Xbox Tavern

• XONE
• 8.6 / 10
• États-Unis

What we have here is a game that is life-affirming, heart-breaking and utterly wonderful. Arise: A Simple Story does exactly what it sets out to, it tells us a simple story. It is the one we can all relate to, it is a tale about life. Where some games hit heights of gameplay or emotion as their main selling point, Arise finds a rich middle ground where it scales the dizzying heights of both. It holds just one solitary word, yet is deafeningly beautiful. The manipulation of time and space works like a dream, the soundtrack and effects are truly brilliant and the visuals are sumptuous throughout. Despite very slight niggles over control and getting myself lost, the reality is that Piccolo Studio have delivered an incredible debut full of rich storytelling, tear-filled beauty and unforgettable moments. Their own attention to detail and the obvious love they have poured into this game lift it far beyond the heavens their hero seeks. Whether a debut outing or otherwise, the game is outstanding. They may have also just delivered my game of the year.

• XONE
• 8.1 / 10
• États-Unis

Blacksad: Under The Skin is an enjoyable detective game and the gritty noir story is very gripping. You care what happens to your cat-man detective and you’ll want to get to the bottom of the crime. All the other characters in the game are interesting and varied and the fact they are animals makes things a bit more entertaining. But the controls when moving Blacksad are so slow and clunky that they let the game down a tad, ruining the will to explore the world fully.

• XONE
• 7 / 10
• États-Unis

Like a popcorn popping Hollywood blockbuster, My Friend Pedro offers a bullet-bonanza ballet that’s hard to ignore thanks to its slick moves, combining a great sense of fast food action gameplay that escalates in challenge as you grow accustomed to the many flourishes it adds throughout. Regrettably the characterisation and story falls short, but in all likelihood these fundamentals won’t matter if you’re looking for an action-packed thrill ride, and boy does My Friend Pedro offer that in spades. If you demand something more in-depth or intricate you won’t find it here, but everyone else will find that My Friend Pedro scratches an impulsive itch that’s able to impress with its penchant for grace and unabashed style.

• XONE
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

SuperEpic: The Entertainment War lays its feelings out for all to see on the current state of the big buck chasing corporate side of the game industry. That it does so with enough wit and entertainment factor is commendable; it would have been easy to fall on the wrong side of parody. The core gameplay is fun and engaging, the art is fantastic and – odd typo aside – the writing manages to get the message across in an entertaining way. Undercoders perhaps lent a little too heavily on the MetroidVania aspects with a hard to read map and even harder to keep track of side missions, but overall I had a blast with SuperEpic.

• XONE
• 8.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• XONE
• 6.6 / 10
• États-Unis

• XONE
• 8.3 / 10
• États-Unis

Civilisation VI is very much a marmite kind of game – you’ll either love it or hate it. While I am indeed a fan (of marmite and Civ), I did feel slightly let down by the laggy performance and seemingly slower pace than I remember. The wonderful aesthetics manage to make up for this to a degree though, and if you’re after something to sink some real time into the Civ VI will absolutely be your cup of tea.

• XONE
• 6.3 / 10
• États-Unis

• XONE
• 7.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• XONE
• 4.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Rift Keeper throws its hat in the Rogue-like genre but unfortunately comes up a little short. There are some solid ideas buried in there and it’s clear to see the team ambitions. but some technical hiccups held the experience back.

• XONE
• 6.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• XONE
• 7.3 / 10
• États-Unis

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is an ambitious game. It’s beautiful, deep, and compelling but suffers from a lack of clear direction on how to navigate and appreciate everything that it contains. There hasn’t been a game quite like it before, which unfortunately doesn’t work in Ancestors favor because more time is spent figuring out it’s mechanics than actually enjoying it.

• XONE
• 5 / 10
• États-Unis

With mixing ingredients, laying down machines and belts and money management Big Pharma certainly keeps you busy. However, when you get to a point where you are short some cash, you will be left to wait until you earn more money – and this means a lot of waiting. This isn’t helped by already slow gameplay and the meticulous amount of attention to detail needed, leading to easily made but hard to rectify mistakes. In the end, the time invested rarely feels worth the reward.

• XONE
• 7.3 / 10
• États-Unis

• XONE
• 5.5 / 10
• États-Unis

What we have here is a game that manages to capture its theme beautifully but then crashes under the weight of its own monotonous gameplay. I see it as a game that may well delight a younger audience, but then I question is the younger player even aware of Asterix as a thing? The guy turns 60 next year. Does this instead leave the game lost in the wilderness overlooked by kids seeking something more familiar? How about the older generation then? Those who grew up with the characters. Well, if you enjoy ploughing from level to level tackling largely the exact same tasks in largely the exact same manner then Asterix and Obelix XXL3 might make you smile. For myself, once an avid fan, it simply doesn’t do enough that I haven’t done before in countless other games. It is better than some of those other games and worse than some and this is where the game sits. Slap bang in the beige wallpapered waiting room of mediocrity. By no means is Asterix and Obelix XXL3 a bad game, but unfortunately for Microids, it is a hugely forgettable one.

• XONE
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

Need For Speed Heat has done a fantastic job going back to its routes (?) with loads of cars, tons of customisation and the feel of two games in one with the day and night cycle. It has a couple of flaws with the police chases but you still find yourself having a fun, intense experience!

• XONE
• 6.1 / 10
• États-Unis

Narcos is an OK game with few new ideas brought to the turn-based action strategy genre. But unfortunately, without difficulty tweaks or in-game saves this game starts off tough and just gets harder from there. When you can’t be too cautious or throw caution to the wind it really limits the strategy element and instead means the game relies on luck and repetition to progress.

• XONE
• 10 / 10
• États-Unis