[quote name='Gden']I would like to point out that if you expect a game ANYTHING like the original, be prepared to be severely disappointed. I don't remember exactly what about the difference bugged me (as I bought it the day it came out then sold on half.com because I HATED the game), but I remember it being very bad, and making small children cry.[/quote]
I remember not liking it because it really felt like a quickly slapped together mini-game collection. In the first game the single player mode at least had a "story" and some form of progression. This one just has you picking location-themed mini-games from a list and clicking play. It felt really lacking in substance.
Don't waste your time with the third one, while they did better with giving it a story again, the mini-games are just more of the same. My girlfriend (who loved the first two) told me to get rid of the third one after having only played it for an hour. They'll need to reinvent the game to get me to even try the inevitable fourth one.