Sadly, the often cumbersome controls and sometimes lackluster execution of its psychic abilities means the excellent narrative has to carry the bulk of the title's weight.

There are a handful of abilities and items waiting to be discovered along with a little surprise to be earned after completing the game. Add that to the fact that the game's Four Kirby formula works, and you have a unique title.

Sadly, the often cumbersome controls and sometimes lackluster execution of its psychic abilities means the excellent narrative has to carry the bulk of the title's weight.

The meat of the game's storyline is rather fun, but it's over before you even know it - renting the game would probably be the most advisable thing in this situation.

With a superb story, Fusion characters, a killer soundtrack, and a decent (albeit repetitive) combat system, Buu's Fury lets the series go out with a bang. The game does a great job of packing nearly 100 DBZ episodes into a 20-25 hour game.

The amount of immersion the atmospheric setting gives you is almost unrivaled. If you've played the PC version, however, it's going to feel dated and somewhat mediocre in comparison.

Although it isn't the best third-person action game on the market, it's easily the best Legacy of Kain game in the series.

In its own right, Suikoden IV is a fine game. It has decent gameplay, it looks great, it sounds awesome, and it has a good story. But compared to the past games in the series, it’s flawed, and it’s a complete downgrade from the third installment.

The gameplay, graphics, and sound are great and all, but it just isn't enough. The only real way to truly love this title is to not compare it to anything else, or it would just lead to disappointment.

If you can get by the game's mediocre sound or another poor execution that we call a Mario plot, you'll find a really entertaining game of pinball in Mario Pinball Land.

It's not polished enough to join its high-quality brethren in the superhero game hall of fame-- but even amidst a plague of poor design blunders and bland production values, it succeeds at offering some mindless controller wrangling in spite of itself.

It's not polished enough to join its high-quality brethren in the superhero game hall of fame-- but even amidst a plague of poor design blunders and bland production values, it succeeds at offering some mindless controller wrangling in spite of itself.

The game is obviously hard, and the fact that there’s no pause screen doesn’t help either.

Those who missed out on "Final Fantasy Origins" can go ahead and pick this game up. However, unless you have a lot of patience, you can easily be turned off by the slow pacing and excessive random battles the games have.

While playing Sudeki, one might sense the potential it had to be a far better game. Unfortunately, a lack of truly engaging puzzles and a somewhat flawed combat system hold it back.

It's not polished enough to join its high-quality brethren in the superhero game hall of fame-- but even amidst a plague of poor design blunders and bland production values, it succeeds at offering some mindless controller wrangling in spite of itself.

You're sure to have a lot of fun the first hour or through the first ten levels, but after that, things just start to repeat themselves way too much.

The control scheme changes during each minigame, so unless you know already know how to play it, you should read the directions and the controls that go with it.

Stardock has created an easygoing, charming title with a lot of pick-up-and-play appeal. Give it a shot, and like us, you may be pleasantly surprised.

Siren is a game that tries to do too many things, while not doing many of them well.

Offering decent graphics, decent sound, and a replay value that just doesn’t quite seem to stick, NBA Jam isn’t recommended for any average basketball game fan, only the veterans will have fun with this title.

It's not polished enough to join its high-quality brethren in the superhero game hall of fame-- but even amidst a plague of poor design blunders and bland production values, it succeeds at offering some mindless controller wrangling in spite of itself.

If you are squeamish at all steer clear of this game completely, otherwise you may find yourself smiling with glee as you lower a drill bit into some unlucky sap's temple.

If you don't mind the lackluster production and the somewhat simplistic gameplay, you may actually enjoy a bit of time with Cyberlore's title, assuming you didn't buy it to supplement your collection of items shipped in plain brown paper.

Along with the beautiful anime cutscenes comes horrible voice acting.

Too bad: we like Astro Boy and wished there was more to it; it's akin to getting into a good book, only to find yourself reading the last page, just as it started to get interesting.

The fact that it is trumped in every way by "Hyper Street Fighter II" not only serves as a testament to Street Fighter II's staying power, but also to just how badly Capcom underachieved with Evolution.

If you are squeamish at all steer clear of this game completely, otherwise you may find yourself smiling with glee as you lower a drill bit into some unlucky sap’s temple.