Up, from a gameplay perspective, is a basic action-adventure that is both predictable and safe. For the type of audience this game is aimed towards, that isn't a bad goal.

This game is worth a rental for the gamer who thinks hack-n-slash is fun, but most hardcore gamers will shy away from the repetitive gameplay.

The overall experience is incredibly fun and fulfilling.

Unless you are already a Blood Bowl fanatic, do not buy, rent or waste any of your time with this game.

Forgettable Moment: Missions 3-23, all more or less the same, all frustratingly linear and unoriginal.

Mini Ninjas for the DS has its good moments, but it has a lot more bad ones. Every once in a while you're handed a fun platforming segment, but more often you're thrown into repetitive fights with the same boring enemies you've been fighting the whole game.

The animations are the only real high point, everything else is pretty bland.

Dead to Rights: Retribution is by no means a bad game, though it can't really be called a good one either. Redundancy runs rampant in nearly every aspect of the game.

I whole-heartedly endorse the rental of the title, as it's multiplayer will be fun for a week or so before it starts to grow old.

Rogue Agent doesn't just feel like it should be better, it yearns for it. It is so close to being a good game, but just falls short in every major category of gameplay.

The storyline, which is actually one of the best in the franchise, can’t make up for level design that feels boring and controls that frustrate.

If you play this game with low expectations, you'll be impressed but if you're expectations are any higher than that, prepare for disappointment.

Fatal Inertia offers new and unique weapons and the single player experience is a fun ride even with its problems. The lackluster sense of speed and physics are incredibly frustrating.

CFE offers nothing new to merit a purchase; the fundamentals are there, but Capcom could have done so much more with the game.

For young children, this will be a whole lot of fun and will be greatly enjoyed. Letting kids create their own virtual Teddy Bear and customizing it to their own style will really bring a smile to a young child's face.

Basic, uninspired, glitch-filled gameplay; extremely poor graphics; and noticeably absent film talent- all of the elements of a half-baked attempt to cash-in on the rush for Star Wars memorabilia are here.

Collection is a fine fighter to add to your collection.

Risen's sometimes engaging story and realistic characters aren't enough to save it from being benched as the stars take the field in this year's first quarter.

Gardening Mama and Cooking Mama might as well be the same game. The change of setting is nice but that alone doesn't differentiate it enough from past Mama games to make Gardening Mama feel completely home grown and fresh.

Fans will be pleased with what Crash brings in this new addition. Unfortunately, the well-paced action frequently stutters to a stop due to problems with the fixed camera, and players will quickly grow bored of being sent from one end of the island to the other across well-worn paths.

Shaun White is a game that is almost there, but doesn't quite make it.

Rogue Agent doesn't just feel like it should be better, it yearns for it. It is so close to being a good game, but just falls short in every major category of gameplay.

The games controls are horrible, but other than that and the low replay value its a pretty fun game.

Fans of Bakugan will certainly like this game. There are some liberties taken with the rules but that is to be expected and they only enhance the game rather than take away.

If you're a true hardcore Sonic fan, give the game a rental and enjoy the day stages. Otherwise, don't bother.

Spider-Man: Friend or Foe is a good idea on paper, but in simplifying the engine they have used in their other Marvel-based games, Activision may have done the game too much of a disservice. The challenge is severely lacking and there is not much in the way of variety in terms of enemy characters.

Wait for it to drop down to about $20, then grab it with both hands. Fans of Phoenix Wright or Harvey Birdman, this is a decent buy.

All in all, Dark Void falls short of the expectations set forth by largely ignoring what makes itself stand out and muddling with gameplay mechanics that are average. The inclusion of the ground sections makes it feel like Dark Void wasn't confident enough about the jetpack to really drive the gameplay with its use.

Made for the hardcore fans. Everyone else is going to find a hard time enjoying its clunky gameplay and bland graphics.

To anyone with the ability to read and even a small English vocabulary, this game is going to become boring in a few minutes. The lack of multiplayer hurts, too, but not as much as the $10 price point.

This is a good first effort for a new publisher.

On the whole Sonic Riders is enjoyable, but could have been much more. It needs less attitude and more solid gameplay.

Even with the charming Pokemon theme giving the title some added buoyancy, the old and simplistic formula barely floats these days.

