Customer Reviews

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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I am a grown man. I have always enjoyed the first Willy Wonka movie. I have yet to see the new movie. But, if it's anything like this game, it's not all that different. A very similar plotline gives us older folks (35) a chance to sort of exist inside the story we grew up with. But, the gameplay experience is much too simplistic for an adult. Shame. The movie's always kind of been for the adults really. I decided to play it with my son. Now, there was an enjoyable experience. Extremely colorful, and chocked full of mini games. The Factory is alive with things to see and do. A large assortment of logical puzzles as well as quick button mashing games. Quite long as well. It is entertaining. But, Johnny Depp is not doing the voiceover for Willy Wonka. You'll be surprised to hear that it is James Taylor. For us old fogies, he's an incredible singer from thousands of years ago ;-). You really can't go wrong with this, though. It's very magical.

It is okay if this game is involved because that is what makes it more challenging and fun. For example, it takes many things to do just to fix one problem. Like any other involved game, it gets tougher and more fun to play. Johnny Depp does not do the voice of Willy Wonka, but he sounds similar to Depp. The graphics for the game are neat, too. I think the kid who plays Charlie also does his voice in this. The outdoor setting looks like England: Very snowy, overcast skies, and a candy shop which starts the entire thing. Wonkabots are enemies in the factory that chase you and try to shock you, and many different oompa-loompas lurk around such as electricians, and several others. That goes for the candy-related powers you obtain: Rock candy, bubble gum, Everlasting Gobstoppers and "spinners" help you in their own ways through a conflict. This is a good game but it gets tough and more challenging, depending on how much farther you get. Bon Voyagee!

This may never go down in history as a great game, but my 7 year old loves it. I was hesitant to buy this game with some not so great reviews, but I am glad I did. It is just the right mix of fun and challenge to keep him entertained, but not overwhelm him with difficult levels. He has managed to play this game through by himself for the most part with some occasional adult help. The game is not scary or violent or have a lot of complicated jumps and such. So it does not overwhelm young players. It has fun candy powers that my son really enjoys and it gives him a chance dwell in the fantasy.

I have had this game for some time now. Actually got it last year for christmas. To be honest I have not played it much. I have tried but it is a real mess to figure out. I see some reviews and they say a great game for all ages.....seriously don't write garbage like that.....that statement can not be further from the truth. I am 40 and I can't figure this one out. My 5 year old girl forget it.

The game does not go along to the movie. There are robots and vines and all sorts of stuff that the movie did not have. You do things to the robots they then turn into some green weed like things.....then you turn the weeds into a ball. You then have to shoot the balls into some holes. And none of this is in the movie and none of this is intuitive. You see Augustus stuck in a tube and you gotta figure this all out.....does it make sense to you?

I sit on some of the stages and wonder what the heck I am supposed to do for hours. Then shut the game off and later on I try the game and some of this stuff comes to me.....it is one of those games that you gotta take time away from our else you will go nuts. You walk around rooms for hours....trying everything and nothing really works.

I really don't think the graphics are all that good eithe....a little dark. And the large candy room when (in the movie) the kids walk into has too much grass between objects. You see some candy trees and hills every 50 yards or something that is it. And the trees all look the same.

I will try this game again I am sure. It is also kinda disappointing because you really see no 'living objects' other than the Oompa Lompas. Willy Wonka talks and Grandpa Joe also talks but you never interact between anyone other than Oompa Loompas and robots. I have only played the Augustas Gloop levels and doubt seriously it will change much on the other levels. Augustus Gloop for example only appears in the segments between levels and it is not an 'moving' Augustus Gloop but a picture of Augustus Gloop.

I was disappointed. Would of liked to play this game in front of my daughter because she likes the movie but she can not even watch me play because it bores her. Buy it if you chose but don't say I didn't warn you.

This game is a very fun game, I borrowed it from a friend to play, I love it. You can explore the chocolate room, ride the great glass elevator, and see other rooms from the book. 2 times in this game, you can get stuck. But thanks to a little thing called internet, and another smaller thing called search engines, and a microscopic thing called a walkthrough, you can simply read how to beat the game, step by step. The game is very fun, but you can only visit 3 rooms with the elevator, and yet, an elevator door (if you find it) is found in all rooms of the game! The game is very fun nevertheless. I recommend buying it if you are a fan of the new movie.

My son was asking for this game on a daily basis. I bought it for him and couldnt get him to stop playing. Great for all ages!!

If you love the movie you will love the game. Our six year old found this game fun and easy to play.

This was a fun game which had a good balance of competitive game play. If you have a child or are a fan of The Johnny Depp movie version, you should buy the game for 5-10$. Worth it!

This game is one of very few that had me tossing my controller in frustration. I actually purchased it for my ten-year old son who has to constantly ask me to help him. I like a challenging game but as it is based on a children's movie, I feel it should be a little less difficult to manuever through the levels. My son actually likes the game during the parts that are actually playable without extreme frustration. I would not recommend this game for any but the most patient child.

When a movie is anticipated so strongly through mass marketing and is then followed up with mass merchandising, there will generally be plenty of mistakes and shortcuts taken with the resulting products. This is sadly the case with the "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Video Game for PS2. Roald Dahl would be spinning in his grave if he saw this, let alone tried to play it.
It is obvious that the movie was not near completion yet when they released this game, as the storyboards were dissimilar and there were no actor shots or movie scenes edited into the game. The play is difficult and at times annoying - tasks such as saving the giant jelly bean stalk - or helping Violet Beuregard while fighting the evil robots are not made any easier by the programmers obvious inconsistencies and blatant mistakes. There are times when using the triangle button will be the method of operating a device, yet on the next screen it will be the square. The Camera point of view is constantly moving in behind a structure, especially when climbing a precarious stalk, ladder, ramp, etc, and having to stop and redirect causes annoyance and delay in the fun (not much fun)

The video game industries trend to create these monolithic adventures loaded with mini-challenges, hidden secrets and undisclosed strategies is fine - but they have set the bar as such to allow bad copy-cat games to come forward and clog up the market place. The only way to know wha games are good and what are not is to do some real research on the web and here what others are saying.
This game is the pits and I do not recommend it to anyone who has things to do other than sit in front of their PS2 for 12 weeks armed with 2 cases of jolt cola and a 3 week supply of pringles.