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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 12
  2. Negative: 6 out of 12
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  1. Play Magazine
    70
    What it lacks in polish it makes up for in diversity and brutality. This is one bloody game. [Jan 2008, p.58]
  2. In this day and age, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that a game based on a movie fares poorly, but for a character who has survived since 700AD, he deserves better treatment than this.
  3. You can blast through the game on the lower difficulty in less than day. You will notice the title says: Beowulf: The Game. That's to distinguish it from the ancient manuscript. I tend to think of it as a disclaimer, or quite possibly a warning.
  4. VideoGamer
    50
    It's just run-of-the-mill game design. Bar the occasionally impressive combat, Beowulf doesn't have enough to make it stand out.
  5. Even a merry band of adventurous thanes can't save this quest from ruin.
  6. PC PowerPlay
    50
    Adding this one to your collection is nothing to be blowing one's golden trumpet over, except if your movie-to-games section is begging for attention. [Feb 2008, p.55]
  7. PC Gamer
    49
    Instead of spending $50 on Beowulf the game, read the poem instead; this game isn't epic, it's just epically tedious. [Feb 2008, p.74]
  8. Destined to line bargain bin bottoms. It has its hacking and slashing moments, but like so many movie-licensed titles, it reeks of a truncated production schedule and a too-heavy reliance on a story intended for another medium.
  9. 40
    Ubisoft Shanghai and Tiwak did a magnificent job of butchering the reimagining of a classic tale and providing plenty of disposable, derivative gameplay to go along with it.
  10. PC Zone UK
    34
    It's so lazily developed, so utterly devoid of creativity and verve, that it's not even worth giving half a chance. [Jan 2008, p.84]
  11. PC Format
    21
    Stunningly terrible. [Jan 2008, p.72]
  12. PC Gamer UK
    17
    It made me tear my own arm off. [Jan 2008, p.84]
User Score
5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 29
  2. Negative: 12 out of 29
  1. JennyP.
    Nov 27, 2007
    1
    This is the terrible game that I do!! The graphics are so Bad like "You are empty"(Game) I'm very mad that I bought It.
  2. JonathanS.
    Nov 12, 2007
    3
    This feelz like it was made only 4 consoles and has bad lag in the graphics. The save system sux 2.
  3. Jan 8, 2012
    4
    This outstanding poor graphics,boring,repetitive game and un-rensponsive controller doesn`t make you feel better,it will make you feelThis outstanding poor graphics,boring,repetitive game and un-rensponsive controller doesn`t make you feel better,it will make you feel frustrated and you will see that you will not look that game again. Full Review »