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Must get game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 13
Date: August 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got this game year ago for christmas and im olny on 50% so it last a long time.And it has great grafics and music.It follows the movie so if you havent seen the movie and you buy it then you shoud see the movie.BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jameson Thottam Shrek 2 game as good as movie

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 17
Date: November 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Jameson Thottam Shrek 2 game as good as movie

Premise of Shrek 2 + Jameson Thottam +
The premise of Shrek 2 for Xbox is fairly simple; Shrek and Fiona have just gotten married, and set out on their trip to vist her parents in Far, Far Away. Of course, this being a video game and all, there are tons of levels to their journey, and each level has a checklist of tasks to accomplish on the level before you move to the next. The first level includes the task of freeing the seven dwarves (which you find scattered throughout the level) as well as one-location tasks like capturing all the fairies, or stunning a bunch of chickens and tossing them into the pot.

Levels + Jameson Thottam +
Each level has four characters available to play from, with the level determining which four of Shrek, Fiona, Puss in Boots, Donkey, Gingerbread Man (known in the game as Gingie), Lil' Red (Riding Hood), Big Bad Wolf, Dragon, and Fairy will appear. Shrek 2 for Xbox is designed for kids, so game play features a team, rather than competition, format. Anywhere from 1 to 4 players can play, with players switching between the four characters to accomplish a task.

Character functions + Jameson Thottam +
Each character has common functions (like regular movement, jump, attack, and jump attack), but also has a unique ability that no other character has. For instance, Shrek can lift, carry, and throw items. Fiona can slow time. Gingie has a wicked candy cane attack and throw. Donkey has a "Donkey Butt Stomp."

Game Objective + James Thottam +
The object of the game is to move through each level, accomplishing the tasks that are set out for the level, and are detailed in the storybook. In each level, there are "snapshots" that, when completed, will allow you to unlock bonus material on the disc for the movie (as well as things like previews for the Shark Tale game. Each level also has Checkpoints that, once passed, will allow you to save at that level of the game. Also, each level has a special "Hero Time" where one character is selected to complete the task based on their special abilities.

::: No One Ever Dies ::: + Jameson Luke Thottam +

Since Shrek 2 for Xbox is designed for children, no one ever dies. If you reach a point in the game where someone would die, the game simply restarts at the last checkpoint you reached, with unlimited "lives" assigned to the characters. One feature of the game is that you can switch between the four characters assigned to any one level to access their special skills. The game is designed to have players working together to solve the tasks, rather than against each other, and if fewer than four players are playing at any one time, the players can switch between the available characters at will.

::: Sound and Graphics ::: + Jameson Thottam +

The graphics are pretty decent in Shrek 2 for Xbox, and the movement of the characters seems pretty fluid. The interludes where characters are talking instead of acting (such as when you meet up with an additional character for instructions, like the leprechaun and the magic mirror) are better quality than the game movement, but that's to be expected. When it comes to camera angles, the game can get a bit kludgy; it's often hard to change the angle to see what you want to see, especially when more than one player is playing.

Game Sounds + Jameson Thottam +
Sounds are fun for the kids; even though the original actors did not reprise their roles for the game, the approximations of the voice actors are close enough that kids (and most adults) probably won't be able to tell the difference. The characters all make comments to each other in character, and the sound effects for the various modes (like slowing time) are cool enough to entertain the kids.

::: Any Complaints? ::: + Jameson L. Thottam +

The only things that can get a bit annoying are fairly small issues. One is that you can't save a game between checkpoints. In other words, if you haven't reached the next checkpoint when you decide to quit, the next time you open that saved game, you go back to the last checkpoint, and any tasks you've completed between are forgotten. Kids may not mind as much, but as an adult, it's irritating as all get out.

Other Issues + Jameson L Thottam +
The other issue is that all the characters have to stay together on the quest. This is great for encouraging teamwork, but frustrating beyond belief when you are playing along with the kids and one of them doesn't want to move along with the rest of the team. Even one character holding back puts a sort of invisible barrier up, preventing the characters from moving along.

Summary + Jameson Luke Thottam +
Aside from these little complaints, though, Shrek 2 for Xbox is an amusing game for the kids with some fairly tame violence (the characters can beat up or kill snapping turtles, piranhas, the Merry Men, etc.) and a few bits of fairly non-offensive language (although my daughter points out that it's impolite to say "butt" which the characters do frequently. There are also incidents of typical Shrek behavior, such as breaking wind, but if you were okay with the movies, the video game shouldn't be much of a stretch.

Jameson Thottam

This game is pretty fun...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I like this game. It was one of the first games I got. I played it for about 3 months and then I beat it. If you want a REAL challenge then this game isn't for you. But if you like to relax or are a younger player, then this game is just right. I'd recommend this game to younger players or beginners or just-for-fun players, but NOT hard-core players!!! So buy this game! Ready, set, BUY NOW!!!

-Gamer Girl

Not as good as I thought.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

In the game, you don't even get to play wih Fiona, or be the mice or donkey while he's a horse!
And it has only like 20 levels or less.
But even the graphics are bad, the cookie is bigger than Puss. And Puss is bigger than Donkey. Besides, this game is a little fun, but no so much, because the levels don't last long, so, even if it had 40 levels, you would last 1 week winning the game.
Don't waste your money with this game, it's not worth it.

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