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Fight wolves, orgres, and more to free Narnia!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 47 / 50
Date: November 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As I can't wait to see the CoN movie to come out, I immediately got Narnia the computer game when I saw it in the store. In the game, you can play as all four of the children during most of the levels. Each of them has their own special powers and abilities: Peter's strength lies in his sword, as does Edmund's, Susan can shoot arrows and use panpipes to find hidden items, and Lucy heals as well as tames beasts. The children can also team up together to perform special moves. Throughout the game, you unlock new special abilities for them, spending the coins you'll collect during each level.

There are 15 levels in the Narnia computer game. Each level is broken up into different `sections' or Checkpoints, where the game auto saves where you are. You can't actually save your game in the middle- only after you've finished a level- but if you die at any time during that level, you go back to the last checkpoint (as apposed to starting the level all over again).

During your level, you'll gather money to spend, points to unlock abilities, shields and statues, arrows for Susan to shoot, hearts for health. Not only do our heroes fight, but they also have to figure out things like how to get over an icy pond without falling in. Many times they have to work together to kill an especially difficult enemy. There's also some bonus stuff you unlock for each level you complete.

Overall, Narnia was great fun to play. There are two difficulty levels, Normal and Hard. On Normal, the game is not especially difficult, but it also is not easy- a good balance. Narnia has a cool 2-player feature that lets two people play the game at the same time, making it twice the fun. The graphics are really good and there are some nice clips from the movie itself. I feel it was a great buy and recommend it to anyone who is looking forward to the Narnia movie.

Don't ruin your child's Christmas....check your graphics card

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 26
Date: December 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

After major disappointment with the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire game, our son was really looking forward to this game based on the first 2 reviews. Unfortunately, we have no idea if he would like it. After installing it on our almost new computer, we received an error: "Fatal Error! Sorry, but your machine is unable to run this game. We require a graphics card which can support vertex and pixel shader v1.1. The game will now exit." What a deal--we have to upgrade our video card in order to run this game! Since these requirements are not standard on new high-end computers, it would have been very nice of Buena Vista Games to highlight this requirements. I can imagine the tears, tantrums and frustrations throughout the US on Christmas morning. What a shame. What a rip-off. They must be in cahoots with the graphics card manufacturers.

This has now received a T/Teen rating.

DON"T BUY THIS GAME

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: December 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

You will need a very good graphics card to run this game and a lot of memory for your computer. I have a laptop that is not even 6 months old yet with a better video card than my desktop and I still can't play this game. After many frustrated hours on the phone I was told I would have to buy a new laptop if I want to play this game on the go. So I took my game back to the store. Maybe Disney teamed up with Bill Gates. Don't spoil your Christmas with this PC game if you have Gamecube, Playstation 2 or Xbox, buy it for them instead.

Misleading System Requirements

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Do not buy this game.
I spent so much money , and for what? This is a Disney scam. I have a GREAT Graphic card but not THE ONE needed for this game. Don't you think Disney makes enough money without doing something like this?

I have an angry child

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well, today, with great anticipation my son and I installed this game. He was so excited! I had the same problem as some of the rest of the reviewers, it won't play on his less than 2 yr. old Dell computer because of the graphics card. What a total waste of money!!! He can't even play the game and we might as well have taken a match to the money we spent. I wish I had my money back, and I wish the companies that design games would keep in mind that not everyone has disposable income to replace graphics cards.

Do not buy this product

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The 4 CD's come in a box with no instructions. There is no information as to how to start the installation. There is no manual. There is no complete manual to be printed from the CD. (I looked over all of the disks). I installed the four disks starting with number one. The program immediately bombs when you click the desk top icon. There is no number to call for technical support. I have a new computer. As all of the other reviews report a special video card is probably necessary. There is no product warning for this disaster. Do not waste your money on this poorly planned product.

Check System Requirements BEFORE buying!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

We have a six month old HP computer system. Imagine our surprise, when on Christmas day, we loaded the Narnia game only to be told that it required "Pixel Shader" in order to operate. Sure enough, this requirement is listed in small print on the bottom of the box, but we sure didn't notice the bottom of the box BEFORE we opened it. Check your system to make sure you can meet the minimum requirments!

Requirements of this type should largely advertised both on the front of the box, and on the advertisements/descriptions so that there is no ugly and potentially costly surprise.

never ever ever get this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: December 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

its not good at all and its really boring plus its really easy i beat it in one day

buy this if you're mad at your money

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Our kids were very excited to receive this game on Christmas only to be disappointed that it needed a special video card. We had to spend over $100 to make this game work. The extra money is not worth owning the game.

Disappointed for Different Reasons

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well, I guess I must have better systems than those listed, as I was able to install and run the game on both of my home PC's. The graphics were great, and the game ran smooth. Why 1 star? Well, the game lists itself as being for 1 or 2 players, and that it can be played co-operatively. This is a style of play that game designers just don't seem to understand. Deathmatch, the standard "multiplayer" fare found in most games, gets boring after about the first 5 minutes. Games that allow you to team up with another HUMAN and actually complete the game story line are in strong demand. Every gamer I know is constantly complaining about the lack of them on the market. The lame arguments about the difficulty for the programmers just doesn't hold water. I can play deathmatch with 64 other players and have it sync perfectly, but they can't get the game to play together?!?
But back to Narnia. Yes, the game is co-operative. But you have to both play on the same system on the same keyboard at the same time. Each character has to have unique control keys, and obviously only one can use the mouse. I have never encountered another game that does this, and to be frank it's irritating and nearly impossible to do. So, like everyone else, I bought the game, intsalled it, and might as well have burned my money. We love the Narnia stories, and were very excited to have the possibility to actually play through the movie together. Let the buyer beware.

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