Ultimate Spider-Man is best enjoyed when viewed as a separate path for the franchise, one whose bright graphics and teenybopper storyline add a refreshing parallel to the realist movie versions.

Translation problems occur in the flight from PC to Xbox, and the smooth style that made Jedi Academy irresistible fun on the PC is now clumsy and awkward.

Another fantastic script with more one liners and jokes than should be allowed.

This game is simply too polished, unique and good to fit the industry mold of a typical 'first time outing'.

Even with some warts, Black & White 2 is still pretty good. Heck, no god is perfect, right?

The learning curve is practically a cliff, but enthusiasts will have plenty to get out of this one.

All told, ASB 05 hasn't really taken any major steps towards self-improvement, opting instead for a status quo offering.

Just a poor shadow of what Myst really is, so most users would be better off skipping it and grabbing the PC/Mac version.

Rent or buy, Double Dragon Advance brings a great update but is still too short. You decide.

On its own merits, it is hard to justify paying $60 to buy Gun. It is a solid game, but when you can have essentially the same experience on Xbox for less money, I do not see the point in buying it for the Xbox 360.

Gameplay mechanics are in place and polished to a smooth experience, and the game belongs in some handheld art museum. Simply gorgeous.

There's only two puzzlers on DS to date, and Zoo Keeper trumps "Mr. Driller" with the inclusion of single-cart multiplayer. Worth a pickup, if puzzlers are your thing.

A game caught between markets. Gamers who want a pure FPS shooter have much better options to look into. Gamers who want tactical, squad based shooters will consider this a watered down, arcade version of the genre.

With a convoluted, twisting conspiracy-driven story, flashy graphics and exciting gameplay, XIII demands your money.

These treasures are glass jewels in tin settings.

What so frustrates me about Genji: Dawn of the Samurai is how the game seems to desire this average result from the onset; there is nothing in the game that looks remotely ambitious.

Enjoy swinging around New York to your heart’s content, but stick to a rental for this title.

This is an enjoyable game of football that’s great to watch and play. On the other hand the countless omissions EA left out of this game are maddening.

The game tries very hard, above all else, to leave players with a lasting grin on their face. To this end, it succeeds. There are plenty of flaws, but the 'cool factor' is through the roof.

It’s definitely rough around the edges, but such things are forgivable when the core is exciting and challenging.

Hardly the social phenomenon on Xbox that it was on PC, but not a bad way to waste a few lazy hours on a Saturday, either.

Though the game may have its frustrating moments, the amount of assistance the computer gives the player is ridiculous. For example, one "ghost shot" is allowed per hole. What this does is show you exactly how far and where the ball would land (and subsequently bounce) if you got a perfect shot. This is a HUGE help (and very cheap) help with chipping.

David Duchovny has an exceedingly flat voice. At no point does he ever really sound excited. Even when he should be excited, he really doesn't sound it. There's just a sense of resignation always seeping through.

It's a love letter to Western fans that also happens to be exceedingly entertaining for the everyman gamer.

Snowboarding simply does not get any better than this.

Throw in a GBA-Gamecube linkup that allows you to load your portable Urbz into the bigger version, and you have a game large enough to keep your interest so long as you're willing. But once the gameplay starts to feel repetitive-and after a few hours, cracks in the façade will begin to show-then you're in trouble.

Guilty Gear Isuka does a lot of new things. They just aren't fun things.

If you've played the PC version and are looking for something new, you are likely to be disappointed as some of the newer and richer features have been stripped away to fit it onto the console.