Notes de presse

• X360
• 8 / 10
• France

Une suite sans surprise, voilà comment résumer en quelques mots Forza Motorsport 2 qui, malgré toutes ses qualités, manque encore de nouveautés et de caractère. On ne peut toutefois passer à côté de son gameplay parfaitement équilibré entre une conduite accessible à tous en mode arcade, et un pilotage plein de subtilités lorsque toutes les aides sont désactivées. Quoiqu'on en dise, les sensations de jeu l'emporteront tôt ou tard sur une plastique HD un poil décevante - mais au frame rate imperturbable - et l'absence inexcusable de météo ainsi que de vues cockpit. Ultra complet en solo comme sur le Live et doté d'une durée de vie exemplaire, Forza Motorsport 2 transforme en tout cas l'essai Forza de belle manière et s'impose comme l'une des toutes meilleures simulations auto sur console. Et là, tout est dit.

• X360
• 18 / 20
• France

Très soigné, Forza Motorsport 2 s'installe sans surprise dans le gotha du genre, fixant la barre très haut pour un futur Gran Turismo 5 qui aura toutes les peines du monde à le surclasser. Complet, chaleureux, accessible mais réaliste, le titre de Turn 10 n'est pas une surprise en soi mais parvient à tenir ses promesses sans commettre trop d'erreurs. Dotée d'une grande fluidité, il ne reste plus à la série qu'à combler quelques lacunes : l'absence d'une vue cockpit, de qualifications pour toutes les courses et de conditions météo variables. On le qualifiera donc de référence perfectible.

• X360
• 9.2 / 10
• États-Unis

• X360
• 7.3 / 10
• États-Unis

• X360
• 7.9 / 10
• États-Unis

• WII
• 4 / 10
• Pays-Bas

• WII
• 8 / 10
• Allemagne

• X360
• 13 / 20
• France

• DS
• 63%
• Espagne

• X360
• 17 / 20
• France

• DS
• 3 / 10
• États-Unis

I'm all for classic remakes, especially at the "bargain" price point. But Devilish was a bad and uninspired port of a forgetable Genesis/Game Gear title when it hit the Nintendo DS in Japan a couple months after its launch, and it coming out as new two years later doesn't do that design any favors at all.

• PS2
• 2.4 / 10
• États-Unis

Made Man's combat is as boring as daytime television, and all you do is fight. There's a notable narrative structure to house the flat storyline, but it's nothing to get excited about. Poor graphics, banal sound effects, and frequently absurd voice acting wrap up this bomb of a game in a rotten bow. Avoid at all costs.

• PSP
• États-Unis

• GBA
• 6.2 / 10
• États-Unis

• PSP
• 8.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• DS
• 74%
• Espagne

• X360
• PC
• 6.8 / 10
• États-Unis

A title needs a well-designed core of gameplay to be a success - we're not disputing that. But it's the extras and unlockables that keep people around. Shadowrun has no visible persistent statistics, no way to modify character models, nothing, outside of Achievements, to serve as reward. As gamers, it's rewards we crave, be it of the narrative variety, in-game items, new options or modes, or something entirely different. Shadowrun completely ducks away from the gaming tenet that sometimes the utterly superfluous can be the most necessary. Since this game's rewards are restricted to and reset after every match, there lacks that overarching sense of accomplishment that should be associated with a game designed to be played for endless hours. Appeal is further lessened by the game's poor art style, which bestows little to no sense of character to any of the models, unless you consider derivative designs to be of positive value. If you're somehow able to brush aside the shoddy presentation, poor server management, limited number of playable maps, and lack of long-term extras, you'll find a well-designed nucleus of gameplay here. It's such a solid center you'll spend numerous hours uncovering new tweaks and wrinkles on how to best eliminate opponents. Curious? Pay the hefty full price of admission to see for yourself.

• X360
• PC
• 5 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS2
• 7 / 10
• Italie

• PSP
• 5 / 10
• Pays-Bas

• PS2
• 7.4 / 10
• États-Unis

Thirty-nine games for $20 is nothing to scoff at, and most of these titles are a lot of fun to play. However, in a market thriving with compilations, Legends 2 is just outclassed by its predecessor and other titles that have shown us how much could be packed into these collections.

• WII
• 8.5 / 10
• États-Unis

It's little touches like that, along with the game's tight, precise control and incredibly intimidating challenge factor that make this Adventure a hit. Zelda II is just a great game, and playing it again today makes it hard to understand why it's been so chastised for the past 20 years. Nintendo clearly recognizes its worth, selecting it as the standard-bearer to be the 100th game on the Virtual Console. Now you should give it a chance, too. For only 500 Wii Points, it's a spectacular, underappreciated value. Nobody likes Zelda II – but that's not true. And maybe, now, that perspective will change.

• XBOX
• 7 / 10
• États-Unis

• WII
• 5.5 / 10
• États-Unis

So Dead Moon is not without its own smattering of individual merits. But its placement, in such close chronological proximity with other, far superior shooting games on other 16-bit systems, dooms it from Day 1. Don't bother with Dead Moon -- it's been said before, and, unfortunately, was said again. There are far better options for finding your shoot-'em-up fix.