Sega Proves That Kinect Isn't Smoke And Mirrors Anymore, Kinect Really Works

Kinect is about to be released next month and there hasn't been anything too spectacular besides the media capabilities and Dance Central that has showed gamers that Kinect is truly the real deal. Sega has come to the rescue with Sonic Free Riders and surprisingly this game has it all and more.

Most importantly this game demonstrates some of the features that Kudo Tsunado has spoken about that's coming in the future with hardcore games as well so enjoy the interview and game footage.

Kinect Is Ready To Roll Out.

[rroded]

nothing reliable...

dont forget this is the dude that handed contra a 10/10 jus like every other game hes ever reviewed.

[kaveti6616]

Your statement makes you look like the liar, though.

I've seen HHG's game reviews. He has NOT given every game a 10/10.

When criticizing somebody, try not to look like an idiot yourself.

[rroded]

to anyone who sent him so much as a key fob dudes a gushing toilet of praise on every game mafia2 contra etc etc

if you got proof he's ever given anything a fair review ill take it all back.

[kaveti6616]

the issue is your statement

you say he gives every game a 10/10

not true.

you lied

that's it

move on.

[Shadow Flare]

"dudes a gushing toilet of praise on every game"

Did you watch this video? Hiphopgamer did seem very, very excited when he found out sonic can ride a motorbike. I honestly find it hard to believe he was THAT excited over this title. And when he found out someone can take over your go if you wanna stop mid way through playing, he went a little bit mental. I mean, I like sonic too, that's what I grew up on but, geez, would you have been THAT excited about the game if the developers of it weren't standing right next to you?

"hold up, hold up, so you telling me you can be running one secon' and swimmin the nex'?!?! Whaaaaa!!!! Spin da belt!!!"

Yeah, it's just a case of standing still when running, then flapping your arms when in the water mate. I really don't get your excitement

[Army_of_Darkness]

was the hot asian chick in the begining:D

[TotalPS3Fanboy]

This game used to sucked with the controller.

Now, Eurogamer, an anti-PS3 website, recently played it with Kinect, and even they admitted that it sucked.

HHG is smoking weed.

[JsonHenry]

ugh. I hit the "view source" and it was too late before I realized it was HHG and I gave that idiot a click. :(

[menoyou]

As usual, HipHopLamer's headline is bogus. LOL

[ApocalypseShadow]

and doesn't work WELL.

if sega wanted,they could release this same game on pseye without any problem.so the question is:what is the camera doing that is so amazing?

if this can be done on ps2....
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
i know it can be done on ps3.

the only thing this...ha ha ha..."VIDICLE" proves,is that nothing has changed but graphics.and that microsoft is trying to sell a $150 dollar camera when a cheaper camera can do the same gameplay.and i'm not even talking about pseye.

[egm_hiphopgamer]

hey Apocalypse your correct man I agree with you, but the thing is that sony didn't support eyetoy like they should have and kinect is trying to capitalize you feel me. I wish the pseye had more games like anti-grav but if they not gonna put them out, then kinect will you and you have to respect that.

Can sonic free riders be done on the pseye yes but is it being done no so technically until sony step up and utilize their power like phil harrison said, they will always be behind on that platform.

kung-fu live is a great no-controller game but that's only one game WE NEED MORE, so yes your right apocalypse hands down I agree with you

[deadreckoning666]

"no one says it doesn't work.only that it's NOTHING NEW.
and doesn't work WELL"

Question: Have-you-played-it-yet?

Could the PSeye do it? Yeah probably..but its not. The PS3 could run Super Mario Galaxy 10x over....but the Wii is still outselling it. I don't get your point. Apocalypse, I'm looking at your comment history and I have to say..u spend more time moaning about Kinect and the 360 than you do anything else. If u have such a bad opinion towards these things, why not ignore them an move on with ur life....assuming you have one.

[karl]

what?

kung fu live its only one game? ...

and so is Sonic free riders... what other games kinect has?

seriosly this cheap games are suppose to be impresive?...

yes MS is trying to capitalize with this .. but not with kinect by making more and more games...
but with a lot of advertising .. having something casual and old and making it look next gen when its not...

do we really need to respect that? to be deceived?
MS puts more money on propaganda than it does on games...

