Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie&The Chocolate Factory brings a classic film and literature experience to life. Based on the beloved Roald Dahl book and the upcoming Tim Burton film, you'll become young Charlie Bucket after finding a Golden Ticket. Embark on a fantastic adventure as you tour Willy Wonka's factory -- guided by the notorious, reclusive candymaker himself.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Reviews
The game is adapted to her skills as well as sufficiently challenging as to keep her interested in keeping on playing. My 7 year old daughter got this game as one of her Christmas presents and she couldn't be happier. A great GBA game for little ones. Graphics are great and she can very much relate to the game logic being familiar as she is with Tim Burton's movie story and characters. The game comes with the option of several languages apart from English, which is also great since our mother tongue is Spanish, so she can play very independently without having to ask me or my husband the meaning of this or that message window appearing onscreen.
First you feel that is not an adventure game but once you pass the first level you start to enjoy it. For my daugther is Excellent.
I bought this game for my 15 year old grandson for his birthday and he really likes everything about this game.
It's easy for him to understand how to get to the next levels and the animation on this game are really great. I strongly suggest it. He's 6 years old and loves this game. My son hasn't put this down since he got it. Even my 12 and 10 year old daughters love playing this game.
My favorites are 'Lift a Loompa' in which you rescue Oompa Loompas from the chocolate river with a candy machine style claw, 'Blueberry Jam' in which you catch falling blueberries in a net, and 'Chocolate Broadcast' probably my favorite, it's a snood style game. Aside from the novelty the game has one redeeming feature; mini games. There's only one kind of person I'd recommend this game for; someone who loves loves loves 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' -owns the soundtrack and has a pair of TV room goggles love- and who also really likes platform jumpers. In regular gameplay you rescue the doomed children (get Augustus out of the pipe, juice Violet, save Veruca from the trash, and rescue Mike Teavee from a video game) and these things act as bosses of a sort.
You'll only end up having to buy them a more interesting game once they start playing. Passing levels in 'Charlie' isn't hard in the least but it is, like I said, tedious. Yes, the movie is technically for kids but it's also a Tim Burton movie, which means all genre definitions are out the window. 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' is destined to be a classic for the 13-50 set. To unlock an exit often sends you running around the factory cleaning Oompa Loompas, catapulting them around the room, getting them to open doors and break walls for you, pull switches, and trigger weight buttons and if any of this sounds like fun, trust me, it isn't. The 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' movie, despite nice graphics, isn't very action-oriented and is lacking a clear-cut antagionist.
The general goal within the levels is mind numbingly simple; dodge enemies and obstacles to get to the exit. The jokes and much of the character development go over kids' heads and what's left is a little scary and weird in a good or bad way depending on who you are. The game itself was made a bit too kid-friendly. I love the one with Violet. And even if you are this person the 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' game will wear thin on you more than once.
Several times when I was trying to get through a particularly grueling level I remember thinking 'this is not fun, I am not having fun here'. It isn't the sort of movie that should have had a game for kids made from it. There are five mini games and two or three of them are really a lot of fun. Don't get this game if you didn't love the movie because you're going to want to throw it out of a moving vehicle if you do. They also play like mini-games in their own right.
There's a sort of cathartic pleasure is being able rid yourself of a grunt in a game and the 'Charlie' game is so tedious it's going to take more than a few cathartic kills in another game to get the red out of your eyes. Your enemies are mostly Wonka's candy making robots -sweepers, wrappers, sudsy cleaners, stompers, and an irate little bot that has a penchant for throwing candy- unfortunately all you can do is dodge these guys, there's no taking them out. And do not get this for your kids (if they somehow love the movie) no matter how much they beg. Lots of fun. This game probably shouldn't have been made. The novelty, which is really the only thing this game has going for it, wears thin very quickly leaving you leading Oompa Loompas around searching for that one switch to get to the next stage of the game desperately wishing you could pause the game and shove a first person shooter in.
per level. You might even go for a ride for this purpose alone.
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