Buried under the layers of poor visuals and rough control, there is indeed an engaging, playable game.

The game's poor frame rate seems almost inexcusable considering the hardware it's running on.

Stick with the original. BurgerTime: World Tour has its heart in the right place and evokes fond memories of a nearly 30-year-old classic arcade game, but the 3D perspective, control problems, and too many ill-advised additions to the basic formula make this one hard burger to get down.

It's a chore to name a single feature or idea in Echo Prime that most experienced players haven't already encountered elsewhere, in a better game.

With a proactive and broader range of enemies and more distinct environments, along with a more balanced system that didn't penalize you for playing in the manner that appears to have been intended, Nutjitsu might have offered a simple but enjoyable time. Instead, it has settled for a tedious stroll from Rank 1 through 25, rather than the engaging romp that was called for. Nuts to that!

They are flat retreads of their forebears at best, and stripped down expansion packs at their worst.

Enjoyable highs interspersed with crushing lows make NeverDead as inventive as it is frustrating.

As tempting as a game with both badminton and curling may be, there's no reason to recommend Deca Sports.

Wall-E is overflowing with charm, but the simple gameplay makes the experience fall flat.

Those of you tired of the franchise's repetitive button-mashing gameplay, stale features, and dated presentation have plenty of better action games to choose.

Tryst's memorable title is the only thing that stands out about this otherwise forgettable and buggy real-time strategy game.

You'll find monsters, loot, and frustrations galore lurking in the shadows of this tedious dungeon crawler.

Unfortunately, all of these [features] are dragged down by a poor frame rate and cumbersome controls. The scope of this game is certainly impressive. It's just not much fun to play.

The game's graphics are uninspired and the sound is awful, and those elements in the gameplay that are subtly different from those in other real-time strategy games won't be noticeable to any but the most experienced real-time strategy players.

Though it gets the show's style of humor down pat, Family Guy is derailed by frustrating and uninteresting gameplay.

It's inelegant and underdeveloped, and it represents a major step backward when compared to the original. Halfhearted dialogue, bad AI, unimaginative level design, stripped RPG elements, and all sorts of other factors make the game feel as if it were pieced together on an assembly line and quickly tossed onto store shelves.

Fans of arcade-style tennis games like "Virtua Tennis" or "Smash Court" will probably find the gameplay in WTA Tour Tennis a bit sluggish, and the lack of variety in the modes doesn't help the game's case, either.

Whiteout's technical and creative deficiencies keep it from being recommendable to anyone.

As a pure, seven-hour-long shooting gallery, Marine Heavy Gunner has its moments. But so do a thousand other games, many of which also sport multiplayer modes--something this game lacks.

This shooter is a painful exercise in pattern memorization plus frustrating trial-and-error gameplay.

Too simplistic for fans of the strategic military genre, and too slow and complex for anyone looking for a high intensity shooter.

Neither a good action game on its own merits, nor quality fan service, Reservoir Dogs is an out and out failure.

A fiendishly difficult, randomly generated dungeon crawler that at times can be an incredible work of interactive fiction, and at other times, a muddled mess.

This third-person action game might sound like a great idea if you're a fan of 50, Yayo, Buck, and Banks, but with its poor gameplay and worse attention to the G-Unit license, Bulletproof disappoints on all fronts.

The PlayStation 2 version of Spider-Man 3 is a depressing combination of ugly to look at and dull to play.

Flawed motion controls and baffling design choices sap all the fun from this goofy martial-arts-themed brawler.

Like so many other motion picture adaptations, the game lacks the special effects and dialogue that make the film entertaining.

Daredevil is an exciting, explosive character, and that energy doesn't manifest itself in this game.

The game doesn't really do anything to differentiate itself from these older foot-racing games and doesn't bring anything new to the table.

Tries very hard to capture the atmosphere and style of the Dinotopia books, but for the most part, it just isn't a lot of fun to play.

Dead Block fills the zombie apocalypse with rampant vandalism and ingenious booby traps, yet somehow the result is exceedingly dull.

You're better off sticking with the movie than putting up with the unresponsive controls and shallow combat in Kung Fu Panda 2.

Fans of the movie will probably be satisfied with Cars for the GBA. The game is a competent movie tie-in and a good racing game in its own right. The limited number of events, though, combined with the lack of a multiplayer mode, means that those looking to add another racing game to their GBA collection should probably look elsewhere.