[nycredude]

Hiphop

No we don't need more. I need a controller for my gaming needs. You guys and gals want to go all casual be my guess but please don't speak for all gamers when you think "we need more" of this casual shit.

[Redempteur]

played the "riders" sonic before ..

and if it doesn't work with a pad .. i don't know how it can work without one ..

"My opinion "

[Bigpappy]

how do you throw things at your opponents when PS-eye can't read forward motions. You would have to use the move for it to work. Then you would have to figure out how to replace the skooting with your feet to boost speed. Sonic FSR mabe based on Anti-garvity gameplay, but there are elements to it that can not be done with PS-eye. Infact, that game only tacked the top half of your body, namely head and arms.

[Crapple]

You see in the bottom corner of that Anti-Grav vid? That is what the Eyetoy is seeing. What they have basically done is created 3 "touch pads", 2 blue at the sides and one red in the center. These react to movement. There is absolutely zero tracking of a human body going on whatsoever. When you move your hand up and down the right pad, the board goes right. It doesn't have to be the players hand... it doesn't even have to be a hand.

Here is another example in Sega Superstars - http://www.youtube.com/watc... Again, they have created motion pads at the side, cleverly designed so that the player stretches his arms out giving the illusion that he is flying the character. And notice how you have to wiggle your hand to select a button, because it doesn't know that there is a hand there, it is just waiting for any kind of movement input.

The vast majority of Eyetoy and webcam games give a great impression that they're doing what Kinect is doing, but they really are using smoke and mirrors, whereas Kinect is legitimately tracking the human body in 3D. That is the difference. Is that reflected in the gameplay? Not greatly so far, Kinect is still delivering mostly Eyetoy-like gameplay just in a very advanced way, but the potential is there for some truly unique experiences.

[JOLLY1]

it upsets fanboys!

[EasilyTheBest]

You are of course exactly right.. You explained it well..
I remember a few of the Eyetoy games, yes a friend could be playing and I could reach my hand into view of the screen and take part in the game.
Youll probably lose a few bubbles by pointing this out so well....

[jerethdagryphon]

i would agree kinect tech has potential to do some truely great things for sports games and others its the company behind it im worried about

ms hasnt really pushed boundrys in the past but prefer to play it safe

[saint_john_paul_ii]

"hey Apocalypse your correct man I agree with you, but the thing is that sony didn't support eyetoy like they should have"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[JOLLY1]

....in 7 years. Why did you post this? So, HHg would have proof?

[Seferoth75]

Looks like 4 years to me. 2003 to 2007 but you only looked at Eyetoy specific games. Scroll down to others and you will find a lot more games that could be used with Eyetoy. 36 more games are listed

[kneon]

Well this video is nothing to brag about, watch when the guy jumps, there is an unacceptably high lag. I don't know how you can possibly play it with such lag. The Kinect lag isn't usually as bad as that so it seems the game is also an issue here.

Plus I didn't see anything that the PS eye can't and hasn't already done before.

[Moonboots]

adamx you didn't debate even one bit of Crapples post.

All you did was come back with the same ol hater speech.

+bubs for Crapple for explaining yet again why Kinect isn't just some EyeToy.

[ParanormalGamer]

Liking the work you putting in man.. Keep it coming..

[whitesoxfalife]

good response HHG to Apocalypse i hope everybody takes notice on what you just stated specially the "SONAIRS"

[turnerdc]

The movements seemed pretty accurate and I didn't notice much lag. Kudos to HHG and Sega.

[Stealth20k]

doesnt look like any fun jumping up and down

[AntoineDodson]

Atleast that silly hat looks better than his wrestling belt...

[CrzyFooL]

Hide yo kids, hide yo wife, cuz HHG is rapin errbody out here!!

[wat634]

There is more proof than this to show that kinect works and is a very useful piece of technology.

Can't wait to use it, its gonna be awesome!

[Stealth20k]

Actually there is more proof that it doesnt work.

Child of eden the only so called hardcore kinect game comming up and the controls are a joke according to previewers from 1up and destructiod. And they said you shouldnt even think about using the kinect controls because they are so bad,

[Cueil]

if you don't count Steal Battalion or Project Dragon... or any of the other games that were announced at TGS

[Sylmaron]

Actually there was substantial lag.

