Globe and Mail blogger reports on seven recent games, including Suikoden Tierkreis, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time, BattleForge, Resistance: Retribution, Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, Trivial Pursuit, and...
"Wheelman (PlayStation 3, DS)
I'm not entirely sure where Vin Diesel's talents lie, but I'm pretty sure they're not in acting. I became even more convinced of his wooden nature while playing Wheelman, an action/racing game in which the American performer (who stars in both voice and body, thanks to a highly accurate digital rendering of his mug and beefy physique) delivers one of the stiffest performances I've ever witnessed in a game, which is saying something. At least he isn't spoiling much. Wheelman's middling action, which involves smashing cars into one another during high speed chases to create spectacular slow-motion mayhem, is fun to start but quickly becomes just as monotonous as Diesel's gravelly voice...."
