Kinectimals

For the game's target audience - pre-teen kids - this is an excellent Kinect game that will provide hours of fun.

Granted, Kinect controls have its hitches and that’s a noticeable detriment to the game when it necessitates accuracy. A lot of the mini games relegate themselves as repetitive toss fests and with no on-screen indicator besides your virtual hand; it’s hard to see where throws ultimately end up. I found it difficult to gauge a target or a direction when balls were flying out of my hand at the slightest movement. Voice commands and head tracking functionality seemingly work fine respectively.

When Kinectimals was at its best I genuinely enjoyed what I played. I actually got excited when I found a Serval cub and got to adopt him. And I've said "Aaaw look! Cute!" more times in the past week than I will probably ever say again for the rest of my life. But I've also yelled in anger when I lost a mini-game for the fourth time because I couldn't toss a ball in the right spot. It's a Kinect game that is probably worth picking up if you've got youngsters, but it's not the immersive family experience it should have been.

“A fun game for kids looking to try out the Kinect.”

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