The game delivers a fun, but ultimately short, gaming experience.

The new addition of roads from Nagoya and Osaka doesn't change the fact that, even as a budget title, TXR3 doesn't stand up to the other games in the genre.

Flaws like poorly blended animations, an erratic frame rate, a horribly flawed free-throw-shooting mechanic, and the lack of a franchise mode combine to keep NBA Live 06 from being the great basketball game it could have been.

The game itself is decent, offering up a variety of different moves and letting players dish out long and damaging attack combinations--but it's not going to replace or even come close to your fighting game of choice.

There is a certain superficiality to The Moment of Silence that prevents you from getting totally immersed in the story.

Were it not for the part where you actually have to play it, fans of the film could have had a conceivably great time with Oogie's Revenge.

The game's somewhat sticky control and straightlaced mission design keep Gun Metal's gameplay from living up to the strength of the idea.

Corner Shop is silly and fun in the beginning, but the gameplay quickly wears thin.

It's fraught with lots of minor gameplay problems that eventually add up to one major headache. Rising Sun isn't completely without merit, since it comes packaged with some nice extra materials and mostly solid production values, but the weakness of the gameplay itself undermines what could have been a much more enjoyable experience.

With the exception of its unique super-move system, it doesn't really have any strong points for or against it.

Once you get over the whole rewriting-the-end-of-the-movie thing, Scarface: The World Is Yours is a competent but usually uninteresting action game.

Considering how rich your upgrade options actually are, it's disappointing that the combat itself falls a bit flat. This is a straightforward hack-and-slash that is saddled with an unnecessary partner system and masses of foes that can be easily killed.

With versions in the works for both the PlayStation 2 and the Dreamcast, though, owners of multiple consoles are probably better off waiting for the graphical enhancement that will come with a more powerful console.

While you should be enjoying yourself, considering who should be hitting cleanup versus lefties, among other things, you'll instead find yourself constantly thinking about how much easier everything would be with a drag-and-drop interface.

Based on 2004's Mortal Kombat: Deception, this version gains some extra characters but little else to make it worthwhile for fans of Midway's gory fighting-game series.

Eragon is short and the touch-screen controls don't work very well, but it's still a fairly decent action adventure game.

Xiaolin Showdown has its problems, but it's generally a solid beat-'em-up.

A thoroughly original title that brings to a new audience, through parody, a touch of what makes Japanese culture so appealing to so many Westerners.

While it definitely has a certain sense of style to it, the game itself misses its mark, and the total package isn't one that will hold the interest of most first-person shooter players.

While some are more interesting than others, in practice, Core Combat's new additions don't seem to add much to PlanetSide.

Were it not for the part where you actually have to play it, fans of the film could have had a conceivably great time with Oogie's Revenge.

Even the most ardent X-Men fans should probably just rent Next Dimension rather than buy it.

Though derivative, Egg Mania provides a perspective on the Tetris formula that's fresh enough and an adequate amount of gameplay variety to keep puzzle fans engaged.

"Elite's" worst problem is that there's no real incentive in it -- the lack of story and repetitive combat offer no good reason to stick with the game.

It's an intriguing experiment that ultimately suffers from shallow, simplistic gameplay and an uninvolving story mode rife with bland characters.

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.

Diner Dash is a challenging game that will keep you on your toes from start to finish, but it's too simple to keep you coming back.

This certainly isn't a bad game of pool, but it lives up to few expectations beyond what its meager price tag would suggest.