Kinect Star Wars - Xbox 360

As a SW fan and a fan of Kinect games in general, this is just a hoot to play. My 8 year old son loved the demo on our 360, and begged me to buy it for us to play. I'll be honest, there are better Star Wars games out there. And there are even better Kinect games. But for the price this sells for used, if you've got a Kinect and even a slight affinity towards Jedi, this is a must have. Some mini games are better than others- my son and I enjoy the Jedi adventure story, and I'll admit to playing Rancor Rampage to blow off some steam now and then. The Galactic Dance Off is kind of silly, though. Sort of makes it feel cheesy and cheap, (jar jar binks style, if you know what I mean), but I suppose they wanted it to be fun for everyone of all ages and interests, so kudos to the developers for doing exactly that! If I may admit, when starting the Jedi adventure and being trained to use a light saber, I started to really get sucked into it. The Jedi Master instructed me on screen to reach for my light saber (which flew into my avatar's hand), and feel its weight as I swing it around. I did that, and for a moment I felt like "Aw yeah, I can feel it!". Tons of fun!

My 12 year old son got this for his birthday and he loves it! - As a wife and as a mom of 3 kids, I spend a lot of time shopping for deals on the best products out there for my family. It's important to me that if we're spending our hard earned money that we get a top notch product in return. I often rely on the reviews and opinions of others when contemplating purchasing a new product that I haven't tried before myself. Because of that, any products that I buy (whether on Amazon or from a 3rd party) I always make sure to leave a detailed review of the product to help others when selecting items to purchase, as well. My family tests these products fully before forming a solid opinion and writing a review. When I write a review, I keep in mind that those reading are also looking for honesty about the product and want an unbiased opinion to go by. If my review has been helpful to you, please give me a "Yes" vote on my review. Thank you!

OK, let's begin with a little honesty: I saw Star Wars in 1977 as a child, and I have yearned to be a Jedi ever since. When my son was born, I made sure that he also would be a child of the Force. This game ALMOST made me purchase an Xbox 360 with Kinect when it was released in April 2012, but I resisted the urge for 2 1/2 years until this December 2014 (and likely saved myself almost $200 by waiting). I am not a hard-core gamer by any means, although I'm positive that my high scores on the 80's Donkey Kong and Popeye arcade games are still intact somewhere. All things considered, I have not had more fun with a video game. Thus far, my son and I have made significant progress through the "Dark Side Rising" campaign, and have wreaked serious havoc as rancors in Mos Eisley, Theed, Mos Espa, and Felucia (there are different rancor species at each locale, and even a flying rancor). "Duel of Fates" is good practice for lightsaber duels and very soon, we will try our hand (hands, really) at pod racing and the Galactic Dance-Off, but we are having way too much fun swinging our lightsabers. The primary complaint of most reviewers, that the lightsaber action is not completely realistic, is well founded. At the same time, that does not make any sense, and I would encourage everyone to read why this must be so at http://www.gamesradar.com/high-horse-stop-asking-11-star-wars-lightsaber-game/. The game often controls when and where you turn so that you are automatically directed toward remaining enemies. At the same time, you definitely control when you swing your lightsaber, and faster swings with broader strokes appear to translate to harder strikes and greater damage to enemies (those daggone Trandoshans in particular seemed to go down more easily with these kinds of hits). Moreover, the simultaneous ability to fight with your lightsaber and use the Force to grab and throw objects or enemies makes for extremely interesting (and challenging) gameplay, but doing both can make you much more effective. For both the Dark Side Rising campaign and Rancor rampage, you swing, step, kick, jump, twist, and otherwise move your entire body. The battle action of the DSR campaign is punctuated by interludes, spacefights, and "obstacle-course"-like challenges, which were all welcome breaks from the non-stop dueling, but, when engaged with the proper enthusiasm, you will definitely get a serious workout. For fun, health, and family bonding, I am seriously loving this game and being able to rule the galaxy as father and son. When we've engaged the other gameplay modes, I'll post an update. Keep the limitations of this game in perspective, and you will love it, too!

