Product Description

Shrek 2 takes players on a wild adventure with Shrek and his buddies. Gamers revisit key scenes from the movie sequel while discovering all-new locations and characters. Shrek2 combines squad-based action with traditional action-adventure elements. Players can control a team of four and play as Shrek or any of his seven friends, switching between each to best utilise the character's unique abilities to solve puzzles, fight monsters and complete dangerous and thrilling adventures.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12202 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2004-06-18
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platforms: Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows NT

Amazon.co.uk Review
Even the most ardent of Shrek fans would have to admit that so far the games based on the big green goofball haven’t quite been up to scratch. In fact they’ve been completely rubbish. Shrek 2, based directly on the new movie, is a step back in the right direction.

At its core the game is a sort of scrolling beat-'em-up, interspersed with numerous little puzzles to overcome as you try to navigate the various fairytale realms. What makes things a lot more interesting is that you actually manage a team of four characters at a time, taking control of one at a time and having the other three follow along behind. The defaults include Shrek, Fiona and Donkey, but you also get to use Gingerbread Man, Lil' Red, Puss in Boots and The Big Bad Wolf.

The best bit is that if you can get three friends to help, then one person can actually control a character each, which really livens things up. But even in single player mode any of the characters can get a chance to take part in a "Hero Time" mini-game that provides a enjoyable respite from the main game as you take a ride on a dragon with Donkey or indulge in a singalong with Fiona.

Although the graphics are impressive (much more so than the sound, which doesn’t feature the original movie cast), the main gameplay can get a bit monotonous. But for Shrek fans and general young 'uns there’s more to enjoy here than with most film licenses. --David Jenkins

Customer Reviews

Disappointing
Poor graphics, badly co-ordinated movements, flat gameplay...nothing much to recommend it. There's really no excuse, and on the back of such brilliant films it could have been excellent.
Don't waste your money!

Not as good as the film
This game is average, but i warn you, if your buying it for your kids to play make sure they are very comfortable using a keyboard and mouse to control the characters. If your kids are like mine and like to use a game pad or joystick, this game WILL NOT let you, this makes moving the characters accuratley very hard. I bought this game for my son aged 6 who has already given up playing it because of the controls used. Activision who make the game seem to use this control method in alot of their games, which is strange when most of them are aimed at the 3+ years old market.