In an industry driven by realistic and high-end visuals, it’s actually refreshing to see someone think outside the box somewhat, and the fact that Child of Eden uses Kinect to the best of its abilities is an added bonus. Granted, Child of Eden isn’t going to be for everyone, but for people who have a fascination with music, who also truly want to believe that games are an art form and are seeking something uniquely original and creative, then you should look no further. It’s hypnotic, addictive and damn beautiful, what else could you ask for?
it tasks you with the assignment of deleting a virus from a memory bank of a character called Lumi, who was the first human born among the stars in a space station, but died before she could set foot on Earth. 200 years after Lumi’s death and after her memories had been stored, in trying to recreate it to produce the first child of Eden, a virus had been unleashed on the archives and that’s where you come in. So your job is to enter the 5 archives – Beauty, Evolution, Matrix, Journey and one more – and to take on the viruses and remove them from Lumi’s memories.
you will essentially have three weapons::numero uno, the ‘tracer,’ which for the most part will be needed to shoot down enemy projectiles – AKA the “purple things” and acts a little like sub-machinegun fire; numero dos, the ‘lock-on,’ where you lock on up to 8 targets and then fire a blow killing them all; and finally, ‘Euphoria,’ which is essentially a nuke, killing everything on-screen. The Euphoria however, comes very infrequently, so the tracer and the lock-on will be your tools for the most part.
So how do you shoot? Simple. The tracer constantly fires a stream of bullets which you control with your right hand; while to lock-on, you hover over your target with the right hand and then flicking with it when you want to fire – heck, you can even throw a kick depending on how energetic you feel. Euphoria on the other hand is triggered by throwing your hands up in the air; and to switch between the lock-on and the tracer, you clap. And that’s pretty much it, as far as controls go.
Let’s just hope there’s enough to keep us addicted when Child of Eden ships this summer