Kinect Rabbids is the first case where the crazy Raving Rabbids have found their way onto a Kinect game, which is actually pretty surprising since these are the kinds of games the controller was made for. Over the last few years, the Rabbids have actually drifted a bit from the party game genre, though Rabbids Kinect is a shining example of what they can do best — the Rabbids are alive and kicking in this compilation of mini-games.
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At its best, Alive and Kicking is an excellent game. The augmented reality games in particular are perhaps the best because they work so well. For example, you can play Whack a Rabbid, clearly based on the popular fairground game titled Whack a Mole, but instead of a basic cabinet, the Rabbids are hiding right inside your living room — or wherever you have your Kinect setup. It may not be the best game on the disc, but it's possibly my personal favorite out of everything.
Like any party game, Alive and Kicking comes with a few poor mini-games, though there are also a few that the Kinect sensor actually ruins. For instances, in Hacked Off, the purpose is to saw a Rabbid in half with two players operating the hacksaw and mimic the motion back and forth. However, the Kinect sensor has a terrible time trying to pick up on this particular action, no matter how well you follow the cues on the television screen.
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Even some of the games that work well still fall into a bit of a dull category. While some games where you can shapeshift like in Silou-Wet will offer hilarious photographs, the majority of the time you spend playing this game will require thinking while standing still and stuff, so this is not really the most impressive mini-game. Without any rounds or sense of presentation, this and other similar games end up not fitting very well.
One game in particular requires players to begin running in place, and another will ask players to try and guess how many real sheep are hiding in a certain group of animals, and one final game requires its players to begin headbanging rapidly and as vigorously as they can muster. These games do not have technical faults, and there is indeed a challenge to them, but they do not offer the same level of fun as others.
Luckily, Alive and Kicking features much more points of high humor and fun than it does dull, listless games, so it is overall a good choice if you are searching for a compilation pack of Kinect mini-games.
