XBOX 360: Kinect Discussion

[UMiami]

So what do you guys think of Kinect and TW 2013? I started playing on 'Expert' Swing difficulty but noticed I was pulling drive and fairway wood.

I lowered the swing difficulty to 'Hard' and now I'm fairly accurate with my shots but lost draw/fade ability. Using the Kinect on 'Hard' Swing has me hitting every fairway and usually putting for eagle or birdie. There doesn't appear to be much challenge/risk. I qualified as a Amateur at the Masters and so far I've won an Amateur Tournament.

Chipping and putting take time but I'm developing a good feel for swing speed.

Overall, I think its pretty good.

What do you guys think? What level are you playing? Tips? Tricks?

[Pratt75]

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I played 27 holes yesterday against someone on default settings. I played with someone who is a casual gamer. We both had a blast with it, its a lot of fun. On default settings every shot it straight, accuracy isnt affected by your swing style. The only problem was the "aim shot" feature. This wasn't as precise as I would like but this could be affected by the amount of light in my room. After only one day using kinect I'd give it a thumbs up.

[mcmax3000]

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I tried it out with my dad last night & it is much improved over the demo.

The aiming & UI controls are still kind of wonky but not as bad as they were in the demo. On the easy difficulty, there's basically no challenge to the game.

I haven't actually tried playing an actual game on the harder difficulties but we went into the August Practice Facility on the highest difficulty and there definitely seemed to be a lot more challenge to it.

[kbmnm247]

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seems kinda easy to me, on Tour Pro setting. Maybe I need to try a harder setting to actually get some slices and pulls but right now it seems to go exactly where I aim no matter what I do with my swing.

[DivotMaker]

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seems kinda easy to me, on Tour Pro setting. Maybe I need to try a harder setting to actually get some slices and pulls but right now it seems to go exactly where I aim no matter what I do with my swing.

Good luck with Tournament difficulty and Expert swing....

[huntt26]

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I'm really glad that if you get stuck, you can always wave your left hand and say reset shot and you're back to normal again. That was a great design choice if I run into a mishap setting up my shot.

[mcmax3000]

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I played 18 holes with my dad the other day and the biggest thing I noticed is that playing with Kinect is SLOW.

It took us about two hours to play 18 holes, which is significantly longer than it would normally take for us with a controller, mainly because the aiming & shot setup takes quite a bit more time using Kinect gestures than it does with a joystick.

That's not necessarily a knock against the game but I couldn't imagine trying to play multiplayer with four people. You'd be there all day.

[josef]

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Good luck with Tournament difficulty and Expert swing....

Divot (or anyone else), do you have any comments on swing speed, tempo, draw, fade, etc. on Expert swing? Just curious on these:
-Do 1/2 and 3/4 swings register pretty well on the Kinect?
-Is tempo pretty important?
-Is there any shot feedback at all?
-Can we draw and fade shots by altering stance/swing path?
-Do you feel like you have to actually swing hard/fast on drives to get a decent distance?

Sorry for all the questions.. it's pretty tough finding opinions online of people playing mostly on expert.

I appreciate it guys.. I'm trying to decide if I'm opening the Kinect I bought on sale last week..

[UMiami]

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- Yes, the Kinect registers 1/2 3/4 swings fairly well. It takes time but yes, there is a 'feel' to your swing.
- Yes, I feel tempo is important although I don't think it plays a major factor. Just like real golf swing.
- No shot feedback at all.
- You can hook /draw on expert but all levels under expert are pretty easy... ball flight is straight
- Yes, I feel the harder/faster I swing, the farther the ball goes.

Sort of disappointed you can't slice and the game doesn't take into consideration your grip. Also wish there was a way Kinect could recognize your feet/address.

Divot (or anyone else), do you have any comments on swing speed, tempo, draw, fade, etc. on Expert swing? Just curious on these:
-Do 1/2 and 3/4 swings register pretty well on the Kinect?
-Is tempo pretty important?
-Is there any shot feedback at all?
-Can we draw and fade shots by altering stance/swing path?
-Do you feel like you have to actually swing hard/fast on drives to get a decent distance?

Sorry for all the questions.. it's pretty tough finding opinions online of people playing mostly on expert.

I appreciate it guys.. I'm trying to decide if I'm opening the Kinect I bought on sale last week..

[Brian_OS]

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I wish there was an option to change "view replay"to audio only.. I keep inadvertently triggering it. And it's driving me crazy.....

[DivotMaker]

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I wish there was an option to change "view replay"to audio only.. I keep inadvertently triggering it. And it's driving me crazy.....

After your shot is in the air, swipe your left hand to the right as soon as your ball comes to rest and that should stop.

[mcmax3000]

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I wish there was an option to change "view replay"to audio only.. I keep inadvertently triggering it. And it's driving me crazy.....

I was having the same issue playing multiplayer. I'd finish my shot and go to move off to the side and as I was walking to the left, it would track my hand and take that as a gesture motion.

I find the whole UI to have similar problems like that. We kept triggering things when we didn't want to. It was much worse in the demo but still not great in the final game.