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Rise of the Guardians The Video Game

SCORE: 73

I have yet to see Rise of the Guardians at the theater. I know a little bit about it. We have these mythical creatures that fight against the darkness. Pitch (black as night) wants to make the kids stop believing in things like the Easter bunny, Sandman, Santa Claus, Jack Frost, and the Tooth Fairy.  Jack Frost? Yup Jack Frost.

I guess Pitch could take them on. He knows if he went after God it would be all over in a second. In Rise of the Guardians The Video Game we take control of one of these characters. Don't worry swapping between characters is simple. Up to four family members can take these characters into battle.

And battle you will. In fact that is almost all there is to do in Rise of the Guardians The Video Game. We go into an area and kill off all these black nightmare creatures. There are dog kind, horse kind, giant bug kind, and giant bat kinds. There might have been some more but the violent action in Rise of the Guardians The Video Game is fast and furious. I was hacking and slashing or firing away. It became difficult to keep track of much.

We ran into some bugs in Rise of the Guardians The Video Game here at Family Friendly Gaming. Little objects visually glitching here and there. Characters on the fritz for a second, and an enemy flashing in and out of existence. The game also told us to free our captive friends. But that could not be done until we had cleared the area of enemies. This was a real frustration for me. Hacking and slashing away on the cage until I ran around and found an enemy nearby.

Rise of the Guardians The Video Game has two kinds of characters. The up close and personal kind. They want to whack you in the face with their big stick. The back row kind. They will fire projectiles from a safe distance. Status points are earned so family members can upgrade skills they want the characters to be better at.

Some of the levels in Rise of the Guardians The Video Game are insanely difficult to traverse. I accidentally back tracked right back to the beginning of the level on more than one instance. The map function in Rise of the Guardians The Video Game could use some work in my opinion.

There are some unlockable items like gallery pictures. Those are neat to look at - for a minute. Then it was back to endless and mindless hacking and slashing. I like how easy it is to drop in and drop out of Rise of the Guardians The Video Game. A family member can come along and play for a few minutes or the entire time.
- Luke

Graphics: 65%
Sound: 80%
Replay/Extras: 79%
Gameplay: 70%
Family Friendly Factor: 73%
System: Wii/PS3/Xbox 360
Publisher: D3Publisher
Rating: ‘E10+’ - Everyone 10+
{Fantasy Violence}
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