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(9 customer reviews) 17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Better than I expected,
December 28, 2006 N. Stoker "The norm" (Rainy Land) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eragon (Video Game)
Game type: Linear 3rd person
Genre: Action fighting
5 star rating system
Graphics 3 Fun 5 Story 4 Replay Value 2 Overall 3
Let me start off by saying that this game is good, not great. I was actually pleasantly surprised, because I asked for this game for CHRISTMAS after seeing it on the xbox website. To me it seemed like one of my all time favorite orig. Xbox games LOTR 2 towers. Then I read the reviews before getting the game and was horrified. Maybe I was surprised because I wasn't expecting much, but I found the game to be fun and have that familiar satisfying combat system that I loved in LOTR. You learn magic as you progress and it's awesome being able to push, pull, use fire, and fire magic arrows at enemies. There's a good mix of fighting and puzzles here. at times you must figure out where to jump, climb, and or shimmy and use magic to build bridges.
The dragon levels are a sore spot in the game. Lack of...Read more
16 of 22 people found the following review helpful
The game designers took a good book and turned it into a,
December 8, 2006 Fredrick Johnson - See all my reviews
= Fun: This review is from: Eragon (Video Game)
I'm a fan of the book and I liked how the movie trailers looked so I thought the game would be worth getting. I was wrong.
While the graphics are nice and crisp and the 2 player cooperative play is fun, everthing else was pretty dissapointing and many aspects of the game story were nothing like the book.
You start out hunting a deer and then you find the the famous dragon egg. Then you get plunged into a battle with a bunch of Galbatrox's stooges who are trying to kill Brom, an old story teller (who is really a former dragon rider). It was kind of funny to see Eragon, a 16 year old farm boy who is not supposed to have ever fought anyone in his life do a bunch of Jedi-like fighting moves and take down 6 guys. Pretty much from this point on it's kill guys, then kill a few more guys, then tell Saphira(your dragon) to kill more guys. There are many things in the game story which are totally unlike the book. First, Eragon and Brom didn't fight anyone until they...Read more
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Great game for young and old!,
May 14, 2007 Big Kid "Robert" (Vegas) - See all my reviews
= Fun: This review is from: Eragon (Video Game)
Yes this game is very easy, but it is a lot of fun. I played this with my son and we finished the game in about 10 hours. The cheat codes make it even easier. Flying the dragon takes some work and we change controllers so I ride and my son flies.
I don't think this is for people who take gaming too seriously.
