An interesting mix between TPS and Hack'n'Slash. Unfortunately, level design is too linear, resulting in a driven and boring progression.

Hard Reset is a splendid and beautifully crafted FPS. While its technology rises above many others, its old-school FPS gameplay, while fun and solid, is affected by a scarce variety in the enemies and very short campaign, which is a major flaw because of the absence of a multiplayer mode.

The Adventures of Tintin – The secret of the Unicorn is an average title, with a quite entertaining gameplay but some undeniable flaws, from its short main story to the excessive easiness. Still it's recommendable, providing a funny experience.

Cities XL 2012 is good if you've never played the previous episodes. This version is just adding a few new maps and buildings and nothing relevant to the gameplay.

Mario & Sonic at the London Olympics 2012 is the game that we expected: pros and cons balance each other giving players an interesting arcade game for Christmans.

For Assassin's Creed fans Rearmed may be interesting. For all others, despite some gameplay issues, the games is still acceptable.

Spy Mouse is a funny puzzle game that lacks in freshness, expanding the concept of Flight Control without its appeal.

It suffers from repetitiveness and a lack of variety in its quests. But if you want a simple TPS that doesn't need a lot of thinking, you can give it a chance. And you can also end it without the needing a cent.

Sonic CD was a great game in 1993. Today we can't put two hands in front of our eyes and ignore its flaws. Sega does a great job in mantaining the same old running atmosphere, but are we sure that it can still give to a 2011 user what he wants?

Choplifter HD maintains the concept and the same level of challenge of the famous original version, although burdened with some choices of game design and an inaccurate targeting system. Frustrating at times, this remake by Inxile Interactive is undoubtedly still fun.

Tekken 3D Prime Edition is the attempt to bring the series' typical experience on Nintendo 3DS. Flawed by lack of options but with a tradition gameplay, it stands in the middle, quite funny but not completely accomplished.

Despite its good ancd charming visuals, this colorful indie shooter lacks in variety and difficulty.

Shinobido 2 is, at the end, a good stelth game. Playing it, however, gives you the sensation that the dev team could reach far better distances in terms of game design.

Asphalt Injection is a good racing game. Too many references to Burnout and the lack of spectacularity prevent the game from breach hearts of passionate arcade drivers.

As every "musou" game, Sanctuary Battle is dull and iterative. Still, you can play with every single character seen in the anime (yes, even with missing Gold Saints): discoverying their moves and made them fight each other in the mission mode is something that fans should not miss for any reason.

Control scheme is simply awuful and some technical issues spoil the scene, but the RPG elements are there along with mini games, extra activities and sub quests, to remember how solid the structure of the main series used to be.

A Valley Without Wind is an interesting product, mainly due to its exploration component and rpg elements. However, parts of the ideas are lost in the repetitive action and in the procedural nature of the project, not supported by a consistent narrative background. On top of that, a bad control system undermines this interesting game.

Lack of variety and options is the most evident flaw of a game which has very little to offer. The gameplay formula is quite entertaining, but in the long run fun fades easily.

Sonic 4: Episode 2 is a half-successful product. Recommended only to diehard fans of Sonic. All others will have to think carefully about the purchase. It's a too classic and uninspired chapter in the saga.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD is the perfect remake of the first two chapters of the series. While not adding anything new to the original package, Robomodo has successfully managed to reproduce the settings, modes and gameplay of a magnificent gaming generation.

Hybrid is a game with good ideas, but that is heavily tainted by an absolutely bland and uninspired level design.

A valid and funny gameplay, which reads in a modern way the old-style beat 'em up. However, some superficiality under development weigh heavily the playing experience.

Despite numerous technical problems, Tower Wars, thanks to some original features, is a worthy exponent of the Tower Defense genre.

Starvoid is an RTS direct and simple. It's mostly recommended for all RTS lovers who need a lightweight title with witch to pass a few hours.

Total War Battles is not a real RTS, but an extended tower defense game. It has nothing in common with his "big brothers". Recommended only if you are a real fan of the brand.

Super Monkey Ball Banana Splitz do not represent a big debut on the PS Vita. It is surely a funny game but the problems on the level design side of the game show every limit of the title.

Epic Mickey 2 is a good platform but not the ideal sequel for the first chapter. Great level design returns in this second chapter, but many problems in control mechanics and AI programming ruin every piece of the structure.

