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EA Sports Active 2 - Playstation 3
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- 70 Exercises and Activities
- Track your heart rate on screen in real-time with the innovative EA SPORTS Active heart rate monitor to capture intensity and optimize performance over time.
- Designed by certified trainers, the EA SPORTS Active 2 9-week program provides total body conditioning using progressive exercise.
- Track your progress on the web via the EA SPORTS Active online global community.
- The EA SPORTS Active 2 9-week program provides total body conditioning using progressive exercise. Download workouts and exercises via Xbox Live to keep workouts fresh. Your personal trainer will be there by your side every step of the way.
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| ASIN | B003O6FYDK |
|---|---|
| Release date | November 16, 2010 |
| Customer Reviews |
4.0 out of 5 stars |
| Best Sellers Rank | #73,469 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #1,393 in PlayStation 3 Games |
| Pricing | The strikethrough price is the List Price. Savings represents a discount off the List Price. |
| Product Dimensions | 9.49 x 7.91 x 3.11 inches; 1.4 Pounds |
| Binding | Video Game |
| Rated | Everyone |
| Item model number | 19474 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 1.4 pounds |
| Manufacturer | Electronic Arts |
| Batteries | 4 AA batteries required. |
| Date First Available | May 27, 2010 |
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EA SPORTS Active 2 with Total Body Tracking will feature an innovative wireless control system powered by motion sensors in leg and arm straps that provide complete freedom of motion. Additionally, it will feature a heart rate monitor that provides constant on-screen monitoring, allowing users to capture intensity and optimize performance over time. Users will be able to track and share their workout data online through automatic uploading from their online connected console to their personalized EA SPORTS Active profile. EA SPORTS Active 2 with Total Body Tracking will make working out simple, fun and effective wherever you are.
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EA SPORTS Active 2 with Total Body Tracking features an innovative wireless control system powered by motion sensors in leg and arm straps that provide complete freedom of motion. Additionally, it will feature a heart rate monitor that provides constant on-screen monitoring, allowing users to capture intensity and optimize performance over time. Exercise hands-free and customize your workout with your own fitness equipment! EA SPORTS Active 2 tracks your fitness data online via automatic uploads to your online profile and allows you to share your data and connect with other users through workout groups - all while reaching your own personal fitness goals. Create unlimited customizable workouts with over 70 exercises and activities to choose from, including foundational exercises like squats, lunges, and bicep curls and fun fitness activities such as mountain boarding, basketball, and boxing.
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Features
- 70 Exercises and Activities
- Track your heart rate on screen in real-time with the innovative EA SPORTS Active heart rate monitor to capture intensity and optimize performance over time.
- Designed by certified trainers, the EA SPORTS Active 2 9-week program provides total body conditioning using progressive exercise.
- Track your progress on the web via the EA SPORTS Active online global community.
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EA Sports Active 2 - Technology
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EA Sports Active 2
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EA Sports Active 2 - Overview
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B- (It feels like it's still in beta, a fairly polished beta, but still beta.
Pro: It works. I've lost almost 10 lbs in 2.5 weeks, and I feel great!
Con: There is at least one exercise out of the 20+ exercise set that won't register. :(
I'm a 45 year old ~280 lbs 6'4" male that's pretty sedentary and a little chubby. I saw that EA Sports Active 2 (EASPA2) was on sale for $48 (MSRP $99!), so I picked it up (it being pretty chilly outside sealed the deal.) If it weren't for EA's email newsletter, I would never had heard of the product, and I surf 3 PS3 websites daily (where's the advertising EA?) So I get it and opened the box (BTW: keep the box, there's 5-7 things inside you'll want to store later.)
I'm disappointed that there's a USB transmitter instead of BlueTooth (I have a PS3.) I know BT has enough bandwidth for heart rate monitors because my wife has one (not a deal breaker.) The Right Leg, Right Arm, Left Arm monitors are pretty straight forward. Be SURE that the indictor lights are at the top of your leg, & the bottom of your arms when you put these on. I wait to turn them on until the game asks for them, so I can confirm the right monitor is on the right appendage. The monitor bands are comfortable and seem durable. A stretchy band with handles is included for resistance. It's a little ghetto, but it's better than nothing. I'm going to upgrade to some 5/10 lbs hand weights (which the game allows for, nice touch EA!) The enclosed booklet is near worthless. It would've been nice if EA when into detail about each program and what it entails.
