Kinect Star Wars

Critic reviews

• Video Gamer

  Tom Orry · Apr 13, 2012

  4.0

  I don't like Kinect Star Wars. It's not because I feel betrayed by what the licensors let the developers get away with - it really doesn't bother me how Star Wars is used in popular media (I don't even care about the PC World and Vodafone adverts) - I just find the whole thing to be a terrible gameplay experience with the exception of the dancing.

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• COGconnected

  Kirby Yablonski · Apr 08, 2012

  5.5

  Given that the game was announced over 22 months ago, you’d hope that a game based on the Star Wars franchise would offer up a memorable experience, but unfortunately Kinect Star Wars misses the mark in this area, and it may only vaguely interest die hard fans of the franchise, but even they may somewhat hard pressed to find the good in it.

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• Game Trailers

  Game Trailers · Apr 05, 2012

  6.8

  Kinect Star Wars certainly has its moments. Many of the individual games exhibit occasional flashes of brilliance, and the absurdity of the Galactic Dance Off bears witnessing at least once. We’re just can’t recommend picking up the entire package in order to do so. However tempting the notion of hands-free lightsaber manipulation may sound, Kinect Star Wars is not versed enough in the ways of the Force to realize it.
• G4TV

  Jonathan Deesing · Apr 05, 2012

  6.0

  Sure, the graphics are lacking and my arms were incredibly tired after Podracing, but these in no way detract from how fun the game is. If you like Star Wars and are looking for a reason to dust off your lonely Kinect, you should buy this game. But be warned, your inner-Comic Book Guy will never shut up.

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• Destructoid

  Maurice Tan · Apr 05, 2012

  6.0

  In those areas where Kinect Star Wars does work, it can be a lot of fun to play, and this makes it so disappointing that it so often falters elsewhere. In the end, how much fun you will have with it is going to depend largely on whether or not you have kids to keep occupied while they play with their friends, or how desperately you need something other than Dance Central 2 to play with your own friends.

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• Giant Bomb

  Brad Shoemaker · Apr 05, 2012

  4.0

  It doesn't matter who you claim Kinect Star Wars is for, it's a shoddy product on almost every level. There are a few glimmers of what could have been in here, but this is not the game that legitimizes Kinect as a game-playing device, nor does it do a single thing to restore any vibrancy or value to the Star Wars license. Fans of Star Wars, Kinect hopefuls, and little kids all deserve better.

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