Fighters Uncaged

by UBISOFT

• Choose your own path, opponents, and rewards to unlock new skills and upgrade your character
• Charge into a new world of gaming, where with Microsoft Kinect you will use your fists, knees, legs, elbows and even your head to destroy your opponents
• Battle ruthless opponents each trained in different deadly fighting styles across a variety of gritty game environments
• Attack with over dozens of devastating moves, chain together relentless combos and end the fight with merciless finishing moves
• Use skill anf strategy to learn your opponents fighting style and cruelly exploit their weaknesses

Product Details

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• ASIN: B0043B5SKE
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 1 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 4, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (121 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,036 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #50 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Games > Action > Fighting
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Fighters Uncaged is an unique and gritty tournament style fighting game exclusive for Xbox 360 that delivers 100% controller-free action via the body mapping and motion capture capabilities of Microsoft Kinect*. The game features 70 real martial arts move -- including punches, kicks, defensive actions and more -- that the player instantly triggers in-game against opponents by performing the actual move in front of the Kinect sensor. Additional features include intense combo possibilities, special voice activated moves, over-the-top opponents and multiplayer support, including co-op and online leaderboard functionality on Xbox LIVE.

Split screen image with a player delivering a kick and the onscreen character delevering a kick in Fighters Uncaged.
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Become the Ultimate Weapon with Kinect

Charge head first into the vicious world of illegal freestyle fighting tournaments, where you will use every muscle in your body to battle your way to the top. Forced into a secret tournament, the game's hero, Simon must use what he learned from his father, an ex-boxing champ, as he faces off against violent combatants who will brutally unleash a range of vicious mixed martial arts attacks to take him down. No guns. No blades. Your body is the deadly weapon here.

Gameplay

Fighters Uncaged is the ultimate fighting game published to-date for play on Xbox 360. Utilizing the motion capturing capabilities of the Xbox 360 Kinect system, players put away their standard wireless controllers and become the controller themselves as they take on the varied and seedy characters of the gameworld in tournament style fighting action using their fists, knees, feet, elbows and anything else they need to. The body mapping abilities of Microsoft Kinect allows players to create and master 70 different types of moves pulled from a variety of real martial arts disciplines. These can be used singularly, or strung together in combos for maximum impact. The game features 21 different gritty game environments in which players will be matched up against enemies with distinct fighting styles and character attributes. Additional features include voice activated special moves and two-player local support, including a co-op option.

Utilize the body mapping capabilities of the Microsoft Kinect for truly controller-free gameplay.
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The Kinect Sensor

Previously known as Project Natal, the Kinect sensor (sold separately) allows you can experience gaming like never before. Easy to use and fun for everyone, the Kinect sensor utilizes revolutionary full-body tracking to put you in the center of the fun. This amazing new technology allows your Xbox 360 to recognize your body and mirror your movements in the game, making you the controller. The sensor is compatible with every Xbox 360, features a color VGA motion camera (640x480 pixel resolution @30FPS), a depth camera (640x480 pixel resolution @30FPS) and an array of 4 microphones supporting single speaker voice recognition.

Key Game Features

• The Raw Power of Kinect - Actively use your fists, knees, legs, elbows and even your head to destroy your in-game opponents and defend against them.
• The Cutthroat World of Illegal Fighting - Battle ruthless opponents, each trained in different deadly fighting styles. Battle on rooftops, in dark alleys, or alongside gritty city docks in immersive environments with rain, waterfalls and other dynamic elements that bring the fight to life.
• Unleash an Arsenal of Brutal Moves - Attack with over 70 devastating moves, chain together relentless combos and end the fight with merciless finishing moves.
• Become a Master Fighter - Use skill and strategy to learn your opponents fighting style and cruelly exploit their weaknesses.
• Open Progression Tree - Choose your own path, opponents, and rewards to unlock new skills and upgrade your character.
• Battle with a Friend - Team up to take down enemies in Tag Team Mode.

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*Kinect sensor peripheral sold separately and required for play.

