Microsoft has released a new game which finally makes use of the Xbox Vision Camera in You're In The Movies, which is basically a collection of mini-games to try and put the camera to use on the Xbox 360.
Up to this point, the Xbox Vision Camera has not been used all that much in many games. The only real use it has had was with video chats over Xbox Live with friends, but that is about it.
Conclusion:
The whole idea behind the game and the set-up of it is interesting, but there are many things which will hold this back in the long-run from allowing families and casual gamers to have a lot of fun with this. The game does not have the depth, it is not technologically advanced enough, and the output of what you get for putting the work in is not worthy of the price tag unfortunately.
This is an interesting idea to say the least as it definitely is an innovative game, there really hasn't been any attempt to put gamers in a movie such as this before, besides some of the EyeToy stuff from Sony. In the end though, the implementation of it is unfortunately not of high-enough quality to make this warrant the $70 price tag.
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."
If you mean the one for the movie, that game sucked on every platform. That was the definition of licensed shovelware.
I hate Hannah Montana. Overrated piece of shiat. Anyway, my worst 360 game has got to be Beowulf The Game. I find it interesting that whenever a game title includes the name "The Game", it usually fails.
Replies(2)
I only ever played the demo for too human, that put me off it enough to not waste money on it. So I can't say for certain it belongs on this list, but going off the demo alone, it definitely is, at least for me, a 360 exclusive to avoid. The only game on this list I've played was you're in the movies. My dad picked it up at christmas and it was actually a lot of fun with all the family, and I had a lot of lighting equipment borrowed from college that holiday to film some stuff for projects, so I was able to seperate everyone pretty well form the background, so it looked as good as MS advertised it.
Mind you we've never played it again since. Its like my sisters wii, it gets brought out at xmas and thats it. So I guess if you're a hardcore gamer, you're in the movies is another exclusive to avoid. Also I think LIPS should be on this list.
If you grew up on old school loot grinding type games Too Human wasn't that bad at all. and honestly for me if Dennis Dyack hadn't used those lame analog only controls and keep his mouth shut on neogaf the game wouldn't have garnered as much as hate as it did.
Sure, the auto-targeting sucked, the story wasn't very good, the valkyrie junk was also annoying, and I hate that Dennis Dyack guy. He makes me absolutely sure I could never be a reviewer. My review would have been "I HATE DYACK. TOO HUMAN GETS A 2.3 OUT OF 10."
But, regardless, I only played the demo at my house, but my friend took the plunge and bought it. So I stole his controller and played it for a while. The targeting really did suck, but the quick combat really was pretty cool.
You making me think of Too Human means I'm probably going to borrow it tonight.. Definitely.. Haha.
yea i agree with you the auto targeting did suck but the quick combat was fun i wish i rented it instead of buying it
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.
Wow..
this article is just as a big as fail as the 'top 5 ps3 fails'
Now I'mma go make a list called;
Top 5 Journalism fails..
and my no. 1 and no. 2 spots have already been decided ;)
they made a top 5 ps3 fails now they made a 360 one expect to see a wii one up as well
so i don't see what the big deal is?
This is a bunch of fanboys bagging out a gaming system because they have nothing better to do than troll people on the internet.
This and the equivalent PS3 articles are the most useless pages on the entire internet. Even more useless than www.zombo.com
to be honest with you nothing gaming related is considered real journalism
gaming journalism is a joke
5- why would they support a rival,that's just stupid .Not supporting HD-DVD was the real failure .if MS had installed HD-DVD drives in the 360, Bluray would have died bcz they had the upper hand .
4-no one cares about internet browser on a game console.I got a PS3 and i only used that crap ounce .it was terrible.I need games period
3-Both the Eyetoy and the 360 vision cam are failures.You're in the movies wasn't a major realease it was casual gaming crap,not important enough to even be a major failures .JUST STUPID
2-I dont Mind Paying for GOOD service.I got BOTH a 360 and a PS3 and guess what i love my 360 more even with the 50 dollars membership.PSN SUCKS until that change i don't mind paying.
1 I agree 100%
hakeem Don't forget that Microsoft knows how to write code for an internet browser. Depending on how you look at it Internet explorer is a decent browser but I guess MS didn't/doesn't put it on the 360 because of all the Security holes in it. I'm sure they could make a great browser for the 360 but I doubt they will because they will have to give it out for free.
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?
features of XBOX 360:
1.Games - Last gen
2.Online - Monthly fees,lags = last gen
3.DVD - Are you kidding ?
4.RROD - ;)
5.Design - last gen and ugly
6.Controller - absolutely horrible AA battery brick= last gen
7.Natal = Eyetoy = last gen
Are you kidding? These types of articles are what make up the daily cesspool that is N4G. There has never been a single day in which I log into N4G to get some news, where half the stories aren't pure garbage and shouldn't even have been posted on the interent. N4G is just a breeding ground for this type of stuff, because any idiot can post an "article" and then have his idiot friends bump it all the way to the top of the page.
As for the article, it's just your varied list of crap which has been said for a long long time. These kind of lists can be easily flipped for the Wii or PS3, and I don't know why people still waste time writing and reading them. That's N4G for you though. If there is something out there which can be trashed on gaming wise, you better believe N4G is going to have some sort of article on it.
