After playing this for the first time last night, I feel as a personal exercise workout tool and planner, it isnt as good as others on the market, but if you just use it like a regular exercise DVD/video it is great. There are plenty of workouts and classes, but they dont split them between beginners, intermediate and advanced, and it doesnt provide you with a program to keep to so someone like myself who rarely exercises, I found them to be hard going as the workout was too extreme and I had to decide myself which exercise and intensity to maintain during the class, and found a lot of the time having to stop midway as it was too intense! Also I had to decide myself which class or program to use whereas other similar games gave you more advice as to which workout to use. Not every workout is Move-enabled so a lot of the time you dont need the move controller, and even for those that do I would question whether it tracks your movement and makes any difference using it or not. However on the positive side, the exercises are interesting and varied, and there are plenty to choose from and it helps having your picture (via the eye) next to the trainer to help with positioning and performing the exercise properly. Overall, if you expect the software to tell you exactly what to do, when and how (like EA Active Fit does), it doesnt, but if you use it as a fitness video and have some knowledge about different exercises and stages of fitness, it is a great investment!
I tried the EA Active Fit 2 and agree with tastetest that while it was a good game, it was a pain to have to keep "strapping yourself up". Also the technology in the USB / motion detector was awful in the EA product - it wouldnt detect when I had completed a rep and had trouble detecting where you were and whether you were doing an exercise correctly, thereby defeating the object of it. I have been hoping for a game on the Move to replace that as the Move motion sensing technology will obviously be better so am looking forward to this. Despite there not being a heart rate monitor included and linked in the game, I just hope the game allows us to use our own heart rate monitor (which are quite cheap) and it tells us what the optimum heart rate would be at regular intervals!
I had EA Active 2 but found the technology extremely poor - it couldnt sense my movement and wouldnt progress through the workout program as it couldnt register that I had finished the movement. Motion sensing is such a large part of EA's game but as it couldnt get this fundamental point correct, I sent it back and was waiting for something for the Move to replace it - hopefully this will be it. I just hope they work out some way of letting you hold the Move controller as well as a weight or resistance band (e.g. wrist strap?)
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Re: Out Today: Friday 18th March 2011 (Europe)
After playing this for the first time last night, I feel as a personal exercise workout tool and planner, it isnt as good as others on the market, but if you just use it like a regular exercise DVD/video it is great. There are plenty of workouts and classes, but they dont split them between beginners, intermediate and advanced, and it doesnt provide you with a program to keep to so someone like myself who rarely exercises, I found them to be hard going as the workout was too extreme and I had to decide myself which exercise and intensity to maintain during the class, and found a lot of the time having to stop midway as it was too intense! Also I had to decide myself which class or program to use whereas other similar games gave you more advice as to which workout to use. Not every workout is Move-enabled so a lot of the time you dont need the move controller, and even for those that do I would question whether it tracks your movement and makes any difference using it or not. However on the positive side, the exercises are interesting and varied, and there are plenty to choose from and it helps having your picture (via the eye) next to the trainer to help with positioning and performing the exercise properly. Overall, if you expect the software to tell you exactly what to do, when and how (like EA Active Fit does), it doesnt, but if you use it as a fitness video and have some knowledge about different exercises and stages of fitness, it is a great investment!
Re: CTA Digital Creates Three Move Sniper Rifles in One
As usual, no word about an EU release.
Re: My Fitness Coach Club Gets Europe Sweaty on February 18th
On another note, are you sure that date of February 18th in Europe/UK is correct - everywhere I look it is 18th "March" everywhere?
http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStation3/4-/18126983/Fitness-Coach-Club/Product.html?searchstring=my+fitness+coach+club&searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=0&urlrefer=search
Re: My Fitness Coach Club Gets Europe Sweaty on February 18th
I tried the EA Active Fit 2 and agree with tastetest that while it was a good game, it was a pain to have to keep "strapping yourself up". Also the technology in the USB / motion detector was awful in the EA product - it wouldnt detect when I had completed a rep and had trouble detecting where you were and whether you were doing an exercise correctly, thereby defeating the object of it. I have been hoping for a game on the Move to replace that as the Move motion sensing technology will obviously be better so am looking forward to this. Despite there not being a heart rate monitor included and linked in the game, I just hope the game allows us to use our own heart rate monitor (which are quite cheap) and it tells us what the optimum heart rate would be at regular intervals!
Re: Ubisoft Challenges You to Get Fit in Six in March
I had EA Active 2 but found the technology extremely poor - it couldnt sense my movement and wouldnt progress through the workout program as it couldnt register that I had finished the movement. Motion sensing is such a large part of EA's game but as it couldnt get this fundamental point correct, I sent it back and was waiting for something for the Move to replace it - hopefully this will be it. I just hope they work out some way of letting you hold the Move controller as well as a weight or resistance band (e.g. wrist strap?)
Re: Get Fit with Mel B Gets Detailed with Press Release
"Yet again"?! This is the first for PS Move...!