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More story driven than the previous episodes, more serious and guided as well, LEGO Harry Potter : Years 1 – 4 transcribes the JK Rowling universe well, and targets, as such, more the Harry Potter fans who will revive some of the best scenes of the four first novels/movies, than the LEGO games ones.

A title that will be worth a look, therefore, especially for those who take the train.

There's no denying it — Elden Ring Nightreign is a somewhat broken and bizarre concept that won’t appeal to everyone. But if this unusual mix manages to win you over, it quickly becomes hard to resist the urge to keep playing for hours on end, even when it demands a significant mental investment. The boss fights are satisfying, the various characters each bring something unique to the table, and there’s a genuine sense of progression and reward as your playstyle evolves over time. As a first attempt focused on multiplayer, it may not be a masterpiece, but it’s still a bold and intriguing proposition.

After swimming with sharks, Pro Evolution Soccer has undergone a facelift with this new episode, particularly successful, although perfectible, but placed on the right track.

From the simple but colorful and dynamic polygons of this new Golden Sun DS, it's pretty much the Sega Saturn that stares at us. If only she knew how much we miss her.

Long, funny, original and addictive, DeathSpank manages to make one forget its little weaknesses and have a smile.

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No words can accurately transcribe the primal terror I felt during Routine's short runtime. Many players will bounce away because of the purposefully heavy and slow gameplay, yet the journey is unforgettable and oh so special. Floored.

With its many customization options and the simply fun nature of its gameplay, Kirby Air Riders makes a strong impression from the very first sessions. Beneath a deceptive feeling of simplicity lies a surprising amount of depth, one that takes hours and hours to fully master. Still, the experience may start to feel a bit repetitive after a while: unfortunately, the generous shots of dopamine the game delivers struggle to keep the player engaged past the ten-hour mark. There’s no doubt, however, that competitive players in search of yet another frantic, fluorescent, borderline-epileptic thrill ride will find exactly what they’re looking for.

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Freed from its big brother's technical issues, Hyrule Warriors : Age of Imprisonment is a polished muso experience that remains a tad too easy. Also, while the Switch 2's power is certainly put to good use, reading the action in portable mode is sometimes difficult due to an overload of visual effects and UI elements.

Even if this Tiger Woods does the bare minimum, it stays classy and shows strong basics.

After swimming with sharks, Pro Evolution Soccer has undergone a facelift with this new episode, particularly successful, although perfectible, but placed on the right track.

Rune Factory Frontier is an adventure of mind-blowing density, but you will need time and patience to fully experience it.

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Firaxis delivers a solid performance, with an interesting gameplay loop that stays fresh and successfully makes micromanagement feel less cumbersome, encouraging even the most reluctant players to expand their empire by founding more cities. A real change of pace for the franchise, which ultimately wins us over. While the diplomatic system overhaul and the AI's more coherent playstyle stand out the most, we hope Firaxis will find a way through patches to make the structure of a match a bit more unpredictable, as a clear pattern emerges after around thirty hours of play regarding the overall flow of a game. This is the downside of the new model that divides a match into three ages: it works well with its soft reset but comes with its own set of issues. Still, it's a game we can easily see ourselves sinking over a hundred hours into by the end of 2025, whether in solo or multiplayer.

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Even if this Tiger Woods does the bare minimum, it stays classy and shows strong basics.

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Of course, Dead Rising 2 knows how to be efficient, but we could expect a bit more from this second episode.

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Dune: Awakening won't appeal to everyone (because it doesn't want to). Those hoping for a dense MMO, rich in interactions and massive PvE content will likely be disappointed. But those willing to get lost alone, to the slow rhythm of harvests and storms, will discover an atypical, almost poetic game. A survival without screams, without jumpscares, but with that diffuse unease, that mystical strangeness that has been the strength of Dune since 1965. Funcom delivers here a very high-flying game, sometimes frustrating, often contemplative. We'll wait and see how it evolves, because its potential is enormous. As it stands, Dune: Awakening is already an exceptional experience, especially for those who like to walk for long periods in the desert, with no other goal than to get lost there.

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It’s obvious: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is the weakest entry in the Prime series. Is the full restart from scratch to blame? We will probably never know, but this central desert that impoverishes the overall level design is a major flaw one simply cannot overlook, as its harmful influence can be felt throughout the entire game. Add to that an omnipresent and irritating hand-holding, a story that handles its antagonist and secondary characters very clumsily — not outright terrible, but of questionable interest — and we end up with an experience that does not live up to our high expectations… Even so, it’s hard not to enjoy a proposal that is technically very solid, with a dynamism and freedom in combat that feel genuinely pleasant and are supported by plenty of good little ideas.

