Players can partake in activities like football, skiing, boxing, hang gliding, horseback riding, and soccer, controlling the action with their body movements.

Whether facing AI opponents or competing with friends, the game aims to provide an active virtual sports experience, encouraging players to enjoy the physicality facilitated by the Kinect technology.

"[6] GamesRadar+ rated the game 2 stars, stating that "if your biggest complaint about previous such entries is that they didn’t include horseback riding, hang gliding or skiing, then MotionSports might get you in front of the TV for a weekend of flawed fun.

"[10] Ryan Clements for IGN rated the game 4.5/10, stating that "MotionSports is not a strong launch title for Kinect.

"[12] Vandal rated the game 4/10, stating that "MotionSports may have been born as a good idea to take advantage of the possibilities of Kinect by offering us a varied set of tests that would invite us to progress and unlock new challenges, but the truth is that neither how they ended up developing the idea nor the implementation of the control works.