As the game starts, you'll notice it's slow (get used to it.) It lags, especially when it checks in online. Hard to tell when you've hit the start button. Here's a bummer, player setup. So my wife is the primary user on our PS3 (yes, she is awesome,) and I am a secondary user. So EASPA2 assumes that I'm my wife, there is NO changing this. Come on EA, nobody who develops for PS3 sets there players up like this (even EA!) Apparently the only way to do this is to get the EASPA2 2nd user kit (for $39, really?) or buy yet another full blown $99 kit. Then it is supposed to recognize me as the second user. This sucks because all the accessory kits are out of stock. I ordered mine from EA 3 weeks ago when they were having a 50% off sale ($20 is reasonable.) Not only did my order not register online so I could track it, the EA Tech Support people weren't able to kick it in. I asked how I was going to track my order and they replied "It's on it's way (not cool EA.)
So after I setup my male avatar "Lisa" ( :| ) , I was presented with two different types of trainers, two different types of workout programs, and various levels of difficulty. I selected the aggressive trainer for an easy 3 week Cario Kick Start program (3WCKSP). You start out with ~18 min. of ~20 aerobic exercises which ramp up a little every day. It also presents you with a calendar to schedule your workouts. The 3WCKSP makes you do 4 days a week, I wanted to do 7, but it won't let me. That's a bummer, but there does appear to be some form of customized workout (I just would have liked a little guidance on mine, this would have been real handy info in the booklet on how to do this.)
So the workout starts, and I'm pretty happy with it. The monitors do NOT do a direct one-to-one feedback to the game. It lags big time, and I'm guessing the game is doing a lot of guesswork to make it interactive. This gets really apparent when you hit the (at least,) one exercise out of the set that will NOT register. Sometimes you can "kick" in the feedback by making overextended gestures, or doing the exercise twice, but at least half of those won't be tricked. It wouldn't be so bad if you had an option to skip or replace the exercise, but you don't. It just sits there like an idiot yelling at you to do the set & hold still. And it will continue and yell at you for at least 4-5 minutes until it gives in, does a rep, then repeats (this TOTALLY sucks.) I wish there was some onscreen feedback of your monitors, so you could determine what the game is wanting you to do, then you could adjust your movements accordingly. There's no pause and return feature either. You just have to quit & lose all your progress, or pre-cognitively check off the problem exercises. Checking them off also sucks, because the game doesn't replace them, and you only get a ~90% workout. This is SO beta, it's not even funny. SHIP A PATCH ! ! ! , this makes an A+ game a B-.
The exercises that don't register (out of the ~50 I've tried):
Alternate Side Lunges (the right lungess don't register well. It almost seems to learn your moves better as you go on.)
Squats with Bicep Curls (you can do them twice to kick it in.)
Overhead Tricep Extentions (if you over-exagerate your movements, it seems to help.)
Bent Over Rows with Tricep Kickbacks (you REALLY have to swing your arms around to get this one to kick in.)
Bent Over Reverse Flys (IMPOSSIBLE, nothing seems to kick this in except waiting.)
Lateral Shoulder Raises (IMPOSSIBLE, nothing seems to kick this in except waiting.)
As the excises continue, some of them are like pushups, which mean you can't easily face the TV (and mine is 5 feet up on the wall.) More audio feedback here would be nice on these (not a deal breaker.) Also, the instructor alternates between doing opposite and mirror moves. Please pick one, maybe set this as an option? When the tutorials talk about things like gluts and your core, use arrows. I have no idea what you're talking about, and it sure isn't in the booklet. There's a couple of times between exercises when the game says "take a water break." It only gives you the normal 3 second pause between workouts to do this, & since there's no pausing the game, it's essentially useless. It's doubly useless because you really need to be in position for the next exercise so the monitors can register you properly (not a deal breaker.)
