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Profitting Off The Name

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My 9 year old loves Bionicles and was exicited when getting the game. He will tell you that it is cool...but, the graphics are average at best, the game play is relatively easy, and the biggest disappointment is the game is VERY short. We limit daily playing time, and he still beat the game in a few days. For the price this game is a joke, marketed by name not game quality. We are slow to finish most games, but this one was really short. Rent it, and save your cash for a game that deserves it.

It was sorta fun... while it lasted

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Oh wow, where to begin. I guess I should flat out say this game was very very disappointing and probably not worth even the 12.99 I paid for it, but at the time I figured, what the hey, I used to be obsessed with those little LEGO toys when I was a kid, maybe this videogame will be a way to... I dunno, go back to that time without actually playing with LEGOs... as I don't play with LEGOs anymore, thought I should clarify that. When I was in Game Stop on this faitful day... not even 4 days ago, I'd like to point out, it was a decision between this, Xenosaga, or Kya, and I have to say I made the WRONG decision.

I guess we'll start with the good. The game was modestly fun to play through, with each level varying in not only outward appearance, but also the way you go about winning it, whether it be snowboading with the Toa of ice or riding a crazy mine cart thing through an expansive cave; fun, maybe immature fun that should be aimed at little kids, but fun all the same. Also, a few of the normal enemy battles can test your skill just a tad, trying to shoot down 3 or 4 of those dragonfly enemies while deflecting their attacks to refuel energy needed for yours. That's about the extent of the possitive though.

Now the negatives... and boy do they outweigh everything else. First of all, and I know this has been said before, the game is too freakin' short! I bought this game on New Year's day, and here I am writing a review on the 5th (I don't review the games until I've beaten them). What's more, is this isn't even the only game I've been playing for the 4 day period, so I might have only put say... 2 or 3 hours into beating it. Secondly, for the most part, there were many unsatisfying and misleading aspets of this game. For one thing, you may get to be all the Toa, but with the exception of maybe one ability (the toa or air can glide), you basically have all the same moves. Despite the fact that Onua has two drills on his hands, Lewa duel wields swords, and Gali has those shovel shaped weapons, you don't get to use any of them. No, all you get to use is the standard "elemental blast" which all the toas have, only in different colors (oh boy). Also, and this ties into why the game is so short, alot of the concepts aren't taken very far. For example, the Bohrak Kal, which are supposed to be a huge elite squad of Bohrak enemies, only take up one level, and then poof, moving on to the next big set of enemies that will take me like... 3 minutes to beat. Another example of this would be the random changing into the toa nuva after the second level; if they wanted to lengthen the game, why not have 6 levels, one with each toa, and then 6 more as the toa nuva, that would at least make 12 (As it is the game only has 8 levels, some of which take less than 15 minutes to complete). A contributing factor to the shortness of the game might be the difficulty level, since for the most part, all the levels are very easy, especially the bosses. I found myself saying "that's it?" quite alot when playing the bosses at the end of levels, because it seems like just when they're getting warmed up, they die (The best example of this is when you're Onua Nuva and the way to beat the boss requires nothing but pushing a few rocks a good 5 feet onto a circle pad). Even the final boss took me less than 10 minutes to beat... way too easy. And what's worse? If it's not too easy, it's insanely difficult. I can't tell you how frustrating the stupid lava surfing level is, it was near impossible for me, but maybe I'm just not too good with that. As a final thought, there's pretty much no plot to this, it's just "Oh no, there goes a Bohrak, let's chase it!" then later, "Oh no, there goes a Rakshi, let's chase it!" Collecting light crystals is also very pointless and effects the storyline in abesolutely no way whatsoever.

All in all, HUGE, and I mean MASSIVE, waste of money. I can't justify buying this, and I can't even recomend renting it, although if you do you'll no doubt have time to do everything this short game has in it and still have about three days left until it's due back at your local Blockbuster. Bottom line, buy something else, anything else, but if you're looking for recomendations, the new Ratchet and Clank game is quite fun. (Although I haven't beat it yet so there isn't a review for it, but there will be sooner or later)

Rent, Don't Buy

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: January 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My boys, 9 & 5, are huge Bionicle fans and asked for this game for Christmas. It is now Jan 9 and both of them have beaten it!!! The graphics are okay, nothing phenominal, and the kids seem to have had a good time playing it and say they will play it again. But where is the challenge when the 9yr old beats it in 2 days and a 5yr old can beat it in just a few more days??? Save your money on this overpriced day of entertainment and rent it instead.

ehhh. . .

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 14 / 19
Date: November 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is okay but has some bad sides. 1 is that it lasted me 2 days until i beat it. 2 sometimes its a little annoying in the last levels because u can keep dying and dying. 3 once u beat it theres not much you can do. the only good thing is that you can snowboard ride in carts, surf lava, fight evil machines, so that's fun but a LITTLE easy and theres only 9 levels so dont buy the game, luckily i rented it.

Billy hatcher and the giant egg

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: December 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

(uh) well I gonna say that it a fun game.Well all you do is road a egg,and Do missions like beating a giant dinasuar on the third level dino moutain,and there a battle mode you do eveats with 1 to 2 players and that it the less you figure out, bye, by Tyler Burroughs

AWSOME!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: November 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game is SO COOL! The musics awsome the graphics are good!
tahu`s level is so cool kopaka`s is cool too!! i have`nt even finished the game yet but i know its awsome! if your a bionicle
finatic like me and want some bionicle action, buy this game now. its worth every penny.(you won`t be sorry!)

BEST GAME EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: November 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

yeah!! i just played this game today and just for like five mins at my friends house. and that was anough to convince me that THIS IS A MUST FOR EVERY BIONICLE FAN OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! evry one who reads this i would exspect to get the game. BIONICLE RULES!!!

Bleh

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: December 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Good idea, bad game. I'm a Bionicle fan, so i picked up this game. That was a bad decision on my part. The game only allows the Toa (heros) to play on one level. It's also WAY too easy to die, but even with that fact, I beat this game in a few hours. The only somewhat fun part is the bonus features you can unlock by collecting the way too numerous light crystals. My advice to prospective buyers... wait until another developing company picks up Bionicle.

Very short, no replay value

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My son went through this game in less than two short sittings. He's 12 years old and a good gamer. He was immediately disappointed when he finished the game so quickly. Although I'm not a huge Bionicle fan (I do like them, though!), I found the game too easy and much too short.

Overall, this is a $9.99 game. Even hard-core Bionicle fans will find the game too short-lived.

Very Good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 24
Date: September 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This movie is for those Bionicle collectors. No matter what kind of Bionicle you collect. This is a MUST buy video. You and your family will enjoy it.

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