Instantly accessible; pick up and play; well implemented; great online help; most games are fun; some real stand outs.

User Rating: 8.8 | Clubhouse Games DS
I personally find it interesting that the games I want to enjoy on the DS, specifically, RPGs, are pretty terrible so far. I even have a difficult time enjoying the GBA RPGs, though that's my personal problem. The casual games, though, like Brain Age, Big Brain Academy, and now Clubhouse Games, are fantastic. Totally accessible, fun, quick and easy to play.

Clubhouse Games has a multitude of games, ranging from card (the majority) to puzzle, and even things like bowling and darts. All games are implemented consistently, have online help that is immediately accessible, clear, and concise, and they are all generally fun. The stamp mode, which forces you to play every game, is wonderfully well done. You can even lose consistently and still clear each stage, so it's never a burden.

Although the game includes multiplayer, I haven't tried it yet. What I have tried are a good number of games in stamp mode as well as many single player games both on easy and moderate difficulty levels. At the easy settings games don't provide much challenge but that does seem to ratchet up quickly enough, and regardless, the games are so smooth and streamlined that playing them is fast, simple, and enjoyable.

I do have one or two complaints, mostly taht billiards seems to have been compressed into too small of a space and that darts doesn't really have a good 3D feel to it in terms of how you throw the dart. Bowling, on the other hand, is done perfectly.

The touch pad and stylus are well used and the game auto-saves. It is highly customizable and also has some unlockable content. To summarize, you will never be without a game to play if you purchase Clubhouse Games.

Gord_Mose