Strong contender for worst game of the year.
341627
First of all, I don't hate this game because I'm a COD fanboy, I actually hate COD as well.  This game is just worse.  Just a couple hours to beat single player, and multi-player is completely unplayable.  The Live connection is non-existent, and when attempting to play together with five friends, we could never get more than two of us in the same game lobby to play together.  I'd re-sell the game, but with the B.S. gimmick these clowns put in place where you have to enter that one time use code to unlock multi-player, it's worthless to resell.  I honestly think that these guys just threw a game together in a few weeks and came up with the multi-player code idea so people couldn't just buy from the flood of used games that would inevitably flood the market without paying the makers more money for another code.  What a joke.  I'm just gonna toss it in my next bonfire, that's all it's good for.  Battlefield 3 needs to hurry up and come out so we can have a real game.
2258290
This game looked so good during the previews that I considered pre-ordering it. But the reviews were so bad at release that I waited and picked the game up for 25 bucks as a Deal of the Day. I'm glad I didn't pay more because $25 is about right. The graphics are very weak compared to the PS3, even weaker than I imagined. But the saddest part of this game is the game play with the Wii remote and nunchuck. Some moves (force push, lightening) work well and are well suited to the Wii. But swinging the lightsaber and the choke especially are uncomfortable, difficult and sometimes impossible. So many of the moves call for the player to execute a three swing lightsaber combo and then press a button or do a motion. Many times I can't get Marek to even take three continuous swings so I just fall back to force push and lightening. The storyline is well done although the boards are repetitive. With all the worlds in Star Wars you wouldn't think you'd end up at the Jedi Temple on three separate occasions. All would be forgiven if only the gameplay was solid, but it most definitely is not. Only buy this if on heavy sale or rent it for a weekend.
3903475
As one other reviewer already remarked, this game is like WWF meets NLL; The game barely resembles a regualtion NLL game, if at all. In one of the game modes, the objective is to incapacitate all of the players on the other team! And the graphics are terrible, so much so that it is sometimes difficult to see your own men (especially in "On Fire" mode).
With that said, I still encourage you to buy this game.  Why, you ask?  Because if this game proves to profitable for Acclaim, then maybe other companies like EA will get the hint and produce a real lacrosse game. As others have said, I would love to see a EA Sports, FIFA-like outdoor lacrosse game.  And with the PS2 now available, I think they could make an excellent looking game.
So, while the gameplay is terrible and the graphics are worse, real lacrosse enthusiasts will still get a kick out of playing Blast Lacrosse.
1859295
The review is for the Xbox 360 version of the game.

This game has great graphics, but there are just too many cons.

My biggest cons:

1. No game save during play. HUH? That's right. Make sure you have two hours to kill and then hope the game you just won in overtime actually saves to the HD. At least 25% of the time the game ended and I exited the game only to turn off the unit and come back a week later with the game erased as if I had never played it.

2. Still way too easy to score. Even in the hardest setting. Final scores of 63 to 61 are ridiculous.

3. The announcers play by play are horrid. Madden NFL but with no Madden. What you get is an AM radio tinny sounding broadcaster.

4. Game freezes sometimes

5. Super Bowl. You win the Super Bowl and the game basically ends like any other of the games in the season. Couldn't they have added some kind of fun  graphic?

6. I had a hard time navigating around. This may have been why so many of my games did not get saved...since you can't save games yourself.

I threw mine in the trash today after 2.5 hours and winning in OT...only to come back the next day and the game somehow never saved even though I played it through and exited with no glitches.

I have purchased one of these every year and this is by FAR the worst of them all. I will wait and see if '08 has been fixed.
413393
My only other experience with Tomb Raider was the second game for the Playstation. Both were terrible.  This is one of those cases where the graphics can't hide how bad a game is.  The environments look good.  They've really managed to nail the modeling for Ms. Croft, huh?  Too bad the controls are terrible and the collision detection is off.  But hey, take my review with a grain of salt as I was only able to play the game to the point where I was exploring an undersea cave and became so infuriated with jumping off the wall headlong into a rock for an hour that I had to quit.  I'm just glad that I bought this thing super cheap.  It's funny that I find a game like this so bad, when Uncharted (which I bought in a package with this game) which is supposed to basically be the offspring of Tomb Raider to be so engaging and fun.  Everything is basically the same as far as controls, but Uncharted seems to excel in every area where this one falls flat.  Sad.
499578
This game is mediocre, but has potential to be better. I'm hoping there will be an even better sequal.
2416952
I purchased digital direct from Nintendo eShop, and wish I could get my money back. The game technically plays fine, without bugs, but is the antithis of Fun, both single player and multiplayer online, which also is fairly well implemented without obvious connective challenges. Normally I'd allow another star for a bug-less launch and system, but I want a better game from a Triple A game house, not this polished ball of detritus.