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The most interesting aspect of this Castlevania-like lies in its unique transformations, bringing a bit of variety to the game. It's cool, but not efficient enough, even for 5 dollars.

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Not great enough to bring Sonic back to the pantheon of heroes from platform games, Sonic Colours is still a pleasant game which maybe lack a bit of originality and substance.

With its 10-15s loading times... and its botched interface, AlphaBounce doesn’t even try to seduce players.

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While the Pokémon Legends series may at first seem eager to break free from the limitations of the mainline episodes, it still falls short of the long-awaited reinvention fans have been hoping for. Z-A shows plenty of good ideas and offers the most engaging battle system the franchise has seen in a long time, but it struggles to make up for its eternal shortcomings: dull and underwhelming visuals for the modern era, a still overly childish narrative, a glaring lack of personality, and gameplay inconsistencies that gradually erode the experience over time. Though die-hard fans of the series will no doubt overlook these flaws, the average player (who only hunts monsters from time to time) will find Pokémon Legends: Z-A to be a pleasant attempt, but far from essential.

After having explored every corner of the galaxy and played the card of excess, the Borderlands saga re-centers its story on a single planet, meant to be the franchise’s first true open world. By returning to less grandiose foundations, but also to less fiery writing, Gearbox clearly intends to offer an experience that doesn’t scatter itself, in order to better master its fundamentals: excellent gameplay with real depth, paired with humor that is better handled and less overblown. That said, it’s also regrettable that the density of its universe relies on exploration and environments that are, all in all, very conventional, along with a certain lack of boldness. Borderlands 4 is efficient, but it won’t send shivers through the industry—showing off muscles we already know all too well.

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A converted try for Ubisoft Quebec, and a safe bet for Wii owners.

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Mafia II is enjoyable and polished, but we could expect way more from 2K Czech.

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Death Rally comes back to life on iPhone and it's still an easygoing nervous arcade game. Actually, it's even better thanks to some stunning visuals. It's a shame though that some control issues, the lack of multiplayer mode and its dull Career mode keep Death Rally from being as memorable as it could be.

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FFIV on PSP is a delicious remake with tons of options. Too bad the character design is meh.

City Tales: Medieval Era is likely a pleasant proposition for newcomers to the city-builder genre—but that also turns out to be its biggest flaw. By removing any form of penalties or constraints in the expansion of our city, the entire game can be played on autopilot without the slightest concern. This is all the more regrettable since some of its gameplay mechanics, such as companions, are actually quite enjoyable.

Very Japanese in spirit and construction, Shadows of the Damned made efforts to adapt to Western productions, but it's still below the current standard of games in its class.

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After swimming with sharks, Pro Evolution Soccer has undergone a facelift with this new episode, particularly successful, although perfectible, but placed on the right track.

Even if it won't go down in history, Singularity will delight horrific shooter fans, especially those who are now fed up with Rapture and Black Mesa.

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As for the gameplay breakdown, even if I were able to give you an analysis as in-depth as those once delivered by King Puyo, what would be the point given that patches will inevitably transform the game during the season? What's the point of thinking about what the "right rating" is for a product over which the press has no influence whatsoever? So many questions and so few answers. Only one certainty remains: football sucks, but we can't live without it. And as for the rating, wait and see, I'll roll the dice... it's 7!

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Just like Streets of Rage or Mutation Nation, this game is a simple and primitive 2D beat 'em all that manages to speak to nostalgic gamers with its pixilated graphics and great MIDI soundtrack... A very good recipe.

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Hell is Us still stands as a genuine piece of boldness, a gamble that Rogue Factor has mastered from start to finish. A cry of love for those who no longer wish to let their instincts be numbed on the altar of autopilot offered by most action-adventure games, Hell is Us empowers the player without mistreating them. It rekindles the taste for exploration, observation, and deduction, without ever tipping into elitism. Between those games that hold our hand without ever letting go and those that abandon us at the bottom of the pit, Rogue Factor has found a remarkable middle ground—both rewarding and accessible. Supported by a production quality well above the AA average and, above all, by writing that shines just as much when depicting human tragedies in times of war as when exploring the historical subtleties of a fictional country, Hell is Us has far too much merit for its combat limitations to be held against it.

