This has fun for the whole family, but has the competitive mode for the adults who want to compete against one another. Kinect Sports is a must for your kinect game library.
Proving that there’s no such thing as an original idea, the very first game available for the Kinect will be a sports title. Wave and dance and compete against friends and family in soccer, table tennis, boxing, and three other sports games.
Check out the Kinect Sports video review below.It has a 9.2 rating out of 10 from over 330 reviews.
The next kinect game for adults would be the two kinect dance games, "Dance Central" and " Dance Masters", they are both different genre and different styles of dancing.
Dance Central is more follow the moves the dancer is doing, and Dance Masters is a lot more like Dance Dance Revolution. Sometime you hit the marks at certain times.Dance Central is the top kinect game out do far, with a 9.4 rating from over 200 reviews.
There is a new Dance Central 2 coming out make sure you check out the Dance Central 2 song list and how you can add more songs to your song lists.
Dance Masters has better multiplayer, with 2-player co-op on a single console and versus over Xbox live. But Dance Central has a better Single Player and a more mainstream music selection. While Dance Masters is more DDR (J-pop) type songs.
Kinect Sports Review
I just got finished playing all of the sports in Kinect Sports and here is my summary:
1. Track & Field: This area includes a variety of different activities that work well with the basic body movements the Kinect can control. These include running , jumping, and throwing things (javelins & discus). I think young and old would both have fun with this! This may actually be my favorite activity in this game.
2. Bowling: Not as much control as Wi Sports bowling--but it is actually feels more like bowling when you can just stick your hand out to pick up the ball and then swing your arm to bowl. No controller to hold on to or push buttons. Once again this is an activity that would appeal to both young and old. Personally, I still like the bowling in Wii Sports better because of the more precise control.
3. Boxing: I like this better than the Wii Sports Boxing--but there is still some lag time and I just don't get the feel that all my moves are translating accurately. Plus, like an earlier reveiwer indicated it seems like punching wildly is actually a winning approach in this game. I do like how you can just hold your arms up to block--this felt very natural. I'm waiting for the Kick Boxing version because when you kick your legs in this activity your avatar kicks its legs--but they don't seem to translate to "hits" in the game.
4. Beach Volleyball: This one will take some time to master. It can get a bit confusing because there are several different techniques involved--jumping, hitting, and blocking. If you're tall--make sure you don't have a ceiling fan above you--or at least make sure it's not on!
5. Table Tennis: Once again it was fun to play without a controller in my hand but I felt there were a few times when the intensity of my hits were not reflected in what actually happened on screen. For example, when an opportunity comes up for a "smash" the game announces it and then actually does it regardless of whether I swung harder or not.
6. Soccer: Fun and interesting. You don't have to run around the field yourself. Your player magically appears where the ball is kicked to. Simple body movements control your kicks and blocks. Gray directional lines on the screen show the directionally options when kicking and your location when blocking.
Throughout the games the Kinect takes photos and short videos of your movements. These are played at the end of each game. The images are saved so you can share them with others. This feature will appeal to some and not to others. For example, I find the images of my son interesting and humorous--but I need to find out how to erase the images of me!
Adding a second player was extremely easy. If I wanted to join my son all I had to do was step in front of the TV and the Kinect added me to the in-play game. The graphics are also much better than the Wii! Kinect Sports looked great on a 40" HDTV. We don't even play the Wii on this TV because of how bad it looks.
Conclusion: If you have an XBOX already--adding the Kinect and Kinect Sports really adds a nice dimension to your video game experience. If you have young kids or older folks that have trouble remembering what buttons to push on a remote--it doesn't get any easier than the Kinect.
Kinect Sports 2 introduces six new sports - tennis, golf, American football, baseball, skiing and darts - with loads of challenges and activities for everyone to enjoy.
Upcoming Kinect Games for Adults
In 2011 there looks to be some exciting new kinect games for adults,
Child of Eden is now one of the top kinect games for 2011. This game was just released in June and the reviews, special effects and spectacular visual effects look amazing in this game. As the project nears completion, the archive is invaded by an unknown virus.
Check out the Child of Eden trailer and emmerse yourself in your galaxy.
Rise of Nightmares , now you can navigate through Viktor's castle with free movement control, uncover the secrets held within and delve deeper into his the mind of a madman. Master the different fighting styles and various weapons, stealthy sneaking and puzzle-solving.
e are being told that Forza Motorsport 4 is going to be the "most expansive and vividly realistic automotive experience across any console.”, this will a kinect racing game you won't want to miss, with the new kinect controller it really is going to be a real expereince of driving a Ferrari Italia. The Forza kinect release date is October 11th 2011. At the E3 Show it was one of the top 5 games in show. A Forza Motorsports 4 limited edtion will be available when the game is first released.
Wipeout in the Zone was released in June 2011, this is based on the TV series Wipeout, I'm sure this is going to be a great party game.
Heavy Fire Afghanistan Kinect is due for release February 2012, the first real kinect shooting game.
Steel Battalion -Heavy Armour" will have its own Xbox kinect version of this kinect action game in 2011, details are a little sketchy at this stage, but looking at the Steel Battalion Trailer video, it looks pretty exciting.
UFC Personal Trainer is a kinect fighting game that has been released now it's time to get physical with the mixed martial arts fighting cage, known as the octagon, with the most devastating MMA fighters to be found in the UFC.
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