Flaky motion controls and an irritating cast of characters suck most of the fun out of this lackluster boarding game.

It's not that it's entirely broken, mind you, but X-Men's missions are entirely generic and devoid of captivating content, and there are enough annoying little glitches and other obnoxious things prevalent throughout to give the game that thrown-together feel.

Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection is ultimately just disappointing. It's unclear whether it wants to be a remaster or a collection that preserves two major games from Star Wars' history, but in both instances, it fails. This is neither an accurate representation of what Battlefront and Battlefront 2 were, nor does it make enough adjustments to bring two decades-old games into the modern era. The result is a collection that's not really fun to play, and well worth skipping.

While the unusually small levels keep the pacing of the game fairly brisk, you'll also find that it takes about two hours of casual playing time to finish the entire game. Unfortunately, the game has little to keep you interested once you've finished it the first time.

Easy to learn and play, and it will entertain you for 10 or 15 minutes at a time.

It certainly raises the bar on vile, pointless cutscenes. However, anyone interested in more than stubbornly average gameplay should look elsewhere.

In X-Men: Destiny, mindless combat and meaningless choices combine to create a new mutation of boredom.

Aside from being poorly conceived, Th3 Plan is made all the worse by its unintelligent artificial intelligence, unlikely scenarios, and rote, mundane gameplay.

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

This shooter is a painful exercise in pattern memorization plus frustrating trial-and-error gameplay.

What should be a joyful revival is dragged down by low-res textures, repetitive missions, punchless attacks, and an overall lack of excitement.

Neither a good action game on its own merits, nor quality fan service, Reservoir Dogs is an out and out failure.

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

Sticks to the show fairly faithfully, but extremely limited options, the inability to skip the lengthy between-question animation, and horrendously slow load times suck out any potential fun you might have with this game.

So unpolished that it's far more of a chore than a pleasure to play.

Limited licences, stripped features, and disappointing presentation make Rugby World Cup 2011 disappointing to even the most ardent fans of the sport.

The Transformers are a great property, one that seems like it should lend itself to the creation of great games, but Rise of the Dark Spark is so sloppy and incoherent that it feels more like a cheap knockoff than a proper Transformers game. Optimus Prime deserves better, and so do you.

It lacks character; bare-bones quests and audiovisual repetition fail to instill a sense of fantasy wonder. It lacks cohesion; communication failures, economic oddities, and stringent limitations leave you constantly directionless. And it lacks joy; the abysmal interface and boring monsters make it a struggle to stay invested.

An obtuse interface makes MLB Front Office Manager bewildering even to baseball-sim veterans.

This simple superhero game is a super bore.

The Vita version of Dungeon Hunter: Alliance is a fine Diablo clone, but a lack of ambition and a high price hold it back on the platform.

Completely substandard in nearly every aspect.

The lack of a link-cable option, the limiting of power-ups to the jam mode, and an absence of mid-shot passing are the three problems that ultimately keep NBA Jam 2002 from attaining all-star status.

Unfortunately, stellar visuals alone do not make a great game, and ATV Quad Power Racing comes up short in every other possible category.

Fails to excite on any level. It offers a decent amount of different tracks and courses, but nothing that you do on any of these courses is the least bit interesting.

The more important question is whether these Definitive Editions are the ideal way to experience the trilogy, and that is a resounding "Hell no." No matter how the vaunted feature list looks, there are scant few creative decisions implemented for these ports that make themselves at all superior to the other versions released over the years. It's hard not to think about the games that this trilogy would inspire--stuff like Mafia, Saints Row, Yakuza, Sleeping Dogs--and how well each of those series have been preserved and updated. The fact that the Godfather of open-world crime sagas has been outclassed so thoroughly in that regard is infuriating enough to push fans into a rampage. Thankfully, it's raining outside.

Hard-core Tomb Raider fans and other particularly patient players should be able to overlook some of these flaws and enjoy this new installment for its engaging storyline, death-defying action sequences, and impressive locations.

The lack of content and the simplistic presentation prevent even the most diehard Twilight fans from wanting to sink their teeth into this one.

Top Gun delivers some intense aerial action while it lasts, but it's a very short ride.

Gratifying, gory combat contends with aggravating design flaws in this intriguing adventure.

Varied track design isn't enough to save Wheels of Destruction from a trip to the junkyard.

Broken, buggy, and boring gameplay leaves Mercenaries 2's world in flames.

