An unremarkable but serviceable racer that too often doesn't put its best foot forward. It's a shame it didn't capitalize on its stronger aspects to deliver a more consistently thrilling experience, but even with its flaws, there's some speedy fun to be had on these streets.

Underwhelms with an extremely brief story, overly simplistic platform jumping sequences, and repetitive gameplay...Suitable only for children.

Blowing stuff up is the only enjoyable part of Front Mission Evolved, a mediocre third-person shooter featuring giant mechs.

While the gameplay and graphics are just about identical to those of the arcade version, the lack of that big gimmicky sniper rifle makes the game downright silly.

Could have been better.

The charm of the film's characters isn't enough to save this simple, tedious platformer.

Fable Heroes is a mediocre four-player brawler that's only partly redeemed by its fabled license.

Back to Stone is a bland, sloppy dungeon crawl in which you'll spend the majority of time pushing stone blocks around.

Dense dialogue and illogical puzzles get in the way of The Whispered World's outstanding artwork and surreal atmosphere.

It gets points for its unrelenting pace, but the action in Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run is too derivative and mechanical to matter.

A little dumb and a lot dated, yet still marginally enjoyable if you're into retro shooters with lots of kabooms.

This shallow fishing sim offers nostalgic fun for a moment, but its dated look and lack of new features make it a hard sell.

Things just don't feel quite right, and, even if you like the controls, the AI still cheats too much, the same boring combinations still lead to wins, and crowd involvement still takes precedence over inherent skill.

Thor bashes his way through a stylish adventure, but a lack of diversity and depth leads to stale action.

It's also, inexplicably, the most popular online role-playing game in the world...It looks old, it plays poorly, and its opening levels are so frustrating that there's a good chance you'll never make it to the interesting stuff.

The graphics are bad, and they definitely kick the game down a couple of pegs.

Completely spoiled by a few major problems, the worst of which makes it possible to get by opponents using only one button.

This mild collection of minigames isn't worth the admission price.

Finicky controls taint the exciting combat in BloodRayne: Betrayal, creating an uneven and frustrating adventure.

The limited selection of events leaves these Olympic Games out in the cold.

All of which amounts to new levels, harder difficulty, and not much else. This is pretty much the template for second expansion packs these days, so Tribes of the East is at least somewhat trendy. Nevertheless, you can't praise this mediocre add-on for fitting in with the cool kids. Nival should have finished the Heroes V series on a higher note than this.

This frustration carries over to just about every element of the game thanks to its poor artificial intelligence, graphical flaws, and repetitive mission objectives.

This Force-powered sequel is a better port than its predecessor, but it never jumps to lightspeed.

MLB 2K9 for the Wii is still a flawed distortion of baseball, but it's definitely a better bet than its Xbox 360 and PS3 cousins.

The game just doesn't capture the magic of the "Resident Evil" series.

Virtua Tennis 4 is a weak tennis game that fails to bring the series back to its glory days.

The novelty of racing teeny, tiny cars is more than a little bit stale, and so is Micro Machines v4.

This return to a beloved series is brutal enough, but it doesn't pack the punch of its forebears.

Brutally tough and unforgiving, Men of War: Vietnam is a serious test of your patience and your real-time strategy skills.

What's left is all that combat, which seems to go on interminably with too little to break it up.

The shrugworthy Legacy add-on extends Dragon Age II but doesn't improve upon it.

The shrugworthy Legacy add-on extends Dragon Age II but doesn't improve upon it.

If it weren't so buggy, MLB 2K10 on the PC would undoubtedly be the best in the history of the series.

The aerial combat is still thrilling, but some inexcusable issues make Zone of the Enders HD Collection a disappointing repackaging of two cult classics.

There's no great gameplay to be found in Medal of Honor: Vanguard, so there's nothing to hide those feelings of déjà vu that you'll get when you play it. Nearly everything in the game has been done before, and it has all been done better.

Burning Skies leaves little doubt that the Vita is a comfortable home for first-person shooters, but the platform's first FPS is disappointingly dated. Toothless enemies and simplistic level design make for tepid campaign action, and the solid multiplayer suite is too limited to be a big draw.

Some distinguishing features give this shooter a touch of class, but bugs and execution flaws cast a long shadow over Call of Juarez: The Cartel.

Primitive production values, flaws in the single-player campaign, and a sometimes lag-ridden experience in online play make GunGriffon: Allied Strike difficult to recommend.

You won't like it when this simplistic, repetitive, and occasionally broken game makes you angry.

Officers boasts some interesting strategic considerations, including a focus on reconnaissance and realistic supply concerns, which have been lacking in recent RTS games. However, the practically nonexistent multiplayer, the punishing difficulty, the exhaustingly long missions, and a few other annoyances make it a difficult game to recommend.

Your guitar will gently weep for this frustrating platformer.

A bland first-person shooter mode does little to freshen up the stale taste of this aging light-gun series.

While the game offers some impressive production values, it ultimately seems shallow and incomplete, and it won't hold anyone's attention for long.

Call of Juarez: The Cartel proves that good ideas mean little when they don't have a solid foundation to support them.

