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Yes, motion-control titles have continued to roll out since the [blockbuster launch of Microsoft’s skeletal-tracking camera](http://techland.time.com/2010/11/16/kinect-makes-good-on-its-word-outsells-ipad/) but none of them, to me, offered anything to get excited about. And, yes, I mean you, _Kung Fu Panda 2_ and _Carnival Games Kinect_. However, _Child of Eden_ excites me and should excite you, too, if you’ve been wondering about the amazing future that Kinect was supposed to usher in. This gesture-controlled shooter comes by way of Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the designer best known for the psychedelic, on-rails shooter [_Rez_](http://techland.time.com/%E2%80%9Cits-not-what-a-movies-about-its-how-its-about-it-%E2%80%9D/rez/). Mizuguchi’s games rewire your brain bit by bit. After playing a game like _Rez_, you’re likely to perceive the world a little bit differently, finding that things are maybe connected in a way that you didn’t think of before. That’s because his games focus on stimulating [synaesthesia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia), the blurring or blending of the senses that can cause people to see colors when they hear sounds, for example. I have the _Rez_ soundtrack on my iPod and when the Ken Ishii track comes on, I can close my eyes and see the geometry of the level that music accompanies. (**VIDEOS**: [Why Roger Ebert Gets a Thumbs Down on Video Games](http://techland.time.com/2010/04/20/why-roger-ebert-gets-a-thumbs-down-on-video-games/)) Synaesthesia as a pillar of game design may sound like so much high-faluting claptrap, but all you need to do is play the work produced by Mizugichi to see how unique and successful the execution is. _Rez_ wound sound design, music, player interaction and controller vibration so tightly together that something else–a greater gestalt experience–emerged. As the spiritual sequel to _Rez_, _Child of Eden_ does all that and more, thanks to Kinect. \[vodpod id=Video.5875177&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26\] _Child of Eden_ takes place two centuries from now, when humans live among the stars and the internet’s evolved into a vast virtual landscape called Eden. Data corruption befalls an experiment to recreate the personality of Lumi, the first girl ever born in space, in Eden. The player must journey through levels that represent archives of human memory and purify the corruption by blasting, oddly, beautiful dataforms to bits. nextpageMusically, it’s the same techno-electro-pop blend that has characterized Mizuguchi’s other games but the art direction in _Eden_ pulls you in right away. It’s fractal and organic at the same time, and swooping through strands of DNA, electron microscope imagery and flying flowers deliver a torrent of eye candy. Using Kinect, you can fire blast at enemies with either hand. Your left hand shoots less-powerful tracer beams that work best on nasties of certain colors, and sweeping your right hand lets you tag multiple targets which you then shoot by thrusting your hand at the screen. Doing the sweep-and-shoot thing in rhythm with the music lets you earn higher scores, making the music more than just a backdrop and connecting your movements more closely to the beat to earn rewards. See? Synaesthesia. (**PHOTOS**: [Top Ten Arcade Games of All Time](http://techland.time.com/2010/12/17/top-10-arcade-games-of-all-time/)) The rail shooter’s one of those genres that may seem to have been best done in the past, with many gamers owning fuzzy memories of classics like _Space Harrier_ and the _Panzer Dragoon_ games. _Child of Eden_ shows how Kinect and motion control can breathe new life into design templates by revising how we interact with games. Playing _COE_ feels like dancing sometimes, but with tension and danger. You’ll feel like you’re scrawling on and poking a living painting, with bleeps, chords and pings that respond to your movement. It’s telling that you’re not really touching the game, but you’ll feel like you are. \[vodpod id=Video.7417854&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26\] As idyllic as the experience sounds, there’s real challenge in _Child of Eden_. Bullets swarm towards you as waves and sections of each level need to be peeled away like puzzles. Where do you shoot the giant phoenix that was a blue sperm whale flying through space just a second ago? (Hint, those red bulbs on its wings are misleading…) You can play the game with a standard Xbox controller with no problem but it’s definitely better with Kinect. However, the usual caveats about Kinect apply here–difficulty tracking the player, inconsistent accuracy, etc.–so it’s nice to have another option for playing _Child of Eden_. Right now, Child of Eden is the trippy, blissed-out savior of motion-control games. Mizuguchi’s latest marks the best example yet of a game living up to the transformative power of Kinect—a perfect marriage of vision and technology that turns something familiar into something fresh. If you own a Kinect that’s been doing nothing else but nodding at you while you boot up other games, consider _Child of Eden_ a must-buy. **Techland Score: 8.7 out of 10** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7240526/emotion-control-child-of-eden-review/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7240526/emotion-control-child-of-eden-review/"},"headline":"Emotion Control: 'Child of Eden' Review","datePublished":"2011-06-17T18:06:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T10:51:31.142Z","description":"I'll be honest with you, Techland readers: I haven't played a Kinect game in months. 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