As with every review, I would like to take the opportunity to thank Absolute Gaming and XCN (the Xbox Community Network) for giving us the opportunity to review this game which is available on Xbox Live Arcade.
Diabolical Pitch – Kinect Arcade. Where to begin. The story is about a baseball pitcher who is in the biggest game of his life. He’s pitched a fabulous ball however in the process injures his arm. As a result, he is forced to retire at a young age. He can’t believe it and is depressed. “It can’t end this way” are his last words before being involved in a car crash…
He then awakens in “Queen Christines Dreamland – Where all dreams come true”. He speaks to a human with a cows head and has a robotic voice as well (don’t cringe yet please) and is given a Bionical Arm which allows him to pitch again….
Caught
And that’s about all it is really. The menus in the game are pretty standard. The idea behind the game is not that great really and its hard to have something good to say about it.
The Kinect at first didn’t respond to my throwing actions according to the on screen instructions. And I also realised that the throwing action needs to be done extremely mildly in order for it to know what you are doing and react accordingly. Plenty of times, it threw in a totally opposite direction. I did stay optimistic through the beginning of playing the story line which is one wave after another, but after a short while and the second boss (who was easily defeated by a kick), im sad to report that I switched back to the dashboard to play another game.
In summary, It wouldn’t be harsh to say don’t waste your money or time unless you are only interested in getting Acheivements from it.