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Paid for nothing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I haven't been able to play the game or even start the game, because no one informed me that there is a different system for the ps2 in the United States and in Greece. I had to re-buy the game here in Greece (more expensive of course).

I disagree

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: April 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The books are awsome! I have read almost ALL of them, and really wanna play the game, thanks for all the great reviews.
I just wanna say, the books are not stupid! They are all very,very good!
You just have to actually READ them

BRILLIANT!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was quite unsure on whether to buy the film or not as i didn't think it was going to be my type of film. But i bought the game anyway although i hadnt yet seen the film. Anyway im glad i did! It only took me two days to complete but although it isnt long long, it is very good from beginning to end, basically going round different rooms of the house doing different things which may seem borin, actually it is really fun! The activites etc are great! it is definately a good game if you like the more adventurous games that arent too hard, like me, too hard games arent really my type! Now i so cant wait to see the film which i recently bought!

How do you do it?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I agree with the frustrated Dad. My girls and I have tried to get past the henchmen with no luck. One of them played it for almost 6 hours until she was almost in tears. Until there is a really great cheat to get through that part, it will sit in the box never to be played again. Up until then, I thought it was pretty fun and the graphics and voices are cool.

This one is a frustrated Mom.

A fun game for all ages

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: November 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed this game quite a bit--I ended up putting all of the other games I was playing aside to just finish this one. You play as the three Baudelaire kids. The story follows the 2004 Lemony Snicket film fairly closely, as you must first escape Count Olaf's decrepit mansion, then avoid being killed by a train before you head off to Uncle Monty's herpetology paradise, Aunt Josephine's seaside town, and finally save Violet Baudelaire from a fate worse than death. The environments are attractive and fun to explore, and the game play and puzzles are neither too easy nor too challenging and frustrating.

For most of the game--as you explore environments, solve puzzles, search for secret rooms and such, you can switch between Violet and Klaus Baudelaire as you please. For many "important" events, such as boss fights, you must play as one or the other, as they each have different skills and weapons. For some sequences--those that are basically 2D platformer sections (the entire game has some platformer aspects, but it's usually loosely employed and 3D), you must play as Sunny, the baby Baudelaire (and this is the only time you can play as her).

The various puzzles and challenges--they almost amount to a series of "mini-games", are varied and mostly non-repetitive, helping retain your interest. Some are fairly easy to figure out and perform, but some are appropriately more challenging, both mentally and in terms of manipulating the controller, and take many tries to complete. A couple first-person shooter sequences (the game is mostly in a third person mode), are especially challenging, particularly the end, but that's the final boss fight, so that's to be expected. Like most games, winning boss fights requires discerning patterns in the bosses and adapting a strategy appropriate to the pattern, which takes both brains and manual dexterity.

There are a couple negatives with the game, but they are minor. Games like this, released in response to the success of a film, are often rushed through production. That becomes evident here in the cut scenes, which are not very exciting--they feature 2D black and white sketches that are more like a slide show as major portions of the story are read to us. But I'd rather have skimping done in cut scenes than in game play, and that's just what was done here. Also, although the graphics are wonderful for the most part, the visuals are a bit dark overall--I found it best to play with the lights off. With a bright overhead light on, the glare was too much to see important information in the game. Finally, I would have preferred a different save game scheme, as you can only save when the game asks if you want to, and the save points seem almost random. Sometimes you can save after accomplishing only one more minor task. Sometimes you have to do long sequences (and sometimes a number of challenging ones) before you can save again.

The game isn't quite as funny as the film and doesn't have exactly the same "magical" atmosphere, but it is an engaging and fun journey to another world. The soundtrack, by Jeremy and Julian Soule, and inspired by Thomas Newman's great soundtrack for the film, is also a major asset--I found myself wanting to explore levels again later on as much to hear the music again as anything else.

this is not a good game for a kid

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: August 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my son. We thought it would be very enjoyable game. It is up to a certain moment where we had to fight
count's Olaf henchmen. We were unable to defeat those guys.
We gave up...so if you want to have a good time, be prepared for
a tough ending especially for a parent....
frustrated Dad

CRAP!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: August 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game SUCKED!!!!! The inventions are SSSOOOOOO Lame, and the enemies arestupid! For example, those two pale girls from the movie dance around you, and then spit at you, AND IT HURTS YOU!!!!!! The first time you encounter the bald guy, HE THROWS MEATBALLS AT YOU!!! The second time he hurts you with musical notes!!!!! And in the 3rd movie scene, you kill sailors with peppermints, but they hurt you by throwing fish and moldy cheese at you!!!! The only fun part is shoving Sunny down a pipe and assisting her suicide by making her fall of the pipe!! rent this game before you buy it!!!!

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game,Yes, you do have to use brains on this here
game. But this are the cons and flaws.

Cons:
Jim Carrey Liam Aiken and Emily Browning play their character f-
rom the spectacular movie.
You get new gadgets.
On beating the Hook-Handed Man, you have to avoid his barrel's
and get to him and punch him to defeat him.

Flaws:
Episode 7 (in my table of contents) Damocles Docks is the harde-
st.
The Peppermint Popper is the slowest invention, but it is a good
weapon!

Family Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: July 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

All the family have played this game and have had a blast, Sorry you have to use your brain to play this one kids. The graphics are great and the puzzle solving is fun. We also own the movie.

pretty dissapointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: July 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i got this game for my birth day it was so bad that when i played it i threw it out trust me its not a good game and the books are horrible too i just want to punch that kid with the glasses

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