Ginga Force
Ginga Force
Ginga Force, développé par Qute Corporation et édité par Rising Star Games et Qute Corporation, est un jeu de tir arcade sorti le 14 février 2013 sur Xbox 360, PC et PlayStation 4. Le titre propose un shoot 'em up vertical centré sur la planète Septima et ses ressources de septonium, où le joueur suit le récit d'Alex et Margaret, deux pilotes exceptionnels, au travers d'un mode histoire en dix étapes ponctué de multiples boss. Outre ce mode narratif, une alternative attaque au score avec tableaux en ligne est disponible, et le joueur peut piloter trois vaisseaux aux puissances distinctes tout en combinant armes principales, secondaires et spéciales pour des milliers de configurations possibles face à des ennemis aux méchas puissants. La durée de la campagne principale est estimée à six heures et demie, contre onze heures et demie pour une approche complétiste, et le jeu est proposé au prix de 19,99 euros avec une note agrégée de 76. La presse a salué l'expérience, Video Chums évoquant l'un des meilleurs shoot 'em ups joués en des décennies et PlayStation Universe relevant un équilibre entre formule classique et variété, tandis que certains joueurs sur Metacritic regrettent l'absence de changement d'arme en cours de niveau et qu'un avis positif Steam le décrit comme marquant sans être un coup de cœur.
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Out of the hundreds of shoot 'em ups that I've played in my decades of gaming, I can easily say that Ginga Force is one of the best. Its combination of skill-testing stages, rewarding customisation, and lively presentation make it one must-have shmup. »
« Ginga Force is one of those shoot-em-ups that gives you exactly what you want all while giving just enough variety to the formula to keep things feeling fresh. A few choices along the way don't meet the mark, but nothing gets in the way of Ginga Force's fantastic gameplay. »
« A nearly flawless “bullet hell”, vertical shooter with story elements, high difficulty and customization options for your aircraft. »
« Ginga Force is a high-quality shoot 'em up that has enough content for you to keep playing and replaying. Shoot 'em up fans will love it and this is the kind of thing we love to see on PSN. »
« Ginga Force is one of the better shoot ‘em ups I’ve played. As someone who traditionally is not a fan of the genre, this game absolutely gave me reason enough to play each of the levels. It is a shame that the narrative is too difficult to follow as it happens alongside the action. The ability to upgrade weapons and purchase bonus items, even after failing a level, is a welcome ingredient to allow people who only casually play within the shoot ‘em up genre the ability to enjoy the game enough to get through to the end, but the fact that a lot of the good stuff is locked behind "for genre veterans only" difficulty settings does whittle down the game's potential audience a little. »
« Frustratingly, Ginga Force is more ambitious than it is good, dragging down its occasional moments of signature Qute brilliance with a glacially-paced story mode in service of a forgettable plot. With much more generous tuning of the progression rewards, this could potentially be an effective gateway title to welcome newer players to the genre. As it is, it’s weirdly perched between the old and new, with too much grind and too much noise to really land for anyone. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Colourful, frenetic vertical shmup that ticks all the right boxes, although the strategy and variety of mid-level weapon changing is absent preferring a system based upon "buying" upgraded weapon systems with experience points that are far too easy to come by. For this reason it feels more like a phone game than a console one and as such is just good rather than great. »