Need for Speed Most Wanted Mobile is not as good as the console version. No free roaming and a clumsy control scheme: Real Racing is still the king on iOs and Android platforms.

The Power of Magic is a platform game with some interesting ideas, placed in a structure that seems to squeeze more often an eye to younger gamers.

Warriors Orochi 3, despite the few expectations for yet another Musou, proved to be a fun and intriguing title, with only some technical issues to ruin the formula.

After the misstep made ​​with Rabbids 3D, the saga came back to at least decent levels on the Nintendo portable console.

Midway Arcade Origins is a collection of old games that does not fit very well in the actual generation. A product only for true retro game lovers.

Tokyo Crash Mobs reinvents a classic like Zuma in a purely Japanese style.

Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 is a mediocre game, recommended only to the faithful of the comic.

Strike Suit Zero is a good game that shows that Kickstarter can be used with profit. Unfortunately the game does not come close to the classic of the genre.

With its annoying bugs, dated graphics and atmosphere of the film recreated only in certain situations, Alien Colonial Marines misses the target, disregarding the very high expectations of fans. Nevertheless, the narrative directly integrated with the movie franchise, the presence of twists, easter eggs and a multiplayer alternative to the usual FPS make it an interesting product for those who love the saga and the scary creature designed by Geiger. If you like Xenomorphs and you can go over on an atmosphere unable to strike fear (Dead Space is on another planet) and to the technical sector, you can give it a chance.

Alien Breed is still funny and able to captivate fans of science fiction and shooter, but unfortunately this remake is missing the innovative verve of the series, and proves to be poor and mediocre.

Among real disasters and really interesting ideas Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel is exactly what was expected. We face the usual Army of Two, dedicated to less demanding gamers.

Warframe is a good title if contextualized in the panorama of FreeToPlay, however the high level of competition on this front would make us hope for a more solid and strong product.

Defiance fails in the difficult task of merging a TV series and a video game in a convincing and engaging way.

A Vampyre Story is a good game that combines a classic gameplay with an interesting storyline and an accurate character design. Despite that it presents a lot of bugs and an awful translation from English to Italian.

Thrilling pursuits are the only focus of the game, because the free roaming aspect and the on-foot sections are not enjoyable. You can save Wheelman if you like Vin Diesel. Otherwise, save your money.

Velvet Assassin could have been a better game. It has a solid approach to the genre, but a limping AI and frustrating shooter sessions reveal the limited experience of the developer team. You can try it if you're a great stealth fan.

An canonic third person shooter, without any specificity.

Sim Animals is dedicate to young gamers. It meet the requirements, but it lacks creativity. Few problems with the control system doesn’t affect the gaming experience, and the rhythm is not sustained (like Viva Pinata), so the player can just relax. Suitable for those who love simplicity, and don’t fear a drop of monotony.

Despite the classic gameplay, which does not rejuvenate the FPS genre, Eat Lead is a nice experience, because of the intelligent humor wich pervades the adventure. A brilliant parody of videogame icons, of videogamers and of the industry itself.

Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade will probably find a place in the hearts of old gen players. With 25 classic games and 9 live arcade this game could be a good choice for players that wants to revive the golden age of the videogames: the glorious '80!

MySims Racing follows the lead of Mario Kart Wii, without the presumption to overtake it. Gameplay is funny, but it doesn't add anything to the genre, while a modest visual appeal and the lack of an online mode make EA product suitable for merciful players.

As with the wii version, a Mario Kart clone without soul.

An RTS without strategical depth. Sharp look, nice unit design, ad an impressive amount of extras, but a complete failure on the gameplay side.

Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce tries to refresh the saga but a new online mode is not enough to do that. Srikeforce is a hack 'n slash with only one purpose: slash furiously between ranks of defensless enemies pushing only the same two buttons. Playing with a friend may be funny, but the solo mode soon become boring.

Blue Dragon Plus is a game with good ideas but its poorly realized. A better interface and an improved game system could value many other good features present in the game. A good technical compartment and a fair story, made this game a good choice for younger players.

Death Tank belongs to a genre not so popular and common. Even if it is enjoyable and it has simple mechanics, the price is too much onerous. You can find, on the marketplace, a masterpiece of the category (Worms) for many dollars less.

