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• X360
• PC
• 4.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Secret Service is a functioning product, as long as you're talking about the Xbox 360 or PC versions. You can successfully run through corridors and open spaces and participate in by-the-numbers firefights with mildly intelligent enemies. Considering the genre and how far it's advanced since the days of Wolfenstein 3D, Cauldron's effort in no way deserves to be remembered, save for the fact that it came out right around the time the American populace voted Barack Obama into the country's highest office.

• PS2
• PS3
• WII
• X360
• 7 / 10
• États-Unis

The Legend of Spyro series comes to a mostly satisfying close with Dawn of the Dragon. I thought the first game in the series was well done, the second lagged a bit and the third represents a return to form. While this game shines brightest on PS3 and Xbox 360 due to the more polished graphics, I think Wii owners are likely to get the most of the experience because there are so few comparable third-party efforts which pay as much attention to production values and scope. If you completely hate the franchise, the title isn't going to suddenly sway you, but if you've always found it interesting or are in just the right mood to try it out, you're going to find a decidedly basic, but still fun platform-heavy adventure that harkens back to the designs of last generation. Cooperative multiplayer mode aside, there's no "new generation" style hook and the resulting play mechanics therefore don't feel fresh (especially after two prequels), but the fundamentals are sound and the presentation better than you expect.

• WII
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS2
• 4 / 10
• États-Unis

• WII
• 6.1 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS3
• X360
• PC
• 9.3 / 10
• États-Unis

In every console generation there are one or two games that, regardless of any flaws, hold tight in my memory even years later. I can still picture scenes from Chrono Trigger on the Super Nintendo System as if I just played it the other day. Despite a flurry of great games released in the past year, I still get the itch from time to time to play Jet Set Radio Future on Xbox. Your beloved games may be different, but I’m certain most long-time gamers have a few titles they treasure – the games they can never trade in. Ubisoft’s relaunch of Prince of Persia may just be such a game for me from this generation. It’s not the best game ever released on PC, PS3 or Xbox 360; it’s not even the best game released this year. And yet Prince of Persia is that rare game that has managed to tap into that part of me that would die defending Chrono Trigger or JSRF. It has its shortcomings, but I already sense that Prince of Persia will be one of the few games from this generation that I carry with me for the next decade.

• PS2
• 6.6 / 10
• États-Unis

Tak and the Guardians of Gross is a relatively decent action-adventure title that's perfectly tailored for the younger gamer in the house. The humor is spot on and manages to set the game apart from the myriad of similar titles on the market, enough so that you may even forgive some its obvious flaws. It's too bad that Tak's three-year hiatus wasn't enough to fix the shallow combat, wonky camera system and linear story progression, but Tak and the Guardians of Gross still manages to be a worthy – if somewhat less impressive – successor to its last-gen predecessors.

• PS3
• 7 / 10
• États-Unis

If you missed the original version on the PS3 and you want a musically-inspired shooter to play on the road, Everyday Shooter is just fine. The port runs well and the controls -- while a bit awkward due to the loss of the two analog sticks -- function well enough because of Everyday Shooter's angular mechanics. I would still recommend the PS3 version over the PSP version, especially because playing on such a small screen can make seeing pixel-sized enemies a colossal chore, but the portable release is still worth the ten dollars.

• WII
• 6.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Tomb Raider: Underworld on the Wii is not a bad game, but it's disappointing for fans of the series. The whole things has been oversimplified and dumbed down. The Wii puzzles are a joke, the combat is almost nonexistent, and the game is pretty short. If the Wii is your only choice for gaming and you've never played a Tomb Raider game then go for it, but fans of the series are going to find an empty tomb here.

• 32X
• 4 / 10
• États-Unis

T-Mek for the 32X is playable, which is a nice way of saying it's only a modest step above functional. But the charms of the arcade game, an over-the-top Battlezone update with network play, are nowhere to be found. And the visuals are positively terrible. It's almost like Nintendo paid Atari to make the game look bad to create bad press for the 32X. Not that the 32X wasn't doing just fine in that department on its own...

• WII
• 4 / 10
• États-Unis

Heavenly Guardian is an affront to everything that games are now and were back in the day. It can be held up as a brazen defiance of the march of technology, a testament to when games were simple but fun (and despite all my bitching, Heavenly Guardian is still fun... to a degree). It's also a painfully generic, downright pitiful display of what 2D gaming can still offer. I don't mind old-school games, though I do feel that nostalgia often tints our perspective on really old titles until we see them with modern eyes, but that isn't the case here. I wanted a spiritual successor to Pocky & Rocky -- even if the name wasn't there. Instead, I got a game apparently transplanted from the early 90s that was stripped of its soul during the trip. There's no heart to what's happening, only a tired series of canned patterns and lifeless trudges through wintery wastes. This is not the 16-bit throwback you're looking for.

• PS3
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

A slavishly accurate conversion of a classic racer thought lost to the smoky arcade mists of time, Sumo Digital has retained the joy of the 1996 original while bolstering the game with a handsome offering of online modes and an attractive high definition overhaul. As exacting a port as it is, GTI Club + is still a relatively slim package – recommended wholesale for anyone with even the dimmest of recollections of the original, but those unfamiliar with the formula may be left wanting by what’s on offer.

• PS3
• 6.8 / 10
• États-Unis

Yes, Inferno still has some glitches to its name (it crashed on me twice) and the gameplay could have been further refined, but there's no question that the PS3 version is a major improvement over the originals and offers a much more enjoyable experience. Despite all it's problems, I can really see what the developers at Eden Games were going for when they set out to make Alone in the Dark, and I find many of their efforts both admirable and intriguing. If you feel like you can work through some of the remaining gameplay issues and a few plot holes, I think Inferno is an adventure game that gamers can appreciate. At the very least, you can more clearly see what the overarching vision for Alone in the Dark was while enjoying the game's super cool soundtrack.

• PS2
• 6.4 / 10
• États-Unis

Shaun White Snowboarding is a decent casual game on the PlayStation 2 that is easy to get into and offers some interesting character progression possibilities. There are definitely more exciting snowboarding games on the system, though -- all of the SSX games make Shaun White feel like child's play. But there are still several hours of breezy fun on the mountains to be had here.

• 32X
• 4 / 10
• États-Unis

Zaxxon Motherbase 2000 is not a Zaxxon game. It's a pointless, un-fun shooter that merely sharing the same camera angle as SEGA's arcade classics. The game is slow and a visual non-de-force that deserves to be in the bottom tier of 32X games to collect if you are assembling a library. Hopefully, SEGA will one day give Zaxxon the respect it deserves... by just leaving well enough alone and letting gamers appreciate all that entails.

• X360
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS2
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS3
• 7.2 / 10
• États-Unis

If you have a puny, atrophied brain, spending some time with Brain Challenge will make you feel better about it. The graphics aren't much to look at but the menus are sharp and easy to navigate, and the controls are intuitive. There are some issues with the tutorials and multiplayer, but the basics of a decent educational puzzler are here.