IGN

• WII
• 7.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breakers is definitely not for everyone, as it has a steep learning curve and takes a while to get into and wrap your head around. It also may not be for people who aren't already at least partially familiar with the popular card battling brand. But if you're a kart racing fan who's ever wondered what the genre could be like with extra layers of depth and strategy placed overtop the familiar race-to-the-finish-while-throwing-things design concept, Wheelie Breakers is a game you should make yourself familiar with quick. Mario Kart just got complicated.

• PS2
• 7.8 / 10
• États-Unis

If NCAA Football 10 is the last to grace the PlayStation 2, it’ll be a fitting end for the series. You’ll get the new Road to Glory Mode (flaws and all), there’s still a solid Dynasty offering, there’s create-a-school, create-a-sign, functional online play and Mascot Mashup among other activities. There’s no shortage of things to do under the 40 dollar asking price and while other versions on other systems might be prettier, NCAA Football 10 still makes for a fun time on the PS2.

• WII
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

• WII
• 6.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Neko Interactive's previous releases for Wii and WiiWare in the States have all been localizations of the Cocoto series -- you might remember Fishing Master and Platform Jumper from previous Wii Shop updates. Heracles Chariot Racing falls in the same line with those releases, as they too were PS2 retail titles turned WiiWare downloads in America. But Heracles actually ends up having more in common with a third Cocoto -- Cocoto Kart Racer, which got a physical disc release here last summer. Like that game before it, Heracles is a capable, fun little kart racing design that certainly won't compete with Nintendo's Mario Kart series head-to-head, but is definitely worth a look as a budget-priced substitute or supplement to that flagship franchise. For just 800 Wii Points, you might want to give it a glance. It could have you cheering "Heracles! Heracles!" yourself.

• PS3
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

• X360
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS3
• X360
• PC
• 5.1 / 10
• États-Unis

After putting in numerous hours with Fuel, I've struggled to find anything that I especially like about it. The racing has issues, but in and of itself (outside of not being able to select a ride you might want), it works well enough. Not great, but well enough. If you play the game and just skip all of the collection crap (unless you have a ton of time to kill) and just simply move from race to race via the menus, you might be able to squeeze out an experience that isn't painful. But don't go wandering and expect to find anything cool - it's all just wasted space.

• PC
• 7.9 / 10
• États-Unis

It goes without saying that this game is for hardcore simmers and it doesn't do much to lower the barrier of entry for newcomers. With that said, Rise of Flight has, hands down, some of the best flight modeling and graphics of any sim I've played. Given the lack of good flight sims, that alone is more than enough to justify its presence on my hard drive. But as impressive as the overall visuals and flying are, the campaign system and plane roster just feel more than a little anemic. When compared to the wide range of content in games like IL-2 Sturmovik or Fighter Ace 3.5, it's hard to feel that Rise of Flight is holding back a bit too much, especially for forty bucks.

• DS
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

The amount of fun you do or don’t have with Mega Man Star Force 3 is going to be directly dependant on a number of things. First off, fans of the series are going to eat this one up, as the continued online offering and added depth and customization with the noise system makes for far more user-based strategy throughout. If the continued rehash issue hasn’t gotten to you yet, it probably won’t. For others – myself included – Star Force 3 is another in a long line of titles that just don’t seem to evolve at a fast enough rate. I played it back in 2001, left the series in 2003/04, and it’s now 2009 and I feel like I haven’t missed a thing. For those that are totally new to the franchise though, combine what you’re getting here with the optimism and originality found in our original Battle Network GBA review. Not much has changed, and while that means the core audience will be ever-dwindling as people step away from it, it also means there’s still one hell of an entertaining game to be found. Weighed against its predecessors, Star Force 3 is the best of the trilogy thus far on DS. Whether that matters or not is entirely up to you…

• DS
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

The amount of fun you do or don’t have with Mega Man Star Force 3 is going to be directly dependant on a number of things. First off, fans of the series are going to eat this one up, as the continued online offering and added depth and customization with the noise system makes for far more user-based strategy throughout. If the continued rehash issue hasn’t gotten to you yet, it probably won’t. For others – myself included – Star Force 3 is another in a long line of titles that just don’t seem to evolve at a fast enough rate. I played it back in 2001, left the series in 2003/04, and it’s now 2009 and I feel like I haven’t missed a thing. For those that are totally new to the franchise though, combine what you’re getting here with the optimism and originality found in our original Battle Network GBA review. Not much has changed, and while that means the core audience will be ever-dwindling as people step away from it, it also means there’s still one hell of an entertaining game to be found. Weighed against its predecessors, Star Force 3 is the best of the trilogy thus far on DS. Whether that matters or not is entirely up to you…

• PS3
• X360
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

The Bigs 2 may not be the perfect baseball game, but it delivers enough pure fun to keep you playing with your friends for hours. Become A Legend starts fun and gets more and more annoying the deeper you get. The mini-games serve the game well for the most part, even if some feel out of place. There’s no doubt that The Bigs 2 is an improvement over the original with bigger and louder mechanics built into the gameplay that help enhance things on the field. I advise those who enjoyed the first Bigs to head out and pick this one up for another fun trip to the ballpark.

• X360
• 4 / 10
• États-Unis

Infernal: Hell's Vengeance seemingly has all the elements to make for a great B movie type of videogame experience. It's got hammy dialogue brought to life in exaggerated style by the voice actors, a plot involving heaven versus hell and a God that apparently can't see through planets, and it's all set up so you can charge through a mostly linear stage progression popping foes in the face with bullets and demonic powers. Thanks to a fidgety character control and aiming system, half-baked cover and evasion mechanics, repetitive enemy encounters and some underdeveloped special abilities that are more of an inconvenience than anything else, Infernal's appeal gets stamped out amidst its many missteps.

• DS
• 4 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS2
• 4 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS3
• 4.2 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS3
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

• X360
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

• PC
• 7.5 / 10
• États-Unis

As a prequel, Bound in Blood does a good job of presenting the characters, their storylines and what eventually leads back into the franchise history. It also packs in a ton of fast action, loads of explosions and a heavy dose of duels against opponents that want to take you to Boot Hill. Unfortunately, the repetitive nature of the missions, coupled with some technical issues, really keeps this title from standing out more. What's worse, the constant freezing whenever the game saves checkpoints breaks up the action, which really breaks you out of the flow of the gameplay, and is simply inexcusable.