Customer Reviews

Eragon

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Game type: Linear 3rd person
Genre: Action fighting
5 star rating system
Graphics 3 Fun 5 Story 4 Replay Value 2 Overall 3

Let me start off by saying that this game is good, not great. I was actually pleasantly surprised, because I asked for this game for CHRISTMAS after seeing it on the xbox website. To me it seemed like one of my all time favorite orig. Xbox games LOTR 2 towers. Then I read the reviews before getting the game and was horrified. Maybe I was surprised because I wasn't expecting much, but I found the game to be fun and have that familiar satisfying combat system that I loved in LOTR. You learn magic as you progress and it's awesome being able to push, pull, use fire, and fire magic arrows at enemies. There's a good mix of fighting and puzzles here. at times you must figure out where to jump, climb, and or shimmy and use magic to build bridges.

The dragon levels are a sore spot in the game. Lack of camera panning is a cramp, but dealable. True, this doesn't offer a lot of replay value and is shorter than some games, but actually about average for this type of game (not every game is going to have 100+ hours of game time like Oblivion). This may not be your bag if your more into sandbox style (GTA, Saint's Row) games. As I grew up with linear games I find sandbox games aren't my bag. I say it's a solid rental for players who enjoy linear story driven offline play.

What I generally do is pick up games used on ebay or Amazon and resell them when done. I generally break even, sometimes even turn a profit.

Good gaming to you all,
Stang05driver

I'm a fan of the book and I liked how the movie trailers looked so I thought the game would be worth getting. I was wrong.

While the graphics are nice and crisp and the 2 player cooperative play is fun, everthing else was pretty dissapointing and many aspects of the game story were nothing like the book.

You start out hunting a deer and then you find the the famous dragon egg. Then you get plunged into a battle with a bunch of Galbatrox's stooges who are trying to kill Brom, an old story teller (who is really a former dragon rider). It was kind of funny to see Eragon, a 16 year old farm boy who is not supposed to have ever fought anyone in his life do a bunch of Jedi-like fighting moves and take down 6 guys. Pretty much from this point on it's kill guys, then kill a few more guys, then tell Saphira(your dragon) to kill more guys. There are many things in the game story which are totally unlike the book. First, Eragon and Brom didn't fight anyone until they reached a village that had been ravaged by Urgals. By the way, they only fought two or three of them. Second, Eragon didn't learn to use magic until the they fought with the Urgals I just mentioned above. When Brom finds out about it he is very upset, he doesn't encourage him to keep using it. Third, Brom and Eragon don't defeat the Razac, the Razac kill Brom by suprising him and drugging him and Eragon only escapes because Murtagh showed up to help him. By the time Eragon rescues Arya from Durza, Brom is dead.

It's also easy, all you have to do to beat Durza in the final showdown is pepper him continually with magic arrows.

All in all, a pretty lame adaptation. Save you [...] to pay for your ticket to see Eragon in theatres and buy and an extra large popcorn and soda. The game was lame but I still expect good things from the movie.

Yes this game is very easy, but it is a lot of fun. I played this with my son and we finished the game in about 10 hours. The cheat codes make it even easier. Flying the dragon takes some work and we change controllers so I ride and my son flies.

I don't think this is for people who take gaming too seriously.

This game couldn't get anymore un-fun! I paid like [...] for it, so I wasn't expecting much, but I don't think it's worth it even if someone gave it to you! This game is NOT fun!

I was very excited to purchase this game. Most exciting was that this game had full two player game play throughout. I bought it the first day it came out and the very next day my wife and I mastered the game on hard. After mastering the game we found out there are "secret" eggs you can find - So we went through again on hard and found all the eggs. We mastered the game twice in just about 10 hours. Another thing I did not like was the way the camera follows you around and moves which makes it hard to see you character as you fight.

This game is great. each level is EXTREMLEY LONG. It never got boring, and I wish there was even more.Thats how fun it was.The graphics are spectacular, and the levels have a puzzle action adventure theme.Buy it NOW.

I rented this game, because it had a lot of potential, boy was I wrong. The camera angle is a fixed position, and personally I hate fixed 3rd person style, it's nice occassionally, but to play the whole game in that, well I think I'll pass. The game, was just a really bad rip-off of The Lord of The Rings- The Return of the King. The fighting style was very similar. I personally like the games that are free roam, which this game is definately not a free roam game. If you still think you might like it, I would highly suggest renting it.

Man u guys are stupid sure the game has no point and absolutly no story. But it has some great fighting and you can even grab and beat people up. Me and my friends loved it regardless of whether we read the book or not. Also, if you like lord of the rings return of the king this is your game it is a lot like that and i myself like it. Sure it can be a little repteatative but very entertatining i reccommened. Also getting 1000 Gamerscore for this game is extremly easy