A simple puzzle game best suited for very young children.

The later platforming sequences are frustratingly difficult, the load times are excruciatingly protracted, the combat is sloppy, and sometimes the game just breaks. Jumping up walls and across crevices can be fun, but that's not nearly enough when everything else is such a chore to play.

Dungeon Twister has depth to spare, but that doesn't entirely work in its favor.

Stays true to the roots of its license, but that doesn't make it a very interesting or entertaining game.

Shadow the Hedgehog fails to live up to its pedigree due to terrible controls, an uncooperative camera, and an overall lack of effort.

It's not a very deep game; it's kind of ugly, and the story is flat out stupid. But Heatseeker can be fun in small doses--especially if you don't mind taking down wave after wave of enemies, level after level.

Genki Bowl VII's four quick activities lack the excitement and humor of your earlier adventures in Steelport.

Digimon World Championship attempts to shake things up with some interesting ideas, but these changes leave the game repetitive and unexciting.

Super Comboman is severely flawed, but buried beneath controller-snapping frustration is a game that with some control tweaks, less lag, and some bug fixes could have been enjoyable. Sadly, in addition to its numerous deficiencies, it is riddled with annoying bugs that keep the camera from focusing on you or that prevent your character sprite from loading at all, though to the developer's credit, patches have been frequent.

Nitrobike works well when it's living up to its boost-inspired name, but most of the time, it's a slow, clumsy mess.

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

Eragon relies entirely on tedious, unenthusiastic gameplay that's way too shallow to sustain interest for more than a few minutes.

The game was never too solid to begin with--aside from its amusing track design and decent customization elements, there really isn't anything much there in regard to actual compelling gameplay.

While Toxic Grind has the standard complement of features you'd expect from an action sports game and mixes things up by including a clever back story, the actual gameplay ruins anything else the game has to offer.

Though the game attempts to be more than mission-based monotony by also offering online multiplayer and some other options, the sluggish flight controls, bland graphics, and often-poor English translations conspire to make Over G Fighters a vapid package, overall.

Its substantial story campaign is impressively rich and its shooting can be tense and fun, but half-baked stealth, an unfulfilling story, and a vast menagerie of technical inadequacies drag the overall experience into disappointing mediocrity.

Poor motion controls and wafer-thin gameplay make Just Dance a mediocre entry into the rhythm game genre.

Fans will no doubt appreciate the exclusive episode of the Dragon Ball anime included with the game, which is nicely presented in HD. But that's hardly enough to make up for the sheer mind-numbing repetitiveness of the game.

Looks solid visually, but the game has lost some of its gameplay speed in the transition to Sony's 128-bit console.

An experience that is absolutely marred by several problems working in conjunction with each other. It's just not a very fun game to play.

This Nintendo DS game card is aimed squarely at fans of the original game and doesn't go overboard to modernize the classic formula.

The game might not have all the features that hard-core fans of the genre have come to expect, but it more than makes up for its shortcomings with a pick-up-and-play style of gameplay.

Fallout 76 can look and feel like its illustrious predecessors at times, but it's a soulless husk of an experience.

Battlegrounds is a forgettable entry in the Red Faction franchise that neither builds upon previous games nor forges an interesting path of its own.

More refined controls would have made Super Rub a Dub less frustrating, but that wouldn't be enough to make it worthwhile.

A frequently maddening slog through isometric hell, framed by a broken story and sloppy mechanics, suggesting that what the game needed more than anything was further play testing and refinement.

It's all over very soon, too. This is a short game that constantly feels like it's still gearing up towards something better, a way to tie together all its mechanics. The last sections of the game are quite lackadaisical, simplifying the game's systems right down while relying on an investment in the game's thin lore. It's not just that the game doesn't give you easy answers--it also gives you little incentive to come up with your own.

Despite cramming in a respectable amount of licensed material, weak minigames and a plodding pace mean this ship bilges on its anchor.

Probably the least impressive game to arrive for the system to date.

The game's midi-chlorian counts may not be through the roof, but not every bird needs to be a Jedi Master to have value in this galaxy.

This bot-filled sequel delivers all of the mind-numbing monotony we've come to expect from the Dynasty Warriors franchise.

Open Season was a mediocre adventure game on the GameCube, and it's even worse on the Wii thanks to the cruddy controls and higher price tag.

Garshasp: The Monster Slayer has monstrous ambitions, but it doesn't deliver where it counts.