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During the final day of E3 2010, my request to demo Child of Eden was shot down by an UbiSoft PR rep. Thankfully, I ran into one of the game’s producers, James Mielke, as I was leaving the convention center.A friend and I related our disappointment with the Kinect software lineup and asked why Microsoft didn’t place more emphasis on Eden. His response was unusually direct.“Yeah, Microsoft fucked up big time,” he said, sporting a knowing grin. “They had a chance to feature it for Kinect but decided to focus on family-friendly games like what’s on Wii. They weren’t expecting everyone to react so negatively. After we showed off our game at UbiSoft, the Microsoft people came to our booth like, ‘Oh, oh wow.’”He mimed curiosity by pursing his lips and drumming fingers across his chin, then rolled his eyes.I complained to him that all of Kinect’s other software is uninspiring, but noted that Eden alone would make it worth my money.Mielke nodded. “Lots of people were saying that — except, you don’t even need Kinect to play it.”As an aside, he also said that Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto usually spends just a moment or two looking at each game and rarely shares his thoughts. After demoing Eden, Miyamoto and Q?’s founder, former Sega veteran Tetsuya Mizuguchi, spoke with each other for a few moments. According to Mielke, the legendary creator of Zelda and Mario called Eden “game of the show.”The former journalist and part-time DJ added: “[Eden] will be out before next year’s E3, probably like Spring 2011. It sounds like a long time but, for me, looking at it from the inside, that’s not long at all.”While it may not be a long time in development terms, Eden is one game that simply cannot come out soon enough. In spite of Mielke’s rather frank criticism, Microsoft would be wise to begin coddling the geniuses at Q? from now until this game ships.Xbox 360’s proprietors would be fools to continue ignoring the sales potential behind Eden. A high-dollar Kinect/Eden marketing campaign and any amount of bribery necessary to secure a game/hardware retail bundle seems to be the most logical solution.
Actually I'm pretty excited to play this with a Move controller (if possible).There's something about that glowing ball on the controller (and I am NOT joking).Imagine the ball changing color accordingly to what's showing up on the screen and accordingly with the sound. Imagine playing it in the dark. Just that glowing ball making the mood, like if the game was coming out of the screen and extended to your fingertips...
Funny that I know a LOT of tech nuts (myself included), but no one has a 3DTV! We all just got HDTVs like less than 3 years ago! It's insane. My previous TV was a Grundig that was literally as old as me. Sony is telling me that my current TV will have a fifth of the lifespan that one had? They mad?
