Star Wars Kinect

Mr Bloat · 02-04-2012 5:05pm #1

Is there an online list anywhere of when review embargos pass? I always find it worrying when a game release is imminent and there are no reviews of it online. Star Wars Kinect is due to be released tomorrow and my kids are mental for it (I must admit I'll be curious about it myself) but I find the lack of reviews disturbing.

I never for one second thought this would be game of the year material but I was hoping that it would get a 5 or 6 review score. I would doubt that now, with no reviews available. Shame.

NTMK · 02-04-2012 5:13pm

Mr Bloat wrote: »

Is there an online list anywhere of when review embargos pass? I always find it worrying when a game release is imminent and there are no reviews of it online. Star Wars Kinect is due to be released tomorrow and my kids are mental for it (I must admit I'll be curious about it myself) but I find the lack of reviews disturbing.

I never for one second thought this would be game of the year material but I was hoping that it would get a 5 or 6 review score. I would doubt that now, with no reviews available. Shame.

Its usually midnight us east coast time on the day its released in the us (for star wars tonight). but im not sure how it works for global releases.

The game looks horrendous BTW.

spankmaster2000 · 02-04-2012 5:24pm

Mr Bloat wrote: »

I find the lack of reviews disturbing.

Helix · 02-04-2012 5:32pm

have it here

havent had a chance to play it though, up to my eyeballs getting the next issue of our canadian magazine done

will report back later if i get time

Mr Bloat · 02-04-2012 5:32pm

spankmaster2000 wrote: »

Glad you spotted that one!

cloud493 · 02-04-2012 8:35pm

Apparently the embargo breaks at midnight US time.

Mr Bloat · 02-04-2012 8:55pm

Oh God, I can't believe I told my kids we would buy this atrocity tomorrow. I even pre-ordered it and paid a deposit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OnDizZ7UT0

SimpeSam · 02-04-2012 9:45pm

Mr Bloat wrote: »

Oh God, I can't believe I told my kids we would buy this atrocity tomorrow. I even pre-ordered it and paid a deposit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OnDizZ7UT0

I don't know what yo're talking about, that looks amazing!

Shiminay · 02-04-2012 10:11pm

Whoever is responsible for that can never be punished enough. Dear gods what is this sh1t? You have the license to make a motion control Star Wars game and you make Dance Central Star Wars Edition? I hope the people responsible (and their families) get swallowed by a saarlac.

Healium · 02-04-2012 10:19pm

I've just seen that, Princess In A Battle (Christina Aguilera) and Hologram Girl (Gwen Stefani). So,that's me now done with Mass Effect and Star Wars. Back to Halo..

ShadowHearth · 02-04-2012 10:26pm

Omfg dance game? Starwars?

marco_polo · 02-04-2012 10:45pm

Mr Bloat wrote: »

Oh God, I can't believe I told my kids we would buy this atrocity tomorrow. I even pre-ordered it and paid a deposit...

Ah motion control, the future of gaming so they say. :pac:

Meesared · 02-04-2012 10:49pm

You all do realise this is just a mini game, and not the whole game, right?

Hell dance games work really well on Kinect, why not throw a dancing mini game into it?

sarumite · 02-04-2012 11:21pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Omfg dance game? Starwars?

"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I feel something terrible has happened."

super_furry · 02-04-2012 11:31pm

That looks so horribly awesome, like something they came up with during the Molydeux gamejam.

super_furry · 02-04-2012 11:37pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF2-XIsI8JY

Gotta love this interview with the Microsoft bod, first line out: "We just want to bring the most authentic Star Wars experience to the people who love Star Wars."

Because who doesn't remember the Lando dance-off scene?

K.O.Kiki · 03-04-2012 3:01am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZFCqS6B-wo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHSGo_a-kDU

Prophetic...

Mr Bloat · 03-04-2012 9:49am

The reviews are coming in, as predicted it's not doing very well:
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/kinect-star-wars

Some of the reviews read worse than the score they gave so the current metacritic score of 57 should read as 30-40, imo. Ah well, hopefully my purchasing of the collectors edition of Diablo 3 will redeem me in the eyes of the gods of gaming!

hightower1 · 03-04-2012 11:06am

The ONLY way this game would have been destined to not blow chunks is if kinect had no lag, the game design was NOT aimed at pre teens, ONLY focused on light saber duals and copied your movements one for one (not like the current - swipe vertical for a canned animation BS).

Anything short of that meant certain failure and looks like thats the case.
Star wars dance mini game.... many nerds are rolling in many graves right now.

Blazer · 03-04-2012 11:18am

I was so looking forward to a Jedi Outcast type game..but my god...this sucks...this sucks...even for George fúckin Lucas this sucks..

Genghiz Cohen · 03-04-2012 11:19am

Is there anywhere reviewers privately leak per-embargo reviews? Like WikiLeaks for gamers?
Jesus I hate embargoes.

ShadowHearth · 03-04-2012 1:32pm

Well lads, honestly, who expected this to be good? We all knew deep inside - it wil suck balls and take your money away.

It might be something fun for kids, but do kids of this generations even interested in Starwars or even know wtf it is?
In my opinion Starwars as franchise is only viable for older generation who love SW as nostalgia trip or just generally SW nerds. This game shoots in to some non existent space.

* I know there are kids who know what Starwars are, but let's be honest, not many of them out there.

Temptamperu · 03-04-2012 1:53pm

It is a Kinect game, how could anyone have high hopes for it?

gizmo · 03-04-2012 1:57pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Well lads, honestly, who expected this to be good? We all knew deep inside - it wil suck balls and take your money away.

It might be something fun for kids, but do kids of this generations even interested in Starwars or even know wtf it is?
In my opinion Starwars as franchise is only viable for older generation who love SW as nostalgia trip or just generally SW nerds. This game shoots in to some non existent space.

* I know there are kids who know what Starwars are, but let's be honest, not many of them out there.

Won't stop LucasArts from pushing in that direction though. Did you see this monstrosity?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-shzNk_mnAU

ShadowHearth · 03-04-2012 1:59pm

gizmo wrote: »

Won't stop LucasArts from pushing in that direction though. Did you see this monstrosity?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-shzNk_mnAU

is that official trailer? :eek:

gizmo · 03-04-2012 2:01pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

is that official trailer? :eek:

Yep, one of them anyway.

ShadowHearth · 03-04-2012 2:05pm

gizmo wrote: »

Yep, one of them anyway.

star wars were killed that day, lets us have a minute of silence

evanbrau · 03-04-2012 5:56pm

We only got our review copy yesterday. Thankfull, I don't have a Kinect so it has fallen to another to take on that burden. I also hate that some writers are cutting it slack because "it's a kids game". Kids like quality too so we shouldn't accept slop like this being doled out to them to make some quick money. Kids are capable of doing far, far more complex things than most developers seem to give them credit for.

Mr E · 03-04-2012 6:34pm

Renaming thread, since we've moved away from embargo chat....

Meesared · 03-04-2012 6:34pm

For all the people complain about Star Wars Kinect and have not played it http://kotaku.com/5898749/hey-star-wars-grumps-youre-making-it-even-worse

Myrddin · 03-04-2012 9:00pm

Mr Bloat wrote: »

Oh God, I can't believe I told my kids we would buy this atrocity tomorrow. I even pre-ordered it and paid a deposit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OnDizZ7UT0

What in the name of fcuk?

Star Wars Kinect

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