Product Description

Charge head first into the vicious world of illegal free fighting tournaments, where you will use every muscle in your body to battle your way to the top. Forced into a secret tournament, Simon must use what he learnt from his father, an ex-boxing champ as he faces off against violent combatants who will brutally unleash a range of mixed martial arts attacks to take him down. No guns. No blades. Your body is the deadly weapon! Free the fighting machine in you. Get Uncaged!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

221 of 234 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Very cool! Must Train Hard! November 22, 2010

By Alex

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

First some background(skip to third paragraph if you don't want it):Since June or so of this year I've been working at getting in shape, slowly adding in new exercises that work. I tried P90X, but I was too out of shape for it at the beginning. So, I worked with a trainer for a 2 months or so and then I started cycling and then I started stand up paddle surfing and also using a step machine that I have. So, my workouts have been cycling some days, surfing some days and step machine some days. When Kinect came out I bought it hoping that it would add another interesting workout into the mix, especially with winter coming and surfing and cycling getting harder in the cold. I bought a lot of games hoping for one or two games that would be fun enough to keep me moving and maybe even so fun that I pushed myself harder than I would have with just exercise for exercise sake. I bought sonic free riders, dance central, fighters uncaged, kinect adventures(came with the kinect), Your Shape Fitness Evolved and Kinectimals. Kinectimals has kind of been a bust for me. It really is a little kid's game. I thought it might have some impressive AI. Dance Central is great. It really recognizes your movements and corrects you. Sonic Free Riders has taken some time to get in to. Like MarioKart, you have to memorize the levels, but its tiring on your knees squating down and leaning forwards and backwards the whole time and then squatting and jumping over jumps and jump turning in the air to try to pull moves. So, I only do 5 or 6 runs a session and have not memorized the levels, which makes winning impossible. Your Shape Fitness Evolved is also very good. You have to do the moves in time with the trainer in the fitness classes, otherwise you don't get credit for them. The gym games are fun and I wish there were more of them and that there was some kind of fitness class that incorporated them. I have done 3 workouts with Your Shape since getting it, there's also a website that lets you track your progress which is really neat, especially for me because I've found that keeping a journal of my workouts has been really motivational and with this website, I get to see other people working at getting in shape too.

I was also what many would consider a "hardcore" gamer. I used to play Bond on N64 and MarioKart for marathon sessions in college. I played a lot of Oblivion in 2007 and assasin's creed and quake on the pc in 2008 -2009. I have loved most of the Zelda games and get really lost in them, including on Nintendo DS. So, I'm not a world of warcraft junkie or a caffeinated FPS lover and I don't play many sports games, but I have a fine appreciation for precision controls and became frustrated with Wii attempts at sports games that required you to waggle the controller (while I loved the Wii for its fun game play and for movement games that were precise like laser hockey). Kinect has been a really nice addition for me with my workouts and is not a Wii-type waggle motion control mechanism. It recognizes you and your movements accurately. Its not as precise as a mouse and keyboard, or even a handheld controller - but the games that its made for are not button pressing games. They are games that are designed to require to you to move your entire body and I've been really happy with the performance of the games and the motion detection.

So, knowing how I look at games, you can now hear what I think about this game. I like this game a lot. First, I was incredibly frustrated when the game would not recognize my moves, despite trying to mimic the onscreen avatar till my thighs were burning from jumping and squatting and from squatting and then exploding up through an uppercut. I sort of chalked this game up to a loss, but then I had a friend come over and saw that he was able to control it much better than I was. Together we went through the training classes analyzing how the kinect saw different movements and got to understand how this game wants you to control the player. This game does not require you to punch hard. You simply have to move your hand forward for a punch. This game does not require you to do a full body punch to get someone in the gut, instead starting with your hands in guard mode, you make a circle to the outside pointed diagonally downward. Also, moves are only possible from certain distances which are clearly marked at all times. So, you can't uppercut somebody from long range. And you can't round kick a knee from long range. You have to be up close. Once we worked this out, the game got a LOT better. The workouts that I went through getting to this point were hard - exactly what I wanted: I found myself forcing my body keep up with what my mind wanted it to do. Although my thighs were burning from squatting, I would push to try to get Kinect to see the movement.

