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The Spiderwick Chronicles

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This bland, by-the-numbers adventure would take an hour or two to finish if not for exasperatingly numerous fetch quests and a lame drawing minigame that you must complete 60+ times if you actually want to see the ending.

Available on: PC , PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, DS
Genre: Adventure
Release date: Feb 5, 2008
Published by: Sierra
Developed by: Stormfront

Min system requirements: Win XP/Vista, 1.5GHz, 512MB RAM (1GB for Vista), 8GB HD space, 128MB VRAM, DirectX: 9.0c
Recommended system: Win XP/Vista, 2.0 GHz, 1GB RAM (1.5GB for Vista), 8GB HD space, 256MB VRAM, DirectX: 9.0c

4 FLAWED
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The Spiderwick Chronicles

A decent 2-hour movie becomes a tiring 8-hour game

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Spiderwick Chronicles Walkthough (360)

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The Video Game Release List of 2/3 - 2/9 (North...

This week's North American releases span the PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii,...

News from N4G Feb 2, 2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles Game Set to Ship...

Based on the Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Films' Movie, Gamers have the Opportunity To Explore...

News from N4G Jan 8, 2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles announced

Dive into fantasy adventure... of some sort...

Aug 9, 2007

The Spiderwick Chronicles Announced

Vivendi today announced development of The Spiderwick Chronicles, a videogame based on the upcoming...

News from N4G Aug 9, 2007

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Review

A decent 2-hour movie becomes a tiring 8-hour game

Feb 28, 2008

Maybe you love The Spiderwick Chronicles book series or know someone who does. Or, perhaps you saw the recent movie and wanted to stomp the goblins yourself. Regardless of the reasons you have for taking an interest in the video game based on the movie, we're here to give you a big old Thimbletack style warning: The Spiderwick Chronicles game is the kind of dull, tedious 3D adventure that gives movie cash-ins a bad name. There's nothing wrong ...

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