- Publisher: Ubisoft
- Release Date: Nov 13, 2007
- Also On: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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Play MagazineWhat it lacks in polish it makes up for in diversity and brutality. This is one bloody game. [Jan 2008, p.58]
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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.
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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.
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VideoGamerIt's just run-of-the-mill game design. Bar the occasionally impressive combat, Beowulf doesn't have enough to make it stand out.
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Even a merry band of adventurous thanes can't save this quest from ruin.
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PC PowerPlayAdding 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]
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PC GamerInstead 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]
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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.
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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.
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PC Zone UKIt'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]
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PC FormatStunningly terrible. [Jan 2008, p.72]
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PC Gamer UKIt made me tear my own arm off. [Jan 2008, p.84]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 29
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Mixed: 10 out of 29
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Negative: 12 out of 29
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JennyP.Nov 27, 2007This 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.
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JonathanS.Nov 12, 2007This feelz like it was made only 4 consoles and has bad lag in the graphics. The save system sux 2.
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Jan 8, 2012