Despite never seen a single episode of Ben 10, I’ve become semi-familiar with the show through its many video game adaptations. The last time I saw the tween wonder was in a poorly made kart racer, but now he’s back to beating up a bunch of bad guys. How can a kid who hasn’t gone through puberty beat up a bunch of villains" With a trusty device that lets him take the form of different aliens, of course.
Based upon the cartoon’s recent reboot, the latest Ben 10 game is a pretty standard brawler that has players taking on waves of enemies, destroying every object in sight to unlock in-game energy, and then moving on to the next screen to do more of the same. It’s a very simple game, which makes a lot of sense when you consider that it’s clearly aimed at kids. That said, titles like the LEGO series, which I’ve found to feel monotonous at times, offer up far more variation than here. This sense of boredom largely comes from the fact that there are no puzzles to really solve in Ben 10. Occasionally the player will have to switch to a specific alien in order to do a special action, but it’s as simple as mashing the circle button. I never had to put in any thought, which means children likely won’t get stuck, but it also meant that anyone over the age of seven won’t be entertained much.

Multiple Ways to Press Square
Thankfully, the combat is totally serviceable. It doesn’t feel as satisfying as a God of...