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It's bad enough that it's a movie tie-in; the fact that it's broken makes it even more insulting

Words: AJ Glasser, GamesRadar US
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Dec 12, 2007

Can’t Sega even be bothered to finish making the game before trying to pawn it off on us? Placeholder graphics, unfinished textures and sloppy physics are just a few of the sadistic treats this game has to offer - and the suck doesn’t stop there. Between a clumsy rendering of the original story and a golden compass minigame that’s about as effective as a magic 8 ball, there is absolutely no good reason to buy The Golden Compass on DS. If you absolutely have to have some videogame representation of Phillip Pullman’s book-turned-movie, check out one of the console tie-ins. At least those graphics are finished.

You'll love
  • Reading the book
  • Seeing the movie
  • Multiplayer - so you don't suffer alone
You'll hate
  • The placeholder graphics
  • The pointless conversation minigames
  • Wasting even five minutes on this game

 
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kamakozei  - 11 months 4 days ago 
wow I have this gave cause I got it yesterday and besides the crappy graphics, horrible gameplay and stupid idea to this it probally will take you about 3 weeks to beat (not straight) only because there is 17 chapter and there is a minimum of 2 levels per chapter AND there is about 26 interludes, and some you have to play in them. so this is my chart.

What you'll like
+watching the movie
+reading the book
What you won't like
-Playing the game
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Genre: Adventure
Release date: Dec 4, 2007
Published by: Sega
Developed by: A2M
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It's bad enough that it's a movie tie-in; the fact that it's broken makes it even more insulting
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