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• 3DS
• WIIU
• 8.8 / 10
• États-Unis

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is a good update of a great game that is starting to show its age, but it’s still very much worth your time and money. The monsters are stunning, the fights can be incomparably exhilarating, and the 3DS and Wii U connectivity is really impressive – even if the online infrastructure is still rather archaic. There’s just enough new stuff for Monster Hunter addicts to get into, and if you’ve never dived into this complex and rewarding series, this is the best opportunity yet.

• PS3
• 6.2 / 10
• États-Unis

• PC
• 7 / 10
• États-Unis

In some ways I'd equate SimCity to an early version of Minecraft: a wonderfully creative toy attached to a barely functional game. The most important parts of something really cool are here already, and that's enough for me to recommend it to people with a tolerance for buggy but beautiful things. If you go in, do so with the understanding that you will almost certainly hit frustrating bugs like the ones I've mentioned, but the rewards can certainly be worth it. Of course, it should go without saying that if you're opposed to always-online games in general, you should sit this one out.

• PS3
• 7.8 / 10
• États-Unis

• VITA
• 7.6 / 10
• États-Unis

Still, this is a baseball sim that, to be as clear as BALCO ointment, plays very, very well. Hitting, fielding, and pitching (provided you opt for the Meter option) all feel great, and Road to the Show in particular is both difficult to put down and perfectly suited to the portable format, since each game takes 5 to 10 minutes to zip through. MLB 13: The Show on Vita is the Oakland A’s of video game baseball: they play in a crummy stadium (the Vita), but when you look past that, they’re pretty damn good.

• 3DS
• 4.7 / 10
• États-Unis

The greatest shame with Mirror of Fate is that its heart is in the right place. As far as I can tell, MercurySteam did its absolute best to chart its own course with handheld Castlevania, one that borrows from the greatness that came before it, but without copying it outright. But in going off the beaten path, the studio ended up diluting what has made Castlevania so great in the last 15 years. Its emphasis on fragmented exploration and shallow leveling is the exact opposite of what Castlevania fans like myself love, want and have come to expect. Stranger yet is the fact that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow got what Castlevania was all about a lot more than many people gave it credit for. But that understanding hasn’t at all segued to the Nintendo 3DS version. I beat Mirror of Fate in just under nine hours with an 88% completion rating, and it wouldn’t take me more than an hour more to get it up to 100%. I simply don’t want to play anymore, which should tell you all you need to know. Because even the worst of the GBA/DS Castlevania games are more than worth seeing to statistical completion, but Mirror of Fate isn’t worth playing at all.

• PS3
• 8.8 / 10
• États-Unis

PlayStation gamers who are also baseball fans are a lucky lot. MLB 13: The Show is another winner in a series that’s easily the best baseball sim since EA’s since-shuttered MVP Baseball line. To be clear, MLB 13 suffers from the same feature crawl that many annual sports franchises do, meaning it’s largely similar to last year’s iteration with a player roster update. But the Road to the Show improvements, The Show Live mode, and the fielder’s throwing meter make this a worthy upgrade from MLB 12. The inevitable PlayStation 4 edition of this franchise next year will offer an exciting opportunity for Sony to do some serious innovation this excellent yet predictable series, but in the meantime, MLB 13 keeps The Show’s winning streak alive.

• VITA
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus isn't a bad action game by any means. In fact, at moments it can be wildly entertaining, but those moments come bundled with a terrible camera, uneven level design, and combat that tends to cheat you as often as it challenges you. Whether you loved Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 or not, this version's missing features and spotty performance are still impossible to ignore. Simply put, the original Sigma Plus is a better port of a better game, and far more worthy of your time and money.

• 3DS
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

The first three Etrian Odysseys are great dungeon crawlers, but with their high difficulty and monotony of purpose, they’re very much an acquired taste. Etrian IV matches its hardcore depth to appealing visuals and more inviting design, and in doing so allows the series to transcend niche status. Atlus has crafted a fantastic portable RPG, and the perfect entry point for Etrian newcomers.

