While it may not be a must have game, if a person has the free time and the tenacity to stick with it, the game can really be quite enjoyable.

Everything about the game is well presented for the most part, as the visual and aural aspects are quite unique. It's eclectic, like I said before, but it's colorful and that adds to the overall allure or charm.

Terminator Salvation is a clear movie cash-in title. It still manages to be an enjoyable game, just one that grows tiresome pretty quickly.

Ultimately, Velvet Assassin is an interesting effort in bringing something different to the WWII setting.

Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume is a rather enjoyable experience overall.

X-Blades is not a horrible game, it just feels incomplete.

Shaun White Snowboarding starts out rough but after learning the ropes and getting involved with the multi-player experience it becomes a passable entry to the now current generation of consoles.

Exit is still an enjoyable puzzler, which challenges the grey matter like few puzzle games on the market do. Just be warned: Exit is a title that deserves, nay demands your time if you want to succeed.

Spark has produced a shooter that crams as many fun monsters and insane action packed scripted events as possible into one game and lets gamers shoot them to their hearts content, which makes it perfect for a weekend rental.

With the proper attention to detail Too Human 2 could very well be the game that Denis Dyack promised, but for right now it's only a shadow of the god it could be.

You'll find that Summon Night Twin Age is fun and you will most likely not want to put it down.

Once I had more training at Octo-puzzle, I was able to advance to another difficulty level which was much more of a challenge. It also made the game more fun, even though I was just repeating my journey.

It has its fair share of problems, but if you can get beyond them, you'll find underneath a rather pleasant game that can be played with everyone in the room.

So is Dragon Quest Swords a game you should rush out and purchase on a whim, without thinking about paying your rent or eating for a day or two? I wouldn't go that far, but it certainly is a good diversion for gamers looking for something to sate their gaming tastes.

The core gameplay is sound, but Luxor: Pharaoh's Challenge just doesn't have the addictive quality it needs to keep people entertained consistently.

For a game aimed a children, Code Lyoko doesn't really deliver.

With all these amazing things in store what could possibly go wrong for C4? The absolutely astonishing, ridiculous rectum tearing difficulty that this game holds, that's what (and I played on easy).

LOTS of different items and potions to help on your quest.

In the end Blacksite is at times a fun shooter, but in a gaming landscape where games like Halo 3, Orange Box and Bioshock are currently available, Blacksite does little to make itself stand out.

In all honesty we're given another Guitar Hero game that despite the inclusion of some wonderful co-op play and horrible new "boss" battles is just another expansion with a list of songs that are neither well balanced nor interesting.

There are a ton of Diablo clones out there for you to sink your teeth into and many are far better than this one. My advice is visit a wishing well instead, drop in a coin and make a wish that games like this are never to darken our doorstep again.

Overall, My Sims is a great start to what could be a fantastic series. If they'd flesh the game out a bit, EA would have a game that would easily rival Animal Crossing, offering players the chance to fully realize their town from the ground up instead of simply trading shirts with stupid animals that will just as soon steal from you.

In my opinion, this game is best as a rental. This may be the most stressful game I have ever had the chance to play.

The bottom line is this. Lair was meant to showcase much that the PS3 has to offer and it does so in many ways.

Pet Alien certainly has some fun moments and there is some enjoyment to be had in the game, but overall there are other games released by the Game Factory that I'd easily recommend over this.

All things taken into account, the game turned out to be a huge disappointment. Being a mish-mash of games I had played before in the past, the integration of different aspects of these popular games in the genre did not bring this saga any justice.

All in all, I felt this game lived up to my expectations in all aspects except for the difficulty in the party management menus and the overall storyline. Honestly, the lack of basic plot elements early on was the biggest letdown of all.

In the end, Heroes of Mana does a fair amount of things right, but the core elements that would make the game playable are simply sloppily issued and broken.