http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/09/xbox-one-hands-on-five-launch-games-tested/
Ryse
DR3
KI
Forza
Kinect Sports Rivals
Ryse
Of the five games we looked at, Ryse also gave us the strongest sense that we were playing something on a next-gen console: there’s simply no way these environments could exist on an Xbox 360. Provided that the single-player campaign and story deliver, this could be a surprise hit on launch day.
DR3
While Dead Rising 3 definitely got us excited, we couldn’t shake the feeling that we’d seen it all before (albeit on a much smaller scale). If you’re looking to be wowed like never before, this wont be the game to do it — but Dead Rising fans will happily gobble it up.
KI
Intriguingly, Killer Instinct is being offered as a free download with four playable characters to choose from — you then have the option of purchasing additional characters via DLC. We think this is a much better approach to a traditional demo (i.e. 0– instead of buying the whole game, you can choose to only add content that appeals to you. Like the saucy vixen Black Orchid, for example. Hnngh.)
Forza
The dynamically rendered car damage looked incredibly impressive; you can even make out individual speckles of mud and dirt on the car’s chassis during gameplay.
Here’s what Luke had to say about the game after taking a Mclaren P1 and Ferrari F12 Berlinetta for a test drive on Prague’s Laguna Seca raceway:
The paint job is way slicker as you’d expect, but they’ve also really doubled down on the physics engine — the difference is really noticeable. I also love the little details like the way each car’s spoiler behaves realistically and differently for each model. While it’s still a racing game, dismissing it as ‘more of the same’ wouldn’t be accurate.
Aussie rev-heads will also be pleased to hear that Bathurst has been confirmed as a race track. There will also be a Limited Edition available which will include multiple car packs and a VIP membership for the game.
Kinect Sports Rivals
To summarise, it appears that the Kinect still has significant technical issues when it comes to actual physical gaming.
That said, we doubt there’s a single gamer alive who plans on buying an Xbox One specifically for the Kinect functionality. In other words, its effectiveness as a gaming peripheral isn’t a deal breaker and will be largely irrelevant to the vast majority of gamers.
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