Since it launched in 2010, Kinect has played host to a wide range of fitness and sports titles to keep gamers active, while also enhancing the gaming experience (if flapping your arms around is your definition of fun).

Can be great fun; especially in multiplayer; Character creation works brilliantly; David Tennant as the game's narrator

Kinect provides some issues; Local multiplayer requires a lot of space; Football/soccer is a weak inclusion

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

This motion-controlled sports game is pretty meh. The variety is nice, but there are a few issues, beginning with menu screens that can be difficult to control using your hands. Creating an avatar based on your likeness seems fun to start, but the results can be somewhat random.

If you don't like Kinect there isn't near enough here to change your mind. If you enjoy Kinect, this is a solid enough game to get started on in a new generation of gaming with Xbox One.

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.

My kids loved it, this made my XBOX one Kinect worthwhile. otherwise, I was frustrated why I spent my money on purchasing Kinect when there is no game available for XBOX one.

We've seen hints of the new Kinect sensor's power throughout the Xbox One interface, mostly in the form of its vastly improved camera and wide range of spoken commands, but the two launch titles that required its use - Just Dance 2014 (largely the same as on Xbox 360) and the awful Fighter Within -...

Ok, I confess, I kept Kinect Sports Rivals on the backburner for quite a bit. It's not that I didn't want to finally get to the review, it's because I just didn't have enough time.

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...

Getting started As with all Xbox One games, there's a period of installation – as parts of the game disk are installed on your hard drive. With all of the games I've owned and played so far, the installation process still allows you access to the game while the disk is installing.

Good sharp graphics; Visually impressive

Below-par motion tracking; Bad range of sports; infuriating gameplay