Kinect Disneyland Adventures Review (X360 Kinect)

Kinect Disneyland Adventures is easily one of the best family and kid-friendly games on the market. It captures the unique feeling of awe and wonder that only Disney can create and lets you do it all from the comfort of your own living room. With the unique controls that Kinect offers, you can explore Disneyland and interact with the attractions and characters in intuitive ways. It is a rather simple game overall that really isn't for the grown up hardcore gamer crowd (unless you are as crazy about Disney as you are about videogames), but kids will go absolutely bonkers over it. And for parents, watching your kids have so much fun is pretty darn fun too.Game Details Kinect Sensor Required Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Developer: Frontier Dev ESRB Rating: “E" for Everyone Genre: Adventure Pros: Great re-creation of Disneyland; intuitive controls; lots of rides and hidden stuff; kids will love it Cons: Pretty simple overall; movement controls are awkward

Kinect Disneyland Adventures is a pretty simple game, really. The Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California has been re-created as accurately as possible in the game and you are free to explore it. If you've ever been to Disneyland, everything should be where you remember. Every bench. Every churro stand. Every souvenir shop. Every ride. It is pretty much all here. There are also dozens of Disney characters wandering around the park for you to interact with as well, and every conversation begins and ends with either a wave or you actually saying "Hello" and "Goodbye". There is plenty of hidden stuff as well like hidden Mickeys and special things you can interact with using a magic wand. And you have a camera you can take pictures with all of the characters with where you have to copy their pose for the picture. It is all super cute and fun and pure Disney.

There are more than 20 rides that you can go on as well. They aren't the real rides (which would have been boring to just sit and watch) and are instead mini-games inspired by the rides. The Matterhorn is a bobsled race down the mountain where you have to dodge obstacles and avoid a Yeti. Each ride also has multiple parts to it you play separately, so the Peter Pan ride starts out with a flying level where you follow Tinkerbell to Neverland, and then the next level you sword fight with Captain Hook. The mini-games are all pretty fun and offer unlimited respawns so you never see a "Game Over" screen. It is fun and easy and great for kids. And you can play all of the rides with two players, which makes things more fun.

A nice thing about Kinect Disneyland Adventures, though, is that it offers a great interactive map that lets you fast travel anywhere you want, so you don't actually have to do that much awkward running around. You won't find all of the hidden interactive stuff this way, but you'll get to go on all of the rides in record time. And you won't ever have to wait in line, so unlike a real trip to Disneyland where waiting in line takes up 90% of your time, this game is all about the fun stuff.

Graphics & Sound

Visually, Kinect Disneyland Adventures is a really nice looking game. The park is really nicely detailed and looks fantastic. One thing I noticed immediately is that while there are other people at the park with you, it isn't anywhere near as crowded as the real thing. Another bonus to playing the game versus going to the real park. The Disney characters look good - big and cartoony and mascot-y, but pretty much just like they really do at Disneyland.

The sound is very good as well. Disney theme music all over the place. Solid voice acting from all of the characters. It looks and sounds just right.

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