When you balance out the positive and negative aspects in Guitar Hero III, you're left with scale tipping very strongly in the positive.

Playing a Royal Rumble match with three friends just never gets old.

Those who enjoy hack-and-slash, giant bosses, heart wrenching stories, endless sheep killing, and games that poke fun of themselves and other games will adore NIER if they can get past the ugly outer layer. If players give it a chance, at the very least a rental, they'll discover how fantastic and funny this game really is.

Champions' exists to show off what the PlayStation Move can do. In that regard, the mission is accomplished.

Dissida is a unique take on the fighting genre. Its RPG heavy perspective makes for some interesting battles with the obvious benefit of having the most memorable FF characters duke it out in an epic war.

The story mode seems a little short. It also seemed very easy, which could be part of the reason it seems so short.

Condemned 2: Bloodshot improves on its predecessor in several key areas. The gameplay -- the melee-based action to the crime-scene investigation puzzles -- is far more polished and well- thought-out this time.

20 classic Sonic Team and Sega games perfectly emulated on the Xbox for $20; what's not to like?

This is by far the best wrestling title on the GameCube. As far as simulating the feel of WWE wrestling, it's the best game on any console.

Sometimes gameplay can feel slightly repetitive, and sometimes managing all the units on screen can be more challenging than it should be. In fact, this is probably the number-one-most-challenging thing about the game.

Madden 10 on the Wii is enough of its own game that it feels like a fresh entry into the Madden franchise. It's like the supplemental reading to a literature course. It isn't a huge concern if you don't cover it but it provides a different perspective on the same subject.

While it doesn't quite hit the combat-related heights of the original Superstar Saga, Bowser's Inside Story is a massive improvement over Partners In Time and easily outdoes the two previous titles with stellar animation, quirky dialog, and plenty of side-quests and optional material to explore.

The most innovative game on the xbox live arcade, and it's filled with gametypes that make it well worth the Microsoft points.

The title is packed full of features and boasts fun gameplay, with good graphics, and sound.

It's quite humorous and it's something the entire family should enjoy playing on their Xbox.

While it's a lot of fun to play and provides quite a bit of replay value, the horrid save system and some other minor annoyances keep Dead Rising from rising to the status of instant classic.

A beautiful run and gun shooter that ranks among the best in the genre.

No matter what you may think of adventure games, Indigo Prophecy is a stellar example of what a great game plays like. It's accessible to anyone who can hold a controller, and will have you hooked from beginning to end.

Fans of Bejeweled will love this game. Fans of Square Enix's stories and art have a lot to enjoy, too. If you like both, I'll go call rehab.

It's a title that should appeal to any Xbox Live gamer.

This bold and beautiful brainchild from it's beginnings at Newgrounds.com has been bloody brilliant and a ball-buster to beat, and now at a bargain price for the GameCube, it's become even better.

The framerate drops, the maps aren’t varied enough, and the Xbox Live interface is a little clunky, but the core gameplay of Full Auto is truly fun.

Outlaw Tennis is top-notch in almost every category, but the incremental unlockables sap a hefty amount of the replay value. This game is a winner, but that godawful design decision almost sunk the entire title.

The graphics and game-play are highly addictive, figuring out the means of taking a bunker, or finding document can mean anything from a few hours of playing to a few days just to pass one level.

Heavenly Sword is finely crafted masterpiece that takes presentation in gaming to new heights.

I've come away impressed. It has its flaws: inconsistent AI, lack of fast transit, and lack of in-game character customization, but at the core this is a very good game. The license is used beautifully. I'll go as far as to say that this is the best implementation of a movie license to date.

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is essentially the same as previous installments, with some good upgrades and bad downgrades.

Fundamentally, SSX On Tour takes everything I loved about "SSX 3" – and every SSX game before it – and wraps it up in one delicious package. What's the problem then? It's pretty much just more of the same.