Self Defense Training Camp Solid content surrounded by a less-than-impressive game Self Defense Training Camp is less a video game and more an interactive training class. In it, you can learn practical techniques for 30 different scenarios. Unfortunately, great content is marred by being in a disappointing shell of a video game. Rating by steve: 3.0 stars I wouldn’t call Self-Defense Training Camp a “game” as much as I’d call [ Read More ]
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 Still the best “pure fitness” game you can get for the Xbox Kinect Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 picks up where the original version left off. It contains a number of activities which are extremely fun, but also great workouts. It also includes traditional cardiovascular and strength-building workouts of the kind you’d find at the gym, as well as some interesting themed workouts. Rating by [ Read More ]
Grease Dance Not the One that You Want Grease Dance is 505 Games’ attempt to cash in on the success of dance games. While they scored a coup in being able to license the songs of the musical Grease, their implementation of motion tracking is sloppy. Recommended for die-hard fans of Grease, but everyone else can take a pass on this one. Rating by steve: 3.0 stars Grease Dance is [ Read More ]
If you missed out on the Best Buy deal a few days ago, have no fear, GameStop is having its own version of the same deal to celebrate the anniversary of Kinect. For this week only, buy a 4GB Xbox 360 console with Kinect for $299 and get a $100 gift card back. GameStop Sale for week of 11/6 to 11/12 With promising Kinect fitness games like Dance Central 2, [ Read More ]
Just in case you haven’t noticed, there are a LOT of video dance games that have come out lately vying for your hard-earned cash for Christmas 2011. Here are the titles that have been or are pending release since October 2011. (I’ve linked each title if there’s a review on XboxFitness.Org, Nutwiisystem.Com, or PS3Fitness.Com). Dance Central 2 for Xbox Everybody Dance for PS3 Just Dance 3 for Wii Just Dance [ Read More ]
This one isn’t going to last long. For two days only, get a Free $100 Gift Card at Best Buy with Xbox 360 250GB Console. They’ve also got sales going on where you can get $20 off games like Kinect Sports, Zumba Fitness, Dance Central, Hulk Hogan’s Main Event and more. But hurry–this deal will only be available Friday 11/4 and Saturday 11/5 in honor of the Xbox’s one year anniversary.
Motion Explosion An unremarkable collection of mini-games destined for the bargain bin “Shovelware” comes to the Xbox. This is a collection of 12 mini-games which do a fairly good job of showing off the capabilities of the Kinect, but which are otherwise unremarkable. Rating by steve: 3 stars Motion Explosion is that it’s a compilation of 12 mini-games that have you balancing things, juggling things, grabbing things, and dodging things. [ Read More ]
Kinect Sports 2 Not a bad game in itself, but it could have been a lot more Kinect Sports showed off the capabilities of the Kinect. With Kinect Sports 2, it feels like the developers more or less phoned it in. While you can still have a lot of fun with the game, it falls well short of a game that really takes advantage of the full potential of the [ Read More ]
Dance Central 2 The closest thing to real dance instruction in a video game Dance Central 2 picks up where its predecessor left off, with spot-on motion detection, clear instructions on complex dance moves. This version adds two-player simultaneous dancing and a great fitness mode. For now, assuming you’re committed to learning each dance at the highest levels, it’s the best fitness game on the Kinect. Rating by steve: 5.0 [ Read More ]
Just Dance 3 A dance game that stresses fun and fitness more than precision dancing–and works. Just Dance 3 is not Dance Central, nor does it try to be. While Dance Central focuses on teaching you precise whole body dance moves, Just Dance focuses more on the sheer fun of dancing, especially in a group. Fun choreography, a great selection of songs, and an innovative “create your own dances” features [ Read More ]