Madagascar 3: The Video Game
Madagascar 3: The Video Game, développé par Monkey Bar Games et édité par D3 Publisher, est sorti le 5 juin 2012 sur PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS et Wii. Classé dans le genre aventure, le titre propose d'incarner Alex le lion, Marty le zèbre, Gloria l'hippopotame et Melman la girafe, qui doivent trouver un moyen de rentrer chez eux en travaillant pour un cirque itinérant. En mode solo ou en coopération à deux joueurs, les participants parcourent l'Europe pour promouvoir le cirque en accomplissant des missions confiées par les pingouins, en réalisant des cascades publicitaires sur des monuments européens et en exécutant des numéros de cirque inspirés du film.
L'accueil critique est mitigé, avec une note moyenne agrégée de 50,55. XGN a salué la gentillesse du jeu et son enchaînement de mini-jeux reliés à l'histoire du film, tandis que GameWatcher a indiqué que les joueurs sans enfants risquent de ne pas être séduits par ce compendium de mini-jeux au lien ténu. Du côté des joueurs, certains sur Metacritic ont décrit l'expérience comme intéressante à essayer, tout en concédant que ce n'est peut-être pas le meilleur jeu, et d'autres ont simplement rappelé qu'il s'agit du troisième opus de la série sur Xbox 360, fondé sur le film éponyme.
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« This Madagascar game is, just as it's predecessors, very adorable. The minigame kind of gameplay is connected through the story of the movie and there's enough variation to keep it interesting. It does get a bit repetitive after one town, and walking goes very slowly, but this game is perfect to play with a child. »
« If you're likely to be playing without kids, you're not going to be hooked by this loosely connected mini-game compendium and should deduct a point. »
« The mixture of simple switch puzzles and jump & run is entertaining, but the fun is short lived. Missions, areas, tasks: Everything gets monotonous too soon. »
« Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is definitely more engaging as a team effort, and we're not ashamed to admit that a couple of the mini games had us giggling with childish glee. »
« A disappointing game in almost every aspect. Even the most forgiving children won't find it very interesting. »
« There are so many good games out there that we have to command you to avoid this one. Even in spite of the colorful graphics. »
« Overall, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is a poorly developed video game. Despite having the potential with a great set of characters and interesting storyline, the repetitiveness of the title and the lack of variety make it a tedious game to play, that's only saved by the occasional moment of humour. This is definitely one to avoid. »
« Fun for none of the family, sadly. [Christmas 2012, p.93] »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Maybe not the best game, but it was an interesting experience. I advise you to try it »
« "Madagascar 3: The Video Game" is a game based on the movie Madagascar 3 and the 3rd in the series of games for Xbox 360. The game, like the others, is primarily oriented toward younger audience... or achievement **** story of the game is up the film's characters, led by Alex, The Lion, fleeing the villain of the movie, the animal control agent DuBois, and they use a traveling circus as a cover, while pass through the European cities of Rome, Pisa, London and Paris. The game's graphics are equal to the second, reasonably good for the characters, but regular for the rest, with many repetitive animations and textures and a little more simple, yet possess some effects (in the arena stages). The best graphics are better for the stages in the circus and of course ins the CGs in which the stories are being **** game sounds and music are good for the style, but the repetition of phrases by both the characters and the people on the street comes to be a bit annoying. The gameplay happens in various missions within the stages in those cities, and you use two of the characters, in a limited environment, and must collect objects to complete the mission, to promote and be able to mount a show. In these missions, each character has a specific power, and a separate specific collectible, which are used to reach the ultimate goal, and involves simple platform sequences in a 3D free environment.Among these stages, there are mini-games, that usually runs in the same environments, where the goal is to get the highest score, picking up items. At the end of one of these two sequences, the circus is mounted and you get to a series of mini-games in the arena, where the goal is to get the highest score. Some of them can be frustrating because of the controls (eg **** main stages of the game have many collectibles, which can only be caught by specific characters, and the stage scenarios (now in Free-Roam) and the circus mini-games are put on the main screen layout to play separately. About the collectibles are more than 100 for each character, scattered in the scenarios of the main stages. The game has a local multiplayer, which is cooperative (in missions) or competitive (in the arenas). The replay factor of the game is on account of this, to be able to get the collectibles and find the squirrel hidden in each city. Even though the game is oriented towards younger children, I did not like the final product: it has a general quality graphics and gameplay, both in commands and in actions (you can not run) similar to games from other previous generations (and worst than many of them), and is the worst of the series, there are many games for this public much better on Xbox 360. »
« Bad game, even for a childs game this one of the worst in 360! It have some of the worst controls that I seen and its borynd to death. Don't waste your money in it! »
