Dans la série des offres de jeux en accès illimité sur abonnement, on a tendance à citer aisément Xbox Game Pass, GeForce Now ou même Google Stadia. Voire même le PlayStation Now. Au milieu des Microsoft, Nvidia, Google et autre Sony, Apple semble manquer à l'appel. Pourtant, sa tentative qui murit dans l'ombre est loin d'être à négliger.

Apple TV users have been created for two years in order to offer users of iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and finally Mac a selection of games without advertising or integrated purchase, all by an annual subscription orfairly low monthly (4.99 euros per month).Here, no cloud gaming, but download for offline game, with the possibility of starting on one device and continuing it on another (for a backup on iCloud).

Now rich in more than 200 "Premium" games, for all tastes, alone or with several, with some reference games in terms of gameplay or graphic excellence, Apple Arcade still enjoys a bad reputation that no longer hastoo much to be.

Difficult beginnings like a ball in the spirits

Attractive on paper, the offer was, it is true, not the density necessary for launch to trace its way.Too few games offered, no very ambitious titles to attract the most experienced players, little variety, Apple Arcade had somewhat missed its entry into scene.Over the months nevertheless, the brand has put the double bites to catch up and it is today a pleasant service to use, by taking it for what it is, not what it would like to be.

Admittedly, the platform has technically nothing to do with the ambitions of the Xbox Game Pass or its Cloud Gaming version accessible on mobile.Apple wants to make its service a complement for its iPhone and iPad essentially, and to make the full power of its chips A or now M1, whose brand is constantly praising the merits.The video game is for this the best expression and tangible proof for potential players.Still you have to have the means to highlight it.

Because, apart from a few ambitious mobile games, often linked to racing games, RPGs or nervous multiplayer FPS, rare are those who really test a smartphone.On Apple Arcade, we now find this type of games.If we want to immerse yourself in the catalog to find them.

Somewhat erased by criticism at its launch, Apple Arcade did everything to attract big names in the middle for exclusive titles like Ubisoft (Rayman Mini), Sega (Sonic the Hedgehog), 2K Sport (NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition), Capcom(Shinsekai Into the Depths, Monster Hunters Stories+), Gameloft (The Oregon Trail), Konami (Castlevania: GriMoire of Souls, Frogger in Toy Town), etc..Quality games, pleasant and that make you find your automatisms if you had already tried them on console or PC.NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition is nothing other than the suitable version of the latest version of the basketball simulation game, with different game modes close to those of the console version, multiplayer, a career mode andfast parts.

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Visually, it is not comparable to the PS5 or Xbox Series in high flight versions despite all the debauchery of Apple fleas, but it does not have much to envy the previous generations.It's fluid and we find the sensations.And, no fun of a platform that wants to bring together players, we can play on Apple TV with a PlayStation Dualshock4 or Dualsense controller and a acolyte that would have an Xbox Series joystick!

The choice is there, you have to be curious

To play, it is pleasant to be spoiled for choice, support as tools.Personally, I hate tactile controls on smartphone.I want to play in point’n’Click on finger and that's it.So, the other way to save my game is to allow the easy twinning of a controller.On this point, it's won.What is also pleasant and incentive is also to be able to go on known ground.In the catalog, there are now flagship figures of the mobile game, but also of video games simply.Always with a general public approach and the will of the unpublished.We meet Lego franchises (Star Wars Battles, Star Wars: Castaways), popular characters like Pac-Man (Pac-Man Party Royale) or Angry Birds in a version called Reloaded.Even the transformers made an appearance in a tactical game.And Apple is also the one who brings Disney back to video games.Presented lately, Disney Melee Mania wants to be an original royal battle with the heroes of the entertainment firm.It's fun, well executed and accessible to the greatest number.

So yes, we can blame Apple Arcade for full of games a little too family, not hardcore enough gamer.But it is also in line with the global philosophy of the company.It seems difficult to see a call of duty, an Evil resident or a doom arriving which would not really meet the usual consensual criteria.Personally, I have my console to play it.Admittedly, the latest MacBook M1/M1 Pro/M1 Max are magnificent war machines that seem cut for the game.But for more ambitious games than those in the Arcade catalog (and at higher prices too, even if the platform is renowned for remuneration).

This is the case of myst, emblematic game of the 1990s which signed its return to a modernized version and redesigned on Mac where it was crowned the game of the year.At the very admission of its creators, the game would be changed well ... on iPad M1 to demonstrate its strength.Not necessarily drowned in the middle of a catalog at 5 euros per month.

