Kinect Sports Season Two puts you in the game with six new sports (football, golf, baseball, tennis, darts and skiing) and groundbreaking features that use the Kinect’s full-body play technology. Now you can fire aces on court, score the winning homerun or sink that championship-winning putt. And the Challenge Play feature on Xbox live lets you take on your friends and family.

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Surround yourself with magic as you fly, dance and dive into classic Disneyland attractions. Interact with more than 40 of your favorite characters — collect their autographs, accept their quests and experience the magic of Disney.
You can even participate in parades and spectacular fireworks displays, even soar over Neverland and fight with Captain Hook!

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Disneyland Adventures

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Forget a gamepad or joystick, because the Kinect makes you the controller, bringing your games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways. The Kinect Sensor responds to your movements, so if you need to kick, then kick. If you need to throw a punch, well just throw a punch. It’s the perfect opportunity to play your favorite video games and get a good workout in the process.

All that’s left is for you to get off the couch.

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In the interest of full disclosure, let me say I have never considered myself a Disney fan.

When I was a child, I always preferred Daffy Duck to the sometimes over-saccharin Disney characters.

But I was determined to review this Kinect Disneyland Adventures game without any bias.

And so, to my surprise, I enjoyed myself – perhaps a little too much.

I spent the first half hour of this Disneyland Adventures game happily traversing through the vibrantly modelled streets of Disneyland, occasionally stopping to hug Mickey Mouse and Snow White.

Kinect Disneyland Adventures

Players navigate the vast theme park by pointing towards the direction they wish to explore. This intuitive mechanism is surprisingly simple and easy to use, making movement a breeze.

However, the Kinect sensor would sometimes accidentally run my character into other pedestrians and objects, disorientating me. Thankfully, players with a poor sense of direction will be glad that the game provides a helpful glittering golden path to guide you to your current objective in the park.

Much of the gameplay of Disneyland Adventures revolves around the mini-games which double up as quest objectives. At the start of the game, players are given a series of tasks that span across the various mini-games scattered throughout the park.

Each mini-game is faithfully named after the real-world attractions of the theme park and range from sword-fighting with the Pirates Of The Caribbean to balloon racing with Winnie The Pooh and Tigger.

The motion controls are simple and engaging. From swinging your hands to fight using a sword to stretching your arms to fly, anyone can easily pick up the controls.

The main game is also crammed with collectables, ranging from souvenirs available from the park stores to autographs of famous Disney celebrities.

The ambient sound effects really help build the illusion of walking in the vast theme park. Disney lovers will also be treated to a wide playlist of nostalgic show tunes.

Still, as much as I enjoyed wandering around aimlessly in Disneyland, I could not help thinking I might feel more fulfilled playing a more challenging game.

But there is no denying the magical attraction of Disney.

In short, Disneyland Adventures is an appealing game that can be enjoyed by both the young and the old.

Whether you are a die-hard Disney fan or just coming along for the ride, the game will certainly take you back to when you first saw those magical characters on the silver screen.

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If fans feel like the Assassin’s Creed: Revelations is a rehash of the previous game, it’s probably because it is.

With the success of Assassin’s Creed II, the concept of a master assassin running around Europe has been milked by developer Ubisoft to great effect, but that cow looks to be running dry.

To its credit, Ubisoft has tried to incorporate new elements to each sequel and each game brings new abilities for the lead character Ezio.

The previous game, Brotherhood, introduced a recruitment system as well as more weapons to play with.

I was not a fan of the recruitment option and obviously, someone on the development team must have felt the same way because Revelation does not have that feature.

In its place is some real-time strategy element where players get to place troops and obstacles to fortify a location.

Yet, while it adds a grander scope to the game, commanding an army just felt impersonal as I am someone who just wants to strike enemies up close and personal.

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
In the end, it seems as if Ubisoft ran out of ideas on how to improve a single-player action game as the new gameplay elements only embellish, and not enhance, the original premise.

For example, the skills that players are familiar with are still here.

In a mix of historical fantasy and some bizarre science fiction elements, Desmond, the hero, is trapped in the Animus, the machine that has allowed him to explore the genetic memories of his ancestors, Ezio and Altair.

Shuttling between both ancestors, players have to completely restore the genetic memories to free Desmond.

As the new gameplay elements seem more supplemental, the focus is still on sneaking around town, killing in the shadows and trying to uncover the conspiracy – and this plays out exactly like the previous outings.

