publication date: Nov 28, 2007
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author/source: Katherine Maddox-Lyons
Shrek the Third takes you on a big
adventure which is a series of
quests; through
forests, paths and over moors
meeting lots of monsters,
witches, bad guys, boys throwing rocks,
dragons, knights in armour and
prison keepers.
You start the quest as
Shrek and then as the adventure
progresses - you become different
characters. Some of the characters are really good - such as Arty,
Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty and
Fiona.
The game is quite
easy to use, and you have to save the game as the quests each can take
five to ten minutes depending on how you play it - if you want to
collect loads of money, and then
buy things at the shops, it takes
longer, or you can just
whiz through
killing people and moving onto the next
level.
The game
controls which character you are and is relatively straight- forward. The
graphics are great - very
realistic and colourful - but you can appear to have only have one
saved file per player which means only one
adventure saved.
Shrek the Third does not appear to come with lots of
help - so it has been
tricky moving on to some of the
levels. So it has been a good
team- working game - and could be
difficult for a child by
themselves.
Adam, who is
nine, has virtually
monopolised this game and is currently on
level ten where he’s
fighting a big monster with an
axe.
One of the really
good features of the game is the additional “
multi-player" mini-games. These are quite
simple, a lot of
fun and a
light relief from the tricky
problem solving of the
adventure.
Adam’s
favourites have been:
Shooting Gallery which features a big
bucket of
tomatoes to shoot pirates,
green pixies and witches, if you hit the
donkey you to lose time and
Ships Ahoy - a cannon shooting
moving ships and different
colours earn you more or less
points.
Iona (seven) really likes playing
Castle Capture against her brother.
Shrek the Third has fast
become one of our family's
favourite games and I would really recommend it.
On our scale is got an
eight out of
ten rating - we‘ve been finding it quite difficult to know what to do next which can be frustrating - but it is very
exciting!
Shrek the Third is available to play on Playstation 2, Nintendos DS and Wii, Xbox 360, Sony PSP and Windows XP. To order from
Amazon click one of the
links below:
Shrek The Third (PS2)
Shrek The Third (Nintendo DS)
Shrek The Third (Xbox 360)
Shrek The Third (Wii)
Shrek The Third (PSP)
Shrek The Third (PC)
