IGN

• PC
• PS4
• 7.9 / 10
• États-Unis

The Hong Kong Massacre is an intense and spectacular shoot-’em-up with a stylish slow-motion hook. While some corners have been cut in terms of its presentation and boss fights, those issues are easy to overlook when the core gunplay is so fiercely challenging, unashamedly violent, and relentlessly enjoyable.

• PC
• PS4
• XONE
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

Capcom did a fantastic job of resurrecting all the best parts of the classic Resident Evil 2 and making them look, sound, and play like a 2019 game. If you’re of the mind that the series had lost its way for a while there, this game is very much a return to form. The zombie combat is satisfying and exploring the dilapidated ruins of Raccoon City is a thrill. The one big letdown is that the two characters’ stories aren’t different enough to make the second playthrough as rewarding as the first, even after unlocking the 2nd Game mode. But whichever you choose to play as, the experience of playing through the new Resident Evil 2 for the first time establishes a new standard for remaking classic games.

• PS4
• XONE
• PC
• 7 / 10
• États-Unis

• SWITCH
• PC
• PS4
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

• PC
• XONE
• 4.8 / 10
• États-Unis

In its early access state, Atlas has only a few successes to brag about. It nails the experience of gearing up for a long voyage, as well as the feeling of discovery when you stumble upon a ruin or crumbling Argonath-esque statue on a far-flung island with a group of friends. But those feelings are few and far between in the grand scheme of things, and while the last two weeks of patches have been overwhelmingly better than the first two, more often than not my experience was filled with frustration and grief. Most notably, ground combat is poor, and whether you’re on foot or at sea it’s far too easy to lose everything you’ve spent hours grinding materials to build to overpowered Ships of the Damned, an enemy company while you’re away sleeping, or simply an annoying bug. Each unfair loss leads me to question why I continue to play, and if it’s ever going to make it out of early access, Atlas needs to come up with better answers to that question.

• PC
• PS4
• XONE
• SWITCH
• 6.5 / 10
• États-Unis

I definitely had fun with Onimusha: Warlords, despite many of its mechanics and visuals aging poorly since 2001. A lot of my enjoyment comes from revisiting an old favorite, but there's not enough new stuff here to recommend this to someone new to the series. The save system, terrible animations, and unskippable cutscenes just don't work in the modern era. It's a shame, because Onimusha is one of my favorite PS2 games, and just a few tweaks to some of the older systems would have helped enormously. The modern release is exactly how I remember it, and unfortunately in 2019, that's just not good enough.

• SWITCH
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe is a broadly approachable and feature-rich platforming game. Toadette is a welcome addition to the roster for those after a more forgiving way to tackle some of the more challenging levels, and the inclusion of the New Super Luigi U mode extends its lifespan substantially. While there are a number of other Nintendo Switch games within the genre that outdo New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe in various different ways, it nonetheless remains a highly enjoyable platforming package as a whole.

• PC
• PS4
• XONE
• 8.8 / 10
• États-Unis

• XONE
• PC
• 6.9 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS4
• 6.8 / 10
• États-Unis

Borderlands 2 VR is a decent adaptation of the shoot-and-loot classic. While the lack of co-op, expansion content, or control over the difficulty settings is disappointing, the overall experience is positive. It’s best played with the DualShock 4, as the Move controllers simply aren’t good for shooters, and the absence of Aim controller support feels like a major oversight. Still, revisiting Pandora in this new light is mostly a hilarious, action-packed good time. It doesn’t feel as fast and frenzied as it did originally, but it’s still one of the deepest shooter experiences available on PSVR.

• PC
• SWITCH
• IOS
• PS4
• ANDROID
• 6.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• XONE
• PS4
• SWITCH
• PC
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

Big Bash Boom is a fun, flashy, family-friendly cricket game that takes the raucousness of the BBL and WBBL competitions, and ratchets up the razzle dazzle. Unfortunately its absence of additional gameplay modes, presentational cutbacks, and a miserly unlockable system hold it back from being a direct hit, particularly as a full-priced release.

• XONE
• PC
• 8.7 / 10
• États-Unis

Forza Horizon 4: Fortune Island is a more earnest slab of DLC aimed at the hardcore fans compared to the studio’s previous wacky work on Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels, and I like it a lot. Routes inspired by the some of the world’s most-loved driving roads, a 10-round treasure hunt powered by clues that reward being a car geek, and all wrapped up in the unbeatable Forza Horizon formula? I think it’s going to be a while before I think about heading back to the mainland.

• PC
• SWITCH
• PS4
• XONE
• STADIA
• 8.8 / 10
• États-Unis

• SWITCH
• 9.4 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS4
• PC
• 8.3 / 10
• États-Unis

Even after 60 hours of bug hunting with a huge assortment of weapons and abilities, the mass bug-slaughter that EDF 5 does well is deliciously unique and keeps me coming back. It looks and feels like a throwback to a simpler age of gaming and and suffers from some unpolished technical decisions and sometimes less-than-stellar late-game balance, but the vast majority of EDF 5’s missions are energetic essays on a largely forgotten philosophy of action game that deserves further exploration. And when you’re joined by others, it becomes way too much fun to miss.

• PC
• PS4
• XONE
• SWITCH
• 7.9 / 10
• États-Unis

By blending real-time stealth with tried-and-true tactics gameplay, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden breaks exciting new ground for the turn-based strategy game. Even with some mechanics that don’t mesh perfectly with the gameplay, it teases your brain in interesting, insightful ways.

• PC
• PS4
• XONE
• 7.9 / 10
• États-Unis

Just Cause 4 has everything you expect from a Just Cause game, almost to a fault. Relative to Just Cause 3 the improvements are widespread across its beautiful open world, but generally minor. So while blowing up yet another dictator’s army is the same kind of mindless explosive fun and physics-based comedy the series is built on, it doesn’t do much to incorporate the new weather systems or grapple mods into combat. That leaves me with a distinct “more of the same” feeling.