• IOS
• 9.1 / 10
• États-Unis

Freemium games have to implement their business model in a way that doesn’t unbalance the gameplay, and they have to have gameplay high-quality enough to be worth everyone’s time to begin with. Real Racing 3 succeeds brilliantly on both counts. This is the best racing game available on mobile devices.

• PC
• X360
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

• PC
• X360
• PS3
• 9.1 / 10
• États-Unis

Tomb Raider is well-written, sympathetic, exciting, beautiful and just incredibly well-made. The single-player rarely makes a mis-step, and though Lara's quick transformation into a hardened killer seems at odds with the narrative at first, the game quickly moves past it. It is a superb action game that brings a new emotional dimension to one of gaming's most enduring icons, and repositions her alongside Nathan Drake at the top of gaming's action-hero heirarchy.

• PS3
• 7.5 / 10
• États-Unis

In other words, Empires is preaching to the converted, though series veterans certainly won’t be bothered by that news. It all depends what you’re after from a Warriors game: do you want more game modes and a focus on combat? Stick with Dynasty Warriors 7, or better still, the superb Warriors Orochi 3. If, however, you’re looking for a deeper strategic element to go with your hacking and slashing, Empires should fill that hole very nicely.

• PC
• PS3
• X360
• 8.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Crysis 3 is a polished iteration on the previous Crysis titles. Its campaign mode features some much needed soul beneath the sci-fi sheen, which gives a sense of purpose to all the killing that has been previously absent from the series. While its multiplayer mode isn’t quite strong enough to tear you away from the genre leaders for long, it at least provides enough of its own flavour to present a worthy alternative. It’s not quite a next generation experience come early, but it’s a superbly controlled, tightly paced and tactically flexible shooter with a satisfyingly focussed story, and an excellent way to tie up the Crysis series... for now.

• PC
• 7.9 / 10
• États-Unis

March of the Eagles may have more limited ambitions than its grand strategy cousins, but in limiting its goals it makes its successes more evident. It's a relatively brief and accessible strategy experience that's good alone and better with friends. The smaller scale, lopsided balance, and multiplayer lobby screwups may keep it from being mentioned in the same breath as the biggest and best, but being a successful minor power in the pantheon of strategy games is still a fine achievement.

• PC
• 8.8 / 10
• États-Unis

In some ways, Scribblenauts Unlimited is still running on the same awe-inspiring gimmicks the series introduced in 2009 but with the level of polish and refinement here, it’s finally delivering on all fronts. Despite some dips in overall puzzle difficulty this time around, the game has a massive amount of content to both discover and create from scratch. If you’ve skipped the series until now, start here. You’ll be floored at how much there is to show off. And if you’re the creative type, the Object Editor opens up endless possibilities. Scribblenauts Unlimited is an excellent game and having access to a full keyboard instead of a stylus to input words is quite liberating.

• PS3
• X360
• WIIU
• 3.7 / 10
• États-Unis

With more time, money, and effort, Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 could have been an entertaining, if basic brawler. You hear the mantra of “good concept, poor execution” with nearly absurd frequency these days. Ken's Rage 2 doesn't just exhibit poor execution, but poor understanding of what it's attempting to accomplish. Simple does not have to mean shallow, but that's precisely what it boils down to here. It truly is a sad day when you start with a character known for punching people so hard they spontaneously explode, and you manage to end up with something that's not only bad, but boring.

• VITA
• 3.4 / 10
• États-Unis

When a game comes out that tries to serve an underserved audience, you always want it to at least be decent. After all, if you're one of those game-starved fans, what are your options? But no matter how hungry you are for a way to sate your appetite for angling, Let's Fish will leave a bitter taste in your mouth. The obtuse menus and tutorials leave you in the dark about what little depth the game has, while sub-standard presentation keeps the entire experience completely charmless. Mix in the monotony of the core gameplay, and you get a game that's impossible to recommend, no matter how bad you want to hook some bass.