In my recent review of The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout for Kinect, I mentioned that it’s a decent game and a nice thing for fans of the TV show to get. I may have to amend that statement already. Because last week, THQ released a free add-on to the game which I think may catapult it into the realm of “must have”, at least for past, present, and potential fans of the [ Read More ]
The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout A good, if not earth-shatteringly great, Kinect fitness game The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout for Kinect is a decent game that makes good use of Kinect’s motion tracking, provides the most exhausting cardio workout available in any Kinect game to date, and dips its toes into the water with Kinect functionality, but in other ways is nothing earth-shattering. Rating by steve: 4.0 stars When the [ Read More ]
Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do for Xbox A lot of fun, and a great way to get the whole family active. While not a “fitness game” per se, there is so much attention to detail, fun, and replay value in Carnival Games for Xbox that you’ll want to pop the disc in over and over. Add hand weights and you have yourself a terrific exercise game. Rating by steve: [ Read More ]
EA Sports Active 2 for Xbox 360 Not a stellar first effort for the Xbox by EA Sports After a long string of winners with the Sports Active franchise on the Wii and the Playstation 3, EA Sports doesn’t put its best foot forward in its port for the Kinect. Rating by steve: 3.0 stars EA Sports Active 2 has long been the best fitness game available on the Wii. [ Read More ]
On our list of the best Kinect Fitness games, we put Kinect Sports right up there at spot #1 for good reason: it’s a ton of fun, it showcases the capabilities of the Xbox Kinect, and many of the activities provide a great cardio workout. Of course, there’s one thing that’s a bit odd about naming Kinect Sports as the best Kinect exercise game: it’s not an exercise game. Well, [ Read More ]
Zumba Fitness for Kinect Disappointing to all but the most hard-core Zumba Fitness adherents. Zumba Fitness for Kinect is more or less a direct port of the Wii game. Which means very little of the Kinect’s capabilities are used. Motion tracking, a critical requirement for any fast-paced dancing game, is woefully lacking, as is any meaningful tutorials for learning Zumba dance steps. But if you can get past all of [ Read More ]