I Now Have a Kinect: Now What?

So I was able to procure a Kinect this past weekend without paying a dime for it. I was also able to get Dance Central at the same time. I now have no idea what I should do with this thing. My wife and I like Dance Central well enough (she loves it actually and is already 5-starring some songs on hard) and I went ahead and bought Fruit Ninja (which is very underwhelming and harder than I would have expected). I thought I might try and rent Child of Eden but other than that is there anything that's worth checking out? Perhaps easy achievement points that isn't frustrating? Thanks for any help bombers!

Sell it.

Nope. If you got it for free, selling it is the most value you're ever going to get out of the thing.

Just keep playing Dance Central then play Dance Central 2 when that comes out.

The Gunstringer demo was released today, that's meant to be a pretty good Kinect game. I'd give that a try.

dont listen to all these nay sayers! one day something awesome will come out for kinect... one day... right?

@Chabbs0: oh cool, I didn't know the demo was out.

@theplatypus: I don't get rid of game hardware unless I have extras. This is why I still have all my systems and most attachments since the Atari...also I would have gotten rid of my Wii a long time ago otherwise.

I know it seems like a cash-in and on paper it certainly is, but Kinect Sports is actually pretty dense with content and fun. The Achievements are not stupidly easy and require some skill, but they're fair and fun.

Your Shape is a surprisingly well-implemented fitness game.

I really like Child of Eden, but it depends on if you have an issue with how short it is. The quality is there but the length is not and it's a full-priced product.

I'm mildly curious to play for Child of Eden and Forza 4 with a Kinect.

Do you like games that control poorly? Do you like games with a gimmick that is fun for a few minutes? If you answered yes to either of those, then keep the Kinect and buy games for it.

If not then you can either sell it or keep it around to show off to any guests you have. They can be impressed for a few minutes, then you should quickly switch it off and play a real game with a controller before they discover how shallow all those games are.

Whoa! As much as I disagree with most of Kinect, I absolutely love the workout games and I've gotten plenty of time out of it. (my friend has it)

You S-Rank Forza 4. Because you can't without a Kinect.

 
I'll second the recommendations for Kinect Sports and YourShape (if you're interested in working out).  The big surprise for me was Kinect Sports, I thought it was going to be another mediocre Wii Sports, but the depth and quality really surprised me.  Definitly check it out.

Wave your arms?

@ronin00: You just described many games that don't use the Kinect. In fact, that almost sounds similar to Deus Ex: HR.

Does that thing work in UNO? If so.....

Just keep playing Dance Central then play Dance Central 2 when that comes out.

Your Shape is a visual trip and a really good workout if you use it regularly.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll probably rent most of these since there are too many games this fall to replace one with a kinect game....but I am thinking of getting dance central 2 now.

@theplatypus said:

Sell it.

:(

but yeah that's what I did, if you are not into TV dancing there is no much use for it.

@Sammo21 said:

@ronin00: You just described many games that don't use the Kinect. In fact, that almost sounds similar to Deus Ex: HR.

Now I am not a die hard Deus Ex fan, but I don't really see the comparison between Deus Ex and Kinect games?

@theplatypus said:

Sell it.

@ronin00: Poor controls and a gimmick that's fun for 5 minutes, aka Deus Ex:HR.

The main thing my Kinect does is sit there and switch to the Kinect menu every time I say "that sucks" (sounds like Xbox) while playing PC or PS3.

Buy Dance Central and dance like there is no tomorrow.

Child of Eden 
Gunstringer - comes with free Fruit Ninja Kinect when it releases 
get the Kinect SDK for PC and dick around making little kinect apps

Gunstringer demo is out. 
 
Also for the other Microsoft just announced the stand alone Kinect sensor bundle. It includes Kinect Adventures and Child of Eden and the sensor.

Gunstringer - comes with free Fruit Ninja Kinect when it releases

I use it when my controller is off when I want to pause a movie in Netflix.

Xbox!

Pause!

... fuck yeah.

Put it in a drawer and hold on to it until next year when you can break it out to play Kinect Star Wars and be disappointed all over again.

@SteamPunkJin said:

Gunstringer - comes with free Fruit Ninja Kinect when it releases

I was super excited for The Gunstringer, but I'm still not convinced that it isn't a 15 dollar download in a 40 dollar box.

You will soon regret said acquisition.

Now you die.

 Also, it's a Twisted Pixel game, I really want to support their first boxed release on principle alone. Throw in the Fruit Ninja Kinect, we're easily up to $25 in a $40 box, but stop to add in all the crazy crap TP likes to add to their games we're likely looking at: themes, avatar items, and maybe even additional levels for Ms. Splosion man (Comic Jumper came with an extra level or two for the original Splosion Man).