Charlie And The Chocolate Factory for PC, rating: 38%
It's a good thing that the chocolate factory's famed glass elevator doesn't really exist, because after playing this game you might be tempted to throw yourself down the shaft.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory review:
In one of the world’s many silly coincidences, here is a videogame release to come out at the same time as a feature film with the exact same title. Our in-house teams...
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory review:
Every gamer knows the history of movie tie-in games and their dreadful track record, so whenever a new one comes along it’s nigh impossible to not feel some degree of skepticism no matter who developed the game or what movie it’s based on. Case in point, when the recent Charlie and the Chocolate Factory game based on Tim Burton’s recent film interpretation of Roald Dahl’s classic book showed up for review I anticipated the worst, especially considering the movie itself was nothing to go gaga over. To my surprise however, the game isn’t nearly as terrible as I expected it to be, though it’s certainly no gem mind you, and packs just enough entertainment value to engage fans of the movie and/or storyline in general for at least a solid rental period.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory review:
Audio is easily the high point of the game.Problem is, this lone high point is a mountain in the middle of a swamp. Games based on hot movie properties are rarely very good, but Charlie and the Chocolate Factory really plumbs the depths of awfulness. There's no reason for this game to exist, beyond an attempt to line pockets at the expense of movie fans.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory review: