Virtua Tennis 2009

Advantages: Mini-games, Trophy Collecting Opportunity
Disadvantages: Online, Graphics, Career Mode, Stumbling

...I've always preferred the more Arcade-ish Virtua Tennis to the more tennis sim game Top Spin, so when Virtua Tennis 2009 was released I bought it on the release date. - Gameplay - The gameplay is virtually identical to the original Virtua Tennis, with the main change being instead if diving for a shot just out of reach - you now stumble at it. There is no flat shot, which leaves with only slice, top spin or lob - which is a bit disappointing. It's very easy to get the hang of the game, as all you have to do is either use the directional buttons or the analogue stick to get you to the ball then press one of the action buttons to hit it. You don't have to get your timing perfect or anywhere near it, but if you do you will play a better show. - Graphics - The graphics in this game are shocking...

Wils0408n 02.11.2009 · Read review
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UFC 2009 Undisputed

Advantages: Easy to Play
Disadvantages: Online cheats, Repetitive Menu, Basic Arenas

...' UFC 2009 Undisputed ' is the newest game based on the fastest growing sport in the world MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). After downloading the demo from the Playstation store, disliking the game and branding it as an all out button basher, I deleted it. However, this was only my experience of playing the compuer. I tried the demo again at a friends house and thought it was brilliant when you play someone else. So I decided to download the demo again. This time round fighting the computer was more fun for some reason, so I bought the real game. Gameplay The gameplay is excellent. One of the most frustrating things about these types of game is when you can't move or face the way you want, but this isn't a problem in UFC 2009 Undisputed. The buttons are easy to get the hang of, with TRIANGLE, SQUARE, CIRCLE and X all...

Wils0408n 15.06.2009 (18.06.2009) · Read review
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And The Winner Of American Idol 2009 Is...

Advantages: Fantastic talent, Usually the Top 12 are all fantastic
Disadvantages: None really, some of the auditionees are pure awful.

...?s will be missing our daily year of American Idol if they get rid of it. Not only is the show highly successful in America, the winners are highly successful, I know this is one big difference between the American show and X Factor which has produced ONE good singer, Leona. American Idol has produced lots of artists which have in their own right done good. Here is a low down of the seasons and the people that have made a career out of American Idol. Season 1 Winner = Kelly Clarkson Probably the MOST famous idol in her own right, Kelly won the series back in 2002 and has since released 3 albums all of which have done brilliantly around the world. She is a pop singer mainly but has a great side of rock to her voice and the songs she sings are brilliant. In March 2009 she released her most recent album called All I Ever Wanted. It...

DixieChick10 24.05.2009 · Read review
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Smackdown vs Raw 2009

Advantages: Quality Graphics, Great Gameplay, New Features
Disadvantages: No GM mode!

...Media: Video Game Genre: Sports/Fighting/ Wrestling Platform: Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, WII, PC Publisher: THQ Developer: Yuke's Ratings: 16 and over Release Date: 7th November 2008 Price: £29.99 This is WWE Smack down vs. Raw 2009, and it's the best franchise they've made. The graphics are literally outstanding. I didn't know where to start with this one at first, but I will start by saying how they always add a new feature to the game. This time, they've added the Roster Editor; I've always been waiting for them to add this. The Roster Editor is a feature where you can change the superstars from 'Face to heal' and from 'Heal to Face' (They're either liked or disliked by the crowd). This new mode is quick an easy, you don't even have go on 'Create-A-Wrestler' this time, all the superstars are on one screen. It would...

GavinWRogers 12.02.2009 (18.02.2009) · Read review
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The Beano Annual 2009

Advantages: Still got the classsical Beano characters, it only cost me 97p
Disadvantages: Some of the stories seemed quite adult for a childrens comic

...I was on Amazon recently and needed to buy an extra little something to make my order to over £5 so that I could get free delivery, I saw ?The Beano Annual 2009? for 97p so I decided to get it! I used to be in the Beano club when I was younger, and had a subscription to the Beano magazine. I have to say though that I haven?t read a beano in about 15 years! I was quite intrigued to see if Beano had changed at all since I had read it last. The annual is a hardback book, which is around A4 size. On the front cover is a picture of Dennis the Menace and Gnasher reeking havoc on Beano town, along with some Beano Town residents either cheering them on or booing. When you open the book, I quite liked the designs used on the inside of the cover on the back and front. They have pencil drawn sketches of the characters in different stages...

