Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

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  • Summary: Based on the unfortunately successful book series and the feature film starring Jim Carrey, this is the tale of Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire, whose parents perish in a fire. Soon after, they are sent to live with their sinister uncle, Count Olaf, in a most cavernous mansion. GreatBased on the unfortunately successful book series and the feature film starring Jim Carrey, this is the tale of Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire, whose parents perish in a fire. Soon after, they are sent to live with their sinister uncle, Count Olaf, in a most cavernous mansion. Great tragedy becomes greater misfortune as Olaf's despicable plans are revealed and the siblings must combine forces to prevent the Count and his henchmen from seizing their immense family fortune. Switch among the Baudelaire orphans and utilize their special skills as you journey through 15 perilous missions, from the deep catacombs beneath Olaf’s mansion to the gloomy shores of Lake Lachrymose. Collect household items with Violet, the intrepid inventor, and assemble them into cool contraptions for puzzle-solving and combat. Wield those items with Klaus, the brave intellect, to battle Olaf’s minions. And mind the tottering toddler, Sunny, as she chomps valiantly through obstacles in the orphans’ path with her 4 very sharp teeth. Should you emerge victorious in your attempt to foil Count Olaf's wicked plans, rest assured your success will be temporary, as only woe awaits you in A Series of Unfortunate Events. [Activision]… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. PGNx Media
    77
    The PC version of the game was changed for the worse; the console versions are recommended due to their more accurate control scheme and level variety.
  2. eToychest
    77
    Parents of these children will also enjoy this game--I laughed out loud more than once--but any experienced gamer will find it a transient challenge that is over much too quickly.
  3. AceGamez
    70
    The game as a whole is very forgiving - too forgiving in fact. If you're an experienced gamer, or even an adult who plays occasionally, you shouldn't find the puzzles, bad guys, bosses or exploration too much of a hindrance and will probably complete the game in about 10 hours.
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  4. Game Chronicles
    63
    Combined with the already short length, Snicket on the PC is an "unfortunate event" that you can probably pass on in favor of one of the console versions. Even the GBA game is better than this.
  5. Cheat Code Central
    60
    Overall the gameplay is far too simple for any casual gamer but it's sure to keep kids entertained even if they haven't seen the movie or read any of the novels.
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  6. Warcry
    60
    The console versions have more variety in level design, more distinct roles for each of the children and a longer play time. Heck, I could finish the PC version in less time than it would take to watch the movie.
  7. Computer Games Magazine
    50
    The sort of game that screams, "average!" at every turn. [March 2005, p.83]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. JeremiahS.
    Dec 25, 2004
    10
    Great game.
  2. FekonaSilence
    Nov 17, 2004
    10
    Cool game!!!
  4. NeoconTom
    Apr 10, 2019
    9
    This was a fun game on PC back in the day, sad the console version is nothing like it.
  5. HuckleberryPie
    Mar 6, 2012
    6
    A bit of a good game, but it felt too forgiving and had little to no replay value, besides the fact that this is in fact moddable thanks toA bit of a good game, but it felt too forgiving and had little to no replay value, besides the fact that this is in fact moddable thanks to the Unreal Engine that powered it.… Expand
  6. Steeldude
    Aug 25, 2015
    6
    A decent game. You can play as all three characters, it is a standard 3D action adventure where you gather items to create new inventions toA decent game. You can play as all three characters, it is a standard 3D action adventure where you gather items to create new inventions to overcome obstacles. It is basically really similar to the Harry Potter games, at least the first three ones. You run around, collect items, get new skills, explore surroundings to find secrets, fight bad guys ...
    The game is quite short, it is quite enjoyable, but not memorable in any way. The only slightly unique thing is the item-collecting as you actually always have a list of items that you have to gather which resembles some traditional point-and-click adventure games, making this game a real 3D action ADVENTURE game. :D

    If it actually followed the books and told the whole story, that would have been a completely different case. Unfortunately, it is just a game version of the movie. The movie was good, I liked it, even though I was not the fan of the mixing of the first three books into one story. The same goes for the game. It's a mix of everything that's quite good ... but because we've seen it many times already, it is not spectacular.    … Expand
  7. mr-NachoMen
    Jan 9, 2019
    6
    Video games based on films suffers from the same curse that movies based on video games had. a small window of opportunity to pleased gamersVideo games based on films suffers from the same curse that movies based on video games had. a small window of opportunity to pleased gamers and to make it an actual game. Unfortunately this game does not manage to make anything impressive at all.
    Based on the film released in 2004, In this game the player has the chance to control the 3 Baudelaire children; Violet, Klaus and Sunny. Most of the game has the objective per level to gather objets so Violet can create and important gadget to progress to the game or a weapon to defeat enemies.
    The game is a third person perspective with platformer elements and puzzle solving which is extremely easy. common enemies are rats, crabs and bats and Olaf's minions that serve as boss fights, each boss fight has 4-5 rounds in which the player must shot the "boss" with an specific kind of ammunition until is totally defeated.
    The platformer sections, puzzle solving and combat like i mention are easy, this is because the game such as the movie were targeted to an infant audience so make sense to the game to be easy and short with an average of 4 hours long.
    Visually the game looks bad even for a 2004 game, with average texture work and resolution, low character modeling and bland level design with little exploration to offer. The game was built using the Unreal 2 Engine and it seems that the developers didn't properly know how to use it, the PC version (which is the one i'm reviewing) is the worst looking of all, even the GameBoy Advance version looks way better (and it is a 2D game!)
    The voice acting... terrible. The actors: Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken and Emily Browning reprise their roles from the film but... their acting is bland like, if they don't know how voice acting works or like if they were not interested at all in the project (and i don't blame them). The writing is terrible as well with silly dialog.
    For a kid in that time... this game works great and was interesting. But for an adult well... this is a mess of a game.    … Expand
  8. Speed4Runs
    Dec 17, 2012
    5
    Good game, but it has a lot of problems. It's not even comparable to the book.
    4.75 out of 10, for me.

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