There are still too many unpolished aspects and simply not enough challenge to make the game appealing to anyone outside of the most devout Alias audience.

Target Liberty is too short, too tedious, and too absurd to take seriously.

Once you see past the charming bobble-headed drivers and nods to F1, there's little here to hold your attention for long.

You may want to shuffle away from this dungeon crawler.

With four people joining in, the number of onscreen explosions, pig-speech comments, and all-around nuttiness nearly lifts the game into the same sphere of quality as "Worms" or "Bomberman."

F1 Race Stars is a competent kart racer that fails to go that extra mile and, as a result, outstays its welcome sooner rather than later.

Majesco's portable shooter is a decent distraction, but not much more.

Unless you're interested in overly fussy, old-fashioned RTS gaming, give Great War Nations: The Spartans a pass.

This car combat racing game provides some high speed fun, but numerous frustrations and a lack of online play put the brakes on.

It's a bit of a shame, really. Codemasters Racing is one of the best and most dependable developers of racing games out there, but F1 Race Stars simply doesn't live up to the high standard defined by F1 games of the past.

Completely spoiled by a few major problems, the worst of which makes it possible to get by opponents using only one button.

Beyond the Yellow Brick Road has its moments, but the novelty of strolling through the land of Oz soon wears thin.

This stand-alone F.E.A.R. expansion feels completely dated and unnecessary.

While its missions are complex and often satisfying, Emergency 2 is frustrating at times because of its clumsy interface.

Despite solid driving physics, WRC 2 fails to make significant improvements on last year's game, or keep up with its racing rivals.

On paper, this game features some neat ideas, but control problems, micromanagement, and other flaws often make Riot Police a lot less fun than it could have been.

Complicated and unresponsive controls combined with uninteresting gameplay and a disjointed story keeps Prizefighter down for the count.

Naruto's latest outing is yet another simplistic, mediocre brawler.

Despite solid driving physics, WRC 2 fails to make significant improvements on last year's game, or keep up with its racing rivals.

Real Pool 2 may offer pretty graphics and tolerable ball action, but it comes up short in so many other areas that it cannot be heartily recommended to enthusiasts of either the real-life or virtual pastime.

Greater variety and depth don't save this second round of motion minigames from the bargain bin.

Wild ARMs XF features some ambitious design elements that fail to disguise its dull storyline, tedious gameplay, and draconian rules.

Virtua Tennis 4 is a weak tennis game that fails to bring the series back to its glory days.

The vibrant world and exciting story of this action game are at odds with its repetitive and frustrating gameplay.

The best the series has to offer, but that's not saying much. The gameplay is frustrating, the graphics are average, and there are plenty of bugs that have not been addressed.

This sci-fi sequel seems like it should have everything you need in a shooter, but a shocking number of design missteps suck out much of the fun.

Unfortunately, the core gameplay in NBA is lackluster in presentation and execution, making it difficult to recommend to anyone but the most hardcore basketball fanatics dying for a portable fix.

A disappointingly bare-bones remake of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

It's not a bad game, and portions of it are competent, if not quite remarkable. But Avatar wears thin quickly, and the story is too fragile to compensate for the deficiencies.

All flash and no substance: Ninja Gaiden 3 is a shallow action game with little of the series' challenge and depth.

A terrible campaign structure and other problems make Ferrari Racing Legends an exercise in frustration.

NHL 2K11 is a big letdown compared to last year's great arcade hockey game.

The Ball starts out slow and never really gets rolling.

Get Fit With Mel B is a functional but unimaginative celebrity fitness video made interactive via the Kinect.

Custom soundtracks aren't enough to give Rush Bros. the longevity it needs.

King Arthur II captures the spirit of the legend, but it's weighed down by an inferior wargame.

There's not much wind behind the sails of this oceanic combat game.

Red Steel introduces a promising control scheme both for shooting thugs and for slashing them with samurai swords, but wraps it in a buggy, thoroughly unimpressive game.

DBZ: Infinite World fails to live up to the standard set by previous DBZ games on the PS2.

Iffy controls and blotchy animations mean Smash Court Tennis 3 should restring its racket and try again next year.

NHL 2K9 on the Wii boasts some innovative controls but suffers from serious AI problems.

There's simply not enough of a game here to prop up the pretty pictures.

This remake of the Atari classic Haunted House leaves the scares and fun gameplay in 1981.

With Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, a respected series takes a nose-dive.

Despite the arcade-perfect porting job, this shameless Street Fighter II rip-off hasn't aged well at all.

With Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, a respected series takes a nose-dive.

The limited selection of events leaves these Olympic Games out in the cold.

Finicky controls taint the exciting combat in BloodRayne: Betrayal, creating an uneven and frustrating adventure.

LostWinds is brimming with potential, but the result leaves a lot to be desired.

You won't like it when this simplistic, repetitive, and occasionally broken game makes you angry.

Prince Caspian combines simplistic gameplay with a confusing narrative for an action adventure that unfortunately isn't as good as the movie on which it's based.

This flawed attempt at a game based on lucha libre wrestling is down for the count just moments after entering the ring.

This is last year's unremarkable MySims game with a few changes and a new name.

A good pitching mechanic can't mask the many faults of MLB 2K12.