Why KINECT STAR WARS Deserves a Second Chance

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

Did Flandrew really just make a video defending kinect Star Wars and I find myself agreeing with it for the most part? Sometimes life just surprises you I guess.

[@Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon]

No, he defended Kinect Star Wars

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

@@Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon I edited it voice to text sucks lol.

[@alface935]

"...Some consider to be Unatural."

[@Sbebbe]

Managed to make it as boring as 2012 Star Wars was too, what a legend

[@MythicOneOne]

Back when Star Wars games took risks. That's honestly the best part of Lucas-era gaming, they tried so many different things and, regardless if the game flopped, practically all of them have their individual fan groups so they clearly captured hearts and minds.

[@TheArtkaw]

Let’s be honest, though. If Disney did the Kinect dance minigame today, you’d all be crying and raging online.

[@Mortis3897]

Well when making a star wars game there are No risks some mad men are going to buy it and Lucas couldnt care less he had enough money lmao

[@nameynamename3758]

yeah it was a risk, they risked to make a cash grab on a console peripheral that was apeing off the wii's success

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

That Rancor mode was so awesome. Even Lego Star Wars never did that and the whole point of those games is universal destruction.

[@Anjin2499]

Whener Ridin' Solo plays on the radio, I cannot unhear the Star Wars version lyrics

[@sygos]

i never knew the real song until a few months ago

[@MaCabaret]

Now you know how Don McLean feels every time he has to perform American Pie

[@parkinglotsheriff]

The fact that this is lucasarts last game, they dared to dream. I genuinely enjoy the kinect gimmick and it still holds up today

[@aamirrazak3467]

I miss the days when Star Wars games were unafraid to take risks like this one

[@JonatasAdoM]

Honestly the graphics are more faithful to the feels of the movies than any modern game they have released since.

[@nameynamename3758]

dream what? that they could help microsoft jump on a fad?

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Honestly what irks me is whenever gaming channels talk about this game, they only ever talk about the dance off, which really misrepresents the game. This is the first time I’ve ever seen a channel mention the rancor mode which is by far the coolest feature

[@penguinmaster7]

the podracing game is the whole reason i got this one.

[@JonathanLundkvist]

The Han Solo song should have been in "Solo" as a Cameo and you cannot change my mind.

[@knightofarnor2552]

If the podracing and Jedi games had an option for traditional controls, I feel like this would have been remembered a lot better. Also would have been nice to have a blaster game where you play as a clone trooper, there's a kinect title called The Gunstringer which I remember being a fantastic rail shooter.

[@minecraftWithDanielD]

I wouldn’t be surprised if the modding scene eventually made it so. Sonic Free Riders recieved a community made controller mode patch, so anything’s possible at this point

[@totallytravicious5919]

Fr the podracing is fun, but do i REALLY need to hold up my arms for the entire race just to move? You unlocked forgotten memories by bringing that up

[@JonatasAdoM]

@minecraftWithDanielD I suppose that, like VR, The Kinect would not have died, had it actually been released for the PC.

[@JonatasAdoM]

Kinect really messed up. They should have thought it through. Not only it should have had different controls (Playstation got that somewhat right), it should have taken things like this into consideration. The pod racing should allow you to sit on a couch, put two pillows on your legs and support your arms on them.

[@aamirrazak3467]

The idea of a Star Wars VR game seems pretty cool, it's a shame the execution wasn't as great as it could've been but it was a decent attempt. Also, the "I'm Han solo" song is kind of iconic, and the rancor destruction mod is a really neat addition imo

[@PIMPTD]

The idea? There’s 2 Star Wars be games. Tales from galaxies edge and my favorite Vader immortal. I always thought Vader was bad ass but let me tell you as someone who is 6’4” when he walks up to you it goes from Vader’s in front of me to omg Vader’s in front of me lol.

[@aamirrazak3467]

@@PIMPTDyeah I’ve heard of Vader immortal it seems like a cool game and was an interesting way to leverage the PlayStation vr. Kinda annoying it’s exclusive to that

[@PIMPTD]

@@aamirrazak3467 I don’t know about steam but I know it’s also available on oculus if you have that available.