Indées in force also

Even if it was to fill his shelves and because they were probably easier to seduce with an uncertain project, Apple's idea to go hand in hand to independent developers had good to vary the pleasures,while imposing its quality requirements.There is one thing to report on Apple Arcade, it is the absence of waste in the titles.It is difficult to see a visually or buggy game.Personally, in two years, I have not crossed it and on the contrary, they are very frequently updated for the addition of content such as gameplay adjustments.

Where the platform also had flair, it is in the name of the partners.Thus, Apple Arcade offers titles worn by Hello Games (No Man’s Sky), Night School Studio (Oxenfree, Afterparty), Devolver Digital (Fall Guys) or Annapurna Interactive (12 minutes, What Remains of Eddie Finch).They gave life respectively to The Last Campfire, Next Stop Nowhere, Game of Thrones or Sayonara Wild Hearts and The Pathless.

To this were added renowned exclusives (sometimes certainly temporary) such as the very bd-esque Beyond A Steel Sky, following a game of Beneath A Steel Sky, or Fantasian, elected game of the year and that theWe owe to the creator of Final Fantasy which he is very close to.That games that are worth seeing and deserve to enjoy the free month (or even more for the lucky) to try them.

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If you are not particularly curious and/or you do not want to lose three hours to spend the catalog in review, it is possible to play security with very popular mobile games, with extremely positive fameIn know-how and who landed there in their "Full Option" version: Crossy Road, The Room 2, Alto's Odyssey, Asphalt 8, etc.Sometimes expensive games on the App Store (up to 10 euros) which are here included in more complete versions as a bonus.They are often easy to spot, their name is attached to the acronym "+" and they are listed in a category the legends of the App Store within Apple Arcade.A good financial deal put forward to attract players to the platform.

Play for the pleasure of playing

Why is it worth the cost and the blow to take a look at Apple Arcade?For the pleasure of finding the unexpected game that you will like among the Galaxy of titles available.Unless you are a follower of strange games on the bottom and the form, there is little chance that you will not leave Fanny.There is something for everyone, all styles, all sensitivities.Since the advent of the smartphone, the mobile game has become a quest for many.I always find it difficult to choose a title, to invest in it with the fear of being disappointed.Like all packages, pay five euros per month for an abundance offer, with its potential risks and favorites, obviously goes better.I like to test, discover, pester against a game.I can stop it if I don't like it, take it back when I want.But above all, I know that, whether or not I like the result, I will have a qualitative game.

And then, when I like a game, be able to play on iPad or Mac before possibly switching with a controller on TV screen is appreciable.Because the game is not appreciated in the same way on all the supports.I do not experience the same feeling as by playing Kena: Bridge of Spirits or Forza Horizon 5 on console.I see Apple Arcade as a playful, fast complement to spend time.My daughter, on the other hand, spends hours on the only Sneaky Sasquatch, the story of a Yeti who puts the bazaar wherever he goes.This game looks like nothing, rather for children, but its slightly bizarre and quirky version is a great success, even for big children.Each time she has updated updates - very frequent as a bonus - which provide additional content.And even me, this unpretentious game makes me laugh.

As for me, I did and redone Sayonara Wild Hearts on all the supports, I liked to start Beyond A Steel Sky on iPad and be able to continue the game in the metro on my iPhone.Yes, you have to download the game every time, but it ends up being transparent to use.Every Friday, new games arrive.I will not play everyone obviously, but that is enough to arouse my curiosity so that I go to see what they look like.

What to play?

It would be very difficult to release only a top 10 of Apple Arcade games.We had made you a first selection.It should be easily doubled today to see wide and reflect the offer.Apple Arcade's strength is also to encourage the player to go rush in the different categories to find his happiness, to let himself be carried away by the very neat suggestions or visuals.If I obviously started at the time with sure values because I knew their initial universes (Rayman Mini, Froggers in Toy Town) or the reputation of the studio (Sayonara Wild Hearts of Annapurna Interactive), my curiosity ended upTake it and I got lost long hours looking for a game for my iPhone that corresponds to my desire for the moment (I admit a weakness for puzzles and thinking games).

But that also prompted me to try mini Motorways, a completely addictive game in which it is necessary to build roads in fictitious cities to avoid traffic jams and lead to their business the inhabitants whose houses grow like random mushrooms, sometimes to the detrimentlogical.It is true that the visual of the game icon is my first naive incentive to try.I downloaded I don't know how many games on my devices.Some have only had the right to a little bit of my time before I get bored and forget their existence.It is also the choice of quantity.And when the quality is generally there, it's even better.No, you will not find the next Goty on Apple Arcade, you will not see it at the moment of AAA, but what to quench your thirst for novelty, certainly.In that, it is already potentially happy players for cheap.

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