Microsoft Corp. this week demonstrated Kinect Star Wars for the Xbox 360 this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV.
The Pod Race demonstration level offered gesture-based controls to facilitate vehicle turns and power boosts.
Kinect Star Wars, a groundbreaking game released in April 2012 for the Xbox 360, utilized the Kinect motion-sensing peripheral to plunge players into the heart of the Star Wars universe.
One of the worst things to happen to Star Wars was it being exclusive to Kinect when PS Move could have been a better version because of "buttons" per Kevin with better tracking. And the controller looking like a light saber hilt. Or, had an actual light saber game similar to the dojo in Vader Immortal.
But the miming lies on the Microsoft E3 stage was icing on the cake of this garage. Wasn't even live gameplay. Just bad acting. Nothing ground breaking about this travesty.
WTMG's Leo Faria: "This piece wasn’t meant to say that Star Wars‘ gaming future is ruined forever, nor that there isn’t a chance for a good AAA Star Wars game to come out in the near future. I need to reiterate that, yes, I’m looking forward to Jedi Fallen Order. Then again, as a massive Star Wars fan, like most of you I miss the days when we would get loads of titles a year, each one focused on one specific feature of the franchise. I’d rather have a slew of smaller Star Wars games being released every year, some good and some not as good, than one big generic title being released every two years. These are always at the risk of being criticized due to typical AAA practices like expensive season passes, cut content, or microtransactions. Had Disney allowed for anyone, especially mid-range developers and publishers, to bring their creative and risk-free ideas to life, I’m sure fans would have rejoiced. And Disney’s pockets would most certainly fill up faster than nowadays."
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WTMG's Leo Faria: "Kinect Star Wars gave me the opportunity to witness Darth Vader and the Emperor dancing to Deadmau5's "Ghosts n' Stuff" like a couple of teenage ravers on ecstasy. That's the best thing I never thought I'd ever see in my life."
lol I remember this. Almost as much of an embarrassment as the Star Wars Holiday Special
I'm not a huge fan of Ep. 1, but I loved the pod racing concept.
This pod racing was basically already done with PS2's EyeToy with the game AntiGrav...
All in all it doesn't sound like I will be getting the hardcore Star Wars game that I was hoping for.
I know this game doesn't get a ton of love around here, but I was most looking forward to the Pod Racing parts of the game. I used to love Pod Racing on my N64 and my Dreamcast back in the day.
Also, looking forward to Star Wars Episode 1 in 3-D this February. Episode 1 is my second favorite of the whole saga, don't think there is a better character then Qui-Gon Jinn in the whole saga.
..this game will release and scream of casual fail.
Pity.
I don't like the sound of gesture based pod racing at all.
I know it's a Kinect title but they give an option to use the controller for this part if its a mini-game where you can race as much as you want.
Also he doesn't complain about lag so they really must have polished it.