Grasshopper Manufacture has been on a roll with all the new games they have coming down the pipeline. They’re keeping the momentum going withDiabolical Pitch, previouslyknown asCodename D. So what is it exactly? Well, it’s a baseball pitching/fighting game hybrid for the Kinect. Basically, you and a buddy can perform baseball themed attacks on people in animal mascot suits. Uh-huh.
The first round saw me throwing baseballs at targets by doing a throwing motion with my arm. The following round then sees the mascot enemies rushing me and I need to kick them away by doing a kicking motion. After that, an enemy threw baseballs at me and I had to put my arms up in front of me to catch the baseball.
Sadly that’s where my hands-on ended as the Kinect would not detect my motions no matter what we tried to do to fix it. I was supposed to pose like I was about to swing a baseball bat but the Kinect would only register me doing baseball throwing motions.
So needless to say, I have no idea whatDiabolical Pitchis supposed to be at the end of the day. What I was playing seemed like a tutorial section and the Kinect issue prevented me from getting to the core of the experience. Granted, it could very well just be a carnival-style party game loosely based around baseball.
I’m willing to giveDiabolical Pitchanother swing (HAR HAR HAR) as I’ve enjoyed every Suda51 game to date. And I have to say, I’m glad this is going to be an Xbox Arcade title as Grasshopper has just had the shittiest publishing partnerships with past games.
