http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/reviewshttp://www.gamesradar.com/gc/ratatouille/review/ratatouille/a-20070626105818706099/g-20061107135822235044If you havent noticed - its summer, a time where movie theatres get big-budget actionganzas and your console goes through a bit of a dry spell. Unless you want to start tapping that pile of games you swore youd get to by now, you can always sniff around for the latest, potentially awful film tie-in starring emo spider-men, ambiguous pirates or&hellip; a French rat that cooks? Ratatouille - the latest Pixar anthropomorphic animal flick - bucks this trend and offers a solid platformer that doesnt ...<br/>GC reviewJun 26, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/review/tmnt/a-200703309163312237549/g-2005120716521403247070When we first heard that the same studio that makes the fluidly acrobatic, lushly visualized Prince of Persia series was going to make a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, we were thrilled. In our minds, no other team on Earth was better suited to blend the four things that define the turtles: a dark personality (in the original comics at least), incredibly acrobatic ability to treat an entire city like a jungle gym, teamwork, and high-flying martial arts shell-kickery complete with different ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/spartan-total-warrior/review/spartan-total-warrior/a-20060306143633271073/g-2005120714165062408447Spartan is nothing but a killing machine. We cant say if its because he has no real name, if someone said he'd never make it in a third-person hack-and-slash game because he's not as pretty as Russell Crowe, or what. What we can say is this: the only way his countrymen could have designed a more effective tool for relieving Roman soldiers of their limbs would have been to attach giant razor blades to an airplane propeller. This meaty brand of third-person action slaughter is executed via the ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/mega-man-x-collection/review/mega-man-x-collection/a-2006100214534458569336/g-20060927113951177077A series gets popular. It falls into a rut. The game's creators and the publisher's marketing department conspire to redefine its image, often resulting in total nonsense. Capcom's popular Mega Man, however, fared better than most, starring in an enjoyable series of spin-off games that started with 1993's Mega Man X. The mood may have been darker, but the trademark Mega Man gameplay was tighter than ever, to the point that it surpassed the originals in some ways. Now, Capcom's doing us all a ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-3-mutant-nightmare/review/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-3-mutant-nightmare/a-2006102317023290640259/g-2005120714173348934936At least there's some truth in advertising with the beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare. This game is someone's nightmare, to be sure. Mutant Nightmare outdoes its predecessors Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus, but this is like saying when you buy the sneakers, they give you the shoelaces for free; the game could hardly be worse. It's also pointed and a bit sad to note Nightmare is outdone in almost every way by Teenage ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/ssx-on-tour/review/ssx-on-tour/a-20070105174019286083/g-2005120716512531671142SSX: On Tour is a fantastic game... but scratch beneath the surface veneer and its definitely an evolution rather than revolution. Yet youd be forgiven for assuming the latter. First up is the new skiing option. There are those in the boarding fraternity that cant abide their cousins on skis and imagine that the introduction of the two-footers into their extreme sports games tantamount to collaboration with the enemy. But apart from shelving this outdated view (hey - we all love the snow, ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/nba-live-06/review/nba-live-06/a-2006101612211386904908/g-2005120714152338232421LeBron. Iverson. Shaq. T-Mac. Unlike the college game, the superstars of the NBA unquestionably dominate the action. NBA Live 06 replicates this with its new freestyle superstar moves, further cementing Live as an undeniably fun hoops franchise. The freestyle superstar moves enable the league's best players to perform risky but incredible feats that can turn the tide of a game, just as they do in real life. For instance, playmakers like Steve Nash can zip no-look passes to get teammates an ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/x-men-legends-ii-rise-of-apocalypse/review/x-men-legends-ii-rise-of-apocalypse/a-20061117164948866700/g-2005120716531025350952The sequel to one of the best comic-book games ever made, X-Men Legends II offers more of what made the original so much fun while streamlining some features to make it more approachable. The game is a dungeon crawler similar to Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath. This time around, the X-Men team up with their enemies to stop the menace of Apocalypse. In videogame terms this means running through a number of levels, beating the crap out of lots of little things, beating up ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/tiger-woods-pga-tour-06/review/tiger-woods-pga-tour-2006/a-20070108145632848073/g-2005120716522581567382Just as real world golf, Tiger Woods games have always been all about the perfect swing. You know, the kind where the meeting of club and ball sounds like a tuning fork resonating in your soul. A swing youll tell your grandkids about. A swing you never want to change or spend the rest of your life trying to ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/pokemon-xd-gale-of-darkness/review/pokemon-xd-gale-of-darkness/a-20070108163430606001/g-2005138888000000035347XD opens with a cutscene worthy of a much bigger screen. A cruise liner is set upon by a legendary Pokemon and a gang of helicopters from the extra dimension (which is what the XD stands for). The Pokemon, a Shadow Lugia codenamed XD001, drags the liner out from the waters and makes away with it through the night sky. It's a dramatic, well-executed set-piece which