A weak hide-and-seek game that's as laborious as it is devoid of fun. [Feb 2009, p.49]

Awkward to play, hard to look at, difficult to control and socially neutered. We're not sold on Splinter Cell.

It gets the gold medal for pig-headedness, at least. [Dec 2013, p.80]

Tolerably mundane. [Oct 2013, p.81]

Horrible to look at, has utterly bland levels and it's basically inferior in every way to the similar game "T-Rex Rumble," which is also available on DSiWare. [Mar 2011, p.105]

If you must play Battle of the Bands then rent it - you'll be finished with it after a day. [July 2008, p.79]

A good idea, wasted. [Jan 2014, p.75]

Mind-numbingly boring. This is one call you should definitely send to answer phone.

Poor show. [Sept 2010, p.89]

It all falls down because it's just not fun to play in any way, shape or form. [Oct 2008, p.99]

Its challenge is too variable. [Feb 2012, p.105]

A poker game where you start off 600 Points down and can't win it back. Fail. [Nov 2009, p.104]

Even as rabid Pokemon fans we're really struggling to see the point of My Pokemon Ranch. [Aug 2008, p.103]

So despite all the options - Championship mode, Capture The Flag, four player split screen and a Hot Pursuit mode - the wild handling is a little too much to cope with.

Sorry, Sega, but your luck with movie licenses just isn't getting any better. [Sept 2008, p.101]

Too slow to be any fun. [Oct 2010, p.96]

Underwhelming. [Sept 2014, p.90]

This is the same licensed platform stuff people have been playing for years. [Jan 2007, p.77]

There really is no excuse for such a poor Wii version. Sort it out Activision. [Jan 2008, p.87]

A mindless slog that not even devoted fans will play through. [Oct 2008, p.98]

A very limited on-rails shooter that just gets boring after you've played it for about 15 minutes or so. [Mar 2011, p.105]

Unless you only want to learn the French for individual words though it's a bit useless. [Oct 2010, p.97]

Frustratingly, it plays more like an interactive story book than a videogame. [Jan 2008, p.78]

Lacks depth. [Aug 2014, p.86]

This offers some very poor football action with frustrating, nonsensical gameplay and awful visuals. [May 2008, p.94]

We applaud Battle For Earth's unique approach to simplistic fighting, but its lack of content and depth won't impress anyone but the most junior gamers.

This has been done much better, many times before. [Christmas 2010, p.94]

Lumpy handling. [June 2010, p.91]