[quote name='tylerh1701']So I just recently picked up a Kinect, and I'd like to get a few games to play on it. Right now I only have Child of Eden and Wreckateer. I've heard the Double Fine Kinect game is fun, and I think I want Fruit Ninja too.
So, can anyone else suggest some good Kinect games I should look into picking up?
Thanks.[/QUOTE]
Keep in mind that the Double Fine game Happy Action Theatre, while extremely well implemented, is more or less a giant tech demo. It'll keep younger children occupied for a while, and theres 1 or 2 events that can be fun with some adults and a few beers (namely the cloning machine
), but once you go through and see everything once you may not be back to it except to show it off to others who haven't yet seen it. They're also supposed to be working on a sequel of sorts under a different name that may have more substance.
EDIT: Nelson just annoucned Kinect Party, the Happy Action Theatre sequel hits on the 18th and is free to the 31st!
As for retail games, I'm going to highly reccomend PowerUP Heroes, Marvel Avengers Battle for Earth - its spiritual successor by the same dev, and Kung Fu High Impact.
The first two have you acting out motions in real time fights with abilities that activate cooldowns. Its not completely fluid real time, a bit more reactionary. Timing a dodge and counter as your opponent is still stuck in the animation of a missed attack. Check out some videos for them, they kinect responsiveness is impressive for these titles. Plus its fun seeing your avatar suped up with all kinds of powers in the former, and rocking some triple A marvel characters in the latter.
Kung Fu High Impact, to me, is one of the most overlooked kinect titles. It has a few flaws, but its extremely unique. Its basically a sidescrolling beat'em up that imports your actual full body image in the game as the character. It takes a bit to get down all the motions for sliding around the screen and kicking ass, but once you do its loads of fun. This game seriously gives a better cardio workout than the dance games imo. The story is also told in a funny, albeit cheesey comic book fashion that has you make goofy faces and poses before each scene to import you into it.
Kinect Sports is worth a pick up as well. Keep an eye out for the Ultimate Edition with 1+2+all DLC dropping in price in the next month or so.
For Arcarde titles, Fruit Ninja is a MUST. Though you're already aware of this.
I'm also awaiting for a sale on Diabolical Pitch myself, but you can judge that one for yourself as I haven't even played it yet. I'm interested enough to bite on sale though.
Hope this helps! If you have any questions regarding particular titles lemme know. I have a decent sized Kinect collection so I may be able to offer insight or opinions on specifics you may be considering.