Notes de presse

• PS5
• 14 / 20
• France

Styx : Blades of Greed brille par sa maîtrise des codes vidéoludique de l’infiltration, par son univers fantastique original et sa direction artistique, mais cela ne peut suffire à en faire le maître incontesté du genre en 2026. Au-delà de l’aspect purement technique, ce troisième opus de la saga ne parvient que trop peu à se réinventer au gré de l’aventure afin de garantir un plaisir de jeu renouvelé. Au contraire, un sentiment tenace de toujours faire la même chose s'installe durablement. En dehors de ça, le titre de Cyanide assure l’essentiel… l’infiltration.

• PC
• 3 / 5
• Royaume-Uni

• PS5
• États-Unis

• PS5
• 5 / 10
• Royaume-Uni

• PC
• PS5
• XSX/S
• 8 / 10
• France

On pardonne très facilement ses quelques défauts à High on Life 2. Le combat reste suffisamment dynamique et les niveaux bien pensés pour que ses faiblesses paraissent secondaires quand on l'oppose au festival de stupidité qui nous est offert. Le jeu nous attire avant tout pour sa proposition humoristique et c'est une grande réussite de ce côté. Que ce soit dans l'écriture des personnages, des dialogues, mais aussi dans certaines situations décalées aussi bien en termes de gameplay que visuellement parlant, le studio n'a pas ménagé ses efforts pour concrétiser les idées les plus folles et stupides qui lui sont passées par la tête. Comment ne pas respecter cette rigueur pour ériger la connerie comme un art à part entière ?

• PC
• 9.5 / 10
• États-Unis

High on Life 2 accomplishes an incredibly rare feat, as it's a sequel that improves every single aspect of the original while forging its own unique path. The addition of the skateboard is a game changer, and the majestic insanity that you can concoct is just oodles of fun. Squanch Games had a lot of work to do in order to both distance itself from its creator and ensure the foundation was solid, which they did in spades. High on Life 2's absurd story, impeccable combat and beautiful world are just a few reasons to explore this sinfully funny shooter.

• PS5
• 8.5 / 10
• Italie

• PC
• 78%
• Japon

• PC
• PS5
• XSX/S
• 8 / 10
• Royaume-Uni

• XSX/S
• 8.75 / 10
• États-Unis

• PC
• 7.5 / 10
• Italie

Dopo quattro anni dal predecessore, High on Life 2 si riprende la scena degli sparatutto demenziali puntando dritto contro Big Pharma e il capitalismo moderno con una satira più affilata e contemporanea. L’introduzione dello skateboard rinnova piacevolmente l'azione, anche se a volte la frenesia prende il sopravvento sulla precisione, mentre le armi parlanti (vecchie e nuove) tornano più irriverenti che mai. Nel complesso, il mix tra shooting, platform e puzzle mantiene un buon ritmo e assicura una discreta varietà a livello di gameplay, ma il map-design appare un po’ confuso, le battute non sempre vanno a segno e l'assenza del doppiaggio italiano rischia purtroppo di far perdere buona parte dell'umorismo nel caos dell'azione.

• PC
• 7.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• PC
• 80%
• États-Unis

After a bit of a slow start, REANIMAL manages to find its footing – ironically considering you spend so much time in vehicles – in plenty of time to become a worthy spiritual successor to Little Nightmares. It might not have you trembling in fear, but many sights will repulse you and make your skin crawl (in the best way), while its clever world design will keep compelling you forward, whether to protect the children or just to stay fully immersed in seeing whatever aberrant, unhinged horror comes next. Tarsier fans should gobble up its familiar mix of survival, stealth and light adventuring, which offers more of the same… but a bit different. It’s perhaps easier than its predecessors, but this keeps the pace brisk whether you’re playing on your own or with a co-op partner at your side. The ending (including post-credits epilogue) clearly leaves room for all sorts of DLC, and indeed the developer has already announced three upcoming "Expanded World" expansions. I'm all for it, as I look forward to seeing (and not seeing) even more of this dark, gorgeous, utterly abhorrent world. Like its predecessors, REANIMAL is certainly not a pure adventure, but new name or not, it combines enough of the right strains to make a winning genre hybrid once again.

