The shoot-'em-up action is well designed, but there's just not enough variety to sustain your interest.

Furnishing the mansion with tacky knick-knacks while schmoozing potential bunnies gets dull.

Ambitious and frequently entertaining, but ultimately too frustrating for its own good.

While the cars in other games fold and dent realistically, depending on the speed and direction of the impact, damage to Crash 'n' Burn's cars seems artificial, with entire panels suddenly replaced with scratched versions at the merest hint of a high-speed nudge.

The biggest problem is the excessive waiting between contests. Watching characters roll dice and trudge around the board is also tedious.

Where "SingStar" can distinguish a merely bad singer from a woeful one, Get on Da Mic has a hard time differentiating between a skilled rapper and a baby dribbling into the microphone.

There is no shortage of action, plus bonus battle arenas, but it's not all super. Boss battles are foolishly difficult and will prove very frustrating for youngsters, and some of the Mr Incredible sections become very repetitive, with wave after wave of mindless goons to dispatch. The controls also lack precision.

Causing havoc behind the wheel of a big rig is fun but the novelty quickly wanes and the unsubtle gags often fail to amuse, especially when they are endlessly repeated.

The action is also largely mindless, with a poor targeting system and a game camera that never quite follows the action the way you want it to.

The first Serious Sam was tongue-in-cheek but this sequel crosses the line into obnoxiousness.

Your trooper is a dexterous bloke, able to lean around corners, crouch behind cover and even lay down to steady his aim. However, the prone position is next to useless because you have to hold down the prone button.

Ambitious and frequently entertaining, but ultimately too frustrating for its own good.

Serviceable entertainment for kids, but you'll have more fun watching the DVD.

A frisky concept with limited thrills and not enough depth to challenge gamers.

Serviceable entertainment for kids, but you'll have more fun watching the DVD.

An inferior product. This is a linear, action-oriented shooter that has precious little in common with the original game's realistic and tactical squad-based combat.

Squeezing the Desert Storm games into the currently fashionable Vietnam setting was a mistake. Open landscapes are replaced by claustrophobic jungle, eliminating tactical freedom. Players edge along narrow paths, progressing from one firefight to the next.

Good harmless fun, but there are more creative and better-value children's games available. Enter at your own risk.

The game's biggest weakness is the lack of multi-player options. There is no split-screen dogfighting or the Xbox Live online battles that made its competitor "Crimson Skies" so compelling.

The biggest annoyance is an erratic camera, which never reliably displays the best view of the action and requires constant adjustment.

Even amateur sports lovers will find it hard to fall for this slice of lightweight tennis action.

As long as you don't fall asleep at the wheel, Chrome Hounds offers a smattering of explosive action.

Good harmless fun, but there are more creative and better-value children's games available. Enter at your own risk.

It is inventive, creative and strangely compelling, but the more difficult tasks can be frustrating and its lasting appeal is limited.

A sporty struggle that's all style and no substance.

The "rubber-band" rivals, where opponents appear to slow down or speed up depending on where you are positioned in the race, ensures clever driving skill is rarely rewarded.

But, strangely, you must spend your entire career playing the same type of game rather than choosing between different varieties.

There is no shortage of action, plus bonus battle arenas, but it's not all super. Boss battles are foolishly difficult and will prove very frustrating for youngsters, and some of the Mr Incredible sections become very repetitive, with wave after wave of mindless goons to dispatch. The controls also lack precision.