Yesterday I went over to a friends housed and had the chance to play with the new Kinetic Xbox 360 system. Now I haven't really crossed over into the next generation of gaming with the free movement systems that PS3, Xbox 360, and the Wii provide now. I'm still old fashioned with my gamepads and controllers but experiencing this just might make me jump into the new horizon.
So I watched my friend's kids as they played Dance Central for the Kinetic System. Its truely a free flowing system. Everything in the game is body movement gestured. No controllers or gamepads are used at all. You hand is the controller. You select your options in the game by a hand wave gesture. You make your selections by holding your arm out and moving it up or down. When you pick your options you make a wave gesture from right to left. As I watched the kids seemed to be accustomed to the system very quickly.
After watching them go 2 or 3 rounds I decided to give it a try. It felt weird playing a videogame without a controller but it was pretty fun to play. Dance Central grades you on how well you do the moves and how you finish your dance routine. I even went against one of the kids in a dance off. Some how the little guy won with barely doing any of the moves correctly. Either I'm bad at dancing or he's a little mini Michael Jackson. I was doing the moves fairly correctly. Well at least enough to score. I think it might have something to do with the Kinetic's sensors. I am a taller figure than the kid so it may not have scanned me correctly. There were also 2 other people playin before me as well.
The games song selection is pretty decent. The game features artists like Snoop Dogg, Lady Gaga, and Pitbull. It definitely has sounds that will keep you moving to the beat. They are very energy driven and upbeat tunes that don't disappoint. I must say though it is a bit of a workout which is good. I just wasn't expecting to break a sweat which I did. I'm thinking I need to do this more often and get off my couch potato butt. Luckily I haven't got to the level of fat or obese. I think this Dance Central game is a good way to curtail that.
So have I changed over to the new horizon? I think I have with Dance Central. I was really impressed with how the Kinetic system worked. I definitely would love to play Dance Central on the regular. Its really a good way to keep in shape. Here's a video review of the game from GameSpot.
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