[@jedigamer9935]

​@@aamirrazak3467 Vader Immortal is on Oculus Quest 2

[@zezous2608]

@@aamirrazak3467it's not a PSVR exclusive though, it's available on oculus as well, and I would imagine other vr systems as well

[@-CrimsoN-]

I really didn't realize how good the graphics in this game are.... like damn. This is Xbox 360 we are talking about here. Also pretty cool to see the tie in with The Force Unleashed.

[@T1ny_Boy]

I didn't think I'd have a huge feeling of nostalgia for this when I saw it

[@j.r.shartzer]

"It's this, right?" 😂 Han dancing was the first thing I thought of when I saw the thumbnail. I was laughing before he even said it.

[@ACARDtvMusic]

I wish we could’ve gotten that cancelled Darth Maul game. Saw gameplay of it and it looked interesting.

[@Xgp_15A2]

The kinect went from a casual gaming device to a ghost hunting machine.

[@RickRacket]

There was a Pod Racer Arcade machine back in the day that had a physical cockpit and controls in the style of Anakin’s Pod. I guess this is as close as you can get to a home version of it.

[@shincaioo]

These arcades are very common in São Paulo, the last time I went into the arcade, he was there beatiful as ever. In the golden times of Star Wars marketing I remember some arcades having 4 machines together.

[@RickRacket]

@@shincaioo that’s awesome! We have one in a town nearby, but it’s the smaller variant, the one without the cockpit.

[@2507jasonpoon]

I saw it somewhere in china

[@cannoniacocca1211]

Holy shit I can’t believe you bought back these memories, I remember messing shit up as a rancour when I was like 10

[@dylanpearson9480]

Honestly I remember getting it the day it came out being really excited to play it. And dance number aside I remember it being a pretty decent game with somewhat clunky controls, the dance game was still fun too in a wacky way though. At this point it is the only game I've thought about hooking my kinect up for! You made some really good points I'm gonna have to go and give the game another go! I think I'll enjoy the levels and campaign now having seen more prequels expanded universe

[@alexmauney9705]

Fun fact: This game uses a lot of assets from the cancelled Battlefront 3 from Free Radical.

[@JonatasAdoM]

Oh the pain.

[@jerryjonesphilly2821]

Seems like if this game wasn't a kinect game and had normal controls, this would have been a classic game we would all still be loving and talking about to this day!

[@Robert-tl2vg]

Seriously? With normal controls it wouldn’t have a reason to exist. If it had standard controls it wouldn’t have just had a negative reaction it would be mocked and infamously be known as one of the worst games of all time. 🤦‍♂️

[@jlev1028]

​@@Robert-tl2vgNo, it wouldn't. The crappy Kinect controls were the reason the game got an infamous reputation in the first place.

[@Robert-tl2vg]

@@jlev1028don’t be ridiculous. The game is designed around the Kinect controls and wouldn’t exist without them. Who would want to play any of these mini games with buttons when a far better and more comprehensive experience could/would have been made.

[@jerryjonesphilly2821]

@jlev1028 exactly! These game modes seem super fun and a nastolgic era of LucasArts Star Wars games before Disney. The janky controls is what makes it infamous I agree

[@jerryjonesphilly2821]

@@Robert-tl2vg you clearly have never played Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing and Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi or any other trash game if you think this would be the worst game of all time lol 😆

[@egel7736]

The Kinect Star Wars dancing game actually looks lit, though...

[@topbloke1683]

‘wHaT ArE wE gOinG tO dO?’ made me spit out my drink man 😂 majorly caught me off guard

[@Elvisbackpack]

I actually liked Galactic Dance Off because it didn't take itself seriously, and the songs were fucking great. I still listen to them to this day.

[@clinto32]

Not the Jedi Younglings scene 💀💀 another banger Flandrew

[@ridensroom6957]

When I bought my kinect in late 12, I bought this. It was fun

[@expendableindigo9639]

6:06 I’m wondering if this was inspired by the electrical gates we saw earlier in Attack of the Clones. Who knows though, it could just be OC Coruscant architecture and the square lights on the track & lavafalls do look eerily like Geonosis.

[@-CrimsoN-]

Yeah specifically that district is called "The Works". Basically the industrial sector of Coruscant.

[@SirKrigeon]

People getting oddly mad over the dancing minigame in Kinect Star Wars still confuses me. It's like everyone just took it seriously as if it weren't just some silly fun side-feature.

[@JonatasAdoM]

When you think you have forgotten Star Wars Kinect dancing Boba Fett, Flandrew brings it back.

