Tech-Gaming

• PC
• 81%
• États-Unis

Move over Peter Pepper, Overcooked!’s chefs have more to worry about that a six-foot tall shambling hot dog. Assembling food with cooperative partners here is surprising ‘well-done’, with enough intricacies to test the very best of friendships.

• PC
• 79%
• États-Unis

Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena brings sixteen combatants culled from Shining Hearts and Shining Blade. While it’s not a top-tier fighter, there’s enough distinction here to earn secondary status.

• PC
• 67%
• États-Unis

Human: Fall Flat marries unwieldly controls and straightforward puzzling into a tolerable and occasionally trying titles that might be more fun to watch than it is to play.

• XONE
• 71%
• États-Unis

Completion of the first dozen stages in 10 Second Ninja X feels like an accomplishment. The remaining eighty-eight are the interactive equivalent of a four-minute mile.

• PC
• 82%
• États-Unis

Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late is another winner from the developers behind Melty Blood: Actress Again and Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax, with a PC port that’s every bit as solid as last year’s PS3 release.

• PS4
• 76%
• États-Unis

While Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII isn’t quite what the franchise’s thirty-year anniversary warrants, it’s solid enough to satisfy series fans.

• PC
• 87%
• États-Unis

• PC
• 68%
• États-Unis

If the prospect of a Diablo-light, Rogue-like, island-based jaunt sounds interesting, they you’ll might want to journey to Lost Sea. Just make sure to prepare yourself for the advent of tedium on the repetitive trip.

• PC
• 4.2 / 5
• États-Unis

• 3DS
• VITA
• 85%
• États-Unis

Zero Time Dilemma is a synergistic blend of brooding story and complex brainteaser, creating an experience that’s exceedingly hard to put down. Even after completion, you’ll likely find yourself returning to the game, studying just how the amazing the amalgam of exposition, moral dilemma, and random element all fits together so stunningly.

• VITA
• PS4
• 86%
• États-Unis

Tomohiko Deguchi’s time with Vanillaware, where we helped helm Muramasa: Demon Blade and Grand Knights History certainly paid off. This is one of of those rare role-playing experiences that transcends convention, allowing its unique combat system to shine.

• PC
• 77%
• États-Unis

More is not always better, and in Rogue Stormers’ case, what could have been a beautiful homage to classic run n’ gun games, feels slightly sloppy due to the addition of roguelike mechanics.

• PC
• VITA
• 80%
• États-Unis

Stranger of Sword City is the result of developers devoting a segment of their life to a single, unified pursuit. Like Experience’s Inc.’s previous dungeon crawls, it’s extremely challenging, but also shrewdly forgiving. Genre aficionados will want to plumb its recesses and admire how well the game’s components all fit together.

• PS4
• VITA
• 98%
• États-Unis

Don’t let the industry’s inundation of lackluster remakes keep you from enjoying one of the PlayStation 2’s great action-driven role-playing games. Vanillaware has carefully refined nearly every aspect of the game, thoroughly modernizing its masterpiece.

• PS4
• 81%
• États-Unis

Hitboxes and sophistication be damned, One Piece: Burning Blood’s massive roster and incorporation of small details is destined to delight fans of the manga and anime.

• PC
• 77%
• États-Unis

Mixing musou-driven combat with a playful pageant of boob and butt shots, Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus might work Social Justice Warriors into a lather, but in execution, the title is more comical than condemnable.

• PC
• 70%
• États-Unis

• PS4
• 86%
• États-Unis

Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse demonstrates WayForward Technologies at their best, offering the type of captivating 2D platformer that intermittently flirts with perfection.