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

Features: Progressive scan(720p, 1080i, 1080p), Dolby Digital
Multiplayer Modes:

Offline

2 player VS

4 FLAWED
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Review

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

Feb 27, 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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