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• DS
• 6.9 / 10
• États-Unis

So Touch the Dead lacks any sort of originality, but it definitely has a place in the Nintendo DS line-up. It's a straight-forward, fun, intense action game that does a decent job of what it sets out to do...even if that's just to steal the House of the Dead idea before Sega decides to port it officially itself.

• PS3
• X360
• 5.2 / 10
• États-Unis

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End has the atmosphere and look of a great pirate game, but that's about it. While the sound and characters help capture the essence of the Disney trilogy, the shallow gameplay is too much to endure for the seven or so hours it takes to complete the game. Let's put it this way: if came down to playing this game for seven hours or walking the plank, it would be a tough choice. Save your hard-earned cash for a barrel of rum and consider a rental.

• PS2
• 6.5 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS3
• 4.3 / 10
• États-Unis

With its shoddy Sixaxis support, Sony Online's version of Rampart doesn't do much for the game's memory. Even with online versus play, Leaderboards, and support for resolutions all the way up to 1080p, the overall lack of control seals this classic's fate.

• X360
• 5.2 / 10
• États-Unis

Soltrio Solitaire might be worth $5, but it's definitely not worth the $10 currently being charged. It's unjustified. There's no licensing fee to pay for using solitaire games; no expensive game engine that costs millions to build; and no marketing costs. Soltrio Solitaire is a rip off. It's that simple. It's overpriced and it under-delivers. The single-player games are nicely presented and the online multiplayer is decent, but it's just not enough to validate the high price point. Avoid this one at all costs.

• DS
• 3.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Steel Horizon has come to the Nintendo DS from Konami, a trusted, long-time publisher on Nintendo systems known for the quality of its catalog. But the house that brought us Castlevania and Lunar Knights lost its way this time. Steel Horizon's set-up had the potential to offer solid, straightforward naval strategy, like playing chess with an aircraft carrier instead of a rook and bishop. But the battles are just a mess, marring any aspirations of the game's simple, but workable turn-based half of play. We'd expect more from Konami, and you'd expect much more if you played this game. So don't waste your time – life in the Navy is just too boring.

• DS
• 6.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Meet the Robinsons is a really surprising game in the sense that it doesn't completely suck. See, it's a game made about a family film that doesn't follow the film. It starts one character, and it's really simplistic. Yet somehow the guys at Altron managed to make a game that is actually pretty fun. They just needed to make more of it since Meet the Robinsons is, at best, a half a day game. There could easily have been more there with the whole time travel storyline. It's tough to say whether Meet the Robinsons is worth buying, even for someone that really enjoyed the movie. For a tyke that is itching to shoot up the place, but has parents that don't want the bloodshed it may be a just the thing. Kind of like the Robinsons themselves. Nowhere near perfect, but still delightfully fun.

• PSP
• 6.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Compared to other Harvest Moon titles, this one feels like it strays pretty far away from the franchise¿s formula. The inconvenient truth is that while you still harvest crops, the farther into the game you go, the less important farming becomes and the more island exploration takes over. Unfortunately, the unbalanced level of exploration, slow development of the story and nonsensical character development (coupled with his virtual isolation) makes the game one of those titles that appeals to an even smaller niche of this niche genre.

• DS
• 3.5 / 10
• États-Unis

SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters DS is without a doubt one of the biggest letdowns thus far on DS. For the niche crowd, card fighting fans, or Capcom/SNK loyalists, SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters could have been an amazing game, as it looked to bring a second life to the age-old Neo Pocket title that many hardcore portable fans know and love. Instead, we’ve received a buggy, poorly translated, somewhat shallow card game that has about as much production value as a first-generation GBA game, and that sucks. With games like Chocobo Tales out there - a title that’s only half card battler, and still trumps this title - and the knowledge that we’ve already had better from this exact franchise on a weaker system, there’s no way we can recommend this one. All we can do is hope that SNK gives this game a proper sequel (something the franchise deserves), or dig up our Neo Pocket and play a version that’s actually worth our time and money, as the DS version is a shell of a game. We wanted to love this one. We really did.

• PSP
• 4 / 10
• États-Unis

• PSP
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

• PC
• 7 / 10
• États-Unis

Theatre of War does a reasonably good job of taking the core concepts of wargames and marrying them to the more familiar RTS presentation. The highly detailed unit and combat modeling and the large impressive maps are definitely points in the game's favor. The only real downsides to the game are that the missions don't really stand apart from one another and that the framerate dips to truly aggravating levels. The extent to which those weaknesses will affect you depends on your interest in the tactical side of the game but, even with a playable framerate, there's just not enough variety here to hold most gamers' interest past the first dozen missions or so.

• PS3
• 7.7 / 10
• États-Unis

The Show manages to bring up the overall shell of Sony¿s baseball game from the PS2 minors, but as a next gen title, it doesn¿t have all of the fundamentals to compete with other sports games out there. Funky infielder logic, lackluster visuals and other odd changes to the gameplay formula literally turns a great baseball title on older systems into a good title on the PS3. That isn¿t to say that baseball fans shouldn¿t take a look at The Show; just don¿t expect it to be leaps and bounds that the other sports titles around.

• PS2
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

All that said, I wholeheartedly recommend Buzz! The Mega Quiz. It's easy to get into, there are enough topics so that everyone can have a chance, you can customize what rounds come up, and you get your own buzzer. That's awesome, and the whole package is just $40. If you have a bunch of trivia junkies in your crew, this one's a winner.

• PS2
• PC
• 6.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Look up "not for everyone" in the dictionary, and you won't find an entry -- that isn't a word, dumbass. But if we could look up that phrase in a dictionary, we'd find a picture of Th3 Plan. In a market filled with run-and-gun action games, Plan's level-wandering and switch-throwing isn't going to appeal to everyone. Yet, if you have $15 and a day or so to kill, this title will keep you entertained as you unleash your inner-Clooney.

• X360
• 5.6 / 10
• États-Unis

Double Dragon can be fun, but it under-delivers. This is a five-dollar game. You deserve more than a crap framerate and lingering bugs. The fact that co-op is so difficult due to the slowdown sucks most of the joy from Double Dragon. I was one of the many eager to play Double Dragon on XBLA. The wait wasn't worth it. Save your cash. If you want to waste five bucks, send it my way. I could use it.

• PS3
• 5.5 / 10
• États-Unis

For five bucks, Gauntlet II isn't the worst deal on the PlayStation Store, but its repetition and lack of extras don't make it the best one either. There are much newer and more interesting options already available for roughly the same amount of money (flOw, Lemmings, and Mortal Kombat II to name a few) and the poorly-executed online options absolutely seal its fate. Unless you're a diehard Gauntlet maniac, your attention is better served elsewhere.

• WII
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

The game is just as much fun to play today as it was 15 years ago. It really feels like a side-scrolling Street Fighter II, from the animations and attacks, to the responsive and simple controls. For those that haven't played, you are hereby encouraged to check it out to see what some of the hottest arcade ports of e 16-bit era looked like -- despite the aforementioned flaws and omissions.