Over the holidays I put the beat-down on Kane and Lynch II - Dog Days and Aliens Verses Predators.

Despite the bad press, I found Kane and Lynch to be enjoyable. For once, I think being a very short game worked in it's favor. It's an "arcade shooter" where you're basically shooting cardboard pop-ups - IE there is ZERO AI, which got it a lot of bad press. But really, if taken for what it is, it's rather fun.

AvP was a conundrum. It had the potential to be great - like the original; but it wasn't. It wasn't bad, but it sure wasn't great. The Marine mission was very well done and was the highlight of the game. They completely flubbed the Alien portion. The original had you start as a face hugger, completely vulnerable and was epic. This one makes you an adult who is virtually invulnerable - which then goes to shear stupidity as you play the Predator who stomps Aliens like cockroaches. Playing the predator is fun, though they screwed up the jump mechanism to make it console friendly. Ultimately what screwed the game up was the console orientation. It was severely dumbed down and inconsistent from one mission to the next. It was worth $5 - but I don't think I would pay much more for it.