A new weapon and ability to make bombs are nice additions to the core game, but after jumping over countless rooftops and slicing up renegade soldiers for the umpteenth time, the game gets a little tired.

Fans of the series would likely still embrace the game as the action is more intense in this edition – even if some of the storyline elements do not really make a lot of sense.

With talk that this is the last game based on the current premise and any sequel will introduce a new storyline, Assassin’s Creed: Revelation serves as a nice wrap even as it leaves gamers wanting more.

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In some ways, Max Payne 3 will be the first game of the series in which gamers can see the character in full.

While actor James McCaffrey voiced the title character in the first two games, Max Payne’s appearance was modelled after other people.

But in the upcoming first-person shooter, McCaffrey, through the use of motion-capture technology, slid into the shoes of the popular noir character he helped to create.

The first chapter saw the familiar black leather-clad Payne being given a new lease of life when he is offered a job in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

While he is still thinking it over, well-armed thugs come after him in his apartment building and the battle is lost in ‘bullet-time’ blur.

The term refers to a special effect where time is slowed down but the camera continues to move at normal speed. Gamers can make the game run in slow motion but control Payne in real time.

Max Payne 3
This allows Payne to perform feats such as diving by a window to take out a line of gun-toting thugs standing on the roof of the building across from him.

When bullet-time is activated, Payne’s movement is now more fluid and lasts longer as well. If Payne is surrounded, a swing of the controller stick can change his view up to a 360-degree angle, to help him to dispose of his enemies.

Because of the motion-capture technology, his movements are very realistic; each pause, turn and step shows up clearly on screen.

The second chapter is where the game throws up a fresh spin on the character. Gone are the black outfit and his hair.

Now, Max Payne wears a singlet and looks like an amalgam of Bruce Willis in the first Die Hard movie and the most recent instalment of the film franchise.

During one sequence, Payne triggers explosions by shooting at petrol stations. In another, he is riding a bus and shooting at thugs as the bus careens across town.

And here is where bullet-time is fully utilised because you need it to slow down the action so that you can aim at the enemies.

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As I punch buttons in response to on-screen prompts to free myself from a car that is about to be crushed, I cannot help but wonder if I am really playing a racing game.

As it turns out, it is indeed a car racing game: the 18th edition of Need For Speed.

But it is also the first time in this series that you can travel (or escape) on foot via quick-time events such as the above.

You play the role of Jackson Rourke who owes bucketfuls of money to a mysterious crime organization and is also running away from the police.

Rourke is directed to compete in an illegal street race event with a prize money of US$25million (S$32.4m) to secure his freedom.

He has to race 4,828km across the United States, from San Francisco to New York – and beat more than 200 drivers.

Need for Speed: The Run
The race is split into nine stages, with each stage divided into a number of events.

Each event has a different objective, such as overtaking a number of drivers before reaching the finishing line or reaching several checkpoints within the allocated time.

Some events require you to battle opponents one at a time; you have to overtake each opponent before the time limit and stay ahead for a certain amount of time.

You also have to deal with slow-moving vehicles and traffic police who are hot on your heels.

Depending on the difficulty level set, you might be allowed up to 10 resets if you wreck your car or miss your objectives.

You gain points for each completed objective and level up when you score enough points. As you level up, you gain perks such as nitrous upgrades or newer, faster rides.

Overall, this Need for Speed: The Run race is quite fun and challenging, with a scintillating soundtrack adding excitement and tension as you race towards the finish line.

However, it gets repetitive after a while as the objectives tend to be the same. There are some on-foot chases by the mafia or police interspersed between stages, but they are really forgettable quick-time events.

More memorable, though, are the changes in scenery as you transverse from the neon lights of Las Vegas into the dusk of Death Valley.

The single-player race is a bit short as it can be finished in about five hours. For more of a challenge, set a higher difficulty mode which allows fewer resets. Or you can try out new races that are unlocked in the Challenge series.

Of course, nothing beats racing online against other people. The multiplayer mode is divided into playlists in which you can choose to compete in muscle car battles or exotic sprint races.

More challenges will be unlocked after a certain number of objectives, such as finishing in a certain position in your race, are completed.

However, frequent ghost opponent cars, inconsistent collision physics and frame rate drops were encountered during the multiplayer races.

Need for Speed: The Run is really enjoyable while it lasts. It is a pity the single-player run is too short and the multiplayer mode too bumpy.

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