There's a cool time-bending story to this adventure, but the simplistic gameplay saps much of the fun.

There are a few cheap thrills to be had in this off-road racer, but loose physics make its excitement a lot less extreme.

Aqua is a pretty but uninspired dual-stick shooter on the high seas.

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

Crash Bandicoot's latest adventure has too much backtracking and too many camera problems to make it recommendable.

Control annoyances and missing features make Step & Roll a big step backward for the Monkey Ball franchise.

The Force feels quite leashed in the DS version of this Star Wars action game.

There are a few cheap thrills to be had in this off-road racer, but loose physics make its excitement a lot less extreme.

Far Cry Vengeance tries to blend recycled content with new gameplay designed for the Wii, but the results are lackluster across the board.

Good controls can't cover up for the boring, lifeless fights.

It's all funny and little fun in this politics-themed party game.

Difficult to recommend even to fans of the team, because, unlike Alex Ferguson's world-class squad, the game doesn't play an attractive, realistic, or even challenging game of soccer.

The total lack of online play and lackluster driving mechanics sink this derivative street racer into mediocrity.

The space combat is short-lived fun, but everything else about this online role-playing game is bland and shallow.

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.

Tropico 4: Modern Times takes the series into the contemporary world, but not without a number of problems.

Dark Legend possesses all the sly wit you'd expect from an Overlord game. Too bad the action and the once-engaging puzzles are all dumbed down.

It's true that the game has some real strengths, too, but the lousy voice-overs, clumsy writing, and glacial pace make it too hard to appreciate them most of the time.

Lost in Blue 3 recycles the series' gameplay mechanics, assets, and flaws.

Magicka: Vietnam has its moments, but this oddball add-on is marred by frustrating difficulty.

There's no shortage of things to do in Gangs of London--the trouble is that none of it is much fun.

Cut your own path in this unique but repetitive samurai adventure.

Pesky controls and irritating slowdown curtail the fun you'll have in this zombie shooter.

This disappointing film tie-in transforms the magical into the mundane.

There's no reason to pick this one up, regardless of how bad you need a basketball fix--there are plenty of cheaper, better options available.

This Pokemon-themed minigame collection misses the point for anyone other than very young Pikachu fans.

Mundane combat and a lackluster use of its characters prevent Yakuza: Dead Souls from capturing the energy and fierceness of its predecessors.

This high-definition edition of the classic real-time strategy game adds little more than bugs.