Jeux de rôle Québec - 4th Edition - Critical hits, pas mal moins violent

Should this go in 4E News or Reviews? I'm not sure. Damn those arbitrary categories - who chose those?* Anyway, you can read the first review of Wizards Presents: Races & Classes at RGP.net.

*Oh. Right. It was me.

Critical hits are the subject of the latest article to be found on the official site. So, what does it tell us?

As we'd already figured out, the confirmation roll is gone.
Critical hits don't deal double damage.
Instead, when you roll a critical hit, all the dice are maximized.
Magic weapons deal extra damage on crits.
Monsters don't get this benefit, so PC crits outclass monster crits most of the time.
Weapons can have the high crit property, giving extra dice on a crit.

Also interesting is the sample weapon stat block:

Weapon: War Pick

Prof: 2 [what does this mean?]

Damage: d8 [note, just one damage roll listed]

Range: -

Cost: 15gp

Weight: 6lb.

Category: Pick ["Pick" is a "category" of some kind]

Properties: High crit, versatile ["high crit" is mentioned above; "versatile" is something else]