There's a log where you can enter in nutrition info, but it's pretty sparse. I'd really like to see a fruits & veggie like serving inputs here. Maybe coordinate with a WeightWatcher & Atkins like diet programs for EASPA3? A really cool feature is that you can enter in your own workout soundtrack. I dumped in ~70 songs, but it keeps replaying the first one over every workout. A shuffle option would be nice here (not a deal breaker.)
The good news, it doesn't take long, you break a sweat, you get your heart rate up, and you feel obligated to keep going. My ankles, calves, and laterals are shaping up nicely, I've lost weight, my back doesn't ache and I've stopped snoring! EASPA2 is pretty generous with the trophies, & the online tracking component is detailed almost to a fault. In conclusion, EA get that patch out and start shipping those accessory packs! You've got a potentially great product here that you could almost sell for $99 if you fixed it.
Addendum (three weeks later):
The sensors seem to be more reliable, BUT the problem exercises don't seem to be popping back up so it's hard to tell. Wearing the monitors properly is key here (I put little stickers on the top so I know they're oriented properly.) Anyway, I would've popped my rating up a star, BUT I purchased the EASPA2 Accessory pack for the PS3. This contains another set of sensors & another USB dongle.
So I ASSUMED this would allow a second user to play the game simultaneously. Remember how I mentioned before about how stupid setting up a user is? It gets worse. So I set my wife's primary PS3 account avatar to her name, gender, etc., then I log into my PS3 account (same console,) and create a new avatar using my name, gender, etc. Seems so good so far, but wait! Were's my wife's avatar? So I log back into her PS3 account, and there's her avatar, but where's mine? (And yes, I had two active controllers, still no dice.)
My only conclusion, you CAN't do two simultaneous users at once. I've been bugging EA Support for days to confirm/deny this (since the documentation isn't worth the tree they killed for it.) No response. If this is the intended function, it's unbelievably stupid. You could get the same results using only one set of sensors and logging in back and forth. If this isn't the intended function, why isn't it working? No other game makes you create secondary users using separate PS3 accounts, Even PS3 Home (which was in Beta, & they fixed that.) DO NOT BUY the Accessory Pack (or at least till they have this figured out.) If it's just one of you, go for it, the exercises do get results.
The reason I bought this version as opposed to the Wii version (I also have the 360 but no kinect so it wasn't an option) is mainly that I always found having the nun chuck strapped to my leg and having the hold the controller a pain. Really it is just too much to hold all that crap and a resistance band when you are doing arm and shoulder exercises. I don't know whether you still have to use all those items but the PS3 version has three sensors you just strap to your arms and leg and you are ready to go, nothing to hold onto so it seemed like the safe choice. The sensors do seem to get in the way every once and a while during certain exercises, but far less that the nun chuck used to bother me when it was strapped to my leg. Also, the leg sensor actually stayed on my leg instead of sliding down every couple seconds, I really hated that stupid nun chuck on the Wii version, sorry. I read a lot of these reviews about bad sensors and the reps not being counted, but I had no problems with the sensors. Make sure to follow the tutorial at the beginning on how to put on the sensors, I initially had them on the wrong way, which is why it is important to watch. The heart rate monitor seemed to work great as well so it is a nice added feature to this version.
I do think this is a game that will help me reach my fitness goals if I stick with it. I'm not going to mince words I am really out of shape and this game kicked my butt the first go around so much that I couldn't even finish the first workout. For people who are fit I am sure this would be a cake walk but for someone who could stand to lose a good 50 lbs this stuff is not easy. If you haven't exercised in a long time I would suggest easing into the first workout. I was using a more difficult resistance band and basically hitting every exercise my hardest, which is why I couldn't finish. I will definitely be going easier on myself during the next workout, at least easy enough so I can finish
In summary, this is basically a virtual personal trainer, don't expect to have a lot of fun, unless you really like working out, then maybe you will find it to be fun. I like the new hardware that comes with this version, but the actual game is pretty much a rehash of the first one. If you stick to it however, I do believe this game can be good for your health. Here's to hoping I can.

















