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Best family game I've seen

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 28 / 29
Date: August 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is not a game for "serious gamers" but it's a great family game, especially for families with children of different ages who like to play games together. Being a cooperative game makes it a lot more fun to play with people of varying skill levels. It's easy enough that my 4 year old can play, but challenging enough that older kids and parents may have to try over and over to complete the "hero time" quests. My kids enjoy replaying it even though we've already finished the game. I wish there were more games like this that encourage cooperative play. My only compaint is that the "puzzle-solving" aspect might be a little too easy.

Perfect fun for the younger set

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: September 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Shrek 2 was an amazingly funny movie, with all of the wit and graphic animation of the first. The game Shrek 2 is obviously geared towards kids, but is great fun too.

The game lets you be one of four characters - Shrek, Fiona, Donkey and the Gingerbread Man. Each character has his or her strengths and weaknesses, and the graphics are rather nicely done. Shrek lands with a hard THUD, Fiona floats gently to the ground, and so on.

You can play multi-player, or solo, easily switching between characters if you wish. This is great for family play, where parents can hop in to help out with a difficult puzzle, or just wander along behind the child to be there in case of trouble.

Most of the game is about collecting items and solving simple puzzles. You slam on snails to get them out of their shells and get eyeballs. You slow down time so you can gather up the fairies. All along, there are fun jokes and riddles to keep you entertained.

Not all games have to be high brainpower puzzles or super-fast lightning reflex challenges. Sometimes it's nice to have a simple game that kids can really enjoy. I'm really pleased that this game is out there. Highly recommended for the younger set, and parents might actually enjoy playing along with the tykes.

A nice game....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: May 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This was a fun game, even thought it was a bit short. It was fairly easy, but entertaining. I enjoyed being able to play all the different charaters. Little Red and Puss 'n Boots were my favorite for their attacks. I think young kids will really get a kick out of it, but serious gamers would probably pass on it unless they really, really love Shrek 2. (...)it's definately worth renting from the video store. Be careful though, too many hours of gameplay can temporarily fry your Gamecube because the game moves at such high RPM(it's got a lot of high end graphics and cut scenes).

Fun but too expensive for a kid game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: May 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Bought the game last week and our 6 and 8 y.o. kids like it so far, it's fun but definitely not on par with Harry Potter or Finding Nemo. The movie is much much more fun than the game. It doesn't have what we call the 'stickiness' factor. You can play as Shrek, Donkey, Fiona, and few other characters and it's better to play as a team than as a single player. The game, however, is far too short for the full price. Most GC games of equal or better quality are much cheaper. I feel I paid $10-$20 extra for the marketing and hype. For those who like Shrek, think about renting it (can be finsihed over a weekend) or wait few weeks until it gets discounted.

Family Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: October 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Our family loves playing this game together. I have a 6 and 4 year old and we all can play this game and be which ever charater we choose. The puzzels are easy for this age group and there are plenty of chances for our son to be challenged in the one player 'hero times'. Plus, if other kids come over that do not play these types of games at home - they can jump right in too. My kids still find it fun to go back to certain chapters and play through it again - its a family favorite.

Fun game for both Kids and Adults

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is an overall really good game. The graphics are awesome, it loosely follows the movie. Which if you have seen then you will love the game, if you haven't seen the movie it is a good stand alone game as well. I really like the multiplayer function. It allows both kids, and adults to play together. Or you can just play it by yourself. One drawback it has is through no fault of it's own, it like all multiplayer 1 screen games has a limit to the distance the characters can be from each other. However it is pretty far which allows one person to be doing something while other can do what they need to do at the same time. If you play it by yourself or with less then 4 people then the AI kicks in to play the other characters so there are 4 at all times. Which is kind of cool because they fight for themselves, however when you are travelling or trying to solve a puzzle, they have a tendency to get in the way. Some of the puzzels are a little difficult but not to terribly hard. The hardest part is finding everything. You can compelete a level without completing everything there is to do. This is a really great game and I say go ahead and get it. Especially at a discounted price.

awesome team play

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: July 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

my kids are not realy into team playing and "COOPERATION" but this allowed them to really learn how to put the virtue of "PATIENCE" and "TEAM SPIRIT" into practice with fellow gamers be family members or neighborhood kids. my youngest kid even learned how to be thorough and is really using his skills to pay attention to details!!! It's a one of a kind game! I really give this game a 5 stars X 1,000,000!

This game is one of our favorites......

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: June 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game for my 9-year-old son and he loves it. The plot, graphics, and animation are very well done and a sense of humor is exhibited throughout. I find it fascinating that each character has a different super-power, and they must work together to reach objectives. So, the game teaches teamwork! This is one of the best Gamecube games I have seen for the under-12 age group.

Its OK.....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game after I saw the movie. The movie was great, and I thought the game would be just as good. I played this game for about 15 min. and put it down. On the bright side, the graphics are great and its quite funny.

PROS:

-game control
-quite funny
-graphics

CONS:

-replay value

Overall- 6\10

Fairly Decent...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game was ok, it served it's purpose. Me and my friend had fun trading off the controller and playing it together.
It was, of course, not as good at the movie. The graphics weren't the best and I agree that it has no replay value.
However, it was very cool to be able to play all the different characters from the movie and use all their different powers to solve puzzles.
All in all, it's worth a rental.

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