It's just plain boring.

The most frustrating aspect of this game is not its general mediocrity, but that it is so close to being a genuinely good golf game. It has all the makings, and with some minor tweaking of the controls and a bit of graphical cleanup, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 could have been an exceptional title.

Boogie's gameplay mix of singing and dancing is an interesting idea, but it's poorly executed.

Madden NFL Arcade straddles the line between over-the-top arcade sports games and buttoned-down sims but doesn't wind up pleasing anybody.

Realistic animations can only hide the sloppy foundation of this football game for so long.

It features a plot worthy of the TV series, a number of the original TV actors reprising their roles...and boring, frequently broken gameplay that absolutely ruins the entire experience.

With only four uneven missions of downloadable destruction, Path to War offers too little and costs too much.

Elation turns to frustration in Cubic Ninja's twisted worlds.

The few moments when Bullet Witch shines are impressive, but not nearly enough to elevate the rest of the game above the dismal plane of mediocrity.

Tiger Woods 12 for the PC is a cut-rate and buggy golf sim that shares little more than a name with its superior console counterparts.

This color-matching game is too random and shallow to entertain for long.

Explosive action and incentivized gunplay fail to heat up in Bodycount, a tepid and short-lived shooter.

Explosive action and incentivized gunplay fail to heat up in Bodycount, a tepid and short-lived shooter.

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

Yggdra Union is more fun to say than it is to play.

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

Driver: Parallel Lines is a mediocre GTA clone with a dull storyline, second-rate gameplay, and subpar control.

While visually and aurally sound, and at times impressive, Harry Potter's GBA debut is neither innovative nor particularly compelling from a gameplay perspective.

The only difference between Carnivores: Ice Age and the previous games is that there aren't any dinosaurs to shoot this time.

The relatively limited scope, clunky build interface, and lackluster AI mean this isn't a game for veteran strategy gamers looking for a challenge.

A PSP update of a middling street racing game that really wasn't worth your time when it was released on consoles last year, and certainly isn't worth your time now.

It's a pity, then, that World Tour Soccer 2005 plays such an ugly version of the beautiful game that it's unlikely you'll play it for long enough to see even half of what it offers.

Seems not only unpolished, but also unfinished - and the problems are so inherent in the design that a patch wouldn't likely salvage it.

Though it hasn't changed dramatically since last year, the few changes made to Crave's latest poker title don't do anything to bring the series up to the standard set by recent, better poker games.

Go into your own bedroom and bring three objects, one at a time, into the living room. Over the Hedge on the Nintendo DS is the video game equivalent of this precise action, repeated ad nauseam.

You'd be better off just buying a Dreamcast console and a copy of the original Crazy Taxi, since the 2000 Dreamcast version looks better and plays better than the 2002 PC port.

Though it hasn't changed dramatically since last year, the few changes made to Crave's latest poker title don't do anything to bring the series up to the standard set by recent, better poker games.

The dull, repetitive combat and uninspired mission structure prevent At World's End from being much fun.