IGN

• PS3
• 7.7 / 10
• États-Unis

Madden NFL 08 on PS3 is not a great game. It is a shadow of its cousin on 360. Though the feature set is identical, the drop to an unstable 30fps hurts considerably. The visuals and the gameplay suffer. If you are a real Madden nut and think you can fight through the framerate issues, Madden is an overall good game. It just doesn't run very well. If you only own a PS3 and live for Sundays, then there really is no other choice than to give Madden 08 a shot.

• WII
• PS3
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

World Heroes had enough of a hook with its roster of historical legends that arcade-goers of the early '90s probably weren't too opposed to the idea of dropping in a few quarters to check it out. But after a few rounds, those players would have ended up back in front of the Street Fighter cabinet – as you would too. World Heroes is a fair fighter, and does have a handful of interesting, unique features, but ultimately you'd be better off spending your Wii Points on a download of Capcom's classic instead, or waiting for some of the better, more developed Neo Geo titles to become available in the future.

• DS
• 7 / 10
• États-Unis

• PSP
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

Should you actually invest the hours into learning the quirks of the game, the rewards are certainly there for the taking, but the single-player part of the game really just serves as a foil for deck building and basic training. With nearly three thousand cards to collect, it's obviously a necessary step, but the main draw is going to be playing against friends in duels -- something made even more obvious by the inclusion of the new 2-on-2 Wi-Fi battles. Amazingly, even with Infrastructure support for downloading more cards, there's no online multiplayer. It was bad enough that the first game didn't offer any online play, but Konami completely missed out on what could have been an insane amount of replay value. The game also misses a golden opportunity to actually bring newcomers into the fold. I've been teased by card battle games in the past enough that I know I can learn to love a good one, but the prohibitively -- almost offensively -- high barrier to entry is going to turn off far more people than it will coax them into playing. The digital versions of a TCG are supposed to be the easy (and comparatively cheap) way to learn to play, but at this rate, Yu-Gi-Oh! won't be snaring any random passers-by anytime soon.

• PC
• 9.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Orange Box is a terrific package and truly more than the sum of its parts. We highly recommend this to anyone who loves games. If you haven't played any Half-Life 2, this is a must buy. If you've played Half-Life 2 and are looking forward to Ep 2 and wouldn't mind checking out the other two games, we say go for it. If you only want Team Fortress 2 and have no interest in the others, you may want to get it individually. Any way you slice it, this is one hell of a deal.

• PS3
• X360
• PC
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

SEGA Rally Revo is a game made for perfectionists. Working your way through the single player game is a great challenge as you race against ever increasing competition. The gameplay is great and it looks like the visual representation of "happy," but it may not be for everyone as we've been spoiled by racing game after racing game that keep upping the ante in variety and presentation. By any measure, it has solid racing mechanics. But then, variety is the spice of life and this title could use a bit more.

• PS2
• 7.9 / 10
• États-Unis

FIFA 08 seems to represent the classic videogame mistake. It’s not a bad game by any stretch of the imagination and will likely satisfy football diehards a bit more than past entries in the series, but one can’t help but wonder just how good the whole package could have been if EA Sports had just held the game back until the online Be a Pro Mode was finished. As it stands the mode will get no attention, and likely won’t be as large a part of the game experience as it should have been. Check back next season when the feature set to FIFA is finally complete and the gameplay has been tuned a bit more, until then the game will be known as good rather than great.

• X360
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

Puzzle Quest was a pleasant surprise when it was released on handhelds earlier this year, and this XBLA version gets me excited all over again. The unlikely marriage of puzzle gameplay with RPG mechanics makes for one of the most addictive experiences available on Microsoft's downloadable service. The minor glitches that were apparent in the DS version are nowhere to be found here. It's also a bargain on XBLA, priced at half the amount of the portable versions. If you haven't played Puzzle Quest, yet, this is a definite download. And if you have it's likely you'll fall in love with its seemingly endless set of quests to be accomplished, different classes to try, and new spells to master all over again. Throw in achievements, higher resolution graphics, and online multiplayer -- Puzzle Quest is a marriage that will last.

• PC
• 8.6 / 10
• États-Unis

Puzzle Quest was a pleasant surprise when it was released on handhelds earlier this year, and the PC version continues its tradition of excellence. The unlikely marriage of puzzle gameplay with RPG mechanics makes for one of the most addictive experiences available to gamers today. The sound hiccups are unfortunate but not enough to dent its armor. It's also a bit cheaper than the portable versions. If you haven't played Puzzle Quest, yet, this is a no-brainer download. If you have, though, whether or not the PC version warrants another purchase is a question of how badly you want to play online.

