The game isn't all bad, but its easy campaigns and straightforward, simplistic gameplay mean that it won't last you for very long.

Game design at its worst. And considering its subject matter--the US military going abroad to battle terrorists--it's also an example of colossally bad timing.

The game literally has so many flaws that it is impossible to mention them all in a single review.

The Bering Sea has never seemed more boring than in this dull spin-off of the popular Discovery Channel reality show.

Despite some pretty good writing, catchy music, and nicely drawn 2D art, the experience suffers because of repetitive and oft-frustrating gameplay.

Mass Effect's latest add-on is an insult to fans clamoring for new content.

Driver: Renegade 3D's solid driving mechanics are squandered on overwhelming repetition and poor production values.

A game that feels half-baked and suffers from terrible pacing.

Not only is Grotesque Tactics 2: Dungeons & Donuts light in the strategy department, but its misogynist humor is awful and insulting.

It's an old-school shoot-'em-up that would have been right at home in a 1980s arcade. Unfortunately, it would have been the dusty game in the corner that no one played...Games like "Defender" and "Missile Command" offered more challenging and exciting gameplay along the same lines 20 years ago. Toss this one in the harbor.

The game attempts to combine zany locales with tried-and-true bowling mechanics, but the game lacks substance and ultimately won't please bowling fans, be they hardcore or casual.

The bargain-basement price and relatively original subject matter are definite selling points, but don't expect 911 Fire Rescue to burn brightly for more than a few hours or days.

Makes a good attempt, but its inconsistencies and shoddy control detract from the overall experience. It has the benefit of being instantly playable, but on the flip side, the game is also instantly forgettable.

Battle Nexus is more than just a step backward for this series--it's a step backward into a large chasm.

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.

Ancient Shadow doesn't bring anything new to the table, and, what's worse, none of the problems from the previous games have been fixed or improved.

There's nothing inherently broken with the game, and until it fizzles out at the end the story's not bad, but the gameplay is so contrived and repetitive that it's unlikely anyone will garner much enjoyment from the game.

For a game whose main gameplay component is building up your characters, Digimon World 3 makes the process needlessly complicated and annoying.

A few bright spots prove that this clumsy, unsatisfying film tie-in could have been much better.

Dreamkiller is, through and through, a budget game. The visuals are colorful but look decidedly old, the action is as shallow as it gets in a modern shooter, and the sound effects lack oomph. The premise is neat, and some of the enemy designs are legitimately awesome. But if you've been dreaming of some old-fashioned twitch shooting, you should return to the old standbys and let this sleeping dog lie.

A second-rate interpretation of the extreme sports genre, and it rigidly follows the conventions set out by games before it, rather than offering any innovations.

If you're up for a little bit of trivia with a dirty sense of humor and you have three like-minded friends, The Guy Game won't let you down.

Its extremely short life span, accompanied by its lukewarm presentation, ensures that few players will get more than a couple of hours' worth of enjoyment out of the home version.

This frustratingly bad first-person shooter is not the stuff legends are made of.

Lacking both the volatile charm and the compelling technical details of the series, it's little more than a halfhearted racing game with some guest appearances by characters and locations you've seen on TV.

Poor controls and dumb enemies ground this arcade air combat game, making it more chicken than bird of prey.

The game suffers from a variety of problems that range from poor sound to bad level design, and in the end, they keep Monster Jam from being the least bit enjoyable.

Just another shallow party game.

So little has been done to jazz up the game's presentation that only those who long to hear more abuse spew from Anne Robinson's curled lips will find enough here to justify spending 20 bucks.

This 3D adventure game does expand on the movie's story, but it's also uninteresting and repetitive.

Attempts to deliver some "Prince of Persia"-like acrobatics, but its sharp graphics are offset by bad control, weak voice work, and shoddy gameplay.

The combat in Hellboy gets repetitive before the first level ends and never presents a challenge. This is a boring, bland game.

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

This overly simple shooting gallery is a rip-off.

World Racing 2 makes a couple of key improvements on its predecessor, but it's still a substandard effort.

This motion-controlled bowling game is a passable re-creation of the sport provided you ignore its optional Move support.

The Harry Potter film tie-ins end on a low note with this short, tedious, and conceptually vapid cover shooter.

Venetica has too many flaws in just about every facet to make for an engrossing role-playing experience.

Proves once again that the name of a popular movie and even the likeness and voice talent of its star aren't nearly enough to make an otherwise bland and uninteresting game seem enjoyable.

Sometimes the game can lock your system up entirely. It's really a shame that Rebels: Prison Escape is so buggy. When it's working, it isn't half bad, but you should never have to say "when it's working" about a game you've paid good money for.

The frustrating gameplay will turn even the most eager gamer's experience sour after a few levels.

The combat is overly simplistic, the cel-shaded presentation is unattractive and unrefined, and the game is brimming with collision-detection and physics bugs.

All the wonder of the Bionicle universe has been bled dry by a vapid design and an atrocious camera system.

Fans of Bubble Bobble, puzzle games, dinosaurs, or fun will be sorely disappointed.

Mage Knight Apocalypse is a sloppy attempt to adapt the collectible tabletop miniatures game to a dungeon-crawler format.

Enough effort was put into the gameplay and graphical design to keep it from crashing and burning, but not enough to inject it with any sort of life or appeal.

