Kinect Joy Ride

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  • Summary: Put your avatar behind the wheel of a vehicle you select and customize to match your personal style, and drive your avatar WILD. Trick out your avatar with styles and animations to guarantee you'll stand out in the crowd. The game universe constantly evolves and expands with new downloadablePut your avatar behind the wheel of a vehicle you select and customize to match your personal style, and drive your avatar WILD. Trick out your avatar with styles and animations to guarantee you'll stand out in the crowd. The game universe constantly evolves and expands with new downloadable content, including new stunt parks, tracks, cars, car upgrades, avatar clothing and animations, and new events. Once you're all customized, take your avatar out for a spin. Make friends around the world as you catch huge air, pull off crazy stunts, and participate in fun community events.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 46
  3. Negative: 14 out of 46
  1. MS Xbox World
    Dec 15, 2010
    75
    Despite a few hiccups with the tracking and an unorthodox handling of the vehicles, Joyride is a solid racing game at heart.
  2. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Dec 15, 2010
    70
    Kinect Joy Ride provides a crammed package with plenty of games, a fine selection of unlockables and a challenge that offers plenty of room for improvement of your skills. If you're looking for a launch title to really get your teeth into even when you're on your own, you could do much worse than this.
  3. GameFocus
    Dec 21, 2010
    64
    What began as a promising little Arcade game turned into a poor showpiece for a new technology.
  4. GameTrailers
    Dec 21, 2010
    54
    There are some brief moments of fun in Kinect Joy Ride, but most of the time you'll be too busy fighting the loose controls to really enjoy it. Making matters worse, the game would be an absolute pushover if you played it with a traditional analog stick and buttons. With shallow gameplay and just a handful of tracks, it certainly doesn't justify the $50 price tag.
  5. GameWatcher
    Dec 21, 2010
    50
    Kinect Joyride is not a game you should invest in, yet with a few tweaks here and there, it could have been something great.
  6. Gameplanet
    Dec 15, 2010
    45
    This is a game that feels like an expanded tech demo.
  7. Gameblog.fr
    Dec 21, 2010
    20
    Kinect Joy Ride is typically the game that would have won everything to be playable with a traditional controller. Playing it with your body is a real stress, as it is completely approximative and capricious. Even with all your patience and goodwill, it's a failure you have to quickly forget!

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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 2 out of 3
  1. mrmonster
    Jun 3, 2012
    7
    As with all games, its a guilty pleasure. No doubt the best racing game you could buy for any gaming system. A perfect family friendly gameAs with all games, its a guilty pleasure. No doubt the best racing game you could buy for any gaming system. A perfect family friendly game that people of all ages will enjoy. I'm fifteen, and I still love it anyway.… Expand
  2. GRBlackstorm
    Dec 13, 2010
    4
    The problem here is one fo concept. It is a bit stupid to try and drive a car standing up and holding nothing in yor hands. Aside of thatThe problem here is one fo concept. It is a bit stupid to try and drive a car standing up and holding nothing in yor hands. Aside of that there are control issues and the game is more suitable for little kids. The racing genre needs a different approach to blossom with Kinect.… Expand
  4. DigBick
    Jul 7, 2013
    0
    The game was amusing in the beginning, but after 1 race it would be very buggy and turn left when i wanted to turn right. This game is aThe game was amusing in the beginning, but after 1 race it would be very buggy and turn left when i wanted to turn right. This game is a disappointment to gamers.… Expand

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#78 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2010