We’ve been subjected to some bad Kinect games this past year and a half. Maybe it’s time for a really good one? I’m stepping on board the fully mechanised Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor bandwagon, because here is a Kinect game that looks fun and — this is key — appears to use the Kinect sensor sparingly.
I’ve yet to see a trailer for Capcom’s Kinect-and-controller Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor that didn’t impress me. I’ve even seen people play this game and it doesn’t look dopey (it seems that you don’t use the Kinect all that much.)
Take a look at the debut trailer for Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, coming to you from Gamescom in Germany. New details are hitting as I write this as well, so refresh this for an update.
Of all Microsoft’s surprising Kinect reveals earlier today, none carries the weight of nostalgia – and potential – like the reimagining of cult mech combat title Steel Battalion.
During Microsoft’s Tokyo Game Show press conference this morning, Capcom’s Keiji Inafune took the stage to introduce the world to Steel Battalion: Heavy armour for Kinect, a new interpretation of the classic game with the extremely expensive controller.