Disney*Pixar WALL-E

It's good but not great, occasionally running into camera problems that result in a lost life from a mistimed jump or getting "stuck" behind a wall. The multiplayer is good too, consisting of salvaging and shooting levels where you can compete with up to three other friends in offline split-screen action.

Wall-E is a much better game than many could have hoped for.

It’s mildly entertaining, mildly disappointing, mildly challenging and overall just mild.

While I wouldn't recommend it to anyone except kids (or their parents), in part because of the rather subpar control scheme, at least the older brother who has to watch or play along isn't going to be completely annoyed at the game's quality level.

The main problem is that the developers really didn’t do anything to make this game stand out from other platform games and it isn’t “deep” enough to keep older gamers coming back.

Wall-E is overflowing with charm, but the simple gameplay makes the experience fall flat.

It even brings some clever and unique aspects to the game design including two fun sections where you can manually spin platforms around to create the best route.

Rent instead or save your cash for the DVD. [Sept 2008, p.79]

Another movie based game and another typical outcome, it's hard to have a hopeful attitude before entering this game into the tray because it's predictable of what it's going to be like.

This is not a game you should be looking to add to your collection. It is just one of those games made to be bought for young kids that enjoyed the movie.

The game will only take most gamers five hours, at most, to complete, but it does offer a little bonus replay value in the way of same-console multiplayer modes.

A decent home console version.

I've gotten used to not expecting much from movie games, and when I played the final version of WALL-E, it met those light expectations.

As film licences go though, WALL-E definitely errs on the side of average and doesn't have enough going for it to work as a standalone title in its own right, leaning far too heavily on its source material and the hope that fans of the flick will pick it up rather than the game attracting players looking for something that little bit different.

A potentially not bad Pixar tie-in that gets very average, very quickly. Shame. [Sept 2008, p.82]

This game offers a few fun moments but is just too short to justify much more than a rental.

A bot-standard, rusty platformer for kids. [Sept 2008, p.86]