long long time that predates even the first Playstation.

The idea that something is revolutionary is BS though. Most products that are revolutionary fail and with a second, third or x number of tries does it succeed. That is what we are looking for, because most new products aren't revolutionary mostly improvements (large or small).

[fooltheman]

Well that looks promising ^^
And under 15 bucks it's cheap too

[HighDefinition]

I love that pic. It never gets old.

[washingmachine]

i can see huge weight loss happening lolz

[ThatCanadianGuy]

i can see me knocking over alot of expensive electronics in my living room..

[alphakennybody]

reminds me of this
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

VVV skip all the way to 3:24 for this one VVV
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[You Noob]

it look better than Natal, :3

[Godmars290]

When has anyone actually seen what Natal has to honestly offer - besides the dodge-ball game?!

Edit:
Pretty sure this is a tech demo, not a proper presentation of the full game.

[You Noob]

In fact, i was refering to the Dodge-Ball game.

It look like sh!t, and there TONS of lag.

This demo (and the hands-on article) prove that this tech work better than Natal.

Edit:
Maybe, but what you see in the game is a real image.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

So PS Eye already does Natal-ish games? Huh, kinda what we've been saying all along..

[trounbyfire]

I have made many youtube videos trying to tell people that but since i am a PS fanboy they just dismiss me as a crazy fanboys that would kill my self for sony. no i will not

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Since PS2.

[sikbeta]

PS-Eye can do Wonders, Eye of Judgment is a Testimony of that...

[trounbyfire]

LOL i told people that it could and that i had seen it done but people refuse to believe me. now what to you say natal and 360 guys. it may not track as well as natal like i have been saying but don't under state the PS eyes combine with the PS3 power.

Also that cold not work on PS2 so that why we never saw games like this full body tracking on PS2 not enough power

EDIT: its might be looking for something to interfere with an invisible wall. could even use a stick so it may not be tracking the legs

[Jack Klugman]

Looks as lame as I thought it would be.. Sony trying to be evereything to everybody(wii and natal) and failing miserably at all of it.

And you are right about the leg tracking... natal this definatly is not

Also funny all the droids who say they don't wanna look stupid doing natal stuff are now excited for this...

[HighDefinition]

Yes Jack, The Eyetoy wasnt out before Natal, keeping telling yourself that and MAYBE it'll come true. You got let me know the name of the new account you'll make, cause you only got one bubble (for good reason). :}

[alphakennybody]

when were you born jack? educate yourself man.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[piroh]

"bu bu but natal will kill the ps3"

[trounbyfire]

after watching the video over again i can see that he does poses to activate attacks and things of that nature. so it might be seeing the body as a whole and tracking the legs. so yeah its tracking the legs.

[LeShin]

1st day buy, no joke!

[piroh]

it's good to see this game because fanboys and some developers are forgeting the capabilities of PS Eye

[Cajun Chicken]

Haha, that's brilliant.

[morkendo]

guess everybody be acting like bruce lee now heii-ya!!!

[nemrawy]

It definitely looks better than the "Big Red Ball" game from Natal....XD.

Plus It actually makes you look cool , while the Red Ball game makes you look like a monkey who ran out of bananas....XD

[BBAM]

I hadn't even heard of this. After watching the trailer I expected the review to say the game didn't respond as well as the trailer made out. Definately interested in this now.

[Obama]

Does look better than everything Natal has shown thus far. I also have a ps eye but I am using it as pc webcam. I might get this game if it's interesting enough.

[rob6021]

I have a feeling lots of Natal Projects might be Multiplat with PSeye..

[jack_burt0n]

damn that looks fuc*ing excellent like being in shinobi >_< i love it! could be very funny.