[@mandarinduck]

That people get so angry at Star Wars dancing was ridiculous. If the Persona game can have a dancing spin-off, why not Star Wars?

[@psychedelicsunshine]

Now imagine a port to vr, with all the updated visuals, more content, and physical controllers to use for podracing

[@gonkdroid8279]

Completely agree. Kinect Star Wars is the last of the Lucas era and it shows in its innovation and tone

[@alexslusher16]

Actually, considering Obi-Wan's hair cut, the final level is NOT set during the Battle of Courusant from Revenge of the Sith. It's right at the start of The Clone Wars a few months after.

[@RandomParkShots]

Pod racing sounds like a good chest workout

[@liamcullen3035]

This game actually looks like loads of fun! I never had an XBOX, so this was something I never got to experience. Seeing a high-res podracing game gave me some serious feelings just now 😂❤

[@matthewwalter3257]

You know you’re going to do the Star Wars battle front games mr.drew.

[@ssssssssssssssssss50]

Remeber watching so many videos on it back in 2012: jontron, angry joe

[@DeeReeseBeats]

Since Sonic Free Riders got the "No Kinect Patch" treatment I would love to see people remove the motion controls from other Kinect games to at least preserve them

[@justinschultheisz4673]

I never knew there were any levels past Kashyyyk. I really need to go back and play this game. I loved it when I was a kid

[@lulukomadori9651]

The sad fact it got more care/time than Force Unleashed 2

[@Robert-tl2vg]

Source?

[@-CrimsoN-]

@@Robert-tl2vg Well i mean The Force Unleashed 2 only has like 6 levels... the first Force Unleashed is fantastic, but the Force Unleashed 2 is pretty much regarded as a cash grab.

[@TheAnonymousIndividual]

Shockingly enough, if you can believe it, The Force Unleashed II was made in a mere 9 months.

[@-CrimsoN-]

@@TheAnonymousIndividual I figured it would have taken LESS time to develop tbh....

[@crazyfire9470]

@-CrimsoN- Really?

[@Wade_Tyler]

RIP Lucasarts 1983-2012

[@ToiletCloggerDemon]

I loved the Rancor mode

[@realmastersilver1849]

When I played this game I thought it was a dueling sim that had a few minigames, I've seen the dancing mode but never really played it or the pod racer or even the rancor rampage. The dueling mode and the jedi knight campaign were my bread and butter.

[@valinsummers2565]

I’m Han Solo Baby, Nuff Said.

[@qwellen7521]

He’s riding solo….

[@aamirrazak3467]

Feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine, loving cloud city my head's in the sky

[@LM-1378]

I unironically quite like the idea of B1 battle droids wielding electrostaffs that got introduced in this game.

[@paradiseregaind]

I had no idea the Outrider was in this game. That's awesome!

[@TheYodelingViking]

I always looked at Kinect Star Wars as a game I would get simply for the dance minigame. It definitely wasn't what kept me away from it unlike others.

[@theelectricgamer9889]

Personally I don’t get why people hate Kinect Star Wars. Though the last level did suck it was a very fun game which me and my siblings played. Seriously that was one of my favorite childhood games.

[@Hogan231]

Make a video of Star Wars Battlefront games.

[@aamirrazak3467]

yes especially OG battlefront 2

[@Nic5Cyprus]

A Star Wars VR game with full motion tracking is actually a great concept but I don't think it's likely to happen because Disney seems to only want to work with EA for the Star Wars games

[@kclink1579]

Literally the next SW game is by Ubisoft because that deal ended a bit back.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Thankfully that dumb exclusivity deal is over so hopefully we'll get some quality SW apart from Respawn's Jedi games.

[@CosmicSatanas23]

Just play Jedi Outcast in VR. its easy.

[@christophercruz1513]

Flandrew I just have one criticism. I wish your videos were a bit more longer. Because its like entertaining and wish you would make it longer. Almost like an episode of anime. But your content is better

[@jlev1028]

I never hated the game. I just thought it was unfortunate that it was exclusive to the Kinect. Just like Sonic Riders 3, it would've benefited from having normal controls or at least being available on the Wii and PlayStation Move.

[@yashe6780]

i would love to see a rerelease of this game on modern systems

[@uncletido99]

I never played it, but the advertisements and commercials for it alone made kid me want it so god damn bad.

