Your Shape: Fitness Evolved Xbox 360

• OXM 360

  8 out of 10

Summary: Fitness Evolved 2012 is perfect for people who don't quite buy the sincerity of an encouraging, pre-recorded voice. Sure, there is one - and she was very kind not to mention the similarity of our silhouette to that of a birthing heifer. But we know how our brain works.

Short extract: Your Shape hurls numbers and brilliantly meaningless visual rewards at you. Every other fitness game we've played involves mimicking an instructor. Here, you warm up by waving your arms around to create whirlwinds that move virtual balls.

Conclusion: Good for people who need to be tricked

• Plenty of information, Unlocks, medals, badges, Good variety of activities
• Constantly pushing DLC.., ...Which is inessential and overpriced

• Yet Another Review Site

  7 out of 10

Summary: Man must evolve into something less chubby for the 21st Century

Short extract: If you're reading this at the time of publishing, you're one of 90% of people who've flushed some finances into a local gym.

Conclusion: If you're reading this at the time of publishing, you're one of 90% of people who've flushed some finances into a local gym. Thing is, no matter how local it may be, it never seems to be local enough. An step towards a more healthy and active lifestyle is never worth the 5 minute walk to the gym.

• Extensive workouts, Slick and clear presentation, Enjoyable multi-player games
• Occasional tracking issues that interfere with workouts, Frustrating trainer voice

• Britxbox

  8 out of 10

Short extract: The first fitness offering on Kinect is Your Shape Fitness Evolved by Ubisoft. Here you can have your own personal trainer set you a fitness regime or jump straight into a variety of activities or gym games.

Conclusion: With the release of Kinect there are many new genres of games that we can now expect to crop up more and more on the 360. One example of this is the fitness genre. As playing a fitness game with a traditional controller just doesn't work.

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  8 out of 10

Short extract: Platform: Xbox 360 (Kinect Required) Developer/Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment Before we begin, it's important to give this review some context. I'm an overweight, unfit individual (weighing in at just under 15 stone for my 5' 11” height) who didn't engage in any form of regular exercise...

Conclusion: The Short Version: Your Shape: Fitness Evolved is an extremely capable and rewarding exercise suite that essentially provides players with a personal cardio instructor in the comfort of their own living room.

• Flawless body recognition, Great for cardio and lower body toning exercises, Get fit for gamerscore!
• Upper body workouts are very limited (even with weights, Lack of weighing makes Wii Fit a better option for slimming down, Arguably better for feeling healthier rather than getting healthier

• OXM 360

  8 out of 10

Summary: True, fitness isn't as glamorous as putting the boot into a mutant or powersliding a Lambo, but it's something we should all do more of and this makes it both enjoyable and easy to get in to.

Short extract: The main draw is the personal touch: it feels like you actually have a personal trainer egging you on. It's incredible the difference live feedback makes - instead of having to wait until the end of a set to hear whether you're doing well or badly, you get advice on how to improve your form as soon...

Conclusion: A compelling way to stay healthy