ivytoad 05.05.2009 · Read review
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UFC 2009 Undisputed A real Knockout

Advantages: Graphics
Disadvantages: Limited Techniques

...in your choice of hair they seem to have decided to only provide hair that the current fighters on UFC have, so you cannot stylise your fighter exactly as you look if you do not share a hairstyle with a famous UFC fighter, mostly shaven styles, so if your someone like me with long curly hair youll have to get creative with your fighter. When you start off with UFC 2009 your going to want to go straight into a fight, but the tutorial is there first to help you learn the controls of your fighter. The tutorial is very helpful, very straight forward and gives you a quick demo to show you what your character should do when you input a certain command and the abilty to retry every technique really allows you to get the hang of all the controls, of which there are many. Career mode allows you to create your own character and take him...

kristofski93 29.08.2009 (30.08.2009) · Read review
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Ashes Cricket 2009 - Guarantee an Ashes win (In your home)

Advantages: Cricket on the Wii!
Disadvantages: Maybe classic matches woudl have been good

..., but I will specifically deal with the version for the Wii. It is entitled Ashes Cricket 2009. It costs around £30 (I ordered mine early and got it for £25 from Amazon). The Game The game offers you the opportunity to take part in varying types of game. There are exhibition games, which can be of varying durations, between different teams. There are also a number of scenarios that you can tackle to unlock further scenarios. One example is the first England scenario, whcih is to survive five overs of spin bowling in a 20-20 context. The one other mode is Ashes Mode. Funnily enough this allows you to play the current Ashes series between England and Australia at Cardiff, Lords, Edgbaston, Headingley and The Oval. Finally there is a tutorial mode to teach you how to control the game. This all seems fine and dandy...

Nolly 12.08.2009 · Read review
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Norton Internet Security 2009

Advantages: Quick to Install, Fast, Better update System
Disadvantages: Quite expensive

...Over the years i've been a loyal customer to Symantec, Purchasing their products since the time when they used the massive boxes to ship them in. Norton internet security has to be the best version yet. As with all the other Norton security packages, it does its job extremely well. I have to admit that I can't remember the last time I got any virus onto my system. The only thing would be the simple tracking cookie. Slowness People think that when they buy Norton, it completely slows their PC down. Now, this may be true for some of symantecs older security, but 2009 is completely different. The installation time is one thing, Its insane how quickly it installed. Now that its installed I never notice its there, just silently running in the background. Its actually got a new update system which makes it much quicker and less...

Kovu123 22.01.2009 · Read review
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Guinness World Records 2009

Advantages: It is filled with brilliant information!
Disadvantages: The 3D glasses rip easily

...as you possibly can! In my opinion, the categories that it is set out into are easy to understand, and if there is a background image, it fits perfectly to the category. HOW USEFUL WAS IT? This book was very useful - especially if you're playing a quiz or some sort of trivia game! It really helps if you know some of these little things (and as Tesco say - 'every little helps!') as they may help you answer a question in the future. WOULD I READ IT AGAIN? I would most definitely read it again - probably a few months later though, because I would probably have memorised virtually every page and word in the book. I think that the book is one of those where you can't really get bored of it. Some books are naturally boring, and you just don't want to read them again, but the Guinness World Records 2009 is a book you will want to read...

JordanBuck 16.05.2009 · Read review
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UFC 2009 Xbox 360

Advantages: Realistic, Good graphics, Various fighting styles.
Disadvantages: Limited in game fighters

...You may expect this game to follow suit with the various WWF or WWE games that have produced in the past for a number of consoles, however in my opinion, UFC 2009 Undisputed breaks the typical button mashing syle fighter game. Firstly, in terms of gameplay, unlike other games UFC invites you as the player to select your fighter's key attributes but does not then limit your point distribution to specific skills. For example you can select kick boxing as a key fighting style but then distribute points to ground technique, therefore in my eyes, to really compete and be the best with this game it requires logic and thought! From my experience of playing this game you have to match up your point distribution to the fighting styles selected and ensure that you develop your fighter realisitcally or you'll find that you can't perfrom...

kofigc 15.10.2009 · Read review
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