The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

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  • Summary: The malevolent White Witch has cast a 100-year winter on the land of Narnia, and you can help Aslan free his people in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. As the four children from the movie, you can battle fantastical creatures such as Minotaurs, Cyclops,The malevolent White Witch has cast a 100-year winter on the land of Narnia, and you can help Aslan free his people in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. As the four children from the movie, you can battle fantastical creatures such as Minotaurs, Cyclops, Werewolves, and Wraiths. The game includes puzzle elements and is closely tied to the plot of the movie. Multiplayer cooperative play is also available.… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. XboxAddict
    100
    The Chronicles of Narnia has completely surpassed all of those to come before it. This is the way all other movie to game adaptations should be done, because there is now a perfect role model out there.
  2. IGN
    83
    Narnia stands as a near perfect example of how to make a movie-based videogame the right way. Everything from the combat system and level design to the game's visual presentation just scream quality.
  3. VGPub
    79
    Offers up some great gaming thrills, but with a few hiccups. Fans of the book and/or upcoming movie will get a lot out of this game, while non-fans really won't be missing much.
  4. DailyGame
    70
    If you take the package as a whole, especially taking into account the amazing cutscenes and environments, it's a game well worth playing.
  5. DarkStation
    70
    The video game adaptation does well, offering lush visuals and decent combat, but falters with a fairly limited multiplayer mode and unbalanced characters.
  6. Gaming Age
    67
    Narnia makes for a decent adventure title on both systems, but it fails to do anything new or astounding. The game is also on the short and easy side, even with some of the unlockable extras.
  7. GamerFeed
    60
    The game looks and plays just fine, and stays true to the theme of the film, but fails to really bring anything new to the experience.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. A.H.
    Dec 12, 2005
    10
    Solid in every respect. Very fun to play. Nicely tied to the film.
  2. MJ.
    Nov 15, 2005
    10
    Excellent use of a film license. Good game that stands on its own legs. Quality design and gameplay.
  4. aspentitan
    Nov 25, 2020
    7
    An interesting game where you play as 4 children in an rpg styled game of the movie. It has a lot of similarities to today's Lego games. InAn interesting game where you play as 4 children in an rpg styled game of the movie. It has a lot of similarities to today's Lego games. In this one you toggle thru the various children which each have special abilities and you can purchase unique upgrades through gameplay unlocks as you go thru the chapters. The gameplay starts by showing a scene of the movie then blends the movie clip into the video game and you complete the scene. The more you explore an area and collect things the faster you can buy upgrades. You can replay the chapters to do better if you like. A single player game gets a little confusing switching between characters during gameplay at time. The action can get quite hard if you don't understand the goal of the scene and this made a few levels quite repetitive and frustrating but overall the game is decent and more fun than it looks. If you can co-op with a friend the game should be better but I played through it alone. It is a rather quick game but was fun throughout. The chapters all seem to be a nice division of the game (15 areas). A few areas of the game have redundant gameplay and overall the audio on this game is subpar. One playthrough was enough for me I enjoyed my playthrough but I don't think it's worth investing in more than once. That said the game can be gone thru again trying to better each level at a higher difficulty I think there is good value for other people it's better than a rental game. Rated T for teen I think it could even be E for Everyone. Pretty similar to the movie if you could watch it you should be able to do the game too. I wanted to give this game a 6/10 because it had a few areas of the game which could have used an overhaul but for the most part this was a pretty entertaining game. I ultimately didn't do the 6/10 because those problems were a factor of the game being unique and not so much broken.… Expand
  5. BlueFalcon
    Nov 16, 2005
    4
    It feels like you're jumping through hoops in this one. I also hate how it uses so many platformer cliches. Although I did enjoy how the It feels like you're jumping through hoops in this one. I also hate how it uses so many platformer cliches. Although I did enjoy how the film clips are blended in w/ the game (although the graphics aren't even close to looking like the films).… Expand

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#91 Best Xbox Game of 2005