Customer Reviews

Shrek: Hassle at the Castle

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This game starts out just fine, it's actually a little easy on the first two levels. Two things to mention.... The information booklet that comes with this game neglects to mention how to activate/use the fairy dust. It only explains what the fairy dust does. After many frustrating attempts at trying to use the fairy dust icon to complete level two, I finally called product support. The help desk told me the intructions for this feature were not included in the game info booklet. Secondly, I was informed that level three was difficult to clear, and he (the product support guy) changed the game difficulty to 'easy' to get past it. I STILL haven't gotten past it! I purchased this game for my nine year old. Now I know why she has lost interest in the game. It is too frustrating and time consuming to get past certain levels. The rest of the game may be a lot of fun, like the beginning. However, it will take a lot of patience to find out. (And THAT's not something a lot of kids (or me!) has!)

Oh my gosh, this game is awful!! The first couple of levels are okay but after that the game is almost impossible, unless I'm missing something, this game is not very well explained, there seems to be no way at all to get past Level 3-1, ugh, I haven't even picked this game up in a couple months for fear of becoming extremely frustrated again. Not only that but the character controls are very slow and frustrating. The only good part are the graphics. Don't buy this!!

My 8 year old daughter received this game for Christmas, but I can't stop playing it! It's challenging but manageable. It really is a lot of fun for children and adults alike.

This game has great graphics and challeging Levels. Note that the other reviews talk about the difficulty of Level 3, and until I realized Shrek could run, it was hard for me as well. After learning that I got passed it on the second try. There is a Level that you need to escape from the castle/dragon and THAT was very hard. Having some challenges makes for a good game to me. Overall, if you know how to move the players, Shrek is a very fun and challenging game. Wouldn't recommend for younger kids however, possibly a little too difficult.

OVERVIEW
My mom's not a fan of Shrek (in fact we're not allowed to watch Shrek or Shrek 2), but she has no problem with this game. I've been wanting to play Shrek 2, but we can't do that either (unless we're at our dad's house) and so I took to the game boy advance games. This is my personal favorite.

GAMEPLAY
There are 3 characters you can control. I'm going to rate each character accoriding to speed, power, and the height of that cahracter's jumping.

Shrek
Power: Advacned
Speed: Beginner
Height of Jump: Beginner

Donkey
Power: Beginner
Speed: Advacned
Height of Jump: Advanced

Fiona
Power: Advanced
Speed Advanced
Height of Jump: Advanced

Take Fiona everytime that you can. The gameplay besides that consists of 2 basic challenges (a new challenge every level). In some levels you have a goal to achieve before a certain time limit. In most levels, you'll have to rescue and defeat someone. There are a few extra challenges. Like defeat a certain number of enemies.

FLAWS
Shrek: Hassle at the Castle is not without it's flaws. While in story mode, you cannot go back to revisit levels that you want to. You have to beat the game in Normal Mode to unlock a Level Select, and that menu's as complicated as hell. But, yuo can getaround this by setting the game to Easy Mode and defeating Lord Farquaad. Then, turn it to Normal Mode and load your game again. Defeat Lord Farquaad. Now repeat with Advanced Mode. That's easy to accomplish, at least.

GRAPHICS
Except for the fact that the heads of the characters' heads are humongous next to their tiny bodies, the graphics are done in an amazing way. The dragon looks the best. Donkey looks pretty realistic, also.

CONCLUSION
I highly recommend this game.

The graphics are cool and the game is not too challenging. It is still fun though and good for many ages. I have a problem with my particular cartridge though. No matter how many times I complete the first leg of the third level it will not let me advance. Otherwise pretty cool.

This is a fun game,however, im stuck on the 3nd level,
And its kind of dark, but i guess a light will fix that.
All and all it's a cool game!

Well, this game follow the movie. it is the best Shrek game so far, and you can play as Shrek, which i did and it is challenging, or Donkey great for jumping or Fiona, great for fighting... once you play the game, you won't eat, you won't sleep, and when finally you play the last level, you have to fight Farquard...what else you want? Play on the Game Cube...i know, i am waiting for Shrek on Game Cube but until that Shrek in the Castle is the Has all...

Wazap,
Shrek is a game for all ages it defines the word fun. If you liked the movie I know I did, this is just a great game. Next I expect you to go and click add to cart because this game is worth each and every single hard earned cent. Keep it real yall

Hello I'm an autistic adult gamer.

I like this shrek game it follows the story line really well to the movie and doesn't seem at all to frustating to me like what some of the other reviewer's were saying about this game. Oh and the graphic's are great in my opinion.