[neogeo]

This fails and sega fails. I work hard standing all day then I go to the gym after work. I simply REFUSE to stand p and play a video game.

[whitesoxfalife]

MAN GET THAT BULLSHIT LINE OUTTA HERE DUN HEARD THIS SAME LINE FOR AN YR NOW IF U REALLY DOES WHAT U SAYN ON HERE THEN U DONT HAVE TIME TO PLAY ANY GAMES AT ALL SEEING THAT U ARE ACTIVE OUTSIDE!!!!!!!!!!

[GoldPS3]

HHG gets paid to say games are good even when they are bad. That's his job people.

[HeavenlySnipes]

and I still am.. Look this mini/party game thing migh be fun for some but I (and most of my buddies) spend time on Full out GAMES.

GAMES that have a story and interesting characters that develop etc.. I don't care for Sports Champions, Kung Fu Fighter, this POS etc.. I want a GAME made ground up for the hardware. At least I was given hope that the Move wasn't useless when I say Socery but everything by Kinect is just mini/party games.

[Moonboots]

They announced some stuff at TGS like Steel Battalion.

Check out those announcements they are full games built for Kinect.

I agree that the party/mini-games can get old quick.

[Baka-akaB]

I knows i'm not the biggest kinect fan , but whatever the platform , i have no confidence in any good sonic riders game .

Sorry but it's like telling me Shadow could be good on Move ...

[BYE]

The gameplay looks similar to Kinect Adventures.

Nothing new.

[Biggest]

This x 9 million. Why should anyone pay $50/$60 for this when they probably got Kinect Adventures bundled in their Kinect package?

[THC CELL]

http://i43.tinypic.com/e6c9... nuff said

Plus HHG Sony could update there pseye anytime
trust me it will come..

[Moonboots]

If it can be done then why does the guy have to hold 2 move controllers? If EYE can do everything Kinect can then it shouldn't need you to hold glowing balls at $50 bux a piece.

I enjoy the heck out of Move and my EYE but I understand the limits of the stand alone EYE camera.

[Vegeta9000]

We've known that Kinect has worked for sometime now. It just doesn't work well.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Geez...No thanks.

http://img230.imageshack.us...

[lolzers]

I think there is potential in Kinnect. Somewhere, and somehow. But at the moment I just don't see it. The far greater potential involves controller AND Kinnect together which kinda makes the idea of playing without controls pointless.

But it could be effectively used. How it all pans out is anyones guess, I won't be buying one for the foreseeable future (I haven't got a 360 for a start) but as a tool in hardcore gaming it could be viable. If used properly.

[niceguyWii3]

isnt what you described basically pseye+move?

[lolzers]

Yeah. MS crack me up sometimes.

[niceguyWii3]

Game looks ok but im sure this same game could be done on pseye, infact I bet Sony will have their own sonic game that does the same thing. Not that it intrest me though.

[TwistedMetal]

to make a quick buck. These are the type of people we try to get rid of in society. A lie is a lie and just because hes not a politician doesnt mean we can allow this crap.

[Cueil]

wtf his grandmother just died... that comment was unnessarry

[blackburn5]

I thought it was a really true statement until I saw who was saying it.A HHG video is the proof that Kinect works? Sorry. The fact that Sonic Riders was a crappy game even with a controller leads me to believe that playing it without one will be worse. I read a preview and the person hated having to constantly bend at the hip to play and it was so hard to control he came 7th. Besides after watching that FPS Kinect video, I already can see what Kinect is and its 'potential'

[xX1NORM1Xx]

i think hip hop gamer likes sonic then lol

[Spawn-KING]

WTF PS2 did that with the PS2 eyetoy,with the anti gravity game .Show us something thats never been done .

[Cueil]

if you read up a little you'll find someone who explaned exactly how the anti gravity game works

[JJFNIGHTS80]

Yeah right like I'm going to spend on a 149$ motion sensor camera. I'd rather by a real camera with that price tag.

[Cueil]

what camera is out there that can detect you in 3D space for 150 bucks?

[Newtype]

It doesn't look like he is playing the game...wtf.