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- Platform: Xbox 360
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Turn your living room into a world-class stadium, bowling alley, soccer pitch or track-and-field arena. With Kinect Sports you’re not only the star player, you are the controller — through the magic of Kinect for Xbox 360. See a ball? Kick it. Spike it. Even give it a little topspin. Kinect Sports features soccer, beach volleyball, bowling, table tennis, track and field, and boxing.
Gameplay
Simple, intuitive and instantly fun, Kinect Sports delivers the ultimate party experience — whether you are trying to outmaneuver the goalie to win the soccer match or cheering on your friends at ringside. The first full-body, controller-free sports game, Kinect Sports is so real, you will almost feel the wind in your hair as you fly over hurdles and the sand in your toes as you set, bump and spike your way to volleyball victory.
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Simple, intuitive and instantly fun, Kinect Sports delivers the ultimate party experience — whether you are trying to outmaneuver the goalie to win the soccer match or cheering on your friends at ringside. The first full-body, controller-free sports game, Kinect Sports is so real, you will almost feel the wind in your hair as you fly over hurdles and the sand in your toes as you set, bump and spike your way to volleyball victory.
Key Game Features
- Become a multisport athlete. Kinect Sports features six team-based and individual sports — soccer, beach volleyball, bowling, table tennis, track and field, and boxing — with many challenges for each experience. Getting into the game is as easy as stepping in front of your TV.
- Take one for the team. Kinect Sports includes a variety of fun game modes for solo, cooperative and competitive play with levels to encourage and challenge players of all ages and skill sets. Sports Party mode allows you to compete against a friend, rally a whole room full of players into teams, with everyone jumping in and out to catch a breath, or bring your team to victory.
- Live your sports star dreams. Kinect Sports puts your avatar in the spotlight and lets you experience what it is like to be a world-famous sports star. Bask in the glow of the paparazzi fervor with your teammates after a big victory and deck out your avatar with stylish rewards for your proudest gameplay feats.
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95 of 98 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sports games seem to be the way to show off Motion Controllers; Wii Sports was the perfect introduction to the Wii, Sports Champions showed what Move was capable of. Likewise, Rare's Kinect Sports arrives to show Kinect owners what their hardware can really do.
Kinect Sports contains 6 sports; Volleyball, Bowling, Football, Table Tennis, Boxing and Track and Field (which itself contains a further 5 events). This is bolstered by mini-game versions of these sports.
The question everyone wants to know is 'Is this better than Wii Sports/Sports Champions?'. The short answer is; yes. The game makes full use of Kinect and its incredibly easy to use. Menus are easy to navigate, you can use Xbox Live Avatars for players and there are some neat touches that put this ahead of Wii Sports like the inclusion of licensed music when you win an event. Hearing Queen's 'We Are The Champions' blasting out of your speaker while you watch your latest replay can be very satisfying. Kinect Sports even saves a video replay of your antics while playing, which you can choose to delete out of embarrassment or upload to Kinect Share and stick it on Youtube for further embarrassment!
All the sports are well thought out to make use of the hardware, though Football is an interesting choice for inclusion as it's a hard game to implement with motion controls. Rare have tried hard to bring the game to life with Kinect, in fact its the part they've spent the most time on, and it does work to an extent. Obviously it's a dumbed down version of the sport but it's fun. All the sports are easy to use though and work just as you'd expect. There is very little lag in the game as a whole and quite a challenge to beat the leaderboards on the harder difficulty settings.... Read more ›
Kinect Sports contains 6 sports; Volleyball, Bowling, Football, Table Tennis, Boxing and Track and Field (which itself contains a further 5 events). This is bolstered by mini-game versions of these sports.
The question everyone wants to know is 'Is this better than Wii Sports/Sports Champions?'. The short answer is; yes. The game makes full use of Kinect and its incredibly easy to use. Menus are easy to navigate, you can use Xbox Live Avatars for players and there are some neat touches that put this ahead of Wii Sports like the inclusion of licensed music when you win an event. Hearing Queen's 'We Are The Champions' blasting out of your speaker while you watch your latest replay can be very satisfying. Kinect Sports even saves a video replay of your antics while playing, which you can choose to delete out of embarrassment or upload to Kinect Share and stick it on Youtube for further embarrassment!
