One look at the out-of-date rosters (frozen in time at the original release date) will show you how little attention was paid to the development of this game.

What could have been the modern equivalent to classic bizarre Japanese shooters like Parodius is instead a one-trick pony.

If you've played "Warship Gunner," you'll probably have seen it all before from a more interesting on-deck perspective.

This is the eighth Yu-Gi-Oh GBA release in a little over two years. Not much has changed, and not much will. If you're not already firmly on this bandwagon, turn around and walk away.

The game doesn't look bad, but it doesn't look good enough for an action game whose major draw is its audiovisual presentation.

Valhalla’s a well-meaning blend of old and new, but most of us have come to expect a little more from an RPG.

But the game runs clean and looks nice enough in action. For a budget price, you could do worse. Yeah, it’s not a ringing endorsement, nor is it meant to be.

With copious patience and enough time, a path through the bugs and design flaws might lead to an enjoyable experience for some persistent players of ToEE. However, digging through garbage to find a gem is still digging through garbage.

The novelty of the premise wears thin after about an hour. This is not good, especially for a game that takes about 25 hours to complete.

More like an expansion team than a Stanley Cup contender. With a sharper focus on either realism or arcade play combined with more standout graphics, next year's version could be bumped up to the first line.

There is a single-player dynamic campaign that you should stay far, far away from. The campaign appears to be an afterthought, as does the AI, which does a fantastic job killing itself.

In fact, this game serves as a great example of how wonderful the original games would be on the Xbox 360 Live Arcade service, at an even better price.

Larry's longevity will be directly proportionate to the amount of laughs you derive from bodily functions great and small.

Kimmunicator might be good for a few kicks for fans of the show, but it’s so short and unremarkable you shouldn't feel bad for missing it.

In a world where light-gun games need to change or die, Ninja Assault is an evolutionary dead-end for the genre.

It still plays too much like one of the old games to feel like a real online title, but the one thing that could have been done to make it better -- namely, a workable communication system for players -- was skimped on.

A sequel isn’t supposed to be softer, poorer, slower, weaker, but that sadly sums up FIFA Street 3's questionable content.

Fans of F1 racing may be able to put up with the game's lack of features and frustrating nature. This simply isn't a racing game, however, that will appeal to a mainstream audience or win any new fans for the sport.

Proves one thing--Sega needs to stop tinkering with its past and start respecting its illustrious history as much as its core fan base does.

The loading times are annoying, there’s a ridiculous maze of menus to wade through to get to the races, and, when you do hit the road, the controls are poor and the racing system is just bizarre.

The highs of the added features are sacked by the lows in basic gameplay.

Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam isn't a sell out on par with hawking Bagel Bites but it's close.

Dragon battles break down to attack-block-repeat. Ships appear from nowhere. Boss fights are more “follow the leader” than actual epic battles. Lair is not a broken game, just one that overcompensates to hide all its flaws rather than fix them.

The lack of variety in the levels was a major factor. But even more so was the constant loading and unnatural, abrupt transitions.

Improvements to the solo adventure and the addition of some basic multiplayer modes elevate the game above its predecessors, but it can't turn the tide of battle in the franchise's favor.

The game borders on tedious.

But character-based fighting games using characters no one cares about is never a good idea, and Blade Warriors is nowhere near as fun or deep as its inspiration.

Eidos looks stupid for accepting the AO rating, yet covering up the genitals with fig leaves. And the IDSA has only succeeded in making its own rating system appear useless.