Overall, MOH falls short of Modern Warfare 2 and Bad Company 2, but not by much. It's fun, it looks good. It provides a more realistic war plot, so I'd certainly recommend it.

Just a short review for The Ball, because it's a short indie game. Originally starting out as a mod using Unreal 3.0, it ended up being turned into a full commercial game. The Ball is a bit of a one-trick pony. It's just several long levels of puzzles without a lot of charm to it. It does look nice, the puzzles are creative, but it didn't grab me enough to even finish the game.

Venetica is not an AAA title. The visuals are fun and okay, but they don't really compare to modern 2010 games. But the combat and gameplay had me well addicted to finishing it for a couple of days, so it must have done something right. It is certainly worth playing in my opinion. Not quite as good Gothic 4, which again is not as good as Dragon Age: Awakenings, but single player RPG's are few and far between. And by the way IGN gave this a 9.2.

The only real problem with Bioshock 2 is that a lot of gamers might be put off by a lack of evolution. The game is basically the same as the first - not really pushing any boundaries but just improving and tweaking probably every area. I think that's why Bioshock 2 hasn't really had the same acclaim and review scores as the first game, but ultimately Bioshock 2 is the better game.

Conclusion - just a typical game/movie tie-in with little real effort. A five to six hour afternoon and you'll have this game done and forgotten. I see this game has a 5.5 Metacritic score. I was hoping this might be one of those games rated lower than what it deserves, but it's actually pretty accurate.

Overall, the fantastic visuals are your main purpose for playing Castlevania. Decent story and cutscenes and some fun, although sometimes overly-complicated combat help. What doesn't help are the bad fixed camera angles, some annoying boss fights and the keyboard lag. Oh the keyboard lag, that really has to bring my score down. But just don't play it on the PC.