Just a Quake Wars clone, with a design too similar to Halo series to impress players. Creepy graphics and some issues with the control system.

Lego Rock Band has some nice ideas, but a bad tracklist.

The new Play Control version has no rhythm and no soul. Resolute players should somehow try to find the GameCube edition.

Creature creation is catchy, but the basic gameplay lacks depth.

This is a great game for Final Fantasy fans, but the price to buy all the episodes is extremely high.

Old in the soul, Battlefront Series needs a complete revolution to entertain the video gamers of this new generation.

An unusual product: a little bit of God of War with some drops of Overlord and Pikmin. Still, this game is not brilliant, 'cause of the creepy graphics and the iterative gameplay.

Iterative production does not represent a shiny example of game developing.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers is, in some way, a good game. It has an interesting story and characters. Unfortunately the poor gameplay mechanics and the absolutely absence of challenge turns this Final Fantasy in a mediocre product.

Nice look and few interesting ideas, but the hellhound penalties system ruins the whole experience.

A standard action/platform. An old fashioned formula, with the twist of Multiplayer (partially ruined by lag).

A funny experience, but the driving model is not so consistent and the look is quite creepy.

Without some issues ColorZ could have been a much better game. The single game experience suffers from a clunky control scheme, yet the multiplayer mode is quite rewarding in terms of fun. An advisable purchase for those who have friends to play with; others should spend their precious 700 Wii Points in other ways.

A standard rhythm game, that you can buy for a very low price. Obviously, the track list is not that solid.

After the brilliant fourth episode, a step backward for the series. Too many bugs, and a boring gameplay. Just for submarine lovers.

A decent tie-in, various enough to entertain Bakugan's little fans.

There are few aspects of the game that really intrigue the player (the soundtrack, for example), while the embarrassing battle system and a dull story make Sands of Destruction inexorably sink.

On PSP, Fifa South Afrika is not really interesting. Without online features and the second control stick, the brand loses most of its winning characteristics.

The series is tired and bored. Year after year, Moto GP does not reinvent itself and appears as a vapid experience.

A great disappointment. The single player is boring, and while the game is fun in co-op mode, the poor balance of the characters and a bad level design strikes a fatal blow.

Gothic IV is not a a great RPG. Gameplay is too simple (too similar to an Hack'n'Slash), story is uninspired and characters are dull. Linear and straightforward, it offers at least some kind of visual magic.

Gothic IV is not a a great RPG. Gameplay is too simple (too similar to an Hack'n'Slash), story is uninspired and characters are dull. Linear and straightforward, it offers at least some kind of visual magic.

Gods vs Humans is not necessarily bad. It has some good ideas, and the gameplay is quite addictive for the first hour. Later on, it gets boring, but it's more a problem of the genre than a problem of the game. It would be even worh a try, if it wasn't for it's price tag: 1500 Wii Points is absolutely too much.

Super Mario All-Stars - 25th Anniversary Edition is not what it should have been: an homage to the glorious story of the most famous videogame character. Instead, it's the umpteenth product made only to make the most out of his name, flawed in its presentation and by its disappointing quality.

Despite being a low budget game for casuals The Shoot gives the player a genuine feeling of old-style on-rail shooters. The game appears funny and original; it's a pity that title do not features enough longevity.

The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest is suitable only for fans of Tolkien's saga (or for young videoplayers). If you play it with a friend the fun will grow exponentially, but certainly don't expect to remember this game for years to come.

Tournament Of Legends isn't a awful game. Despite imperfection and lacks, the title is enough enjoyable. Fans of fighting games will undoubtedly spend time with it, but don't expect to play it for months, or not to suffer the excessive flatness of the combat system.

Despite being solid and fun-to-play Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 is poor in a lot of game aspects, for example gameplay (really repetitive), level design (linear) and enemies variety and AI. All this aspects configures a game that is recommnended only to the strongest fans of the Lucas franchise.

Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 has a complex game structure that features a poor control scheme and a clumsycombat system. Despite being based on one of the most succesful anime over the world the game do not present an involving story (like Ultimate Ninja Storm) and is recommended only to the strongest fan of Akira Toriyama's work.

