Notes de presse

• PS3
• 15 / 20
• France

Braid est un titre envoûtant, unique et poétique. L'aventure qu'il propose est parfaitement maîtrisée quel que soit le point de vue adopté. Le gameplay est millimétré, intelligent et ne souffre d'aucun véritable défaut. Braid sollicite les neurones bien plus que les réflexes, mais il le fait avec brio, sans jamais sombrer dans le piège d'une difficulté outrancière ou d'une facilité condescendante. Braid est un titre mature, qui ne plaira pas à tout le monde, ne serait-ce que par la mélancolie qui se dégage de ses différents tableaux et de sa musique. Enfin, même si le soft est brillant, son originalité et sa faible durée de vie l'empêcheront sans doute d'atteindre un large public. Mais il est évident que ceux qui se laisseront tenter en toute connaissance de cause ne le regretteront pas.

• PS3
• 7 / 10
• Royaume-Uni

• WII
• États-Unis

• PS3
• 9 / 10
• France

• IOS
• 17 / 20
• France

Clone avoué de Halo, N.O.V.A. reprend à son compte toutes les ficelles des blockbusters de Bungie et forme quelque chose d'assez exceptionnel sur iPhone. On profite en effet d'une réalisation de qualité et d'un gameplay aux petits oignons qui permet de goûter à des séquences extrêmement dynamiques. Et en guise de cerise de luxe sur un gâteau déjà bien appétissant, N.O.V.A. nous offre un multijoueur solide et bien ficelé.

• WII
• 5 / 20
• France

• PS3
• X360
• 7 / 10
• Royaume-Uni

• WII
• PCE
• 3 / 10
• États-Unis

Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. I asked Capcom to bring Fighting Street to the Virtual Console in an article I wrote a year or so ago, thinking that it would be fun to have the predecessor to the great Street Fighter II legacy available for download on Wii. And so we do, now -- but I'm second-guessing my initial request. Fighting Street is so clunky, unresponsive and poorly presented that it's an embarrassment to try and play at all. It's a woeful piece of work that hasn't held up over time, and might have been better left in the past and forgotten. At the very least, though, Fighting Street does offer an interesting bit of historical contrast -- you can appreciate the excellence of Street Fighter II all the more when you've experienced the dreadful design that preceded it. It makes you want to applaud Capcom's designers in the early '90s all over again, for having taken such an awful base design from the '80s, overcome its many, many faults, capitalized on its few strengths and transformed it into such a revolutionary new vision that many people don't even remember a Street Fighter 1 ever even existed. So there's that. But that probably just means you should keep your money even further away from this one, and re-invest it in one of those many, many slightly different editions of Street Fighter II on sale in the Wii Shop instead.

• X360
• 13 / 20
• France

• X360
• 8 / 10
• Allemagne

• X360
• 6 / 10
• Allemagne

• PS3
• X360
• 70%
• Italie

• PSP
• 5.9 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS3
• X360
• 62%
• Italie

• PS3
• X360
• 7.9 / 10
• États-Unis

For what you're paying Puzzlegeddon is a great value and provides gameplay with a surprising amount of depth. The interplay between matching colored blocks and attacking and defending opponents is well done, and the game gives you three difficulty levels worth of bots to practice against online and off. The real test, however, is against humans, something that will likely prove difficult to set up given how few are actually playing online. If you're bored of standard Bejeweled match-3 type games and want something well designed that feels quite a bit different, Pieces Interactive's Puzzlegeddon is a solid choice.

• X360
• 6.9 / 10
• Italie

• X360
• 14 / 20
• France

Si Alien Breed aura d'une certaine façon marqué l'époque Amiga, Alien Breed Evolution se contentera de n'être qu'un bon petit jeu imparfait. Beau comme un camion, sympathique à parcourir, on regrettera néanmoins que la construction de ce beat'am all soit entièrement fondée sur des scripts ultra prévisibles. On attendra les deux chapitres suivants pour dresser un bilan global mais dans l'absolu, il y a des chances que la progression se cantonne à la formule consacrée voulant que l'alien surgisse tout le temps du sol dès que le compte à rebours commence. Loin d'être une révolution et légitimant à peine le terme d'évolution, cette cuvée 2009 d'Alien Breed se déguste malgré tout même si on y trouvera beaucoup de dépôt.

• WII
• 7 / 10
• États-Unis

So while Earthworm Jim 2 scores for being one of the wackiest, most nonsensical games ever created thanks to its absolutely ridiculous array of characters, locations and slightly disgusting imagery, it doesn't manage to surpass its predecessor in any significant way in the end. Its over-reliance on specific, one-stage-only game design gimmicks make it feel like you're never getting the chance to play the real game -- and then, when you do, you get disappointed by the odd cuts and control troubles found there, too. This is still a decent effort overall, and one that is certainly still worth a look if you were a fan of the original. But I'd caution against jumping straight into this sequel without already having an established love for Earthworm Jim in place -- if you did, you might just leave confused, eight bucks poorer and wondering how this kind of insanity was ever as popular as it was. (It might be worthwhile, too, to wait around and see what Gameloft does with that EJ1 Remake on WiiWare -- if that ends up being good, a remake of EJ2 could very well follow it and make this VC release obsolete for all but the truly nostalgic.)

• PC
• États-Unis

• PS3
• 8.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• X360
• 7.9 / 10
• États-Unis

Alien Breed Evolution is a straightforward action game with satisfying shooting mechanics and some impressive visuals. It steals ideas from all over the place but the interactivity of videogames always seems to make blatant imitation easier to swallow than it is in other mediums. Anyone who played the original Alien Breed back in the day will find their simple top-down shooter is all grown up with great lighting effects, an atmospheric soundtrack, and affecting cinematic events -- but the gameplay itself is rooted in 1990.

• PC
• 8.7 / 10
• Italie

Pur essendo più ricco e ancora più specifico di Europa Universalis III, HTTT è più rapido, snello, funzionale. Ogni aggiunta più che complicare collega vari aspetti del gioco esaltandone la natura storica. Nonostante il titolo del gioco l'introduzione delle dinastie reali è solo un tassello di un upgrade davvero massiccio che ha tenuto conto di quasi tutti i suggerimenti della community. Non possiamo che complimentarci con Paradox e applaudire la decisione di supportare le richieste di un'utenza che sostiene con forza una serie davvero unica e peculiare. Purtroppo 20 euro non sono pochi, almeno considerando gli aspetti tecnici del gioco, ma non sono nemmeno troppi vista l'abbondanza di contenuti.

• WII
• 10 / 20
• France

L'intention est louable et le nom prestigieux mais L'Esprit du Loup échoue malheureusement dans sa volonté de sensibiliser et d'éduquer. D'un tel produit, on attend des explications, même sommaires et pas simplement la réponse à une question bien précise et parfois complexe. Où sont les illustrations, les photos, voire les vidéos ? Nulle part, on se contentera des questions/réponses. Si c'est pour faire un bête quiz, autant aller sur le net, ça revient moins cher.

• PS2
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

NHL 2K10 shouldn’t be compared to NHL 10 or even NHL 2K10 on Xbox 360 and PS3. On PS2 the game is much more its own entity, for better or worse. It is in no way a simulation of the sport despite a feature set that would indicate otherwise. The high-scoring games and arcade-like checks as well as the speed of the gameplay make for an entirely unrealistic experience, but at least it’s not without its moments of fun. You won’t mistake it for one of its vastly superior competitors, but if NHL 2K10 on PlayStation 2 is your only option for virtual hockey this year; you could do a lot worse.