Kinect Sports

 Xbox 360
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 123 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 123
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 123
  3. Negative: 10 out of 123
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  1. chuckyj1
    Nov 20, 2010
    10
    This game is sooo much better then most of the reviews state. the average of this games reviews should be no less then I'd say about 85.

    Reviews who reviewed this low just don't want to say the Kinect can offer awesome games. But, it can, and no you can't be a lazy person and play this game. You actually have to get up off you butt and get active. You will lose weight playing this    This game is sooo much better then most of the reviews state. the average of this games reviews should be no less then I'd say about 85.

    Reviews who reviewed this low just don't want to say the Kinect can offer awesome games. But, it can, and no you can't be a lazy person and play this game. You actually have to get up off you butt and get active. You will lose weight playing this game. I was sore for 3 days straight after getting this game, but kept comming back for another game. Don't let mediocre reviews sway your decision this game is is. Me and my friends have had a blast playing this game and so will you! If you like fun interactive games that is!!!!    … Expand
  2. Pellissier
    Nov 16, 2010
    10
    If you don't like a bit of getting off your feet or having fun with your friends and family, then avoid this title. But, if you are planning for the upcoming holidays a get-together with family and wondered what you could do that will make all have a good time (aside from stuffing yourself) then you can't go wrong with Kinect Sports.
    I've played it alone, with my family and with friends    If you don't like a bit of getting off your feet or having fun with your friends and family, then avoid this title. But, if you are planning for the upcoming holidays a get-together with family and wondered what you could do that will make all have a good time (aside from stuffing yourself) then you can't go wrong with Kinect Sports.
    I've played it alone, with my family and with friends over. Everyone - and even the skeptics - loved it, and wanted more. If you know Wii Sports (Resort) then this is at least ten times better and more enjoyable. The sports are presented in a very enjoyable way, and there are options to play with others or on Xbox Live. The mini-games are also great fun. This game is definitely a good buy for a fun night with friends and family in order to get sociable, but if you'd rather play Call of Duty: Black Ops online the whole weekend with your friends, then this title may not be your forte.    … Expand
  3. RickyBooby
    Nov 11, 2010
    9
    Wow. Again, I see low ratings, but likely from people who don't own the game or a Kinect. I've played through all of the sports, and while some work better than others, overall this is a GREAT game. Boxing was a blast. Ping Pong, Volleyball, and Track were sensational. Bowling and Soccer were pretty good, but not my favorites of the bunch. Most movements were intuitive, after winningWow. Again, I see low ratings, but likely from people who don't own the game or a Kinect. I've played through all of the sports, and while some work better than others, overall this is a GREAT game. Boxing was a blast. Ping Pong, Volleyball, and Track were sensational. Bowling and Soccer were pretty good, but not my favorites of the bunch. Most movements were intuitive, after winning challenges, you're welcomed with select video clips of your performance which made for good fun. If you have decided Kinect is for you, this is a must own game. If you have no interest in Kinect, why are you reading this review? I'm hooked. I'll be playing this game quite a bit.… Expand
  4. SwitSwat
    Sep 8, 2012
    9
    Now, I had really high hopes for this game. When I finally play it, I wasn't disappointed. Kinect Sports is fun, entertaining, and sweaty. Yes, sweaty. I actually ran so much that I started to sweat. I definitely needed water after that. Which proves, that not all games can make you a couch potato. With many different sports you can play, it doesn't make you lose your attention after anNow, I had really high hopes for this game. When I finally play it, I wasn't disappointed. Kinect Sports is fun, entertaining, and sweaty. Yes, sweaty. I actually ran so much that I started to sweat. I definitely needed water after that. Which proves, that not all games can make you a couch potato. With many different sports you can play, it doesn't make you lose your attention after an hour. Especially, multiplayer. Multiplayer is so much fun! In the end, it receives a 9/10 from me.… Expand
  5. Killman
    Dec 30, 2011
    4
    A surprisingly frustrating experience. Most of the games feel inaccurate and the bowling, the one that I wanted to like the most, just plain sucks. I cannot believe I paid $50 for this trash when the price should have been dropped by now. Beware of this title. Kinect adventures is 10,000 times better and it is FREE.
  6. brandon713
    May 11, 2011
    10
    This game is a blast. A great party game with friends, but just like the Wii not much for a solo game. My biggest complaint is that there is no story mode or adventure mode. Its sorta set up like Wii Sports and you level up every once in a while, but I can't tell what determines a level up??? The Achievements are pretty hard to obtain, there's like 30% of them you will get right off theThis game is a blast. A great party game with friends, but just like the Wii not much for a solo game. My biggest complaint is that there is no story mode or adventure mode. Its sorta set up like Wii Sports and you level up every once in a while, but I can't tell what determines a level up??? The Achievements are pretty hard to obtain, there's like 30% of them you will get right off the rip, the other 70% are way to hard. So basically this gets a "6" a "10" if it included some kind of objective and the leveling up made some sort of sense.… Expand