Eat Them! shows how Rampage worked only in the context of the penny arcade and in his time. The title of FluffyLogic fun and entertaining, but the fun turns out to be ephemeral and not permanent.

Years of training, and Mario still hasn't succeded in getting fit. But, guess what, this time he hasn't struggled at all.

Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 is a good game, able to entertain. Unfortunately it can't hold a candle to its predecessor because of some lacks in the control system and a clumsy level design.

Breach isn't a complete disaster. Despite many flaws and limits, many of them linked to the netcode, it reaches a narrow sufficiency thanks to a good character growth system and a gameplay that does not forget the standards of this genre.

Haunted House is a good title for children. Unfortunately, the gameplay is a bit too repetitive, but played in co-op the game becomes sufficiently challenging to come to the end credits.

The framerate problems shatter and destroy the game's whole structure. Its unbereable slowness hampers the gameplay and ruins the typical Harvest Moon experience. Animal Parade could have been among the best in the series: with those problems, it's one of the worst.

Asphalt 3D could be a nice alternative to Ridge Racer 3D, but some technical limitations seriously undermined the Gameloft production.

WWE All Stars is a missed chance. The scarce single player experience and the lack of online play are far from excusable, as they are the mixed graphics. Still funny, but not engaging.

Final Fantasy IV is probabily the best episode ever created, but this edition, despite its name, is far from being "complete".

By partially abandoning the arcade style SEGA has made a bad choice. Virtua Tennis 4 is flawed in many ways, from its unresponsive control scheme to the poor use of the motion controls. Not the best way to enjoy tennis on Wii.

Thanks to the singing section, the multiplayer and the quality of trackist, Michael Jackson: The Experience, reaches sufficiency. However, it remains recommended only to fans of the genre.

Double Visions continues the downward trend of Back To The Future: The Videogame.

Lego Ninjago is an ideal RTS for an audience of beginners and kids. Several flaws undermine a product however able to amuse and entertain for a few days.

Moon Diver is a game largely imperfect, but at the same time it's able to amuse and entertain. For those who are looking for a challenging hack'n slash, this could be a good choice.

Under Siege is a real-time strategy game with many issues, although it is still able to entertain. Recommended only for those who want to enjoy at all costs a strategy game on console that takes advantage of Move.

Call of Juarez: The Cartel is a poor videogame. Gameplay lacks in term of precision and variety; graphics is distant from the top of this gen.

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 is the most successful episode of the saga. Despite the many flaws of the combat system the game is able to amuse and entertain.

Because of an imprecise control system and a level design absolutely anonymous, Bloodrayne: Betrayal is a videogame only recommended to fans of the franchise or gamers in withdrawal symptoms from action in 2D.

In Alive and Kicking you can find only few interesting minigames, but they don't fail in entertaining the family.

inMomentum is a platform game that focuses on the multiplayer, but at the moment the lack of games to join forces the experience only on the singleplayer mode. With a dozen maps that can be completed in about 2 minutes each you will finish thew game very quickly, without anything else to do after that.

Jurassic Park: The Game is recommend only to fans of the original film: they will appreciate the quotes and the plot. But they will also see old graphics, a poor gameplay and a shallow work in general.

Disneyland Adventures is a fair kids game that can be fun to play with your children or your nephew.

Silent Ops is too linear and simple, lacking in gameplay complexity and giving players a mild gaming experience.

Batman Arkham City Lockdown is the dark side of Infinity Blade, and that's not cool as it could seem. It has an excellent presentation, thanks to the Unreal Engine, but that can't compensate for the lack of variety which the gameplay offers. We love Batman, but it deserves a bit more than this poor treatment, mainly because its price is quite high.

Rebuild is a fascinating game that incarnates in this app the formula of the famous web based game. Despite its heart and the well balanced gameplay components Rebuild lacks in graphics, being sometimes a pain for the eyes.

Junk Jack is the most near example of Terraria porting with Minecraft crafting system. But its major flaw it's the fact that it does run on a 3,5'' screen, which make you feel disoriented and limited. It's a pity, because its crafting system is great and it could guarantee a long life to itself.

Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights fails to counter the popularity of professor's Layton adventures, presenting a poor charachter design and puzzles.

Haunt has right to exist only as a Kid Game. Colored phantoms and animated armors are the only "scary things" that you could find in the game.

