#Jillian michaels workouts hard series

At first I thought, вЂњthis is coolвЂќ and that it did make running in place a lot of fun.

Your character next opens a manhole cover and runs through some underground graffiti-filled tunnels. I tried at least three times before I finally made it through. Worst of all, I had to start the mission (including the 30 swing kicks, the Wii remote shaking, and the jumping jacks) again. Then, a screen with JillianвЂ™s image shows up, telling me that I need to вЂњgo back to the gymвЂќ. It became farce-like, with me frantically contorting my body trying to figure out what kind of jumping jack it wanted me to do, and Jillian constantly yelling at me the whole time saying I was either too fast or two slow. Problem is, when it came to the jumping jacks the system kept telling me I was doing them wrong (IвЂ™ve been doing them since I was 3, so I think I know what IвЂ™m doing). Your character then comes to a garage door, and you need to do jumping jacks to open the garage door.ДЄll well and good so far. Once this is done, you run in place with (or just shake) your Wii remote to make your on-screen character run. You need to start by doing 30 вЂњswing kicksвЂќ (15 for each leg) using the balance board. You just find your character in an abandoned warehouse. No description of where you are or what youвЂ™re supposed to do. Mission 1 is вЂњRecon Northern EnvironmentsвЂќ. You can choose from different difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, and High Intensity. Each mission is unlocked as you complete the previous one. As you do the exercises, your on-screen character will play through the story.

You get through each вЂњmissionвЂќ by performing about 20 minutes of various exercises. When you start your вЂњmissionsвЂќ, you see that there are a total of nine to get through, with one вЂњUltimate MissionвЂќ. You still get JillianвЂ™s real voice, but you get a comic book version of her visually. The graphics are lower quality than they were in the 2010 version, but thatвЂ™s by designвЂ“the entire game is meant to evoke a вЂњcomic bookвЂќ look and feel. And for reasons which IвЂ™ll describe below, this is unbearably frustrating in this game. No matter how hard you try to follow the on-screen characterвЂ™s motions, invariably the system canвЂ™t detect you properly on far too many of the exercises. One thing that 20 had in common was horrible motion control detection. It honestly felt like I spent more time calibrating the Wii Balance Board and the Wii MotionPlus than I did actually playing the game. Unfortunately, the annoyances far, far outweigh anything positive. I did like how they incorporated the вЂњ360 camera angle rotationвЂќ from the 2010 version, so you can see exactly how your on-screen character is doing the exercise. The exercises themselves are okay, but nothing earth-shattering. After a while I figured out to go back, where I saw the вЂњMissionвЂќ button unlocked. Problem is, thereвЂ™s no visual indication of the number of points youвЂ™ve collected after you finish an exerciseвЂ“you just see the вЂњStartвЂќ button again and again. You need to collect 500 points in order to start the вЂњmissionsвЂќ.

#Jillian michaels workouts hard series

You start out the game doing вЂњtrainingвЂќ, which is essentially a series of stretching exercises. Even as far as video game stories go, this one is kind of weak, but I figured IвЂ™d give them a pass on it, since the focus is on the fitness. Specifically, youвЂ™re a secret agent thatвЂ™s helping Jillian destroy the evil corporation FPF (which produces processed foods to poison the masses) and the evil corporation CureAll (which produces a chemically-based elixir that makes people who eat FPFвЂ™s food вЂњfeel betterвЂќ). While those were more вЂњpureвЂќ exercise games with Jillian taking you through a bunch of exercises, here they decided to wrap the exercises around a story. Unfortunately, just as with the 20 versions, the execution leaves a lot to be desired.ДЇor those of you who tried Ultimatum 2010 (and who suffered through Ultimatum 2009), this game is a completely different beast. With Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2011, D3Publisher decided to take the game in a new and intriguing new direction than the previous Ubisoft versions. Summary: Not a stellar sequel to an already-disappointing series.