Unfortunately, not only does the game suffer horrible frame lag, lack of a decent communication system, and two generation old graphics... The game lacks any cohesive movement towards engaging fun, nor excellent gameplay, and therefore rates the lowest score on it's merit. Poorly written, poorly executed mid and late game systems in which bosses have systems which defy the game's own rules... sap any and all enjoyment you may attempt to scrape away from this rotting carcass of a dying franchise-cast-off.

TL:DR - Avoid FF Explorers like bad cell service.  Get Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, or Fantasy Life.... Both are excellent. This lacks everything you want in a game except the option to delete from your 3DS.
2614012
The game itself is a highly rendered generic first person shooter, with a story driven edge that doesn't ever even hit a middle.

I get frustrated when people embrace a new first person shooter, and through their adoration for the pretty graphics they convince themselves and attempt to convince others that the gameplay and story are just as impressive.  This game is just like any other first person shooter, except this one was shorter than a Wolfenstein 3D shareware episode.

On normal mode, most first person shooter enthusiasts will waste it in about a day if not sooner.

This game attempts to put itself off as a story driven first person shooter, obviously trying to cash in on the glory that was Half-life (a much better game by the way).

The story of this game is hard to describe, in that I don't think the English language has enough words to describe how terrible it is.  Briefly you'll encounter a courthouse, and the main character will exchange banter with his buddies in regard to a court case that had happened a while back.  Apparently the main character got into some trouble, but the trouble was really a conspiracy against him.  After this scene, the story doesn't proceed at all.  You just run, shoot, and dream the rest up on your own.

The point of playing the story driven first person shooter that is this game, is supposed to be that you want to save humanity from an alien horde living throughout tunnels that reach deep below the earth.  First you have to run and shoot to map the tunnels, then you have to run and shoot to board a train that has a bomb on it that can destroy all the aliens.  The train isn't going anywhere in particular, it just runs on it's own until you conquer the game.  The big bad end boss is on this train though, and he waits patiently for you to run and shoot your way to him.  The very intelligent end boss apparently doesn't care that he's standing right next to a bomb that if detonated underground could wipe out his species.  I'd snip a few wires if I was him, but hell, I guess that would be "unclimactic" for the evil genius.

I've recently played a very good game, with a nifty comic book plotline, called "The Punisher".  The main character in Gears of War is the Punisher, in looks and in attitude.  They are the exact same character, just rendered with a scar and more skin detail in Gears of War.  See it for yourself, the tards at Epic just basically repackaged an already interesting character.

The graphics in this game are awesome, the gameplay is borderline average, the plotline is the stupidest plotline in a video game I've ever seen.  I rip on the plotline so much only because a first person shooter doesn't really need one, this one brags about having one.  It really doesn't, you just run and shoot and run some more.  You can't even jump in this game, you have to take cover behind an obstacle and choose to surpass it from that position.

Rent this game, even if you're a diehard FPS fan.
2126259
Having to review this on Amazon.com not Amazon.co.uk BECAUSE THEY ARE REFUSING TO ACCEPT REVIEWS!  I think it's because this game is so awful they don't want to affect sales.

To be honest I would put up with the pathetic DRM had the game been any good but it isn't.  I'm playing on a 37" HD TV in 1920x1080 and it feels like I am always too close - it reminds me of a kids game and the awful RA3-like unit highlights just make it look worse.

I agree with everything most reviewers are stating so won't reiterate.  What gets me though is if a company is making a sequel then you expect the sequel to be broadley similar and true to the original - after all that is what people will primarily buy it for - they liked the original.  Really all EA had to do was follow C&C3, tart up the sound and graphics, add a few new unit powers and everyone would have been happy.  Instead they allowed the developers free reign to come up with a lemon.

Personally I didn't really like what EA LA did to RA3 but it was OK.  It was too garish for my liking.  But they've just decided they know whats best.  This could have been great - it's not even mediocre - even the background music is irritating.