Boom Street is surely peculiar, with its strict but entertaining gameplay. It has some faults, the major being quite anonymous, but still it can be enjoyable, assuming you have three friends hanging at your pad.

Frustrating and badly designed, Neverdead is one of the first victims of the year. Shooter lovers could appreciate some original ideas, however.

BlazBlue Continuum Shift II shines in its gameplay but fails in every other aspect, due to the many flaws of a lazy porting.

Great visual style does not manage to hide a lacking gameplay.

One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP is hardly recommendable even to the manga's fans, suffering from tedious gameplay and a bad conversion from the Wii instalments.

Formula 1 is a game developed in a hurry for the Vita launch. That means a substantial lack of precision and refinements that lower the global quality of the production.

The Sims 3 Showtime is a dlc at the price of an expansion pack. We recommend the purchase only if you are true fans of the sims universe.

Confrontation was announced as a tactical RPG, but as a matter of facts is more of a Hack'n'Slash with some tactical twists and many problems like the terrible pathfinding and a shallow technical component. Recommended only to the fans of the board game.

Wrecked Revenge Revisited is good only for multiplayer sessions. Gameplay and graphics are lacking in solidity and precision but the features mix result in lots of funny races online.

Fable Heroes has a little of Fable, a family game that will not encounter the favores of the fans.

After Depth Hunter, Biart shows once again their ability to manage the underwater worlds. Deep Black Reloaded though, is a FPS that has many problems, but it could also be the starting point for more successful products.

A campaign ruined by the lack of a poor level design and a multiplayer unable to surprise gamers make Burning Skies a decent FPS and nothing more.

Krater is an honest hack and slash with a colorful graphic and strong dialogues. Although the shallow combat system and the poor level design drag down its appeal.

Thanks to some interesting gameplay mechanics Wreckateer reserve a few surprises, leaving satisfied those who were looking for a fun and disengaged approach able to donate a little bit of extra challenge.

Suffering from the passing of time and from a poor porting, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure HD is a title difficult to recommend even to the manga's die-hard fans.

Strange and funny, complex and disturbing, Way of The Samurai 4 is an interesting take on the genre, but it features silly situations and a poor combat system.

007 Legends has lots of problems, on the gameplay and structural side, for being one competitor in this generation.

Technically speaking, Killzone HD is a good remake. But it's too hard to play such an old FPS with other masterpieces available.

LEGO Lord of the Rings is not a bad game. Unfortunately the conversion for PS Vita has many flaws. If possible it is best to opt for the version for Xbox 360 and PS3.

Ravaged looks like a multiplayer shooter that does not give a tangible contribution to the genre. The 2 Dawn Games creatures present a gaming experience rather simple, based on the standards of many other productions.

Miner Wars is a game with great potential, perhaps wasted. Defects are many: poor IA, complex level design, technical sector not great increase the sense of frustration that might have been.

Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires can improve the original formula, proving deeper and more able to attract the attention of a wider audience.

Nano Assault arrives in Europe in this Ex no the e-Shop, sold at a competitive price. And is the quality/price ratio, rather than the new addictions, to save the Shin'en title.

Slender: The Arrival confirms the many doubts emerged during the preview, showing obvious limitations dictated by the lacks of a gameplay structure that deviates from what we saw in "Slender: The Eight Pages", its predecessor.

Table Mini Golf could have been a good title if only it had not been forced in "size" by the philosophy of the AR Suit series.

Infinity does not make major changes to the formula of the franchise, underlining all the advantages but also the defects seen in previous episodes.

Repetitive and rather poor, FUSE is a failed experiment by Insomniac, which produces a TPS like many others.

Dust 514 is a mediocre FPS, aimed only to log-time fans of EVE Online.

A standard action/platform, without any interesting innovation and lacking in appealing design.

Fragile has a great emotional impact, but the gameplay is repetitious and boring.

Globulos Party has a great number of game modes, but the core gameplay is iterative and not so fun if you play solo.

Carrier Comand is a game that shows solid and excellent bases, Otherwise it's an incomplete work and only the Fans of previous chapter on Amiga could go forward these many problems.

Even if it has a great number of interesting game modes, Backbreaker simply does not work. The gameplay has some interesting ideas, but most of them are not appropriately used, while the graphical engine is barely sufficient.