immediately establishes the blockbuster style of the game - Pokemon XD is the real deal. At first you can't access any areas apart ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/tony-hawks-american-wasteland/review/tony-hawks-american-wasteland/a-2006101614272462307740/g-20060106103729159083Ever seen a fat skateboarder? If you're going to pull off flip tricks and delicate balance moves, being light on your feet helps. That's what makes Tony Hawk's American Wasteland such a paradox - it's gained a lot of heft as a franchise over the years, but now it's starting to be weighed down by its own legacy. Granted, if it ain't broke, don't fix it - the Hawk mantra has always been to extend the skateboarding experience rather than fundamentally change it. And THAW definitely offers ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/rainbow-six-lockdown/review/rainbow-six-lockdown/a-200701041513452767945/g-2007010414344958004Its been a whole year since the last Rainbow Six game, Black Arrow, and developers, Red Storm Entertainment seem to have taken a long hard look at things. From the onset Lockdown feels tighter and more intuitive than any of its predecessors and, like the protagonists within the game, have righted many of the wrongs that have gone before. One of the first things youll notice is that command of your three tactically minded comrades has been tightened up. While having fewer commands for your team ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/marvel-nemesis-rise-of-the-imperfects/review/marvel-nemesis-rise-of-the-imperfects/a-2007020695348220056/g-2005120714151423605346At times like this, all we want to say is &ldquo;we hate it&rdquo; and leave it at that. Then at least wed be able to get on with the important business of sealing it in a bag and throwing it in the river. Well, we should probably explain why. Its a bog-standard brawler &ndash; actually, make that sub-standard. Enter story mode and youre plunged into the &lsquo;thick of the action, with a woefully unexciting scrap against three robot alien things that you have to defeat through repeated stabs ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/harry-potter-goblet-of-fire/review/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire/a-2007010514475051928711/g-2005120714174560580444For the fourth foray into the Hogwarts school of magic, Electronic Arts has apparently decided enough is enough. No more interesting adventure. Away with compelling spell casting. All that's left is action, loads of dialogue from the film and a healthy dose of ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/mario-superstar-baseball/review/mario-superstar-baseball/a-2007010810056973048/g-2005120714151366525268Mario's done it again. From golf to tennis and now baseball, the plumber has proved that he's a better sportsman than Deion Sanders. But Mario Superstar Baseball diverts from the pick-up-and-play style of previous athletic outings, and ups the difficulty. The truth is you will miss the ball. A lot. As good as Mario can be at golf and tennis, he's no A-Rod, and he doesn't hit a homer easily. In fact you can forget about home runs for the moment; at first you'll be happy when you actually hear ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/lego-star-wars/review/lego-star-wars/a-2007012317274693148804/g-2005120714193835955810You should have seen the new Star Wars films by now, if not to be entertained, then at least for the sense of closure you get from seeing Anakin have that helmet slapped that dried apple head of his. Of course, listening to his woeful cry of &ldquo;noooooooooo&rdquo; as he sees what hes become, were suddenly reminded that Lucasfilm should have called it a day right before the Ewok Caravan of &lsquo;Hate and quit while they were ahead. The cutscenes from Lego Star Wars, similarly, give the ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/dance-dance-revolution-mario-mix/review/dance-dance-revolution-mario-mix/a-2007010816205740092/g-2007010816934325030After recently popping up all over the place - thanks to a few odd cameos and numerous sporty spin-offs - the Mario gang has invaded yet another franchise; Konamis Dance Dance Revolution ...<br/>GC reviewJun 22, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/shrek-smash-n-crash-racing/review/shrek-smash-n-crash-racing/a-2007022710367271016/g-2007022710222458027Hows this for an award-winning premise for a game? Shrek and The Gingerbread Man seeing who can hold their breath the longest&hellip; Donkey showing up with the Fairy Godmothers magic wand&hellip; Donkey waving the wand around and &ndash; you guessed it &ndash; summoning up a swamp beast, a Cinderella-esque kart and a giant cupcake on wheels. Just the kind of respectful swansong the poor old GameCube deserves for its final ...<br/>GC reviewFeb 27, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/resident-evil-4/review/resident-evil-4/a-20051222122124151057/g-2005120714165844583129Anyone turning their nose at the GameCube for being a kiddy console intended for pint-sized brats is a madman. Sure, you could say it's home to a lot of baby games, but spend ten minutes with Resident Evil 4 and you'll walk away a changed person. The series' tank-like controls and limpy zombies have been replaced by adept, agile cultists that actively hunt your ass down. Running won't cut it anymore. You've got to swim through their bloody ranks to see the end of this evil tale. And press on ...<br/>GC reviewJan 4, 2007http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/legend-of-zelda-twilight-princess/review/the-legend-of-zelda-twilight-princess/a-20061222133859618090/g-2005138888000000020736We gotta be honest - we're a little surprised to even be writing about a GameCube game at this point. Once Twilight Princess was announced for Wii, everyone just kinda moved on. Why bother playing this version when a widescreen-enabled Wii edition is coming out a month sooner? Well, honestly, there's no reason to play this one over the Wii version, but that doesn't keep the GameCube from delivering one final, glorious experience that no modern adventure can topple. If you're interested in all ...<br/>GC reviewDec 22, 2006