You'll often have to tediously meander through the game's various locations. [June 2008, p.88]

It's south of average. [May 2010, p.85]

Rank puddle of bilgewater. [Oct 2012, p.95]

Visually, it's a horrid mess of jagged polygons and smeared textures. [Apr 2008, p.76]

Playing the same six mini-games 11 times isn't even remotely enjoyable, especially when you're paying 5 quid per mini-game. [May 2008, p.92]

A slight, but serviceable spin-off that has bags of energy, if little else. [Nov 2013, p.80]

It's a bit dull. [Christmas 2013, p.89]

Just Dance is a facilitator, not a game. [Mar 2010, p.87]

Only two of the remixes are any good, but even these aren't worth your time. [June 2008, p.84]

Criminally short. [Jan 2011, p.76]

Decent gameplay let down by a lack of any multiplayer or other modes whatsoever.

It's by no means as bad as you may have heard. [Apr 2009, p.89]

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

This tries to pull off so much but it's neither as compelling and varied as "The Sims" nor as loveable as "Nintendogs." Plus it's so blocky it's like someone invented an 8-bit DS. [Dec 2006, p.87]

A potential cult hit betrayed by framerate issues and sluggish controls. [Jan 2013, p.110]

A fun game, but one where you'll struggle to get your money's worth. [May 2011, p.88]

Poor show. [Sept 2010, p.89]

A deep, thought-provoking title, but be warned: it's very peculiar and very slow-paced. [May 2009, p.75]

It's dull, it's repetitive and it's as much fun as being cuddled by a cactus. [Nov 2007, p.87]

A great little puzzle game. [Oct 2008, p.97]

This is as lazy a use of a license as we've seen recently and this is from the company that made the Smurfs 2 game. [Feb 2014, p.91]

Technically great, but it should have focused more on the action than the mini-games. [Sept 2009, p.85]

This is surely one of the most intensely frustrating games ever, but is not rewarding enough to be worthwhile. [May 2014, p.90]

Granted, we quite like the animated Gordon Ramsay but the rest really is a shambles. [Dec 2008, p.100]

A game that has clearly had a lot of time put into it. The handling, the graphics and the general feel of the game are fine. Problem is, the actual game content feels like an afterthought, as if the development studio suddenly thought, "Oooh, we haven't actually got anything for the player to do. Quick, stick a short story in there, put loads of swearing in it and pad it with street races."

Fun for the young 'uns, but serious gamers will be bored in minutes. [Nov 2009, p.103]

Unless you like hammering the A button for eight minutes at a time while getting a headache, stay well away. Even young kids will get bored.

Your furball is far too floaty and controlling him becomes an exercise in anger management as he bumps into one obstacle after another, some of which are difficult to spot.