Afterall: Insanity is the rough copy of Dead Space. We can't suggest it to anyone unless you really love the genre. But, we warn you: be careful and keep informed about the product before purchasing it.

Nice concept, but a clumsy realization, with too many issues regarding control scheme and variety.

Transformers 2 is a mediocre title that cannot stand with the other productions seen during this generation.

You can buy it to your little child, and try it for a couple of hours, but the gaming experience will not entertain you for long. The dark side of tie-in acquires a new disciple.

The Shooter section is nice and funny, but the other minigames aren't that good.

Boring and repetitious, this scrolling shooter will not entertain for more than a couple of hours.

Toribash is not fun. It requires too much attention to be fully enjoyable, but spending time with it doesn't automatically means you will get better and better. Not recommendable at all, also because you can still download it for free.

Technical engine is creepy, enemy A.I. fails, and the multiplayer option is boring and badly developed.

Shaun White Skateboaring fails in so many ways, from the gameplay to its lackluster technic, that it cannot appeal not only the average gamer, but even those who love the genre.

Ken's Rage ruins a solid game-structure with a gameplay that lacks depth. And furthermore the graphics is really poor. A game only for addicted fans.

Ken's Rage ruins a solid game-structure with a gameplay that lacks depth. And furthermore the graphics is really poor. A game only for addicted fans.

Lord Of Arcana is a title that betrays its own philosophy. The fun is directly proportional to the PSP and copies of the game available. Buy it only if you have friends to play whit it, and if you love games like Monster Hunter.

The fun delivered by FlingSmash lasts only for a few minutes. It's a poor product, lacking in a solid and satisfying gameplay and getting tedious on the long run. But as a bundle with Wiimote Plus, it has some meaning.

Sherlock Holmes has many elements in common with professor Layton, but the poor quality of the puzzles and of the story makes it a worse game than the Level 5 masterpiece.

Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive is proof that the franchise needs a pause. The combat system is dull and multiplayer simply doesn't work.

Yar's Revenge has nothing that doesn't work. It's simply a videogame that offers too little.

MinoMonsters is a corageous try of porting Pokémon on iOS, but when you make such a promise, you have to face the result. And it doesn't accomplish a lot. MinoMonsters is nice to see, but it has a tremendous lack of content. A really short adventure and just 20 monsters. We want more. A lot more.

Dungeon Crawlers is too simple for an RPG. There is no skill tree, no real equipment system and no tactics in all the combat. It's only for you if you are searching for a really soft dungeon experience.

The Simpsons Arcade is simply too old to entertain without reservation. Structured for arcade machines, it still presents an overwhelming difficulty.

This updated version of X-Blades has some interesting twists and a new mechanics that work well. But even leaving alone the awful multiplayer mode, a lumpish control scheme and major graphical issues (bad collision over all) spoil the global experience.

Inversion is a mediocre title. The gameplay shows some interesting ideas, but at the same time too many similarities with Gears of War. Recommended only to those who are very addicted to shooters.

Nano Assault Neo is an uninteresting twin stick shooter with poor gameplay. Only an overwhelming visual style saves the game from garbage.

Fuel Overdose is an arcade racing game undermined by gameplay problems and technical issues.

Sniper 2: Ghost Warrior cannot get over its predecessor, despite a graphics engine with great potential and a better interpretation of the sniping dynamics.

Draw Slasher is a great idea, largely ruined by a design problems.

Way of the Dogg is not up to the chosen testimonial. Poor in gameplay mechanics and technically way below the standard, it is a product to avoid.

Ds version of Ghostbusters does not entertain like the home console versions.

Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust fails reproducing the original spirit of Leisure Suit series. It fails from a technological and artistic point of view too, with tasteless humor and poor graphic. Variety is the only good aspect of the game, with some good sets and a high number of minigames, but it isn't enough to make it a good game.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a modest tie-in. Creepy graphics and simple (too simple!) gameplay do not convince neither the hardcore gamer nor the Harry Potter fan.

Lord of the Rings: Conquest for Nintendo DS is spoiled by major graphical issues and a short-duration single player. Even if it shows a little variety in the gameplay mechanic (thanks to the three available classes), few players will forgive the bad looking polygonal scene and a offhanded story mode.

Just an Othello variant. With creepy graphics.

