The gameplay however is a little slow and involves far too much back tracking for its own good and things often get tedious.

While it offers many unique race types that will provide short periods of fun the game fails to captivate you for long periods of time and as a result the it quickly loses its appeal despite the amount of variation it offers!

Presentation wise Burnout 3 looks great, despite the fact that car models aren't the best looking or most detailed to grace the Xbox, also it's probably worth noting that none of the cars in Burnout 3: Takedown are real cars although a few do look like some well known cars.

It packs a lot of variety and is well worth a look and at its budget price it becomes a must have for Terminator fans.

This game is the game that the original Japanese release was supposed to be and anyone who has been waiting in anticipation should be satisfied with the finished result.

At a measly £19.99 it becomes a must for any fan of the original.

Enemies are by far not the smartest to grace a game and will often run towards you while you shower them in a hail of bullets.

The game also lacks any real variation as you pretty much do exactly the same thing throughout, prolonged play quickly becomes tiresome and the game starts to feel, dare I say it, like a chore.

If only we could arrange some sort of trade-off, whereby each decimal point of the score I have awarded could be traded for a thousand Americans not using the word ‘soccer’.

The storyline is full of old school clichés and the adventuring part of the game, with its basic puzzles is quite frankly boring.

Unfortunately the strict timing required can lead to a lot of frustration and as a result the game can quickly start to feel repetitive.

The physical separation of human opponents makes every multiplayer contest a little less worthwhile, whilst the one-player game’s mission to collect track parts seems pointless if you then cannot share the resulting new tracks easily with close friends.

The game offers absolutely nothing new and plays like something that’s been dragged up from the 90’s.

Music in the game is tense sounding but has a generic feel to it.

Character animation is excellent from Spidey from the various wall clinging poses to the realistic body movements when in swing mode.

In no way ground breaking [but] it puts in a solid performance and its 3D sci-fi setting will be a welcome break for many from the now standard World War II setting.

The game is ultimately let down by similar bugs that plagued the previous two games.

While the game is by no means the easiest racing title around it’s fair to say it’s a no nonsense racing simulation that offers a hardcore racing experience for hardcore racing fans.

While the game can be entertaining for short lengths of time playing for prolonged periods can lead to bouts of frustration as you are more often then not required to play the same missions over and over until you clear them due to the strict objectives and randomness of missions.

A truly exhilarating playing experience, the sheer size of the game means that almost every experience of the game is unique.

The game's storyline gives a great backing for your objectives and the gameplay on the whole is pretty addictive.

It does a lot to build on the tactics focused gameplay found in the original game with improvements in the enemy AI, this bundled with the difficulty and size of the missions should provide plenty of intense strategy action despite the complete absence of a multiplayer mode.

One of the better tennis games to grace the PS2, and is by far the truest representation of the sport.

During play you can’t help thinking there’s more to come but unfortunately, as good as the game is; there isn’t.

Each non-playable character was highly unique in their appearance, voice, accent and behaviour which helps to get across the notion that the prison is truly teeming with life, individual personalities, groups of friends, rivals and enemies.

The games sound by far outshines the graphics with everything from idle non playable character conversations to discreet footsteps pacing through the dark environments.

With a clever plot and some impressive visuals the game could be appealing and addictive though tiresome at times. Unfortunately, if you have seen the film and you already know exactly how the plot unfolds and you have already seen those most surprising, awesome scenes, this game has little thrills.

The puzzles are also annoyingly addictive.