I've just moved up the ladder to league 2 today. I've played this game maybe 5 or 6 times. Each time I walk away pretty sweaty and have to take a shower. Its been a really good addition to the workout routine. Especially good is that as you fight the computer, you have to dodge punches which means leaning back very quickly many times at unexpected times. So, you're using your stomach and lower back and keeping tight the whole time. My stomach and back were sore (in a good way) for the past few days and just are starting to feel ready for the game today. This game is a really, really good start on fighting games for kinect.

I've seen reviews that seem to be written by people who were in the frustrated stage of review that I was in before I really worked out how to control the game. I wish they would keep at it and really do the training until they can successfully pull off the moves there before they write these reviews. This is a quality game. Its worth buying. You have to work at getting it down - but that's like all sports. You have to practice and for the first time, video games are starting to feel like sports with the kinect. The more you train your movements, the better you will be at playing this game. And that's exactly what I was looking for when I bought it. So, I really love this game and encourage people to buy it.

70 of 74 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars As noted, not realistic, yet can be solid and fun December 4, 2010

By S. Wightman

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

Like some of the reviewers I was *extremely* frustrated with the game because I was expecting it to be realistic. So yeah yeah yeah enough with the instructions lets fight. And it was abysmal! I'd throw a punch and it would kick, I'd jab and it would throw an elbow, I'd throw a knee and it would round kick. I threw some new and innovative cuss words. I'm 47, started with martial arts when I was 11 or so, and was kickboxing the night before the first of 2 hip replacements (both hips) so yes my expectations were high. I was looking at it for a fun and fit way to enjoy the sport in my post-ring days.

Then I started paying attention to the game, what it wanted, how it moved, and begrudgingly I RTFM. (That's Read The F'ing Manual for non-techies). You have to stand with your feet parallel to the Kinect, not in a classic fighting stance. You punch with your arms, not your shoulders and hips. You need to move conservatively, if you throw a full round kick to the head it can also see your upper body (shoulders, head, arms) move which confuses it. And once I started playing the game the way it is intended to be played it actually IS fun, I work up a solid sweat and its vigorous enough to make my hips ache. :-) I'd definitely like to see a more realistic game, and I think that may be a limitation of the Kinect for the reasons I noted. Throw a jab with your shoulder and the shoulder triggers a hook punch for the avatar. Right foot forward and a left front kick pushes the hip, the hip triggers a round kick for the avatar. Not sure if that can be compensated for. Adjusting my play so that I stay within the limitations of the Kinect (or game, could be either) while keeping the fighting mindset of blocking, parrying, countering, and attacking openings has made it a pretty cool game. Which basically means its a pretty cool game.

53 of 59 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Varied Enough! Good Rental November 4, 2010

By B. Klinko

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

Very ambitious effort to take the fighting genre and seriously allow you full body control. The Kinect is strong enough to support this, however the game lacks any real depth. The game starts off with a pretty informative tutorial teaching you all the basics to have success on the streets. Once you begin fighting though, you are trying to earn crowns to advance to the next level. Each level requires so many crowns that you do not end up just fighting each person one time, you must fight them several times to level up. By the time you level up, you have fought one of the same 6 fighters multiple times. You do slowly unlock new fighters to fight, but only about 5 more. So here this game only offers maybe 11 or 12 adversaries, that slowly go up in difficulty when you collect enough crowns. Bottom line is you quickly understand how out of shape you are when you are trying to fight 3 or 4 opponents in row, only to realize that if you were in great shape you would have the game beat in perhaps two or three sessions of game play. There are better titles available for the Kinect (Kinect Sports!!!) but this is a needed step in the right direction. Imagine Marvel vs Capcom 3 supported by the Kinect.... the Kinect seems powerful enough, it would just take some time from the developers to make it pay off.