Excerpt: Wreckateer was one of the few big family friendly titles that Microsoft announced at E3 2012. There was a high volume of excitement here at Family Friendly Gaming.
Summary: Wreckateer is a fairly old school, simple and lighthearted game which can be easily picked up and makes a diverting if ridiculous way to pass a little time.
Pros: Makes good use of the Kinect., Blowing things up is fun, just ask SCTV’s Billy Sol Hurok and Big Jim McBob.
Cons: You need a significant amount of floor space to play this one.
Conclusion: Wreckateer is an interesting experiment and certainly one of the more accurate Kinect titles with clear and responsive controls (despite a large space requirement) but it
Summary: Wreckateer plays into the primordial human urge to simply break things. The 3D environments do a good job of providing a suitable playground to create some mayhem.
Conclusion: The colorful art style makes Wreckateer look visually pleasing, and its medieval-inspired music and characters make the game sound like it would’ve been more popular had
Excerpt: Kinect games are always a sticky wicket from the time of announcement until review time. At first glance, it’s easy to relegate them into the arena of gimmickry, and...
Excerpt: The popularity of Angry Birds can’t be overlooked, and it isn’t a matter of being built around complicated gameplay, but taking the rather basic formula for destruction
Excerpt: presents me with a mouth-watering list of perceived flaws that I could only initially assume would make this a devilishly angry review to pen.
Summary: For better and for worse, it shows what the Kinect can do.
Pros: Surprisingly strategy-oriented, whimsical and entertaining, kid friendly but challenging to adults, and most importantly, there are goblins in bunny ears.
Cons: Kinect limitations can be a problem, difficulty curve can be steep in places, various levels look too similar.