The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (Nintendo DS)

The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (Nintendo DS)
Customer Review: Surprisingly fun to play!
To anyone who is curious, I imported this game from the US, when it came out. I was expecting a pretty rubbish game, since when I played a spyro game on the ps2 (Enter The Dragonfly), I found it was fully based on platforming and it was a bit boring.

This DS game is different though. This is just my opinion, but the developers really nailed the formula with this game. There is a perfect balance between an interesting story (with hollywood voice acting from elijah wood e.t.c), platforming, action, good level design and even simple but fun mirror puzzles.

Its just really fun to play - the levels are like huge arenas (and pretty gorgeous considering the hardware) in which you can jump, glide, breathe fire and attack enemies. There is a nice pickup system where red gems are for health, purple ones are powerups and so on, and this usually works well. You get to guide Spyro through several vast and well designed levels, while encountering a boss every now and again.

As well as standard melee attacks, you also get four magic breath attacks (fire, earth, lightning, ice), which I found impressive- also, they’re really useful for times when you are surrounded with enemies. Periodically through the game, you will get dumped in a medieval arena stage, which is basically a brawler level where you can try out different attacks.

The graphics are great! Picky people who are used to the ps2/xbox might not be excited but the fact that the game is fully 3D is a great thing for me, because it gives you much more freedom. The framerate is absoloutely solid most of the time, and the camera is jerky but just about bareable considering there are much worse 3D games than this! Trust me, considering the size and sheer amount of levels to play with, you most likely won’t be disppointed.

The only thing I can truly critise in this game is the save points. Unlike most other games, the issue of saving isn’t really mentioned. The game automatically saves for you up to a certain point, and usually this is a good thing, but some levels are pretty big so it might be problematic.

In conclusion, when it comes out, either buy or rent this game! If you like 3D platformers with plenty of action, or adventure games with interesting stories, this is a must have -, this is the best action based ds game I have played!

Oh I forgot there are 5 single-player mini games as well, which are a great distraction from the adventure levels.

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Charlotte’s Web (Nintendo DS) Sega aren’t normally a company you’d associate with movie licenses, although they have just nabbed the rights to make games based on the Aliens movies. This though is a very different type of film, a live action adaptation of the beloved children’s book featuring an unlikely friendship between a pig and a spider. Unfortunately the video game is unlikely to remain as timeless as the book, especially since it’s taken the slightly perverse route of turning the whole story into a series of platform jumping adventures. Even though pigs aren’t exactly known for their gymnastics you take the role of Wilbur as he collects eggs and, oddly, letters for Charlotte the spider. For better or worse, Wilbur does actually handle just as you’d expect a pig too, which means he barely makes even the simplest of jumps, scrabbling cutely to make it onto a ledge.

Wilbur’s defensive abilities are similarly low tech, with an ineffective kick and a repartee of songs to send enemies running. Obviously the game’s limited by the settings of the original book and film but you do get the feeling that this really isn’t a story that makes much sense translating into a video game. In the end the best bits are the various mini-games, including a number of special touch screen games on the DS. In between platform levels you can get to pamper Wilbur, as Fern his human owner, in something like a mini version of Nintendogs… but with pigs. There are also several separate mini-games such as parachuting with baby spiders and a fun puzzle game with Templeton the rat. Even so a ticket to see the movie again is probably better value.
HARRISON DENT
Customer Review: Charlotte’s web
I got this game of a friend and thought it would be really dull but it is actually very good! I like the mini games and the adventure is good too I can’t put it down. I am currently stuck on level seven though and would be grateful if anyone could give me advice how to get out of it. I am currently stuck up a tree!
Customer Review: Pretty Average
I bought this as I had got a ds for mother’s day and there wasn’t a lot of choice in the shop but I didn’t want to wait for internet delivery. Always a bit suspicious of games based on films tbh and this proved me right. It’s ok - there;’s not much more to be said about it. The mini games were also ok but after less than 2 weeks I have sold it on. I think for a child who loves the movies it may be worth getting but for anyone else I wouldn’t bother. A very average platform game.

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Charlotte’s Web (Nintendo DS) Sega aren’t normally a company you’d associate with movie licenses, although they have just nabbed the rights to make games based on the Aliens movies. This though is a very different type of film, a live action adaptation of the beloved children’s book featuring an unlikely friendship between a pig and a spider. Unfortunately the video game is unlikely to remain as timeless as the book, especially since it’s taken the slightly perverse route of turning the whole story into a series of platform jumping adventures. Even though pigs aren’t exactly known for their gymnastics you take the role of Wilbur as he collects eggs and, oddly, letters for Charlotte the spider. For better or worse, Wilbur does actually handle just as you’d expect a pig too, which means he barely makes even the simplest of jumps, scrabbling cutely to make it onto a ledge.

Wilbur’s defensive abilities are similarly low tech, with an ineffective kick and a repartee of songs to send enemies running. Obviously the game’s limited by the settings of the original book and film but you do get the feeling that this really isn’t a story that makes much sense translating into a video game. In the end the best bits are the various mini-games, including a number of special touch screen games on the DS. In between platform levels you can get to pamper Wilbur, as Fern his human owner, in something like a mini version of Nintendogs… but with pigs. There are also several separate mini-games such as parachuting with baby spiders and a fun puzzle game with Templeton the rat. Even so a ticket to see the movie again is probably better value.
HARRISON DENT
Customer Review: Charlotte’s web
I got this game of a friend and thought it would be really dull but it is actually very good! I like the mini games and the adventure is good too I can’t put it down. I am currently stuck on level seven though and would be grateful if anyone could give me advice how to get out of it. I am currently stuck up a tree!
Customer Review: Pretty Average
I bought this as I had got a ds for mother’s day and there wasn’t a lot of choice in the shop but I didn’t want to wait for internet delivery. Always a bit suspicious of games based on films tbh and this proved me right. It’s ok - there;’s not much more to be said about it. The mini games were also ok but after less than 2 weeks I have sold it on. I think for a child who loves the movies it may be worth getting but for anyone else I wouldn’t bother. A very average platform game.

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