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• WIIU
• 3 / 10
• États-Unis

Everything ESPN Sports Connection does has been achieved already. Older sports games - including the original Wii’s pack-in, Wii Sports - accomplished the same goals better and without embarrassing technical issues. The convenience of bundling these particular games into one box simply isn’t worth it – there’s so little to motivate and reward players that the limited novelty of competitive sports on Wii U vanishes almost immediately.

• WIIU
• 5 / 10
• États-Unis

Funky Barn is very basic but passably entertaining. As a lower-price downloadable game it’d be much better value, but as a $50/£30 Wii U launch title it’s more difficult to recommend. Still, the touchscreen control works well, and it's by no means a disaster. It bodes well for the next Harvest Moon.

• PC
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

The scale of PlanetSide 2’s battles is often breathtaking, as lines of tanks fire at bases while aircraft light up the sky and hundreds of players fill the scene with healing beams and lethal weapons fire. With versatile classes, deep progression systems and various styles of air and ground vehicles, there’s no shortage of ways to contribute to a fight, and on a coordinated team in PlanetSide 2’s open environments, Sony Online Entertainment’s game of nonstop war can be a truly incredible competitive experience. While there are still some polish issues to work out, PlanetSide 2 is one of the best online shooters you can play.

• WIIU
• 8.8 / 10
• États-Unis

Beyond its obvious appeal to Sega fans, this is a rich, bold and substantial arcade racer that demands your attention. It might not be quite as finely tuned as Mario Kart, but it’s a good deal more ambitious, and different enough that it deserves a place alongside it in your gaming library.

• PC
• PS3
• X360
• WII
• WIIU
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

Ultimately, there is a feeling here of missed opportunity. Junction Point Studios tried hard to revolutionize the wheel, but Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two leaves you wishing the developer had refined the mechanics of the original before embarking on its more intrepid endeavors. The game still delivers on the charm and occasionally hits some truly inspired highs, but fundamental issues hold it back from ever getting within sight of its goals. If you’re a Disney fan, there’s still much joy to be gleaned out of Epic Mickey 2, but those expecting anything outside of its nostalgic heart should, sadly, look elsewhere.

• WIIU
• 7 / 10
• États-Unis

Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper, while damaged in the shift from the other HD systems to the Wii U, ends up maintaining its appeal as one of this series’ best installments. The new content may be enough to draw established players back in for a second look, and Nintendo loyalists who’ve previously ignored the franchise could find a good jumping-on point here.

• WIIU
• 7.8 / 10
• États-Unis

Transformers: Prime - The Game is fun while it lasts, and fun in any form is more than Nintendo fans could have hoped for after years of other, terrible Transformers titles. This game offers the same old story with the same old characters one more time, adding nothing new to the tired old rivalry between Optimus, Megatron, and all the rest of the robots in disguise. But the inventive, dynamic gameplay that captures the appeal of stepping into the shape-shifting body of a giant bot rescues the entire package from what otherwise might have been mediocrity. This is a truly fun game, and fans of the Transformers: Prime cartoon show should absolutely check it out.

• IOS
• 5.6 / 10
• États-Unis

As I like to say, there are two words in the term “video game”, and you have to execute both well in order to be considered great. The “video”, or “music video” portion of Jet Set Radio amounts to something so special that I think anyone who truly believes in the artistic potential of the medium should experience it. But the “game” element is so trying in this version that I have to recommend that gamers experience it elsewhere.

• PS3
• X360
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

I think that’s the best way to come into Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse: don’t expect much. Brian and Stewie are funny and there are plenty of gags, but the gameplay is nothing crazy and the levels aren’t super-intriguing. This is an episode of the show merged with an average third-person shooter. There’s a lot to enjoy, but none of it will knock your socks off.

• PC
• 5 / 10
• États-Unis

Initially it’s a pleasure to burn every item I receive in Little Inferno. The flash that signals ignition, the way items respond to being incinerated – it all activates some primal part of my brain that can sit in front of a camp fire for hours, sinking deep into my head as I watch the fingers of the flames. The vague story and uninspired puzzles weren’t special enough to keep my attention after that initial sense of awe waned, though, and when viewed alongside some annoying constraints that make the gameplay feel unnecessarily constrained, Little Inferno’s few great ideas fall apart like so much ash.

