IGN

• PS2
• 5.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Major League Baseball 2K10 isn’t a terrible outing for America’s favorite pastime, but it does lack any form of originality and rests too firmly on mechanics that we’ve played with before. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the game still has online multiplayer that’s easy enough to setup and performs well if you can find someone to play against. Still, at the end of the day MLB 2K10 is a ho-hum offering that not many people will be able to enjoy if they’ve played 2K Sports baseball in the last half-decade.

• PSP
• 8.5 / 10
• États-Unis

There's something to be said for dialing back a concept and letting simplicity shine. The sense of reward and increasing levels of temporal thinking needed to plow through Echoshift make it instantly more engaging than Echochrome. The game's sense of minimalist charm and gently sloping difficulty curve keep it familiar but improved in nearly every way over its spiritual predecessor. If you're looking to add a few more wrinkles to that grey matter of yours, Echoshift is a perfect way to do it. Just don't come crying to us when you start having dreams about finishing some of those later levels.

• PSP
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

Though it's unfortunately a port-up of a handheld concept, what started on the PSP with Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce has blossomed into an honest-to-goodness mission-based, social loot crawl. As much item collection as it is button mashing, the changes are both dramatic and welcome -- and dramatic enough that KOEI may have actually found a way to shut up some of the haters. OK, like six of 'em.

• PS3
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown doesn’t exactly go belly up but it does feel quite stale, especially if you’re playing it on your PS3 expecting some sort of evolution from the Xbox 360 iteration that came out more than two years ago. You’re still roaming across the screen and munching on the lesser fish and none of the game’s modes deviate from that formula. That’d be fine if there was some fresh content packed into the same gameplay, but there’s none to be found. Feeding Frenzy 2 on PS3 isn’t a bad game, but if you’ve played any other version you’ll want to let this one swim on by.

• X360
• 8.4 / 10
• États-Unis

If the learning curve of the original Supreme Commander proved a little too steep for you, then you'll find a lot to like about the sequel. Gas Powered Games streamlined its resource and upgrade systems to make a game that's easier to play, but one that doesn't lose a lot of what made Supreme Commander so great in the first place. The pace is faster, the factions more diverse, and it's a whole lot easier to get the impressively large and powerful experimental units out onto the field, making for an experience that's more inviting and immediately rewarding. It's a real-time strategy game with a huge amount of depth and a fantastic interface that lets you stay in control of large-scale battles between warring robotic factions. The single-player campaign doesn't offer much in the way of entertainment, but if you're looking at this for the online play, you won't be disappointed.

• PC
• 7.4 / 10
• États-Unis

It's great to see developers and publishers taking risks with franchises in danger of growing too stale, and Command & Conquer's traditional mechanics were some of the most well known in the genre. To really move forward, something had to be switched up. Instead of making a handful of tweaks and refinements, EA Los Angeles rewrote the entire gameplay formula, making for an experience that barely resembles Command & Conquer at all. In Command & Conquer 4, allegedly the final game in the Tiberian version of the franchise, you get a lightning fast brand of class-based real-time tactical conflict. The bases are mobile, the Tiberium fields are gone, and securing capture points is your primary goal. It's fast and frenzied chaos, and there's certainly fun to be had in the online, team-based matches. But the inconsistent and ultimately disappointing campaign and awkward unlock system restricts the game to the realm of the good but non-essential.

• PS3
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

• X360
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

• DS
• 7 / 10
• États-Unis

This is another strong DSiWare release for Teyon, so feel confident about downloading it if you're at all a fan of mini-golf.

• DS
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

There are some occasional technical quirks and the game's never going to blow you away with big innovations you haven't already seen in a Rockstar game, but overall this is a capable clone that's well worth its price of just eight bucks.

• WII
• 6.7 / 10
• États-Unis

Fragile Dreams is a great example of a spectacular concept whose execution could have used a little more thought and time. I love the premise, the setting, some of the characters, and the production values. The story is engrossing. Exploring the lush, beautiful environments in search of clues is fun. The flashlight controls and effects are really impressive. Even combat, in dire need of a lock-on, is functional. It really does have a lot going for it, and you'll see that reflected in the scores below. And yet, some of the design decisions and gameplay conventions are exceedingly tired and frustrating. The unnecessary, uninspired fetch quests, blatant backtracking and awkward item management system distract and subtract in a big way from what is otherwise a quality experience. If you fancy yourself an addict for Japanese adventure games, you will want to experience Fragile Dreams. But with some glaring issues that really overshadow the gameplay experience, there's just no way I can glowingly recommend the title, as much as I had hoped I could.

• PS3
• X360
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

With Resident Evil 5, Capcom has broken away from many of the survival horror conventions it pioneered. The creepy suspense of the earlier games has been replaced with an action-packed intensity that will instantly appeal to some gamers and disappoint others. As an action game, RE5 is a success, and there’s a wealth of replayability through item collection, weapon upgrades, score chasing and the unlockable Mercenaries mode. But this is no gentle nudge to the formula of the previous main RE games; it’s an evolution. And if you can accept it as that, you just might love Resident Evil 5. The extra content packed in with the Gold Edition is just that: extra. It’s not essential, and you probably wouldn’t miss it if it wasn’t there. Its inclusion doesn’t necessarily make the Resident Evil 5 experience better or worse; it just extends it.

• PC
• 8.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• DS
• 7 / 10
• États-Unis

Infinite Space offers dozens of hours of deep space exploration and storytelling, but the overall package is clunky and inconvenient. Sci-fi and anime fans might find the story worth sticking around for, though, and there are some interesting characters to get to know. But getting to those good bits will test your patience.

• DS
• 8.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver feels, at least to me, like a gap filler to make the wait for a new Pokemon game just a little more bearable. Gold and Silver are considered by many to be the best of the Pokemon RPG best, and it's easy to see why after playing this remake: it's still an addictive and fun adventure, fully compatible with all the versions of Pokemon made for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance. But, yes, it's a remake. Just like FireRed and LeafGreen on GBA, HeartGold and SoulSilver existed already in the Pokemon canon, and obviously the design team didn't work as hard to recreate an existing game as it would have an original experience. GameFreak did, admittedly, add a bunch of elements to make a purchase worthwhile, both for the double (or triple, or quadrupal) dippers and the newbies. The Pokewalker is the Pokemon equivalent of the free prize inside a cereal box: you might find yourself buying it for the gadget than the game itself, but it's the game itself that contains all the deliciousness. And what a tasty cereal it is.

• PS3
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

• PC
• 8.9 / 10
• États-Unis

Assassin's Creed II transforms a middling action game into an intriguing and consistently entertaining open-world adventure. Based on this game, Ubisoft Montreal should run a clinic on how to iterate a franchise and if the series continues in this vein, the next installment will take aim at Rockstar's best efforts. The experience is layered, unique, and shows an incredible attention to detail. This is one case where the sequel has triumphed over the original by catching the gameplay up to the already excellent visuals. No matter what your preconceptions are about Assassin's Creed II, the game is well worth your time and money.

• X360
• 7.3 / 10
• États-Unis

Lips: Party Classics includes the same set of improvements and flaws that were present in the Number One Hits song pack. It'll add 40 songs to your music library on Xbox 360 that has something for everyone even though Karaoke veterans have probably already belted them out hundreds of times. Singers hoping for a way to avoid swapping discs from previous Lips games, or some sort of online multiplayer will have to keep waiting, but overall this song pack will keep you crooning for another party.