The smooth 3D graphics are the game's lone bright spot. Otherwise, the driving is too basic, the AI is too dumb, and there are barely enough tracks and play options to occupy more than an hour of someone's time.

You may play a feudal lord in Stronghold 3, but the tedious micromanagement and bugs make you feel like a peasant.

Play one hour of it and you've basically done a bit of everything it has to offer; then it's rinse and repeat for as long as you can bear to stick with it. It's a frail and monotonous game destined for the bargain bin.

Naughty Bear might have more ways to kill in Panic in Paradise, but the overall experience is barely more entertaining than the original.

The stealth only somewhat works, the combat is mindlessly simple, and the storyline makes Alien vs. Predator look like Dostoyevsky. Now, throw in some fairly ugly graphics, a lot of sloppy platforming, and an onslaught of moronic mission goals, and what you've got is a game you want just about nothing to do with.

As a way to get a Wii Remote into Aunt Ethel's hands, Wing Island might work, but this is a pretty dull ride for anyone with more discerning tastes.

This cheap PlayStation 2 port carries none of the punch that can be found in the tabletop game due to a positively antediluvian design that sees you running down an endless succession of corridors hunting for keys.

Imprecise controls, shoddy level design, and bland characters spell doom for Death Jr.'s latest adventure.

It seems like a great fit for the Kinect, but Hole in the Wall doesn't quite line up.

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

The racing is bland, the destruction is minimal, the excitement is nonexistent, the presentation is mediocre, and the content is lacking.

From its barely existent storyline, to its laborious and periodically broken platforming mechanics, to its sadly underdeveloped combat, Red Ninja just never manages to pull itself from action game mediocrity.

Seven modes of play, but none offer any real incentive to keep you playing the game past the first few beaches.

Battle Nexus is more than just a step backward for this series--it's a step backward into a large chasm.

This online first-person shooter is too shallow and buggy to entertain for long.

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

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.

Lousy controls hinder almost every attempt Sonic Free Riders makes at being a fun racing game.

A shockingly repetitive platformer.

I entered Agony’s Gates of Hell with a slack-jawed gasp. It is such a disappointment to have to have left it with a shrug.

This stealth game takes all the fun out of life in prison.

Despite a litany of glitches, LEGO Star Wars II is a rousing action adventure game that lives up to expectations.

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

Scramble on the 360 is a faithful rendition of the original arcade game. If that alone doesn't get you excited, you should probably take a pass.

Unfortunately, Tetris Worlds also introduces one particular change to the gameplay that renders the classic game all but unplayable.

Regardless of what you call it, the game attempts to combine zany locales with tried-and-true bowling mechanics, but the game lacks substance and ultimately won't please bowling fans, be they hardcore or casual.

Flushed Away is a generic run-and-jump game that's hampered by technical problems.

Rainbow Islands Evolution is the perfect example of how not to remake a popular franchise.

Envision the dullest possible game about giant robots beating one another up, and then find a way to make it even duller. That's Transformers in a nutshell.

Sloppy emulation and a sloppier enhanced mode make this version of Tempest a package to avoid.

The unfulfilling combat system and poorly implemented stealth mode turn up the frustration factor to a level where even the most die-hard Alba fan will turn back to reruns rather than finish this game.

While there are some decent ideas in And1 Streetball, it feels like the game wasn't refined nearly enough as it should have been. Everything, from the core gameplay to the presentation, seems very roughly executed, so it's difficult to recommend this game to anyone.

This platformer based on the Star Wars cartoon TV series tries to copy the Lego game formula but gets just about everything wrong.

The decent hack-and-slash action of Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale is plagued by more problems than its heroic adventurers can handle.

Problematic controls rain on this whimsical, yet shallow, parade.

As the first poker game for the Wii, World Series of Poker is serviceable, though the lack of online play and lackluster presentation don't help its cause.

From its barely existent storyline, to its laborious and periodically broken platforming mechanics, to its sadly underdeveloped combat, Red Ninja just never manages to pull itself from action game mediocrity.

Simply one of the laziest uses of the DS's touch screen technology to date, featuring highly repetitive gameplay that gets old before you've even finished your first race.

This mech strategy RPG is rusty and dull.

Starship Troopers has little dedication to faithfully re-creating the things that made the film unique, and it's a pretty lousy and technically deficient shooter to boot.

The few improvements it includes do little to address the flaws of the original game, and since the new game is just more of the same endless waves of enemies, it can't really be recommended even to those who might have enjoyed Beach Head 2000 in some way.

A shoddy port of an otherwise average game.

Wants to appeal to everyone, but ultimately, it's not well suited for anyone.

Hardly a terrible game, but it has its share of issues and won't appeal to a large group of gamers.

With a focus on trap deployment and confusing free-for-all multiplayer, this doesn't feel much like a Tenchu game at all.

About as incoherent and obnoxious as the ramblings of a bored frat boy who's holding an empty six-pack and a boom box, except with Nightcaster II, you have to pay $40 to be subjected to it.

These are 10 awful remakes of old Sega games that will only serve to infuriate their intended audience.

Neither especially tactical nor satisfyingly action-packed.

Recycled edutainment and terrible production values make this RTS survey of Roman history stale and simple.

Busted controls and stripped-down gameplay make Tony Hawk Ride an overpriced fiasco.

This could be a lovely proof of concept for a bigger game; as it stands, it's hard not to get caught up thinking about all that it could have been.

"BeachHead 2000"'s limited gameplay won't hold your attention for long.