Game Reviews5.5/10
Adrenalin Misfits Review: Kinect-Racing Promise Outweighs Execution
A racer of monsters, leaning and leaping upon a sensor of the body, promises much yet delivers little across seven worlds.
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Tag: Kinect
Game Reviews5.5/10
Kinect Star Wars Review: Full-Body Motion Is the Idea, Not the Execution
A review of Kinect Star Wars, a game of lightsaber swings, podracing, and dancing with Star Wars heroes, weighed against its flaws.
Game Reviews5.4/10
Diabolical Pitch Review: Spectacle Over Baseball
A game wherein a glove becomes a controller, and spectacle overtakes the very sport itself.
Game Reviews6.3/10
Rise of Nightmares Review: Kinect Horror Works, Motion Controls Don’t Pay Off
A tale of terror in a haunted mansion, wherein a husband seeks his abducted bride through dread corridors of shadow.
Game Reviews7/10
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 Review: A Solid Swing, a Shallow Career
A review of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13, wherein Kinect swing control is novel but flawed, and the career mode is thin.
Game Reviews6.3/10
Lionhead’s Kinect-Only Fable Spinoff Was the Beginning of the End
Fable: The Journey was Lionhead's last game — a 2012 Kinect-only Fable spin-off set 50 years after Fable III. We break down why it scored 6.3/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
EA Sports Active 2’s Online Services Are Gone, and the Game Went With Them
EA Sports Active 2 turned living rooms into gyms in 2010 with a 30-day challenge and Kinect support, until EA killed its online features in 2012.
Game Reviews6.5/10
Microsoft’s motion controller launched with six sports and not much else to do
Kinect Sports review: Rare's 2010 Xbox 360 launch title for the Kinect sensor, ranked across six sports, eight mini-games and Party Play. Score: 6.5/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Kinect Sports: Season Two Review — More Sports, Same Ceiling
Kinect Sports: Season Two review — six sports, 300+ voice commands, and a Kinect camera that still needs big motions to work. Score: 7.3/10.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Dance Central Spotlight strips the series down to its legs
Dance Central Spotlight stripped the series to pure dance: on-demand practice, eight routines per song, Kinect tracking. A review of Harmonix's Xbox One sequel.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Child of Eden: A Musical Rail Shooter That Wants Your Body, Not Just Your Thumbs
Child of Eden review: Q Entertainment's musical rail shooter, its Kinect and PlayStation Move controls, short campaign, and Atari's 2025 rights purchase.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Dance Central 3: The Kinect Dance Game That Justified the Camera
Dance Central 3 review: Harmonix's Kinect rhythm game time-travels through the Hustle, Macarena and Cupid Shuffle. Crew Throwdown, 20 dancers, 8.7/10.