Like most of Chris Taylor’s games, Supreme Commander 2 deserves to be in every RTS fanatic’s games library.

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The idea of guiding a herd of supernatural creatures to their place of life was fascinating on paper. If the studio does a good job of building its universe and making these critters endearing, the conventional gameplay offered in the name of a calm and contemplative atmosphere makes the game in the end a little boring, and it would have gained much more by making us experience more situations of danger for our beasts, which we will stroll on autopilot for a large part of the time.

CloverPit is a roguelite that is conceptually solid, with an instantly addictive loop, but it runs up against modest ambitions that limit the richness of its possibilities. While having a narrative thread helps to structure the adventure, it also gives the impression that the whole thing has been too heavily built around it. What we have here is a small but efficient roguelite that will keep us busy for a while, but whose limits in depth become clear once its short story has been wrapped up.

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More polished and comprehensive than the previous DS installment, thanks to the adding of the online mode, TrackMania Turbo is a nice arcade racing game.

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Crimson Desert is the absolute definition of a massive disappointment. It’s a Ferrari body with a lawnmower engine under the hood. Pearl Abyss tried to please everyone and ended up pleasing no one: Elden Ring fans will be driven mad by the clunky combat, Witcher fans will be bored to tears by the lack of depth, those looking for a world as organic as Breath of the Wild are in for a rude awakening, and the general public will struggle with the abysmal UI and unwarranted difficulty spikes. Riddled with technical issues unacceptable for a blockbuster of this scale, and weighed down by dated writing, Crimson Desert is on the verge of a total systemic failure. The hype train has well and truly derailed. See you in a year, after 150 patches and a mountain of DLC, which, of course, are already in the works.

You will have understood from the extra-large size of this review: Avowed has an incredible charm that deserves discussion. Obsidian delivers a beautiful fantasy epic, with a delightful troupe of companions, which does not reach the studio's peaks but still makes you want to return after the end credits to continue exploring the Living Lands. Those looking for an anti-colonialist political manifesto or a new sacred monster of Western RPGs will be left wanting, of course, as it lacks a radical idea to transcend the whole. However, Avowed remains a very solid offering that would deserve a direct sequel to go beyond its classicism. Let’s hope so.

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Another Nancy Drew game, which doesn’t manage to raise the series beyond its usual level.

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Dogpile fulfills its purpose wonderfully: providing us with a small, addictive game that cleverly blends Suika Game with roguelite elements. Plus, it features cute dogs and charming art direction, so what more could you ask for? Perhaps some meta-progression to take the concept even further, but the game already works very well as is.

While it always feels bad to slam a small-ish studio that is more overly ambitious than actually incompetent, Eternal Strands is too shoddily-made to be praised. Not challenging and intelligent enough to promote a smart use of systemic magic effects, too repetitive to be charming and too strained between inspirations to find an unique voice, this is more of an unfinished tech demo with wacky physics than a true fantasy tale.

With its new gameplay based on quests and jobs, The sims Medieval offers new directions to the Sims saga without forgetting freedom.

The trauma inflicted by Baby Steps makes me want to give it a 1/10 to get revenge for what it did to me. Luckily for him, I'm a very pragmatic person and behind this continuous torture, this hostility and hatred towards its player, it remains an extremely funny proposition in many ways, with gameplay that is nevertheless mastered. There you go, take your 8/10 and leave me alone, I never want to hear from you again.

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Often funny, visually good and very inspired by Zelda […], 3D Dot Game Heroes does a great job without ever be boring.

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Transformers : War for Cybertron is not an unforgettable action game, but it manages to stay above average, even more when compared to the previous Transformers games.

Even if it won't go down in history, Singularity will delight horrific shooter fans, especially those who are now fed up with Rapture and Black Mesa.

More "cinematic" than "platformer", Replaced is visually scrumptious but simply feels bad to control. Ultimately, it does feel like the gameplay was conceived backwards from the visuals. As mean as it sounds (and I don't like beating on indies), the experience might genuinely be best enjoyed on YouTube for less jank-tolerant folks.

Curious gamers will be pleased to possess what can be called the ultimate version of the legendary dota mod for Warcraft 3.

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Very Japanese in spirit and construction, Shadows of the Damned made efforts to adapt to Western productions, but it's still below the current standard of games in its class.

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