*Updated After playing the game for about 4 hours, I thought I'd add my initial impressions. Possible touch on things not already mentioned here. There's quite a bit to do with Kinect Star Wars and it's deeper than I anticipated. The Presentation, from being greeted by 3PO and R2 with their clever commentary and jokes, even looking for you when you leave the play area, to the great camera angles during cut scenes, the menus, the familar faces that show up, the feel of 1st person view space combat, it all has that star wars feel for me. The main game Jedi Destiny is controling really well for me so far, jumping, dodging, dashing, and force powers work when i want them to. The lightsaber combat is simplified and a little slow, but still fun. It just takes a little getting used to. You play a padawan after all and Jedi don't flail like madmen anyway. Sometimes the game is on rails, like when running away from enemy fire and just jumping(the camera angle changes too) and other times like when i walked into a room full of droids, I had to jump around, block, dodge, dash all while taking them out with slices or the force. It felt off rails. The cut scenes are frequent to give you a bit of a rest, and well done, but could be a little smoother animation wise. There are various platforming/puzzle areas of the game to break up the action a bit. They are relatively easy but may take a few attempts to clear. The vehicle bits are cut in appropriatly to mix thing up and although simple, easy to control, and immersive. I felt like i was out in space, pretty epic, star wars feel there. There are two difficulties to choose from if easy feels, well, too easy. The hard difficulty will see you dying and having to restart from a checkpoint instead of just respawning. You need to mix up your attacks more and the enemies aim is better. Jedi destiny is relatively short 4-6 hours, and i assume this depends on the difficulty you play at. I'm really liking the toughness of jedi knight difficulty. It makes you mix it up more. The graphics in jedi destiny could be better but are still good. Pod Racing on the other hand looks beautiful and is fluid and easy to control. There are different speeds in quickplay that the game runs at, so if it seems to slow be sure to change this up. There are also 3 settings for driving assistance, choose what is appropriate for you. And you can turn off the green path line. I'm really enjoying Pod Racing, its fast and furious out there. There are 2 modes A story mode and quickplay. The story mode has you upgrading your pod. Also you can use attack and defense weapons such as flame throwers, and laser droids (like luke practiced his saber skills with). shields and repair kits, buzz droids you can unleash on your opponents. They all go up in levels the more races you win as well. There are quite a few pilots to choose from, with more to unlock. To get buzz droids off your ship you throw wrenches at them, you can even wipe your goggles dry when water etc. gets splashed on you and covers the screen. Weapons are activated with a quick raise of your left or right hand. Throughout the story bits you'll see some familiar faces such as watto, and sebulba and some racers from episode one. It takes place 10 years after though. Rancor Rampage controls well, you can walk, charge, smash, jump, eat people, take out tie fighters etc. A good way to let off some steam. The levels are pretty large and you can unlock different rancors by leveling up. When you walk faster so does the rancor. Turning takes some getting used to, and I wish there was a quick (for a rancor at least) turn around move. Duel of Fates is one on one lightsaber action. something to play for a quick fix. You defend by blocking or dodging, or parrying, then clash and attack. There is a pause after the clash before you attack which takes a little getting used to. Then you attack until the meter runs down. You can also throw objects at your opponent with the force. This mode gets more fun the more i play it and better i get. If there are only 5 enemies that is pretty weak/short. But you do get to fight Dooku and Vader for sure. Anyone know if there are more opponents? After fighting Dooku, I was a little bummed he didn't talk at all. Dance Mode is a funny parody mode, that controls like Dance Central, you have different characters to populate the scene with and 3 difficulty modes. 15 songs that are pretty funny so far. Dancing like that isn't really my thing, but its fun to watch, and a kind of robot chicken/family guy bonus mode. That you shouldn't take seriously. Overall the game is deeper than i expected, with lots to do for everyone, and everyone will have their favorite mode. The action can be intense and is well presented. I'm finding it to control very well for kinect and is the most fun I've had with a kinect game. Maybe people complaining about the controls need to calibrate, or spend a little more time figuring out how to play exactly? It's not perfect and doesn't have everything in the star wars universe, but what it does have is really fun, and works pretty well. Hope there is DLC and they make more games that expand upon the force and lightsaber combat, or blasters with han solo and the rebel alliance. And more vehicle combat, with a bit more complexity such as something as simple as leaning to dodge asteroids in a falcon segment. Lots of possibilities for dlc or new instalments. have fun!

I'm a huge Star Wars fan and was so looking forward to "Star Wars Kinect." I was a little disappointed with the responsiveness of the game to my movements, especially with lightsaber duels. The characters don't mimic my movements at all. When I want to attack with a lightsaber, I swing my arm wildly until my character attacks. That's about it. This should really be the best part of "Star Wars Kinect." It's not. The podracer pretty much goes where it should as long as my arms stay in front of me. I learned not to try to steer, because I just go the wrong way. Keep my arms in front and I run the course. My son, of course, is flailing his arms beside me, but I think I do better in the race for not having any motion at all. Not too exciting. "Rancor Rampage" is a little better with detecting my movements, but I don't enjoy playing a rancor. We get to stomp around destroying buildings and throwing people around. It's like being King Kong. No fun. By far the best player responsiveness happens in "Galactic Dance Off." It's like any other Kinect dance game, except we get to dance with Leia, Lando and Han. The dance movements are Star Wars themed. Have you ever wondered how to do the Chewy Hug or the Mynock? Now's your chance. Of all the games, I like "Galactic Dance Off" best. On the positive side, my ten year-old son really loves this game. It gives me a good workout and he moves around more than I ever see him move with any other Kinect game. If you want your kids to get something physical in while playing video games, this would be one way to do it. "Star Wars Kinect" can be played by one player, but it's more enjoyable with two players. It is fun to play "Star Wars Kinect" with my son, mostly because I have someone to listen to me while I complain. Just wish it was more responsive. That would make worlds of difference.

This is too much fun on the kinect. Do you have what it takes to be a jedi? Maybe? Maybe not! Swing a light-saber and use the force to vanquish the bad-guys in a star-wars environment that is detailed and exciting. Recommendation - play with a friend or limit your play-time. This game is adicting as it is so much fun and such a beautifully rendered environment. The only downside is that it is a very very active game and you can get winded and sore very quickly (hence the recommendation to play with a friend that you can swap out with) or limit your play time. So get up off the couch and use the force )for good of course!. 5-star recommendation for gameplay, graphics, overall experience.

My nephews love playing this game and have even conned me into trying it a few times. I must say I had to "take a break" several times (I'm 65) from all the jumping and gyrations one has to go through to execute the Jedi moves required to play the game. The boys play it for hours on end and even they say it tires them out after a while (and they can feel it in their bodies the next day). So, I'm pleased they can get some physical benefit from using this product in addition to them just enjoying a game they love. It's not the optimum exercise for them but it's certainly better than being perched in front of the TV for hours vegetating while while watching cartoons.

BIEN

French CD that would not work on my kinesthetic because of region issues.. could not be exchanged either

really fun

Did not work wrong country code

Me gusta por que tienes que brincar y mover los brazos pero si esta un poco aburrido y cuando se pausa aparece como en la mitad de la pantalla como si estuviera rota. Pero esta chido para pasar el rato y sudar un poco

Message when trying to start is- Disc's region code is incorrect. I can't use it, delivered to UAE.