All the sports are well thought out to make use of the hardware, though Football is an interesting choice for inclusion as it's a hard game to implement with motion controls. Rare have tried hard to bring the game to life with Kinect, in fact its the part they've spent the most time on, and it does work to an extent. Obviously it's a dumbed down version of the sport but it's fun. All the sports are easy to use though and work just as you'd expect. There is very little lag in the game as a whole and quite a challenge to beat the leaderboards on the harder difficulty settings.... Read more ›
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
By C. Dolan
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I bought this game shortly after getting Kinect after reading a few reviews. To be honest having read numerous reports talking about lag I was slightly apprehensive when I loaded it up. It's fair to say I was blown away by this. If there is any lag it's minimal and you certainly don't notice any lag when you're in the heat of the action.
The choice of sports is great and surprisingly the football works really well. I wasn't entirely sure how that one would work but it's great fun. Boxing is also good fun although being constantly TKO'd by your five year old son every time is not! The track and field is surprisingly varied and the events are all very enjoyable. I particularly like the fact that your avatar whenever it's on screen literally does everything you do. If you want to pull off some Usain Bolt poses before the 100m you can and if you want to taunt your opponent after you've pummelled him to the canvas then it's all possible. It's a small but nice touch. I'm still amazed that Kinect can track your movements in such a way that you can play top spin and slice shots in table tennis and even put spin on the ball when bowling.
The highlights after the game are genius and always have us in histerics when you see yourself pulling off some ridiculous moves!
If I have a criticism then it is probably that the bowling is a little too easy although trust me this is a minor gripe.
A lot of the reviews have talked about the space you need and yes you do need quite a bit of space but the on screen prompts work well to warn you if you need to re-adjust your position.
This is great all round entertainment and for me this is Kinect at it's very best.
If you've got Kinect then go and buy this, you won't be disappointed.
The choice of sports is great and surprisingly the football works really well. I wasn't entirely sure how that one would work but it's great fun. Boxing is also good fun although being constantly TKO'd by your five year old son every time is not! The track and field is surprisingly varied and the events are all very enjoyable. I particularly like the fact that your avatar whenever it's on screen literally does everything you do. If you want to pull off some Usain Bolt poses before the 100m you can and if you want to taunt your opponent after you've pummelled him to the canvas then it's all possible. It's a small but nice touch. I'm still amazed that Kinect can track your movements in such a way that you can play top spin and slice shots in table tennis and even put spin on the ball when bowling.
The highlights after the game are genius and always have us in histerics when you see yourself pulling off some ridiculous moves!
If I have a criticism then it is probably that the bowling is a little too easy although trust me this is a minor gripe.
A lot of the reviews have talked about the space you need and yes you do need quite a bit of space but the on screen prompts work well to warn you if you need to re-adjust your position.
This is great all round entertainment and for me this is Kinect at it's very best.
If you've got Kinect then go and buy this, you won't be disappointed.
83 of 90 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. J. Crook
Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I went to the Kinect launch event last night and picked up Dance Central, Fitness Evolved and Kinect Sports. Well the latter kind of goes without saying as all motion sensor tech seems to be released with a sports game. However this game is much different
There are various sports included as well as mini games, you can play solo against the computer, online(with strangers or Live friends) or local with family and friends
I don't want to compare it to Wii Sports but that's what most people will be comparing it to and let's be honest, that's this games main rival.
So, what does this offer over Wii Sports?
1: It's really involving, particularly in my opinion the table tennis, it feels very real compared to hold a controller and pressing buttons
2: The game has been built really well, from the well made replys to the good AI of computer opponents
3: Fantastic online, i've played a few games with people online and it's really easy to do and fun
4: Good for multiplayer, more so than the Wii as anyone can drop in and out as they please and you can all earn acheivements(if you have logins etc)
What's bad?
Well, mostly if you have more than 1 person playing at once and don't have a large living room you may find sometimes you'll go out of view of the camera or your arm will, plus its possible to easily hit the other person
That's about it really, its a solid, varied game that works well
There are various sports included as well as mini games, you can play solo against the computer, online(with strangers or Live friends) or local with family and friends
I don't want to compare it to Wii Sports but that's what most people will be comparing it to and let's be honest, that's this games main rival.
So, what does this offer over Wii Sports?