• DS
• 8.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Whether you’re a fan of the Bleach series or not really doesn’t matter when it comes to Bleach: Blade of Fate. Treasure went all-out in developing a DS fighter that plays, acts, and looks better than any of its competition, and it shows, as Bleach is hands-down the best fighter on the system. We aren’t fans of the anime, we’ve only seen a few episodes in preparation for the game’s coverage, but Bleach still won us over, as it plays extremely well, has tons of options, and pulls off some seriously impressive 2D work on DS. The sheer amount of extravagant attacks and system-filling combos should be enough to win over fans of the anime, but the core gameplay is where Bleach wins over the rest of us, delivering a stronger fighting mechanic than nearly any pocket battler out there (with SNK vs. Capcom: Match of the Millennium still holding the title overall). Bleach isn’t perfect, as you’ll still get some cheap juggling combos and players that refuse to learn the actual button combos, instead mashing the touch screen to pull off supers at leisure, but it’s still an impressive package filled with tons of fan service, and a solid mix of depth and entertainment. Bleach: The Blade of Fate is hands-down the best fighter on DS, and one of the top pocket fighters out there. Handheld battlers take note.

• PSP
• 7.3 / 10
• États-Unis

Overall NBA Live 08 on PSP is a solid addition to the series, and definitely improves on what we saw from last year’s game. The Crown adds a perpetual accomplishment system that actually does make you want to explore the rest of the game and play modes that you might not otherwise. The online offering adds some solid playability to the game, even if it doesn’t bring the league play of the console versions. While it still plays less like a simulation and more like an arcade game, NBA Live 08 on PSP is fun nonetheless.

• DS
• 6 / 10
• États-Unis

Ultimately, Duck Amuck succeeds more as an interactive cartoon than it does as a mini-game collection. It can almost be characterized as a Daffy Duck virtual pet a la Nintendogs. Almost, but not really. The strange balance of awesome cartoon/bad game design might not be enough to persuade the 30 dollar purchase, but you know what? Duck Amuck revives a lot of what made those Golden Age cartoons so great, so if you love those 'toons, this one's a cute, cool diversion even with the mini-game stinkers.

• WII
• 4.9 / 10
• États-Unis

NBA Live 08 is EA’s weakest attempt on Wii thus far, hands down. It lacks the polish, depth, or passion of any of the other motion projects had, removing full modes and options of the other console versions while also skipping on any of the expected Wii additions. We’re not talking about the included Family Play mode, or the game’s Party Mode which includes two mini-games; we’re talking about seamless motion control that works in more ways than just a simple button press, Wii-specific modes that truly make use of the console’s strong points (IR being one of those, something never used in NBA Live), and the intuitive “Learn Madden” equivalent mode of NBA Live, where players instantly are greeted with step-by-step tutorials and a range of training modes that familiarize them with the Wii hardware. Mii integration doesn’t make a PS2 title turn Wii overnight, and neither does waggle control or sympathetic gameplay. It’s obvious NBA Live was a low-priority, back-burner product, as the game suffers greatly during its Wii conversion. Here’s hoping next year brings a deeper, more intuitive and entertaining game of NBA Live.

• PC
• 8.9 / 10
• États-Unis

Team Fortress 2 is finally available, and it's one hell of a game. With its powerful artistic style and blazingly quick, yet accessible gameplay, it's enough to melt the icy cynicism imprisoning the hearts of even the most jaded among us. That being said, it's not the most complex shooter out there, and lacks bot support for now. Still, the game's got enough to it to last for a long while, and there's a statistics system built into Steam to help keep track of everything. Buy it, load it up and let loose. It's near-impossible to be disappointed.

• WII
• 7 / 10
• États-Unis

So Fatal Fury has a few different qualities that set it apart from other fighters of the age, and it could be of interest to fans of the genre for those reasons. But the final point to address about Fatal Fury is that it is, on its own, pretty basic when compared to all the many games to come later. This was SNK's first ever fighter, and the company developed and published nearly countless others afterward – including several direct sequels that improved on almost every aspect established first here. You can feel good investing 900 Wii Points in a download of Fatal Fury if you're a past player looking to satisfy your sense of nostalgia, or if you just want to find out if the Bogard brothers manage to get their revenge on Geese. But if you hold on to those same nine bucks and wait for some of this game's later sequels, you'll find that they're much more robust and replayable. And they'll have more than just three selectable characters.

• X360
• WII
• PS2
• PC
• 4.9 / 10
• États-Unis

Ultimately, Spider-Man Friend or Foe feels like a lazy attempt to cash in on the character's license. The game is obviously geared most toward the younger set, but even kids like a bit of challenge, right? Despite its downfalls, the game has its moments. Hero attacks are fun to see, many of the upgrades are well-designed and exciting to watch, and the voice acting is redeeming – during battles, we found ourselves longing to return to the "helicarrier" just so we could hear the ship computer's jokes. But mostly, we just longed to be done with Spider Man: Friend or Foe.

• PS2
• 5.5 / 10
• États-Unis

With the PlayStation 3 nearing its one-year anniversary, it's not entirely surprising that the PS2 versions are starting to feel a little tired compared to their hi-def brothers, but it's exacerbated even more here by the fact that NASCAR's underlying experience is so incredibly average. With so many amazing racing games, from sims to arcade crash-a-thons, NASCAR 08 no longer fills a niche larger than the actual sport, and while that may be good enough for die-hard fans of the sport, it's definitely not going to satisfy casual racing fans.

• PC
• 4.5 / 10
• États-Unis