  7. aspentitan
    Sep 27, 2020
    8
    Probably not a must own game but the implementation, presentation and variety this title has makes it at minimum a must play game. This title has 6 games and also includes some mini games based off the original six. Gameplay: soccer is limited but outstanding and the motion controls make for some great gameplay. Most of the action just proceeds but you interact at key moments as in realProbably not a must own game but the implementation, presentation and variety this title has makes it at minimum a must play game. This title has 6 games and also includes some mini games based off the original six. Gameplay: soccer is limited but outstanding and the motion controls make for some great gameplay. Most of the action just proceeds but you interact at key moments as in real life for the most part. You do not get to sprint but the passing, blocking and direction the game proceeds is based off your coordination, aim and timing. Game is 4 min short and sweet and you should work up half a sweat. Beach volleyball is perhaps the best game, and along with soccer are the best games imo. In volleyball you serve, can block, spike and volley. It's a little confusing cuz the action is decently paced but with a few plays you will likely agree this is a fantastic sim of the sport. This game and soccer alone are worth this disc. Next best I feel is table tennis. Serving is pretty basic but you can do backhands, forehands, spikes and slow lobs and even backspins. Computer isnt all that bad. Next game is Track and field. Here you get to run, do hurdles, javelin, discus, long jump. Each event gives you points based on how you did then totals your points at the end. These first four games I score quite high. The next two games, boxing and bowling I found a little bit disappointed but still pretty decent. Boxing was quite well done with implementation and is as you would expect, throw punches and block. The controls seem fine however when I first played I played beginner. I quite literally destroyed the CPU ai constantly knocking the poor CPU down....but it kept getting up, over and over and each time recovering full health, no fatigue or drain whatsoever. Despite complete dominance it didn't get tko'd until round three. This totally seemed crazy especially in a beginner fight knocking down the CPU at least 6 times seemed way overboard....with what was happening twice to three times would even be crazy. The last game, bowling was decent but seemed to always shoot down the middle if that's where you were standing in front of the kinect sensor it was hard to miss. Further it felt strange throwing the ball with no visual clues where you were really aiming. There are blue guides on the floor as you throw but they didn't seem to match where I was aiming but rather where I was standing in front of the sensor. None the less still playable. Mini games were bowling much as described just shorter and soccer, you can be the goalie. Overall the controls in this game were very well done and fairly immersive to the sports they were trying to imitate. In my opinion the best kinect game so far. Not mind blowing but this disc provides a unique new fun way to play these sports and I'd say even better than a regular controller. Now we just hope this game can be made into more adult oriented sports games. As with many kinect games this one also creepily records video of you as you play. I'm really against this idea and delete my entire save data each time I play this title, that's how much I find it intrusive. .… Expand
  8. brizant
    Nov 12, 2010
    10
    I agree, low ratings are probably due to people who think its a gimmick and crappy game. Once you play you'll realize how accurate the Kinect is and how much fun the games are. Especially table tennis.
  9. hydeks
    Nov 20, 2010
    9
    OMG....I am totally amased and actually SHOCKED how good and fun this game is!!!! I've owned a Wii before and was TERRIBLY disappointed with Wii Sports, but now that I own a 360 and kinect, I decided to gets this. Even though the titles are similar, I assure you this game make right what wii sports did wrong. With sports including bowling, soccer, table tennis, hurdles, sprint,javelin,OMG....I am totally amased and actually SHOCKED how good and fun this game is!!!! I've owned a Wii before and was TERRIBLY disappointed with Wii Sports, but now that I own a 360 and kinect, I decided to gets this. Even though the titles are similar, I assure you this game make right what wii sports did wrong. With sports including bowling, soccer, table tennis, hurdles, sprint,javelin, discuss, volleyball etc. this title is aimed to satisfy for a VERY LONG TIME!! BTW, table tennis is a complete addiction ;)… Expand
  10. hockerz
    Dec 21, 2010
    9
    This is a VERY GOOD game! I am amazed at the critic reviews here, I agree with chuckyj1 this should be an 85 at least. I believe the majority of these reviews are tailored towards the so called hardcore readership of their publications who, for some strange reason, feel threatened by Kinect and the mass consumer audience it appeals to. I am a hardcore gamer, I was brought up on Doom, HalfThis is a VERY GOOD game! I am amazed at the critic reviews here, I agree with chuckyj1 this should be an 85 at least. I believe the majority of these reviews are tailored towards the so called hardcore readership of their publications who, for some strange reason, feel threatened by Kinect and the mass consumer audience it appeals to. I am a hardcore gamer, I was brought up on Doom, Half Life and COD but I'm also open minded enough to appreciate new and exciting forms of entertainment. Kinect is certainly that and Kinect Sports a wonderful early example of the fun that can be had. Boxing is brilliant and introduces blocking as a fantastic tactical element making it a vast improvement on the Wii version, there is something entirely satisfying about blocking your opponents attacks before unleashing a combination of your own controller free shots.
