Batman: Vengeance Related Games

It's fairly short, and it's missing the console versions' bonus features, but Prince of Persia is a truly excellent action adventure game for as long as it lasts.

While the game feels pretty short, its interesting premise and impressive presentation pick up the slack and make Beyond Good & Evil a game well worth playing.

While Warrior Within's combat and satisfyingly long campaign improve on last year's game, the now darker tone falls somewhat flat compared to the storybook atmosphere in The Sands of Time.

Harry Potter is back for further adventures at Hogwarts in a game that combines levels that loosely recreate parts of the second book and others that focus on conventional action-adventure mechanics.

Zanzarah attempts to be a PC game that appeals to traditional interests of both male and female players, and it's moderately successful in doing so.

Unfortunately, Enclave has a number of gameplay problems that its good graphics and sound can't hide.

Assume the role of Atreyu, a hero on a quest to save the world of Fantasia from destruction.  As Atreyu, the hero from the novel The Neverending Story, start your quest at the Temple of a Thousand Doors.  From here, you will enter into six graphically beautiful and richly detailed surrealistic worlds with various puzzles and thrilling arcade sequences, the degrees of difficulty increasing with each task accomplished.

DMC is the next installment in the gothic Devil May Cry series, featuring a short-coiffed, fully aggressive Dante.

Darksiders II follows the exploits of DEATH, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, in a weaving tale that runs parallel to the events in the original Darksiders game.

Brutal Legend is Double Fine's long-awaited follow-up to Psychonauts from the mind of Tim Schafer. It is a heavy metal action game starring Jack Black who plays rock-and-roll roadie Eddie Riggs who is hurled back in time to the mythical Age of Metal when the world was formed and ruled by the power of Rock.

Its emphasis on stealth, strategy, and ingenuity, coupled with its strong narrative structure and excellent mission design, adds up to a game that's stylish, serious, rewarding, and unique.