GameSpy writes: "Microsoft's relentless pursuit of Wii-smitten casual gamers has begun in earnest at E3. Teaming up with Codemasters, Microsoft hopes to ensnare entire families with a new kind of multiplayer game that uses the Xbox Live Vision Camera to transplant real people into cinematic endeavors similar to classic sci-fi B-movies. It's certainly a novel concept, and relies on a non-competitive style of gameplay like that kind found in Wii Music, but whether or not these campy home-brewed short films can offer the kind of mass appeal that the Wii has so adeptly achieved remains to be seen."
Spiffy:
-Mini-games provide fun activities whose ultimate results can be surprising
-Fairly good-quality digital compositing
Iffy:
-Promotes acting like a complete moron in front of your family and friends
-Heavily reliant on lighting
Kombo: Towards the end of last year (but prior to Project Natal's announcement), I was mulling over the used game section in my local gaming store when my girlfriend tapped me on the shoulder and gestured to the Xbox 360 Accessories section. Towards the bottom of the shelf was an Xbox LIVE Vision Camera bundled with the 2008 casual gaming experiment, You're In The Movies, with a price tag of $19.99. We took the device home and spent time playing a few rounds of what amounted to an interactive movie-themed casual-party-gimmick fest culminating in a campy movie trailer with our likenesses inserted for good measure. By the end of it, both of us were physically exhausted from the minigames and laughing like crazy at the movie trailer.
And something dawned on me - I had more fun than I thought I would.
Craig H writes: "One of our biggest gripes, actually one of the biggest complaints throughout the industry right now, is that the level of quality in games has been suffering lately. Sure there are some great titles that get the perfect amount of polish and love to ensure every drop of potential is squeezed out of the title. But there are those games that hit retail with undeservingly high price tags."
Like any other game console, the Xbox 360 has had its successes and its failures, but some of its failures have just been unforgivable. This article expands on some of its greatest failures, and is meant to pair with Top 5 Takedown's previous article, "Top 5 PS3 Fails", because both consoles deserve some scrutiny by the public that both hates and loves them.
and it's time to bash the 360?
Even as a Sony fan, I am against this because it's as stupid as all the sony bashing.
Really, what the heck is wrong with those journalists?