1: It's really involving, particularly in my opinion the table tennis, it feels very real compared to hold a controller and pressing buttons
2: The game has been built really well, from the well made replys to the good AI of computer opponents
3: Fantastic online, i've played a few games with people online and it's really easy to do and fun
4: Good for multiplayer, more so than the Wii as anyone can drop in and out as they please and you can all earn acheivements(if you have logins etc)
What's bad?
Well, mostly if you have more than 1 person playing at once and don't have a large living room you may find sometimes you'll go out of view of the camera or your arm will, plus its possible to easily hit the other person
That's about it really, its a solid, varied game that works well
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
By piviwisi
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is our third Kinect game and it is bags of fun. Our family ranges in age from 4 - 39 and we all get something out of this. While some events are more difficult for the youngest in our family, even he can enjoy everything (volleyball and table tennis are a little tricky for him right now though).
The party mode is great fun and the kinect holds up well with all the events. I wasn't expecting to like bowling after some of the reviews I'd read, but it is actually very good. We have the Wii too, and it compares well. Different, but just as good in my opinion. It's easier for the younger ones too since there are no buttons to press.
Football is better than expected as well (it's our 7 year old son's favourite event), but make sure you have plenty of room or you will be kicking each other in two player mode! Sure it's dumbed down a little, but what else would you expect? As with all the events, they're simple to get into, but take quite a bit of patience to master.
There are some fun mini-games too, which add a little to the depth and replay. It's definitely more of a multi-player experience, but you can play on your own. The replays are always fun to watch too...
It's not a relaxing game, so expect to be moving about a lot, and in the case of athletics, you'll be left breathless by the last event. I actually play first thing in the morning with my sons before school as a form of exercise for me, and pure fun for them.
There are a few minor niggles, such as the amount of time it takes to get into an event. It's all good fun, and very well presented, but once you've seen all the fancy intros and menus a few times, you just want to get to the actual games.... Read more ›
The party mode is great fun and the kinect holds up well with all the events. I wasn't expecting to like bowling after some of the reviews I'd read, but it is actually very good. We have the Wii too, and it compares well. Different, but just as good in my opinion. It's easier for the younger ones too since there are no buttons to press.
Football is better than expected as well (it's our 7 year old son's favourite event), but make sure you have plenty of room or you will be kicking each other in two player mode! Sure it's dumbed down a little, but what else would you expect? As with all the events, they're simple to get into, but take quite a bit of patience to master.
There are some fun mini-games too, which add a little to the depth and replay. It's definitely more of a multi-player experience, but you can play on your own. The replays are always fun to watch too...
It's not a relaxing game, so expect to be moving about a lot, and in the case of athletics, you'll be left breathless by the last event. I actually play first thing in the morning with my sons before school as a form of exercise for me, and pure fun for them.
There are a few minor niggles, such as the amount of time it takes to get into an event. It's all good fun, and very well presented, but once you've seen all the fancy intros and menus a few times, you just want to get to the actual games.... Read more ›
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Published 4 hours ago by Mr. R. Broxson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good
Bought ths as a gift and it was very much appreciated. It was reasonably priced much cheaper than the high street stores
Published 8 days ago by mrs b coll
4.0 out of 5 stars
|Son loved it
My son loved it and still gets a lot of play out of it some months later so it must be good to hold his attention.
Published 15 days ago by RH
5.0 out of 5 stars
b/day gift
Bought this for a friend for her sons b/day. They are full of action and my 2 boys love it (age 4 and 8) even grandad been known to join in, though dad can get bit competitive!!!
Published 20 days ago by busy mum
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent!!
We've had this for just over week now after I convinced the wife the X Box is not lie down and just use hands device! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ward Family
5.0 out of 5 stars
fun and fast
kids love playing this game,a good mix of games included.great work out.great for wet days and engergy to be used up.
Published 1 month ago by linda stamper
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun for all ages
This Is great fun for all the family! Particularly like the party option with the background music which creates a fun atmosphere while playing.
Published 1 month ago by N Finch
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quite interesting！
It is quite interesting!
Play with friends or play alone. It's suitable for party time! though more sports would be better ...
Play with friends or play alone. It's suitable for party time! though more sports would be better ...
Published 2 months ago by Shan Chen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it
One of my best kinect sports collections, apart from kinect sports 2. This is a game that makes the best use of the kinect.
Published 3 months ago by Brian Halliwell
5.0 out of 5 stars
fav game
this is my fav kinect game i also got the second one but the first one i think is better due to the bowling game
Published 3 months ago by D W
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