Notes de presse

• X360
• États-Unis

• DS
• 8.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Dragon Quest Wars may not offer the kind of epically lengthy role-playing experience that most gamers would commonly associate with its brand, but what it does offer is superb. This small, focused strategy design is like a slime-infused reimagining of the game of chess, and has just as much depth and variety as that classic board game -- or maybe more, since chess never let you determine your own lineup. And if you weren't sold before this point, it's important to note before we close that there's a good reason this grid-based strategy concept feels so at home here -- it was developed by Intelligent Systems, the same Nintendo house responsible for the Fire Emblem and Advance Wars series. DSiWare, as an overall service, hasn't had an extraordinary debut this year -- but it's games like this that prove its potential. If you're at all a fan of chess, or Dragon Quest, or strategy gaming at all, spend the priced-right amount of five bucks and grab this new virtual board game. It's chess with slimes, and it'll keep your attention in check for a long time to come.

• PSP
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

I'm a musician and I'm always looking for new portable solutions for capturing musical ideas on the go. The ideal software is easy to use, making it quick and simple to "jot down" the song you have in your head. Unfortunately, this is where Beaterator stumbles as its interface is generally confusing. It's not all Rockstar's fault –- the PSP's button interface slows down the process. Musicians are used to using music software on computers with a mouse, which allows them to input data much more quickly. Of course, you can't take Pro Tools on the bus with you, so the trade off might be worth it. You CAN make complete songs with Beaterator, it's just not as easy as it should be. It is a portable music studio for your PSP with many of the same features you find in expensive PC software for a mere $40, so that's saying a lot. But a portable music studio simply has to be easy to use, and Beaterator isn't there, yet. Although Beaterator has an impressive feature set, it's not really competing with high-end computer software. It offers two things: a simple live performance tool and a way of capturing musical ideas on the go so you can record the real deal when you get back to your home studio. When a song pops into my head I should be able to crank it out in Beaterator in a few minutes. But that's not the case -- I have to fumble through menus and wait for samples to load, stretching the process out for a half hour or more. This may be the best music studio for the PSP, but it's still not the perfect portable music studio.

• WII
• 11 / 20
• France

• X360
• 13 / 20
• France

Bien que la première moitié d'Hydrophobia soit plutôt réussie compte tenu des restrictions techniques engendrées par le format XBLA, le titre sombre rapidement dans une redite laborieuse. Les mêmes ficelles, utilisées jusqu'à plus soif, constituent alors l'épicentre du mode solo qui se termine rapidement. Le mode Défis étant peu intéressant, on évitera donc d'y revenir prestement. Dommage car ce mélange d'action, de plates-formes et de phases de piratage aurait pu briller de mille feux si les développeurs avaient mieux pensé la progression de leur bébé. Au final, on profitera néanmoins d'un jeu principalement basé sur sa physique de l'eau et des interactions avec le décor mais le plus souvent mou du genou.

• PS3
• 14 / 20
• France

Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2010 assume parfaitement son statut de simulation de chasse, délaissant l’action brutale de l’autre lignée Cabela’s (Dangerous Hunts) pour offrir au joueur une expérience vidéoludique se voulant proche de la réalité. Si l’on met à l’écart quelques ‘sens du chasseur’ dignes d’un Predator, l’objectif est plutôt réussi même si desservi par un système de chasses balisé à l’extrême. On savourera la réalisation, particulièrement réussie, des environnements et créatures, le tout baigné d’une ambiance sonore très immersive. Au final, malgré ses défauts caractéristiques du genre, le titre tient ses promesses et confirme que Cabela’s a bel et bien le monopole incontesté des simulations de traque virtuelle, pour le plus grand plaisir des joueurs préférant faire s’éteindre des espèces menacées plutôt que de massacrer son prochain dans une énième guerre uchronique.

• X360
• 3.3 / 10
• États-Unis

If you're a fan of The Warriors film released in 1979, have no idea what it is, or detest it immeasurably, stay very far away from The Warriors: Street Brawl. It's a poorly executed side-scrolling beat-'em up with sloppy controls, sluggish character movement, and far too little variety. If you're really desperate for an interactive The Warriors experience, Rockstar put out a pretty good one in 2005.

• PS3
• 7.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• X360
• 8.8 / 10
• Italie

• PS3
• X360
• 5 / 10
• Royaume-Uni

• X360
• 7.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• X360
• 5.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• X360
• 8.75 / 10
• États-Unis

• X360
• 8.75 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS3
• 8.8 / 10
• États-Unis

• PC
• X360
• PS3
• 8.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Lifting the level cap breathes new life into a great game, but shouldn't totally overshadow a new series of quests that is a lot of fun. By extending the game beyond the main quest, Bethesda has delivered exactly what the fans have been asking for. Broken Steel offers more than enough reasons to justify the $10 price tag.

• DS
• 6 / 10
• Royaume-Uni

• PSP
• États-Unis

• PS3
• 6 / 10
• Royaume-Uni

The King of Fighters is a long standing series spawning many sequels and remakes, I recently played the ported versions of the games on the PSP and thoroughly enjoyed them, so I was interested to see how the series had progressed with the new instalment, The King of Fighters XII.

• WII
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

• WII
• 8.5 / 10
• Italie

Dead Space Extraction si rivela un titolo capace non soltanto di annullare tutte le perplessità che ne hanno accompagnato lo sviluppo, ma addirittura di stabilire nuovi standard qualitativi per quel che riguarda il genere degli shooter su binari. Diversamente da altri suoi colleghi pure illustri, l'opera Eurocom può vantare una grande cura della componente narrativa, un'atmosfera genuinamente angosciante, una realizzazione tecnica di primo livello ed una quantità di contenuti davvero fuori dal comune. Un acquisto obbligato per gli amanti del primo capitolo, nonché per tutti gli utenti Wii alla ricerca di un prodotto maturo e ben confezionato.

• WII
• 9 / 10
• Italie

• PS3
• 5.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• X360
• 3 / 5
• États-Unis