• WIIU
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

For a long time, Wii owners have had to accept diluted versions of FIFA; the graphics weren’t high definition and the gameplay didn’t have the same headline features. The Wii U should have changed all of that – this, after all, is the first of a next generation of consoles. But things haven’t moved on and the stark truth is Nintendo owners still don’t get the same experience they’d get on other consoles. The GamePad functionality does enhance certain aspects of the game – tactics and substitutions – but they are, of course, secondary to gameplay, which on the Wii U feels second division compared to the Xbox and PS3’s Premier League.

• 3DS
• VITA
• 3.8 / 10
• États-Unis

While it does offer the bevy of collectibles and unlockable characters you've come to expect, LEGO Lord of the Rings doesn't deliver the rest of the goods on handheld systems. Graphical concessions, technical issues, and sloppy design mar the experience from beginning to end, keeping the magic and wonderment of Middle Earth from ever shining through. It's a disappointing and ill-timed misstep for a franchise that's typically been fun for players of all ages. Save your money for a different game, or better yet, the superior console version.

• PC
• PS3
• WII
• X360
• 6.8 / 10
• États-Unis

As a huge LOTR fan, I enjoyed my time with LEGO The Lord of the Rings. It's an interactive guided tour through three incredible films that relives all of the most memorable moments. It lacks some of the unique charm that the series is known for, and the gameplay, while fun at times, is beginning to lose its luster. Fans of the other LEGO games will certainly enjoy it; just don't expect anything you haven't seen before.

• PS3
• X360
• PC
• PS4
• XONE
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

It’s easy to see why someone would want to visit Rook Island – it’s a stunning tropical location with plenty of fun activities, scenic views, and history worth discovering. Far Cry 3 disrupts that paradise to challenge your feelings about enjoying violence. Because of lunatics like Hoyt and Vaas, you’ll see beautiful things you never would have. You’ll do terrible things that make you uncomfortable and meet fascinating, disgusting people. You’ll sympathize with Jason Brody’s difficult choices as he turns from vapid young man into a monster. Far Cry 3 is important for the same reason as Far Cry 2. It’s a shooter that considers shooters thoughtfully, both in the way they’re designed and the way we play them, and then asks us to do the same. Should massacring hundreds be a great way to entertain ourselves? Maybe not. But it is.

• VITA
• 9.3 / 10
• États-Unis

The PlayStation Vita is lucky to have Persona 4 Golden. While the game doesn’t do much of note besides bringing the 2008 title to the HD era, it doesn’t need to. The story hooks you, dungeon crawling makes for a great time, and exploring your relationships while building a better army is the kind of tinkering you can get lose hours to. Persona 4 Golden is perfectly at home on the handheld and should dominate your free time.

• WIIU
• 8.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Assassin's Creed III is very enjoyable overall, but it’s not consistently brilliant. Not everything about the game gels together convincingly and the missions’ unnecessary prescriptiveness sometimes undermines the sense of freedom that the rest of the game works so hard to create. But it achieves so much that you can’t help but respect it; no other open-world game has ever given us a setting that's as impressive to observe or as full of things to do as this. Connor’s story has its lulls but it still tells a tale much richer and more compelling than most other games manage, set in a fascinating period of history. Assassin’s Creed III isn’t as huge an improvement upon its predecessors’ achievements as many players will be hoping for, but it’s still up there with the best that the series has achieved - even if it isn't quite the best.

• WIIU
• 9.3 / 10
• États-Unis

The team at Treyarch could have played it safe and Black Ops II would have sold well, but instead they challenged assumptions and pushed the series forward in awesome new directions. It’ll be hard to return to a campaign where I don’t have the ability to shape it, and I simply can’t imagine going back to the old loadout system now that Pick 10 exists. Combined with the host of subtle and overt improvements to the array of other systems, the additions to make it more appealing to Esports, and the more fleshed out Zombies mode, this is not just a fantastic Call of Duty game, but one of the best shooters of the last decade.

• WIIU
• 9.5 / 10
• États-Unis

At the end of the day, you have a simple series of questions to ask yourself when considering Mass Effect 3 on Wii U. Do you have an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 or gaming PC? Is experiencing the entirety of a plot-centric trilogy’s story important to you? Is having access to all of the game’s DLC integral to your experience? If you answered yes to any of those questions, than this version of the game isn’t for you. If, however, you’ve never played a Mass Effect game and want to jump on in using your shiny new console, then Mass Effect 3: Special Edition is worthy of your time and money. Mass Effect 3 on its own is still easily one of the best games of the year – and some (like me) would argue that it’s the best game in the trilogy – and that hasn’t changed on Wii U. The only thing that’s changed is your access to the rest of the series.