And if this isn't bad enough - there is no LAN play.  I don't want to play ONLINE - I have actual friends.

Really - AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!
1469357
This game is terrible and is one of the worst of the current gen games, truly outdated gameplay which fuses together current trends from franchises like The Walking Dead, mixing in some classic Resident Evil while allowing a co-op partner. That must have been hard! Sony wanted to cash in by taking the PS3 version, bumping the texture resolution up by one hundred pixels and selling the game at full-price on the current gen machines. The graphics are not even impressive as there are games on the previous gen which look as good. The company should be sued for false advertising as this is classed as a video game, but there is hardly any gameplay at all. Most of The Last Of Us is QTE  and cut-scenes happen every two minutes so put the controller down! The storyline was apparently written by an eight year old, and the dialogue as well. I never heard so much f-this and f-that. This game sucks.
45801
this game was not good. Ai enemy and partners sucks. Way too short. A unacceptable game for the alien series.
4790493
Let me start by saying that I did not purchase this game, but I rented it for five days. In that span of time, playing maybe one to two hours a day, I finished every nook and cranny of the game. There are several elements that are both very intriguing and utterly laughable. To understand what I mean, let's break down the various aspects.
Graphics: While the Full Motion Video (FMV) is quite pretty, the rest of the game suffers from flicker and choppiness. There's nothing more annoying then trying to block a punch and having chop move the character animation faster than your fingers. While the world of the Matrix is recreated very nicely, there are places in the game that appear flat and lifeless. Still, the look is pretty well done, so 8/10.
Sound: The music, the sounds, the voices. All are recreated quite well from the movie, which is lends authenticity. However, in certain areas, like escaping the Post Office, the sound of crackling fire can become annoying after a while. But, since the sounds are so faithful: 9/10.
Controls: I have a little gripe here. While most of the controls are intuitive, there are moments where several enemies surround you and the default controls mean your fingers have to bend in almost yoga-like positions to stay alive. 6/10.
Overall: This game has great replay value as you get (almost) different stories with the two characters. Lonely fanboys will enjoy the girl on girl kiss during Niobe's section (think about the film with Persephone and you'll understand), and some diehard fans will be upset at how the game truly mirrors the film's plot (rescuing the Keymaker...twice?) Still the preview of the third film at the end of the game is better than the one after the film. While the game has a good script and some fun moments, it does suffer from its control scheme and choppiness. I would call it a solid renter.
558052
The game is old enough to still come on a stack of CDs rather than a DVD, and the support for the game is dismal.  Between Microsoft's lackluster marketing attempts, and the difficulty experienced by hundreds, including myself, to apply patches, this game was clearly an afterthought to Microsoft.  The campaigns storyline is engaging, and the gameplay is a fun twist on a tired theme.  The added gameplay elements manage to be complex without being complicated.  Sadly, the storyline is halting and sporadic.  The cut scenes feel ill timed and disruptive.  It feels rushed, as if the production budget were cut.  Between this and that the terrible support, this is a good title, but belongs in the bargain bin.
1755404
A great idea wrapped up in EA's horrible DRM. It's an awful experience. Please do yourself the favor and avoid this game.
3012287
Cumbersome, awkward controls. Stiff, robotic and unnatural animation. Sub-par graphic design. It reminded me of a 3rd person version of the 1997 N64 game Goldeneye, more than anything else. I read a comment in 'The Official Xbox Magazine' in their review of the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 2- Substance: "It's good, but it's no Splinter Cell." I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. They're acutally 100% correct, but not in the way they meant it. The demo made it painfully obvious that Splinter Cell isn't worthy to scrape the grime from under MGS's toenails. If you want to play a quality stealth/action game, skip this weak attempt and go for the King of the Genre, MGS.
2032797
Beautiful game. The controls are almost unusable. I cannot believe someone released this game in this state. Only reason it gets a two is that the controls are so damn bad.
3715603
This game is the one that made me finally decide to switch to video gaming.  I'm tired of paying $50 for a PC game and it turns out to be unplayable. This is one of the worst games I have ever seen. The controls are terrible. So I went out and bought an XBOX 360 and hooked it up to my monitor and speakers. It looks and sounds great. Also I noticed the price on this game has dropped $20 since it was released just over a month ago.  That should tell you something.