Quotation forthcoming.

A bad Gears of War clone. Without Epic style, and many graphical issues. Worst Cuscenes Ever.

Thinking positive The King Of Fighters XII is the first, timid, step of SNK in the next generation and ony a launch platform for a better future. Despite that the game offers really poor game modes, bugged online playing and the worst graphic design of this generation.

Press any key. Repeat. That's all.

Nier is a complete mess. To mix up action rpg and 2d scrolling shooter is a weird idea, and the results are very disappointing. The clumsy plot and the ugly graphics do the rest.

Nice idea: an "evil" copy of Phantom Hourglass. But without fantasy, soul and a precise control system. Epic Fail?

Nice idea for the story, but the gameplay is trivial and the graphic creep.

Same old story: linear, ugly to see, easy to solve.

The problems of the control scheme and a poor level design make this chapter one of the worst in the series.

Quotation forthcoming.

Even if characters and events are charming and thrilling, gameplay mechanics are dull and a bit flat.

Completely useless for those who have played one of the other 2 versions, quite futile for other players. Just for Pocket Monsters fans.

The setting and the story are so far away from European Culture that players will barely understand the spirit of the game. Plus, creepy graphics and an old-gen gameplay pull the product down.

Pokemon Rumble is definitely not a title with a strong appeal. Banal background that leads inexorably to a repetitive gameplay, combined with the simplification or the absence of some key aspects of this genre of games, such as the growth of the Pokemon, makes Pokemon Rumble a disappointing WiiWare.

The concept is not that bad, but the main adventure is repetitious and still. No environment interaction and a simple story kills the magic of the first moments.

Without the camera, Eye of Judgment looses its appeal, and becomes a standard game.

After Lost: Via Domus, The Conspiracy clearly shows that the serial-tie-in is the new deviant monster of our market.

There's no freedom in Pure Football. It is a laser game disguised as a soccer game.

All Points Bulletin is a big disappointment: great ideas wiped out by poor gameplay mechanics and shallow content. Everything in this game cries out loud for a better implementation which will eventually arrive, according to the programmers, but which is at the moment unforgivable. On top of all this, the fun will be over after few hours since APB plays on only 2 maps and few repeatable quests.

Naughty Bear should burn in the flames of videogame hell. The funny-but-trivial idea of a sociopath teddy bear is spoiled by a noxious gameplay and an evil look. Don't buy it.

City Interactive misses the shot.

Forget this Killing Tide (you can, in fact, die by boredom) and look for a more exciting war sim (Battlestation should do the trick).

PokePark Wii is everything but interesting. Sure it's aimed to a younger audience but the game's structure, from the minigames to the exploration of the park, is boring and unrewarding.

Top Gun has a simple gameplay, an engine with too many issues, and a tasteless story mode.

Adventures is one of the worst launch titles for Kinect. The minigames are repetitious and frustrating, the "story mode" is boring and multiplayer is not so funny.

There's no need in playing Hawx 2. All that you expect to find a an arcade flight game simply doesn't exist in the last Ubisoft production.

Magic The Gathering: Tactics is a strong strategy game in its gameplay base mechanics but heavily flawed by rushed decisions, bugs and poor prgramming.

Top Spin 4 is almost unplayable, and its terrible control scheme is only the worst of a long list of flaws. There's only one reference for those who want to play real tennis on Wii, and it's still Grand Slam Tennis.

Splinter Cell 3D isn't a total disaster. Unfortunately, what is good there is to be attributed to the original edition. If you really want to play Chaos Theory retrieve the original.

Rayman 3D is the umpteenth version of Rayman 2: quite entertaining for its gameplay, largely despicable for its graphics. The title still retains some historic value, but it's not certainly this 3D episode the best way to enjoy it.

Dynasty Warriors 7 is the same even this year: same repetitive-button mashing gameplay, same old graphics engine. Despite the story and the cultural facts behind a truly no-sense game, especially in 2011.

Thor: God of Thunder is an ugly game. The gameplay mechanics do not work properly and a poor visual style subtends the entire walktrough. "Boring" is the only word to describe this tie-in.

Despite the interesting driving model, the lack of content and the creepy visuals make Alive a terrible game.

A dismal failure. Tedious, slow and repetitious: here is the best way to describe the latest Atari's work.