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Bionicle: The Game

Bionicle: The Game

List Price: $9.99
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Rating: 5 stars
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Rating: 5 stars
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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Will disappoint those with younger children
Review: I got this game for my 7 yr old son who loves Bionicles. I was very disappointed with the fact that is is an extremely difficult game to play. Specifically, the control mechanisms are near impossible for a young child to master, let alone an adult. It me SEVERAL retries to get through a level. The most frustrating thing is that info messages pop up with hints numerous times during play, freezing the game until you acknowledge it by pressing return. You're ready to battle a creature, or make a jump for it and the game stops you to tell you how to do it. I thought Microsoft pop up bubbles were annoying but that practically sent me over the edge. I hope future patches give you a way to turn this junk off! Unless your child is a Playstation/Xbox junkie (usually 13+ yr olds), I don't recommend this game. It's sad really since the toys are marketed to 7+.

01/12/2004: Let me add (for those calling us liars) that this is a review based on our opinion. Also, I've used different controllers (Keyboard, mouse, Logitech wingman) with the same result although the Logitech controller works best. This game is not well thought out. Believe me, I want to like the game, but I doubt that the developer had the audience in mind (7+ age). Check reviews at pc gamer sites & you will see that I'm not the only one...By the way, the game does NOT follow the storyline of the movie...

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Will disappoint those with younger children
Review: I got this game for my 7 yr old son who loves Bionicles. I was very disappointed with the fact that is is an extremely difficult game to play. Specifically, the control mechanisms are near impossible for a young child to master, let alone an adult. It me SEVERAL retries to get through a level. The most frustrating thing is that info messages pop up with hints numerous times during play, freezing the game until you acknowledge it by pressing return. You're ready to battle a creature, or make a jump for it and the game stops you to tell you how to do it. I thought Microsoft pop up bubbles were annoying but that practically sent me over the edge. I hope future patches give you a way to turn this junk off! Unless your child is a Playstation/Xbox junkie (usually 13+ yr olds), I don't recommend this game. It's sad really since the toys are marketed to 7+.

01/12/2004: Let me add (for those calling us liars) that this is a review based on our opinion. Also, I've used different controllers (Keyboard, mouse, Logitech wingman) with the same result although the Logitech controller works best. This game is not well thought out. Believe me, I want to like the game, but I doubt that the developer had the audience in mind (7+ age). Check reviews at pc gamer sites & you will see that I'm not the only one...By the way, the game does NOT follow the storyline of the movie...

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Beware system requirements
Review: MHz, OS and RAM do not define the requirements for this game:

"Video card must be 32 MB or more, AGP capable, and contain one of these chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 256 or greater; ATI Radeon or greater".

My son looked so forward to this but alas our NVIDIA TNT2 64 does not appear to be enough.

Beware.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Beware system requirements
Review: MHz, OS and RAM do not define the requirements for this game:

"Video card must be 32 MB or more, AGP capable, and contain one of these chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 256 or greater; ATI Radeon or greater".

My son looked so forward to this but alas our NVIDIA TNT2 64 does not appear to be enough.

Beware.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Challenge, Great Graphics, Lots of excitement.
Review: My son got this for Christmas. He loves Bionicle and was thrilled with this. It is hard, but he enjoyed the challenge of finding his way though the different levels.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Good for 10 year old
Review: My son got this for Christmas. He loves Bionicle and was thrilled with this. It is hard, but he enjoyed the challenge of finding his way though the different levels.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Challenge, Great Graphics, Lots of excitement.
Review: My son LOVES this game. It was a real challenge at first, but he LOVES it; and I can't blame him....because I really like it as well. It has an addictive quality to it, if you know what I mean.

My son turned 6 just before Christmas and had no problems with keyboard controls; however, he's always preferred the keyboard. The feel over the keyboard controls are no different than those used for the Spiderman PC game (Spiderman by the way, is a game that really shouldn't be played by a little one due to content....I made the mistake of not previewing the game MYSELF! A lesson learned the hard way and I quickly took the game away.)

Our experience with controls? Everything was a little rough in the beginning, but in no time my little guy was whipping through the scenes, etc. with no "control" problems. We will try a game pad/joy stick, (but ours finally died), so we may update our review to let you all know how we faired.

All in all the game would easily challenge an adult. It's not super easy, so it doesn't insult your little one's intelligence, however, you'll need to spend some time with him/her at first to encourage and support them so they don't feel overwhelmed or get discouraged (kids today always want it right now, right away, etc. without really applying themselves; without real patience....you can indeed teach your child things you never anticipated while playing a PC game!)

The game is well paced, the graphics absolutely stunning, and of course, it really helps if you're wild about Bionicles. I'm really glad that the game is "hard" I don't feel that I've wasted money on something that won't challenge my little guy for awhile. Besides, it's always a treat to see your little one's dexterity, critical thinking/planning and tenacity deepen over the course of just a few days.

So, be prepared to sit next to your son/daughter and play it with them, that's what we do when my son gets to a new scene that's "kind of hard" I sit with him in front of the computer and we figure out what needs to be done...then he impresses me with his skill!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Fun but with errors in Bionicle Facts
Review: This game is fun but has horrible saving abilities, like, you beat a hard level, and save the game. Next time you get on the game, its not saved anymore. If you are a Bionicles fan, and know lots about the saga of Bionicle, you will find that this game has barely 20 facts about Bionicle correct. What is IN the game besides the facts and the saving is the environment and what you have to do in the game. This is what makes it worth getting. One of the incorrect facts is the names of some of the Bionicles.


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