Technically speaking Kinect Sports Rivals is a far better Kinect experience than the previous two entries. But even with that, the game still feels like an under realized experience.

THIS IS THE WORSE KINECT GAME I HAVE PLAYED EVER. DOES NOT FOLLOW ACTIONS, DOES NOT RESPOND PROPERLY, ONLY SIX GAMES....BIGGEST WASTE OF MONEY I HAVE EVER SPENT AFTER YEARS ON XBOX PRODUCTS.

The original Kinect Sports for the Xbox 360 did exactly what it set out to to do. It didn't set the world on fire or reinvent gaming as we know it, but it showed that despite some gimmicky features, the Kinect actually works -- for the most part.

Your first act in Kinect Sports Rivals is to kneel in front of the Kinect 2.0, Microsoft's fat, sinister slab of a camera - but it's no act of reverence. It's been eight years since Nintendo released Wii Sports, the game that ushered in a new way to play video games using grand swipes and waggles...

Kinect Sports Rivals has some great ideas with some of the sports working great while others need a bit more work to reach their potential.

"Does the Kinect stuff work well?" That's the question that matters most for Kinect Sports Rivals . The sports, the leaderboards, -- it's all for nothing if the main motions of swinging a racket or scaling a cliff don't feel good. Fortunately, they do, most of the time.

Great use of Kinect; Good variety of games; Straight to the action

Poor soccer controls; Multiplayer lag issues

Kinect Sports Rivals arrives as an important exclusive title for the first year of the Xbox One, produced by the seminal developer Rare and carrying the flag of the Xbox brand. While it undoubtedly looks terrific and is delightfully fun in sections, the overall package is a bit too hit and miss to...

Charming art style; Lots of customization options

Small rooms are a non-starter; Unskippable cutscenes

Rare has overcome nearly all preconceptions of motion control - Rivals is responsive, accurate, deep, reliable and well integrated. It just needs the space.

Deep; tactical gameplay; Reliable motion controls; A cohesive and charismatic game world

Kinect still requires a large space to operate smoothly; Wake Racing feels better suited to controller play

With the new Xbox comes a new Kinect, one that Microsoft claims can read your movements more precisely than its predecessor. But the first game that put the device through its paces, Fighter Within , was an unmitigated disaster.

Wake racing is beautiful and controls responsively; Option to create champions modeled on yourself is fun; if inconsistent; Rock climbing and bowling are pleasant diversions

Target shooting and soccer are silly and frustrating; Disposable story and superficial progression mechanics

Kinect Sports Rivals is the newest exclusive for Xbox One from developer Rare. Kinect Sports Rivals follows the tremendous success of the original Kinect Sports released for Xbox 360 back in November 2010.