Huffing and Puffing: My review of Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012

So, me and my fiance (Miss Bee Vintage) have decided to get back into shape. Big goal. We also have quite busy lives and don't get much time to get to the gym, so we thought we might actually instead try to work out at home with our small amounts of spare time. And of course me being a video game nerd and having almost every modern system out there, I looked into fitness games. Fun times.

We eventually settled and bought Your shape fitness evolved 2012 for the kinect. I kind of thought it would be just some average run of the mill fitness game that wouldn't be to hard of a work out and would be more focused on fitness games like most other fitness games I've tried. I couldn't have been more wrong. It has routines, and workouts for most major muscle groups that actually work out those muscles. I was amazed and tired and sore after trying it out after we bought it. It is quite a good workout.

Now any game is not without flaws, espcially motion sensitive games, like the kinect. Some of the time, it tells you you need to be doing something differently, although you're doing it the same way as the instructor shows you. It just doesn't pick up your movements 100% of the time, which can be annoying, especially when you're doing what they say, but you're knee didn't get quite high enough, so you don't get credit. While not picking up your movements does cause slight annoyance, it is bearable and doesn't happen often enough to warrant a terrible rating. It doesn't take away from the work out at all, really.

All in all, my review of your shape evolved 2012, I would say it is a pretty solid game, and I would have to give it 7/10. It has some flaws and it does want make me want to come back and try all of the routines. I would say that some of the more intense routines are for the more experienced people, who are in much better shape than myself.