Victorious Boxers: Revolution is just the kind of game the Wii was made for. Just don't expect it to the be the definitively boxing game for the Wii, but rather think of it as a solid game to hold you over until that game comes out.

The 3rd Phantom is a game for Bleach fans. All other gamers can safely pass at this title and feel like you aren't missing anything you haven't seen already.

The game would be a lot better if there was a wider variety of mini-games and a few four player battle mini-games. However, as it is, there are 30 mini-games and only about 15 are genuinely unique.

Overall, the game is pretty mediocre. The multiplayer falls short and the single player can be beat in less than 12 hours, the controls are rather awkward at first and the cyclones are hard to control.

There are going to be gamers that will devour this game and relish how this brand new adventure feels like a ported title from the 16-bit era and some more discerning RPG gamers will lament the fact that some polish and fine tuning weren't completed in time for the final product.

There isn't much use trying to analyze the content in this combo pack of games. It feels so far removed from the arcade roots that it would be hard to believe that these were once a bonafied exhilarating arcade experience. The only saving grace is the $30 price point, which is essentially the price of two downloadable game titles. Still, without the smoke and mirrors of a busy arcade, this pack of games shows how shallow they are at the core.

Fortix is unfortunately another PSP Mini to have intriguing gameplay and then fail in execution.

You have to really be in love with the central design concept Samurai 3 is built on to appreciate what this game is and isn't. If you aren't sold on having your choices carry with you for the rest of the game, this game is likely going to collect dust on your shelf.

Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles has its share of issues, but in the end, it's actually a pretty good conversion; especially when you think of the scope of the console version having to be adapted to the DS hardware.

A platforming-heavy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game on par with the likes of "Prince of Persia" would have been an amazing rebirth for the franchise, but as it stands the game just feels like a mish-mash of under-developed ideas.

This game belongs on a SNK compilation disc with other classics like "Art of Fighting" and "World Heroes."

The gameplay has neat ideas, but the controls, that keep you at a long distance, are what ultimately hurt Bladestorm.

If you're in the market for a Wii-mote, pick this up, as you get one with it, and it's only 10 bucks more. If you're not, then pass. It's a little too simple and will be short-lived for most.

The game does have a lot of unlockables such as special photos, comics, and of course characters, but aside from that there really isn't a whole lot to do after you unlock everyone, which won't take long.

To make up for a lack of creativity in the gameplay department, guerrilla appears to have repaid us with the quirkiest, silliest set of controls in an action game to date.

The fighting genre is getting crowded and that doesn't help KoF, unfortunately. Playing KoF is like having your dog fetch the morning paper only it comes back all chewed.

Solid presentation, easy to pick up and play gameplay, and variety make Curious George a worth while purchase for kids and George fans alike.

One of the most forgettable games I have played in a long time. The series refuses to follow in the foot steps of the great and innovative Smackdown series on the PS2 or evolve much at all for that mater.

Boogie suffers from repetitive gameplay.

In short, if you're looking to get your culinary fix on Nintendo's console, you're better off looking toward Cooking Mama.

An essentially barebones fighter with nothing new to offer to the table and a high price tag, SVC Chaos strictly for SNK/2D fighter fanboys only.

Levels are often quite redundant and boring after just a few minutes, players can feel as if they've already seen and done everything.

It’s one of the better SpongeBob games to date. But if you’re not a fan, you’ll have a harder time seeing its good qualities.

Bomberman Land does a good job at compiling a fairly good collection of mini-games but the bad story mode overshadows it.

Decent, it's not the best Vietnam first person shooter, but its not the worst. If you want a good Vietnamese shooter, I recommend waiting for "Men of Valor," If you can deal with the annoying people online and just want a decent first person shooter, than yeah I can recommend this game.

The execution of the core gameplay is stopped before it can lift off with controls that are needlessly ill suited for the type of game this is.

BlackSite has its ups and downs from the start. The story is interesting and the graphics are very nicely detailed. The technical hitches of the slowdown were rather sad.

It is that addicting and, because of it, it is easy to overlook the faults and focus on the satisfyingly simple nature of the game.

Active Life is yet another mini-game compilation on the Wii but a good one. The mat separates it from the rest of the pack and has you do some interesting maneuvers with the floor buttons.

In theory, the world needs another beat-'em-up game, however, the world doesn't need Tokyo Beat Down. Anytime spent with Beat Down will feel more like a novelty rather than something you have to experience.