• PS5
• 86%
• Japon

• PC
• XSX/S
• PS5
• SWITCH2
• 16 / 20
• France

• PC
• 75%
• États-Unis

• PC
• 8 / 10
• France

High on Life 2 could have easily relied on the novelty of talking guns and crude humor again. Instead, it expands on its foundation in some big and important ways. The story actually feels like it has higher stakes this time, with player choices even factoring into how the ending unfolds, and the Gatlians feel like more than delivery systems for jokes thanks to sharp performances and stronger writing. The skateboard feels great in traversal and combat, exploration ties into upgrades and even impacts the epilogue, and there's far more to do than just the main story. It isn't without issues, from technical instability and uneven sound mixing to customization that can be hard to fully appreciate in first-person, but none of that overshadows its greatest strengths. In the end, High on Life 2 understands what made the original work and pushes it forward in ways that actually matter.

• PS5
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

Remember this, Reanimal says as it shows you something. All the pieces matter. It is a horror story, a journey through hell made up of the simple, elegant gameplay that Tarsier has honed to a feather's edge over the last decade. There are occasional frustrations: a chase where the way forward is not obvious, a path that is easy to miss. What will keep you going is the story, the world, the characters, the sense that beyond all of this lies answers, the act of working together in a world where the scariest things are often not monsters, but other people, and what we are capable of inflicting on one another. What kept me going was playing it with another person, sharing that experience, and working together to discover what was at the bottom of that hole, and how that boy ended up in a boat, and his sister nearly drowned at sea. Going through hell together, wondering if it was something that happened to them, or the world they – we – had made.

• SWITCH2
• Royaume-Uni

• SWITCH2
• 7.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• SWITCH2
• 4.5 / 5
• Australie

• SWITCH2
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

• SWITCH2
• 8 / 10
• Italie

Mario Tennis Fever è un gioco immediato, accessibile a tutti: prendendoci un po' di confidenza, e utilizzando le palline veloci, si basa sui riflessi e sull'istinto del giocatore, risultando impegnativo. La sfera è stata ingrandita proprio per l'accresciuta rapidità dell'azione, e dalla facilità con cui, in posizione precaria, non si esegue un colpo ideale. Le Racchette Frenesia, oltre a non godere di un bilanciamento perfetto, rendono gli scambi più imprevedibili, ma non necessariamente più profondi. Il gioco presenta tanti personaggi e tante modalità: per sbloccare ogni tennista, e completare ogni sfida, vi servirà diverso tempo. La Storia, invece, come d'abitudine è "soltanto" un lungo tutorial di tre ore, non particolarmente brillante, esattamente come la modalità Swing, basata sui motion control, una semplice divagazione poco rifinita. In generale, rispetto a Mario Tennis Aces, ci è sembrato un gioco più accessibile e coinvolgente, più "tennistico", ma anche meno profondo, privato delle dinamiche da picchiaduro che rendevano quel titolo, per certi versi, fin troppo complesso per la platea allargata a cui ambiscono Camelot e Nintendo.

• PC
• PS5
• XSX/S
• 8 / 10
• Espagne

Tres años después de la marcha de Roilad del estudio Squanch Games demuestra, ahora sí, de lo que son capaces. High on Life 2 ofrece un shooter narrativo que mezcla elementos de todo tipo para crear un producto único y muy satisfactorio. El frenético combate a lomos del skate, los cachondos diálogos y las mil situaciones disparatadas que viviremos hacen de esta secuela un juegazo que engancha y que funciona bien para todo tipo de amantes del género shooter. Una Space Opera de corte noventero que te encantará tener en tu biblioteca de juegos.