    Table tennis is equally fantastic, a compelling game that allows the player to hit the ball with varieties of spin dependent upon the arm movement used. Soccer is a surprising revelation, I expected a turn based football game to be awful, Rare though have managed to come up with a beautifully simple game that once again uses the wonders of Kinect motion control to track your body movement perfectly enabling you to kick the ball in the direction you chose, again there is something deeply satisfying about taking a free kick and bending it around the wall into the top right hand corner!
    Whilst I haven't explored volley ball too much yet, the 3 mini-games above have kept me occupied for the last few days, my short practice game yielded another positive experience - it certainly wasn't a shocker.
    Bowling is good not so dissimilar to the Wii version, it's a good implementation but nothing new.
    Track and field is absolutely hilarious played with friends.
    Additionally since purchase Microsoft have released a free party update a brilliant compendium of all little mini-games perfect for a large group of people.
    All in all this is really an excellent game and whilst hugely enjoyable played alone really comes into its own when you have your mates around.    … Expand
  11. Jackie-mom
    Feb 26, 2011
    9
    My family thinks this game is awesome! We have a 9 year old daughter and 6 year old son. The funniest one to play (and watch!) is the track and field game! So funny to watch people run in place, jump and whatever else. :) Also a great workout if you can't go outside to play. The volleyball is also a good workout if you actually know how to play and do all the motions correctly - likeMy family thinks this game is awesome! We have a 9 year old daughter and 6 year old son. The funniest one to play (and watch!) is the track and field game! So funny to watch people run in place, jump and whatever else. :) Also a great workout if you can't go outside to play. The volleyball is also a good workout if you actually know how to play and do all the motions correctly - like you would in a real game. The soccer isn't as fun, but my son loves it. The table tennis is kind of funny. Again it's better if you play realistically, and don't just stand there waving your "paddle" back and forth. My mom and I played. I was all over the place, like I would if I were really playing. She was just standing still while barely swinging the paddle. :) She is in her sixties. :) The kids love the boxing. That can be tiring also!! These can be tiring games if you have a competitive bone in your body!!! :)… Expand
  12. coopers41
    Mar 11, 2011
    10
    this is by far the best kinect release so far, all the games are great fun and very responsive. sports is probably the only title i have returned to play the most on kinect. if you are going to invest in a kinect then kinect sports is a must have purchase
  13. Iky009
    Jan 6, 2014
    7
    mais divertido que o adventures
  14. demolisher7778
    Oct 9, 2014
    7
    PROS: Great for Multiplayer, pretty good response time, good graphics, decent variety in sports, provides decent excersize.
    CONS: Gets boring in singleplayer, requires a pretty big room, Kinect doesn't always read the second player's movements as well.
    Rating: 7/10 (good)
  15. MaxPesky
    Jun 8, 2019
    8
    I Remember This Game Once I was a Toddler for the moment, This game Was For XBOX-360, I used to have one at home but now I don't have one anymore Because it's Broken, I Still Like this Game so much
  16. yolo08
    Aug 18, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is one of the fun Kinect games for the Kinect the soccer is fine table tennis kind of sucked Track and field was my favorite bowling was a lot of fun… Expand
  17. gddurruti
    Jan 4, 2020
    9
    Un vídeo juego que está cargado de excelentes deportes, falla en precisión para fútbol, sin embargo es excelente en cuestión de los minijuegoss
  18. Mirowave
    Mar 30, 2021
    10
    Bowling from Kinect Sports (Xbox 360!) is an Masterpiece! Fact! Also Tabletennis is great an many more.
  19. Adasc2906
    Dec 15, 2021
    8
    This is one of the best games for the kinect. If you don't have it but have a kinect then why don't you try it.
  20. matheusdebklop0
    Oct 2, 2022
    9
    Melhor jogo Kinect pro xbox 360,tem uma boa quantidade de esportes e é otimo pra jogar com os amigos
  21. MarekS99
    Feb 2, 2022
    10
    The best game of the Kinect era. Very big emotion and very fun. It's very possible game.
  22. borxsus
    Feb 27, 2023
    10
    Ta gra jest świetna wszystkie sporty są świetne minigry są jeszcze lepsze ostateczna ocena 100/10
  23. BigManReviewer
    May 3, 2023
    8
    Still a blast to play. .
  24. Combatking42
    Aug 5, 2023
    10
    This game is very underrated and it was so much fun back in the day! It was pretty much the Wii Sports of Xbox 360!! Loved and enjoyed this game a lot as a kid! I still play it sometimes even today :) Thank you Microsoft for this amazing exclusive!

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#57 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2010
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#43 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2010

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73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 51 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 51
  3. Negative: 0 out of 51
  1. GameZone
    Jan 3, 2011
    75
    Wii Sports has got some competition breathing down its neck with Kinect Sports. While the game doesn't support much outside of two-player competition (and even that's questionable) and has its reading issues, it's a well-planned collection that you shouldn't hesitate to pick up with your Kinect device. Let's hit the lanes!
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  2. Games Master UK
    Dec 29, 2010
    88
    A brilliant showpiece for Kinect. [Jan 2011]
  3. Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
    Dec 28, 2010
    80
    Something for everyone. [Jan 2011]
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