Child of Eden pushing Kinects erm.... buttons ;-)

Yungstar 2006

Yungstar 2006

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Whether it's a Kinect game for the rest of us, a bold audiovisual sculpture, or even, y'know, a twitchy arcade rail shooter, Child of Eden is looking wonderful. Sounds pulse, lights blink and shift, lines warp and flutter and then slowly congregate to form space whales or galaxy-spanning birds - it's a bit like enjoying a Valium overdose while you relax in a glass elevator filled with orange Fanta and Bonjela. (We checked.)
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What's astonishing about Child of Eden, though, is no longer just how pretty it looks, how good it sounds, or how wonderfully earnest the whole thing is. Child of Eden's greatest achievement may be as a game that genuinely benefits from Kinect: tussling with the hardware to emerge with something uncompromised and wholly convincing.
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-eden-hands-on
 
http://www.kinectaku.com
Child of Eden predecessor Rez wasn't just famous for being a great game; in Japan it launched with an item called the "Trance Vibrator", which pulsated in time with the game's music to bring the player and the action closer together. Naturally with Child of Eden going completely controller-free with Kinect you'd expect there to be no feedback, but developer Q? Entertainment has come up with a novel solution.Up to four Xbox 360 controllers can be connected to vibrate in time with the game's music, providing feedback when placed in your pocket, on your head or anywhere on your body, really. Tetsuya Mizuguchi's studio even revealed it has created a special belt to hold the controllers, and although it's unlikely the add-on will find its way outside of Japan it's still an opportunity we wouldn't be surprised to see other accessory manufacturers working on.
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Looks like a PS3 version is confirmed, but with a late release date around in the Autumn season so a longer wait there. Move support should be expected.

Now give the PS3 a release of Rez HD as well! :p
 
Phatjayunoi said:
Looks like a PS3 version is confirmed, but with a late release date around in the Autumn season so a longer wait there. Move support should be expected.

Now give the PS3 a release of Rez HD as well! :p
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Seems its US only? The EU date is the same day as the 360 release according to sources.
 
This is out Friday and is garning some amazing reviews.

First 8/10 from games(tm) and Edge and now Joystiq

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/14/child-of-eden-review/

It is also one of the most remarkable video games I've ever played. Not only does it represent the most complete realization of what the Kinect has to offer, it possesses the (perhaps childish) distinction of being, for lack of a better term, a "crying game." It will almost certainly conjure tears from its hardest players -- not because it is particularly sad or melancholic, but because it is stirring.
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5/5

I've had it preorder a while and can't wait. Anyone else getting it?
 
It's a shame that this is the only game that I'd actually use Kinect for at the moment, and the only one that really takes advantage of it in a non casual way so far.
 
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