Rare's collection of sporting mini-games hopes to justify Mirosoft's inclusion of the Kinect camera with every Xbox One. Unfortunately the jury is still out.
Kinect Sports Rivals2014
Kinect Sports Rivals
2014 Microsoft Studios64Worthwhile
Playtime
ShortTypically 3 hours
Playable on
Available on
- $29.99
Game modes
- 2–4 players
- 2–4 players
Details
- Launch
- April 8, 2014
- Developer
- Rare
- Publisher
- Microsoft Studios
- Themes
- Genres
Overview
Kinect Sports Rivals is the next generation of the best-selling Kinect franchise, Kinect Sports, that brings your favorite sports back in re-imagined ways, and delivers new sports and events made possible with Xbox One’s revolutionary technology. Kinect Sports Rivals puts you in the game like never before, tracks your movements and expressions with incredible accuracy, and offers never-ending competition with your friends and rivals.
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Reception
Press61
Players78
WorthwhileGood- Metacritic60from 53 reviews
- OpenCritic63from 42 reviews
I admire the effort to build an online infrastructure and career story mode, but the selection of games feels slight
Kinect Sports Rivals isn't going to sell anyone on an Xbox One, or even Kinect for that matter, but it is definitely the best use of the device to date. For those looking for a fun way to get active with their new $500 machine, this is the best example of it yet. I love Rare, and think they still make some of the best software. Rivals definitely feels...
As a full retail release more than five months after the Xbox One's release, Kinect Sports Rivals is a tough pill to swallow.
Inconsistent Kinect controls dampen the fun once again in this latest attempt to compete with the masterful Wii Sports