Touch Battle Tank 3D has tanks, but not a whole lot else. Avoid, then avoid some more.

Buggy and unpolished, Chronovolt isn't worth your time, no matter how many times your turn the clock back.

Quantity over quality, this suite of gambling games fails to capture the thrill of throwing all your money away on the single spin of a wheel.

Dull, by-the-numbers platformer that fails to exploit either George's or the DS's unique strengths.

Despite the huge effort that's obviously gone into the graphics and the cutscenes, Beowulf's gameplay never really come to life.

Novel and at times rather pretty, yet also banal and ugly, only die-hard fans of LCD games need take on this disappointing downloadable.

Visually disappointing, lacking in challenge and generally not that much fun, Iron Man singularly fails to communicate the excitement found in its big screen counterpart.

There's a nice idea in the eye of this storm, but Tornado's harsh time limits and general repetition rip up its reputation.

Pint-sized Picassos may be enticed by Paint by DS but it would be a crying shame if they were to neglect real-world artistic endeavours in favour of this limp product.

Ace Tennis 2010 Online is a well-intentioned tennis game that does everything wrong from ill-advised controls to sub par multiplayer.

It may be simple and it may rely far too heavily on its lush 8-bit visuals, but Witch & Hero provides you with some simple, silly fun on your 3DS in short bursts.

Muddled handling that confuses simulation steering with arcade speed makes MotoGP 2010 a disappointment not only for its lack of features, but for its gameplay as well.

A stunningly poor game, Return to Castlerama feels utterly unfinished.

There's a great and interesting game buried inside Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, but its energy system ultimately kills it.

A short, undemanding romp through the dressings of an infinitely better console title.

Typically shabby movie tie-in that will have you running for your mummy.

It's a darts game. On the PSP. And yet somehow it's actually a lot of fun.

A side-scrolling adventure based on a great book, with platforms, fighting and puzzles to negotiate. Some levels are fun, as is the touchscreen alethiometer, but a few good puzzles aside it's nowhere near as good as it should have been.

Myst is a brilliant adventure game but without the oomph to show off its gorgeous visuals and sound, this DS version is most disappointing.

Asphalt 3D signals great things to come for the racing genre on the 3DS, although frame-rate issues and silly collisions bring the action down somewhat.

Disappointing point-and-click adventure with the odd decent puzzle but one that feels too basic, with too few hooks to really stand out, meaning it fast becomes a chore to play.

A physics-based puzzler that attempts to capture the magic of Portal, but that simply doesn't feel like being anything near a finished product.

If you’re a fan off the BlazBlue series, pick up a copy. If not, then you may want to avoid it unless a visual novel is exactly the experience you’re looking for.

A straight-up port of the PSP RPG with no efforts taken to improve the experience, Romance Dawn is not a journey many One Piece fans will want to take.

It's not Dungeon Keeper, but Dungeon Keeper has enough going for it that it's worth a punt.

Think DIY Tetris sounds like an intriguing experience? You couldn't be any more wrong - or, at least, that's what Block Factory has taught us.

Bland, unimaginative, underpowered and insipid, we've absolutely nothing positive to say about it.