Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao

"You can go through Invincible Tiger with a friend, either locally or online, but you better be at the same skill level or it gets mighty frustrating. You cull from the same pool of lives, so if your buddy is more apt to die, it can make an already challenging game exceeding difficult. Co-op is fun when you get into a good rhythm, and like the clever boss fights and eye-pleasing scenery, it shows that this 2D beat-'em-up had a lot of potential. But the repetitive, mindless combat and clunky controls largely derail the experience, adding little excitement and way too much aggravation to the mix. Invincible Tiger adds a gimmicky 3D layer to the visuals, but the gameplay is what really needed that extra depth."

"3D is all the rage these days. Almost every blockbuster movie is now getting a 3D release, and retail games are starting to pack in the red and blue glasses for an optional 3D mode (G-Force comes to mind). Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao is the first downloadable game that I know of to go 3D, and while it is capable of producing quite impressive results it does seem like a strange feature to include. First of all, you have to provide your own 3D glasses. Not that big a deal, but Invincible Tiger is able to produce fancy stereoscopic 3D visuals, for which you need a special television and expensive 3D goggles (not the cheap red and blue specs). So very few people out there are going to be able to enjoy what this game has to offer. Take away the eye-popping 3D effects and you're left with a pretty run-of-the-mill beat 'em up. "