[@howilearned2stopworrying508]

Shame you can't play it without a very specific hardware set up. Much like the DS, the Kinect experience is engineered to create barriers to emulation/preservation. At least the DS hardware is handheld and softmoddable, unlike setting up a 360 with a Kinect to check this one out

[@Teamneoplasmaghetsis]

I have this game along with the r2d2 xbox 360 and the c3po controller

[@nathanfuller8118]

You got the scan mtag part

[@zekromfan1]

Who knows, there is a chance that the tech behind the Sonic Free Riders Kinectless Patch, could be used to make Kinect Star Wars playable without the Kinect. It made Free Riders an enjoyable and playable experience, one which allowed people to actually understand what the game was really like. So who knows, if there is enough push for it, someone might be able to re-work the Kinectless Patch for Free Riders to work with any Kinect game. Though the Free Riders patch only really happened due to it being the last game in the series, and one many people never got the chance to play. Not to mention that as a Sonic game there is already a large community surrounding making the game better, the modding/hacking/decompilation community for Sonic is completely unrivaled in its capability. You would probably have to ask Rei-San the creator of the “No Kinect Patch” if there was any way to use the tools for it with other Kinect games. Of course you would also need a good enough computer to run Xenia and the game itself in order to experience it, so that would still be a bit of a problem for most people.

[@agentul009]

I kinda liked the Star Wars kinect, until the dancing part.🎉

[@LANGIMATION]

I quite enjoyed the demo I played of this game.

[@RyanHaney55]

I never played Kinect, but if I had, I'm sure I would have gotten this game. I did play a heck of a lot of Wii.

[@jettii04]

When I played this game as a kid I barely had enough space in the living room so I would constantly hit the couch with my legs while jumping

[@Star_Wars_With_PercyMan]

Okay someone needs to put all of the different pod racing games together and make an ultimate edition!

[@vesselinkrastev]

Hmmm. You are correct. I did think this was just a dancing game.

[@arobin6695]

i jam out to that han solo song all the time

[@UnabridgedGamer]

…Okay, me doing a TFU DS video right in time for that port comparison was one thing. Now the timing is getting weird. Flan, you got a telescope trained on my office I should be worried about? XD

[@christophercruz1513]

Great video as always

[@InReserveProductions]

Of all the hills to choose, this is definitely a strange one.

[@noreason7112]

Somehow, Ben Quadinaros returned

[@cyanokhaar]

You’re on thin ice with this one Flandrew 😝

[@echo12345ish]

I wish the game had gotten a Wii port, the Kinect, more often than not, just felt too clunky as a controller, save for dancing games and Kinect Sports

[@vodo1983]

Always liked this game. Kinect games had a well earned reputation for having clunky, unresponsive controls for your body movements. Not saying this one was perfect in that regard, but as Kinect titles go, it was one of the best when it came to responsive control. As a southpaw I was extra impressed it lets you pick which hand you want for your lightsaber and which hand for force powers. Kudos for pointing out how the dance part of this game is supposed to be a fun, not take yourself so seriously joke for Star Wars fans. People legit thought this was supposed to be a serious dance side-minigame and so they cited it as a cringe cash grab. It really does deserve a 2nd chance.

[@Shadoflare64]

One of the oddest recurring complaints I hear about the campaign is people talking about the voice acting being "The worst impressions of the characters they ever heard."..... even though it was the actual voice actors from pretty much every other Star Wars game doing the voices. So like, have the big KZbinrs who reviewed this game for the laughs just never seen any other Star Wars THING outside of the main 9 films?

[@Zwangsdemokrat]

The biggest challenge the game presented was leaving the title screen and navigating the menus. The controls were very wonky with this one.

[@JonatasAdoM]

5:58 Croissant? I suppose you have to make due when you can't do it in Coruscant.

[@ObligedUniform]

Han Solo cover song is unironicslly a banger so sure why not!

