Like many who enjoyed this run from years ago, I was looking forward to this release for quite some time. However, now that its in my hands, I cannot help but feel under-whelmed.

The story was well put-together and tied up nicely but I felt it was just too gimmicky:
Evil mastermind who has set-up an elaborate scheme to ransom the US? Check.
Titans asked to clean up the government’s mess or face endless legal issues? Check.
Titans surprised to discover that said evil mastermind has assembled a team of villains to match each Titan’s unique power set as well as know way too much of their personal history? Check.
The death/maiming of one or more Titans or their friends/relatives? Double-check.
Call me crazy but I was hoping for something less run-of-the-mill, story-wise…

Art-wise, its George Perez but its not GREAT George Perez. There are a few interesting layouts but nothing near the levels of the crazy hell-like sequences from ‘Terror of Trigon’ or the shoulder-to-shoulder, too-many-characters-to-count action set-pieces of ‘Crisis’ or ‘The Infinity Gauntlet.’

Overall, ‘Games’ is a look at what the creators would have done with the characters after their initial run ended, and as we have seen with the ‘X _____ Forever’ runs, they’re nothing if not interesting and thought provoking. This just seemed too phoned-in to hold it up as a seminal work. However, I, for one, do hope that this release does give Wolfman and Perez a chance to revisit their Titans again and hopefully push them to really deliver something great.