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Child of Eden (Kinect)
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Child of Eden (Kinect) Customer Reviews
£49.99
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If you like REZ (HD)...
4... you should - at least - give "Child of Eden" a close look. Besides the fantastic art design it is at least as compelling as the before mentioned title. At last a Kinect Game that makes sense. And on top of all - it is dirt cheap!
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A sensorial experience
5A game that needs no description becouse its hard to give one. In a simple story of trying to save a cute girl..you jump from level to level while experience a visual extravaganza of colors and sounds..every move you do it makes a sound and it blends beautifully with the visual level that you are playiing. A game for the lovers of music games with a sense for artistic sensibily...it may sound snobe but it really isnt...its just a siple beautifull game..that will make you say ohhhhh and give you a smile...when you finnaly put down the controller. A game different from all the others out ther, so give the game a chance..you will love it.
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Speed, Color, music
4Five levels are offered with different themes, and you can use a machine gun, guided missiles or bombs to kill viruses infecting the memory of a gigantic computer program. The game is played in first person and put on speed, colors, and the musical atmosphere.
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Child of Eden(Kinect)
5Well the game itself is very fun and worth buying from you. The shipment arrived a lot quicker than I thought it would and that made me glad and I will for sure buy more from Zavvi in the future. I played this game using Kinect and it was fun and hard at the same time which I like. It had very nice dynamics and a different playstyle from many other games. You need a good hand/eye coordinations to be able to play this game well.
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Its worth buying
4I got this from sheer word of mouth and have to say its really like nothing else, its just a straight forward shooter that uses music in every motion. The only criticism I have is that the difficulty curve spikes pretty quickly. Worth buying though.
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An experience for the senses
4Playing Child Of Eden with the Kinect is like conducting a symphony, the very world of the game bends and moves before you. If you plan on playing this using an ordinary controller, don't bother unless you were a huge fan of Rez and similar games. The actual game is short, but sweet, and considering the price point you pretty much get what you pay for. All in all, if you have a Kinect this is by far the best use of it so far.
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hard core
4To me this is one of the few hardcore games available for kinect so if you are a self respecting gamer and you own a kinect then this is a must have. Though the single player is not that long it is not like anything you've ever played, The controls are a bit difficult in the beginning but you adapt pretty fast.
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A game you should experience.
5Child of Eden is a unique game that blends art, music and shooting together seamlessly to offer what is more than a game, it is an experience. The story sounds good on paper but apart from information at the start of the game and various small pieces at the end of levels, there is hardly a story to be told. The story focuses on you saving Project Lumi from a virus attack so that a human personality can be created within Eden, the archive of all human memories, to restore hope and peace. Nothing is really explained and it's obvious that the developers decided to make a visually stunning game rather than a story motivated game. Whilst the story isn't the strongest, it really did have me feeling like I was fighting for something, that this person's memories laid in your hands. Like the story, there are hardly any characters worth talking about as there is only one - Lumi. Anybody familiar with Genki Rockets should know who Lumi is but for those who do not know Lumi is the lead singer of Genki Rockets, she is fictional and is made up from various, unknown people. In the game Lumi is someone who was born in 2019 and was the first person to live in Space, yearning to live on Earth and sends messages to people on Earth through song. Her body, memories and data were preserved after death and are now being used to recreated her within Eden. The game is an on-rails shooter and the gameplay is one of the most appealing features to this game as it was made primarily for Kinect - a motion sensor that allows you to play games by using only your body. You can use a standard controller but that takes away a lot of the excitement you'd have if playing with Kinect. The controls are fairly simple with you using your hands to shoot and purify the virus, your right hand uses the lock-on attack (can lock-on up to 8 targets at once) and your left hand will use a more machine gun like weapon that is weaker but more effective against certain types of enemies. Kinect is highly responsive and accurate but if you go to scratch your upper body, mainly the head, with your other hand whilst playing then the Kinect will assume you're changing weapons and the camera will start to go in the direction of your other hand. If you've played Rez then you know what to expect! Levels are usually around 15-20 minutes long but the visuals are enough to keep your attention especially with the bosses at the end of each level. I went in thinking the game would be easy but that was the wrong thing to think. You start each level with 3/5 health and you end up with so many enemies attacking you that you're bound to lose health, especially when they shoot at you and you need to change weapons to save yourself from being further damaged. The graphics are what sold me the most on this game and I'm sure that is the case for most people. Beside being great graphically, the art style is so breathtaking that I would love to frame it and hang it on my wall - the developers could make a fortune releasing art prints, posters and the like! There's so much colour, abstract art and ideas that it stuns me, there's a giant, golden Phoenix, a flying, blue Whale andmuch more to be found if you play it. This is the sort of game to be played on a big screen in a dark room to be able to take it all in, immersing yourself in what the game has to offer. The audio is amazing but I'm slightly biased as I've listened to Genki Rockets since the first No More Heroes released on the Wii (their track Heavenly Star was featured on Travis' TV as a music video) but they deserve to be featured heavily in a game such as this one. Some of their tracks are recognisable although most are remixed and come without Lumi singing but remixing was a good choice as it feels like the tracks have ben distorted by the virus as Lumi seems to sing more towards the end of levels once most of the virus has been purified. I really cannot stress how great the music is and how great Genki Rockets are. For a game that lasts roughly 2-3 hours, the lasting appeal is outstanding as it's impossible to collect all trophies/achievements on your first playthrough as multiple playthroughs of one level are required to unlock rewards for Lumis garden, the level select screen where Lumi is surrounded by things you unlock from the levels, and to 100% purify everything. There is also a hard mode that is unlocked after completing normal mode and if normal mode is anything to go by then I'm not expecting it to be easy! Also unlocked after completion is a challenge mode which doesn't fit into the story but is more like a survival type mode with you fighting off levels of enemies. The game has much to do after the first playthrough and considering it is a fairly cheap game now, you owe it to yourself to experience this. My overall scores for Child of Eden are: Story: 3 Characters: 2 Gameplay: 8 Graphics: 9 Audio: 9 Lasting appeal: 7 Overall: 8
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Brilliant yet short
4This almost isn't a game but more of a piece of eye catching and beautiful art. This is a definitely a good sequel to Rez which have both made the musical genre more popular. The kinect is definitely fun and challenging to use but sometimes its difficult to switch from lock on to shooting down purple missiles. I enjoy looking at gallery mode as some of the artwork is quite amazing and you can even play about with the sound (add reverb or echo) though its hard if you got 12 missiles coming at you.
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Child of Eden (Kinect) Customer Reviews
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