[@coopernut]

I honestly feel like they should just make that Maul game that never came out

[@ogto]

this game would've been good if you could turn on your lightsabre by yelling "LIGHTSABRE ON"

[@abox112]

Good video bud

[@Mkmichael001]

Kinect Star Wars was the very last Video Game i hot from Blockbuster

[@realOmegasMovie]

It's a shame you have to buy that camera to play this game, Because after watching this video I really wanna play this game. Sounds really fun.😄

[@jedigamer9935]

I loved this video. I still like Kinect Star Wars

[@sirjanska9575]

Agreed that there's a fair bit of hyperbole behind the assignment of the "one of the worst games ever" label, something KST has attracted a fair amount of in spite of seemingly being more mediocre than outright awful. Regardless it was an unsubstantial and underwhelming title released during a period when Lucasarts was facing decline in terms of both sales and artistic merits, although it did sell well heavily contrary to the critical reception. After the Prequel films wrapped up games, or any form of media beyond Clone Wars really, that took full advantage of the Star Wars world were in short supply, even less so than today, so to a fan of the franchise the Kinect game did feel like a bit of a Diablo Immortal situation at the time. Can't say I'd pick it up now either, there's so much better Star Wars stuff in terms of both gameplay and story.

[@Rschr101]

RIP Lucasarts

[@supersaiyanjack9233]

Bro this game is so cool

[@mechayamcha]

kinect at full price is not great, but for the price you can get the console and games nowadays, i would say there are some great games, assuming you have a big enough play area which is one of the main reasons i think the games got bad reviews. don't get my wrong there are some truly horrible kinect games but there are definitly some fun to be had with some of the games for cheap.

[@999__]

We need a new Unreal Engine 5 Pod Racing game.

[@GideonDannidaRosa]

Is this compatible (ported) to xbox one with kinect?

[@goranisacson2502]

That it has been so long under Disney that people convince themselves through the power of Nostalgia this game received undue criticism... you dread to see it happen. The controls were mostly bad and if you don't have a strong nostalgic connection to this era of Star Wars, and therefore put value on just living and moving through these worlds, experiencing it's activities like pod racing etc, there really isn't much fun to be had here at all... ... Except for Rancor Rampage. That, I admit, should have become iterated on and now that Godzilla is back in vogue there should be a VR-game with Godzilla taking inspiration from this one.

[@Mortis3897]

Im Han Solo is a great song and im not ashamed to say that i love it

[@jamilfrost6217]

Thank you for showing this game some justice and actually talking about the good parts like the rancor instead of just being like "ha ha, look stoopid cringe dance section!" It ain't perfect, but there are worse games out there.

[@PIMPTD]

I knew this was more than dancing but I didn’t know how much more. I thought it was that , terrible dual mode cuz controls and ranchor thing. See all this makes me think if they remade this with controller might not be so bad and hell I’d probably buy it

[@TheNewSoda]

Here's why you should get this game a chance Disney didn't make this game I rest my case (mic drop)

[@irishvader2193]

Lucas arts didn’t let canon get in their. Way of creativity, Disney and ea became beholden to canon to a fault, smothering any sort of really creative ideas.

[@thebipolarbear1]

Local shop has it for six bucks might be worth it

[@TheNewSoda]

We should have got a true battlefront 3 instead the games Jedi fallen order and Jedi survivor might be the only two games that actually deserved to be known a Star wars game I wish Star wars would start caring about the fans again instead of supporting discrimination and pandering to slave owners

[@riccardobortolin4120]

I have this game, not a good one, but not even so terrible how some ppl that never played it claim. I remember having some fun for the silliness with the friends. Sure, is not a deep game you're gonna spend hour on it, like isaid, is not so terrible but still not so good, just a funny party game that can entertein few hours

[@MorbiusTheMenace]

I don't get it why they won't make a Jedi VR game...

[@seba_igm_]

bro the game is alright and probably one of the better kinect games. I can't understand why it's so hated

[@TimberWolf99]

Galactic Dance Off is vastly overhated in an entire overhated game and I will stand by that until my dying breath.

[@RenanMontefuscoMassoni]

The worst part of star wars fandon is the star wars fandon. Sure this is not AAA game, but it sure is funny to waste some time

[@Robert-tl2vg]

It’s called a “Fandom”.

[@RenanMontefuscoMassoni]

Sorry, i'm brazilian, neither me or my phone auto corrector have respect for the english language

[@gabethebabe3337]

I miss when this was the worst Star Wars had to offer

[@daltonleman788]

1 have you seen the clone wars the head for head is smaller

[@kassar7146]

Lmao. If you can't hold your arms out in front of you without it being 'excruciating' you need to exercise.