Chain Reaction

Moana is gorgeous to look at, but it's too faithful to the animated original's storyline (and even camera moves) to offer anything new to the tale. Catherine Laga'aia makes a great bright-eyed protagonist, but Dwayne Johnson can't nail the swaggering demigod Maui's charisma in live-action.

It's wrapped in clumsy software, but it's a must-play multiplayer concept.

A year and a half of updates have brought meaningful improvements alongside a few steps backward.