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Avatars Get Heroic (and Kinetic) in PowerUp Heroes

SHIT DUDE WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOUR AVATAR'S NECK

Aug. 16 2011

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Giraffe


They better let me use my avatar clothes.

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that neck is not natural.

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Edited By landon

This looks awful and kinda cool.

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This could be kinda fun...for a while, and even better without Kinect.

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I thought they had rules against avatars hitting each other or involving violence involving avatars.

Also WTF?!

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Shoot, I was hoping this was just avatar clothing or animations on the dashboard. I wanted to make my dude a Super Saiyan.

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Oh man, that looks dumb...

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It will be on psn next year.

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looks interesting if you could just pick your powers and fight other player online that would be cool.

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"humiliate punks online" I think thats a day one buy right there!

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not to speak badly of you yanks but that voice over fella was the worst

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"clear your avatar's schedule.  Because It is about to hit the fan..." 
 
Why the hell is his schedule hitting the fan. 
 
More importantly who makes a schedule for their avatar? 
 
This game is gonna be garbage.

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This looks ridiculous.

And not the good kind of ridiculous...

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My eight year old says it's a day one buy. Too bad we don't have a Kinect.

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Humiliate punks online.

Boy you got me pegged Ubisoft.

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On the one hand, this might actually be kinda cool if it weren't on Kinect, but on the other, let's be honest, no one was going to play this game either way. Looking forward to the inevitable Quick Look where Jeff's Luchador-faced monsterneck takes on hordes of generic aliens.

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Huh, I thought Avatars couldn't be used in violent situations??

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Oh man, that looks kinda aweso-.. dumb, yeah that's what I meant, dumb.

IREALLYWANTTOHUMILIATEPUNKSONXBOXLIVE!!!!

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First day quick look!

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Edited By PurplePartyRobot

I mean, the bodies look okay and look in tune with the setting, but when you get to that avatar head it just looks like someone just lopped off that guy's head and slapped an avatar head on it.

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lol at description

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

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As a cheap download it could have been kinda interesting. But on-disc? No thanks.

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So everyone on xbox live is a punk ubisoft!? EVERYONE!?!

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Wait, same day as Arkham City? Really?

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This looks and sounds super cheesy, it's great!

"Only for Kinect"

Nevermind, no thanks.

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Oh man, this totally gave me chills.

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@Skywarpgold said:

Huh, I thought Avatars couldn't be used in violent situations??

They can't be killed. This is just then being beaten up.
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I would play it.

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Good jod ubisoft for making kinict and the avatars look kind of cool i dont have a kinect because i play games lol but this product could mack a good case for a potential buyer

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I get the target audience for this product but... how many of them have kinect?

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@This_Dude
"clear your avatar's schedule.  Because It is about to hit the fan..." 
 
Why the hell is his schedule hitting the fan. 
 
More importantly who makes a schedule for their avatar? 
 
This game is gonna be garbage.
It's rare for me to literally laugh out loud at an Internet forum post. Well done!
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WHAT

THE

FUCK

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"Turn your XBOX 360 Avatar into a loser wearing tights!"

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Sorry, Ubisoft. My avatar is really busy right now. Stuff that can't be canceled. But we'll do that soon, all right?

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If they made this a built-in game with tons of meta-game potential that gives you a reason to own an xbox 360 this could could soar. It looks fun at the same time as being terrible, but I can't wait to try it out or see more on it.

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"The end of the world... sucks" is absolutely the worst tagline I have ever heard.

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Reminds me of a modern day version of old 90's videogame commercials.

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Yep. Still glad I don't own the Kinect yet!

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Guys, it's about to hit the fan. 
Also they're wearing helmets at the end. Doesn't that just kill all the fun? 

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What....

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I love how even when someone has a decent idea for a super-fun Kinect game, it can't escape being presented as the dumbest sh** ever. Like the only people actually watching out for Kinect games are parents who know nothing about video games. 
 
It's like all Kinect games are trying to reach the audience who would actually say this:
"...Because the end of the world....SUCKS". Man, that's so edgy and cool, not-terrible announcer. I'm sure my 5 year old would dig such an extreme game. And yet, those Avatars look so dumb, I know it's safe to buy for them! Take my $40, Microsoft and Ubi Soft!
 
This'll probably suck. There's whole divisions at Ubi Soft who can pump out amazing games, and then there's the a**holes who cheaply recycle garbage for the Wii and Kinect to take advantage of non-gamer morons and pump some money into the publisher, like Just Dance. This is clearly from whatever studio did the Kinect launch game, Fighter's Unleashed...or was it Fighting Uncaged, or something? Whatever; it sucked. This will blow too.

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I love how this ad absolutely embraces the stupidity and ratchets it up a notch 
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aww yeah just in time for my birthday

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Not going to lie as I was watching the trailer I thought it looked neat. I'd be glad to pay $5-10 for this downloadable Kinect game, than I saw it was a full retail title...

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'Humiliate punks online' 
 
You already humiliated yourself if you bought a kinect.

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Man there are going to be a LOT of super-powered Hitlers running around the day that launches.

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I expect a great quick look to come out of this

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CUZ THE END OF THE WORLD SUUUCKS

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This brings "Wha-Bam!" to a whole new level.