There isn't anything truly innovative brought to the table and the gameplay suffers from poor design.

Even little kids will probably be turned off by the lack of options – unless they don't mind literally playing the same over and over.

Ultimately forgettable.

The redeeming features are fun to carry the game so far but, unlike the Olympics, this isn't memorable in the least bit.

Unfortunately, design cuts were not made and porting issues were left in tact which left Supreme Commander for the 360 a case study that PC and console are still two very different platforms.

Do not buy this game. If you're craving a movie trivia game, try one of the older Scene It titles or look into a new genre. There is really nothing here that you can't find elsewhere in a more complete and enjoyable package. Believe me, the announcer will drive you nuts.

WM21 is a polished turd, it looks amazing and plays like sh.t.

The speedy pacing and diverse, but limited, mini-games keep the energy high and the excitement rolling. This is one of the can't-miss titles for the brand new PlayStation Move.

Next-gen looks that plays like a last-gen title.

With a lengthy campaign and decent multiplayer, it is only a shame Monster Madness doesn’t play too particularly well but does add up to be an experience like no other.

Watchmen sets a nice story and puts forth some interesting characters but it can't outrun the repetition of pummeling the same few enemies for the entire game.

Haze has the makings of a great game, but due to various issues the formula seems to have gone askew.

There is a lot of combat and, overall, COP is good, it just lacks some of the elements that pull you deeper into the world.

Don't give up on this one, Atari. Tweak the system and bring Alicia back for more in some form.

What works is that there isn't any resource collecting and you are free to pursue your warpath just don't expect to get pulled in by the rather sleepy story.

If you've never played a MegaMan Star Force game, or perhaps even if you happened to like the Battle Network games but shied away from it in the middle of its long, successful run, MegaMan Star Force 2 and its prequel are worth a shot. If you played and enjoyed the first MegaMan Star Force, you'll find more of the same fun here.

Conquest is very uncharacteristic of what Pandemic is capable of. Playing through Conquest, it was surprising to see the attention to detail in the visual department and the failure to execute in creating a smooth experience juxtaposed in the same game.

So while Incredible Hulk isn't a bad game, it's actually several steps backward from the last Hulk title. If you are a Hulk fan, this is a definite rental. But if you want the true Hulk experience, stick with Ultimate Destruction.

If you've never played a MegaMan Star Force game, or perhaps even if you happened to like the Battle Network games but shied away from it in the middle of its long, successful run, MegaMan Star Force 2 and its prequel are worth a shot. If you played and enjoyed the first MegaMan Star Force, you'll find more of the same fun here.

Maybe some time on the bench and a fresh playbook will improve any future iteration of the series.

It just goes to show that high concept ideas don't always materialize the way they look on paper. If you have a thing for games barely sewn together at the seams, inner monologues and lots of filler you might be able enjoy Flower, Sun and Rain. Might.

The game does have a lot of unlockables such as special photos, comics, and of course characters, but aside from that there really isn't a whole lot to do after you unlock everyone, which won't take long.

Fans of the Gundam franchise will love the idea of piloting their favorite characters, but that's the only audience this game will appeal to.

There are many ways in which Ancient Shadow could have been better, but in the end it's still engaging. Only the patient need apply.

I love the character design and the over-the-top approach the taken but the dastardly duo of ridiculously hard AI to mask a shallow control mechanics doesn't bode well when trying to get fans on board a new franchise.

Being in control of giant robots with the ability to nearly level an entire GTA-like city sounds like nothing but fun, but issues get in the way.

Lair is a largely average game.

Forget bank robberies and rampaging reptiles; the real crime in this game is the waste of potential.

Strikers is something that Chuck Norris would play just to warm up each morning.

While this is an improvement from the first Xtreme title, the game feels repetitive and some what boring.

Compared to Pokemon Stadium on N64, it feels like a step backwards, as it feels less polished and lacks as many extras as its predecessor, which is now over five-years-old.

Loyal subscribers to the online game might find this side story charming, but a gamer coming to this world without any prior knowledge of the online world it stems from will likely miss the point.

X-Men: The Official Game is officially a disaster.

Unfortunately, any degree of polish was inconsistent at best and it left Katana, a game with a lot of potential, to flounder in mediocrity.

This game only exists to feed the marketing machine, and as such isn't a dreadful game, but it isn't enjoyable either.