Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7871 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sierra
• Released on: 2006-11-24
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Platform: PlayStation2

Manufacturer's Description
Play as Eragon and his dragon Saphira as they set out to fulfil their destiny. Endure perilous travels, unparalleled adventure and heart-pounding combat as you live the epic events of the movie.

Eragon goes beyond the traditional licensed property to present a Triple A-calibre gaming experience for intense action-adventure gaming enthusiasts.

Discover a new take on the battle of Good vs. Evil in this 3rd person action/ adventure based on the Eragon movie.  The ancient legend is placed in your hands, as you uncover the secrets behind the beautiful mysterious stone.   Play as both Eragon, the dragon rider, and his powerful dragon Saphira, as they learn their ultimate destiny.  Fight savage Urgals with unique weapons, ride the dragon as you chase your enemies, and unleash powerful magic spells as you save the Empire from its evil destructors.

Customer Reviews

Isn't Saphira the name of a Vauxhall car?
Having read the book, I was looking forward to watching the film and playing the game. However, 'Eragon' falls short of success. The first few levels are perhaps some of the most infuriating on any game I have played. The man you are with for half the time, called Brom, is an irritating man who spouts useless advice at regular intervals, randomly attacks you when there are no enemies left, and is agonizingly slow on the uptake, e.g. as you are having a shoot-out for several minutes with some archers, as you kill the last one Brom will warningly shout, "Look out! Archers!" In the end I felt like pushing him off a cliff and it was a relief when he died. Another annoying point is the abysmal camera angles. On one of the earlier levels, when you are in a butcher's shop trying to avoid two demonic fiends called Ra'zac, all you can see on the screen is meat hanging off hooks, and you have to blidly find the way forwards amid attacks from the Ra'zac. However, the second half of the game, when you are with Murtagh, is much better. The landscapes are good and easy to find your way around, enemies are plentiful and Murtagh is nowhere near as annoying as Brom. Despite this fact, however, I have to give 'Eragon' a low rating. Flying on the dragon Saphira is strangely unfulfilling. You would really think that piloting a giant fire-breathing lizard would be fun, but it is mainly boring with several intervals of crashing into catapults, trees and rocks whilst trying to kill enemies with fire breath or magic arrows. At one point in a cutscene, Eragon is meant to be speaking but his mouth doesn't even move. I completed this game several hours after I bought it, so it isn't even much of a challenge. The 'devastating magical attacks' are limited to three boring attacks; push, pull and fireball. The fireball is mildly amusing first time around, but this quickly gets frustrating as enemies get up after being slashed with your sword repeatedly, burnt, pushed, pulled and anything else you care to add. I admit I was excited when I first used magic to manipulate javelins into attacking enemies, but when I realised this was the only indirect magical attack you could use it wore surprisingly thin. Avoid.

Isn't Saphira the name of a car?
Sorry, but this game is a huge disappointment. Having read the book, I was eager to play the game and to control the dragon Saphira. As it happens, you only control Saphira on three levels; her controls are limited and boring and her voice sounds rather like a Sat-nav. The first few levels are incredibly dark and the camera shots are poor; whilst trying to sneak through a butcher shop with demons on your tail, all you can see is meat hanging off hooks. Brom, your companion for the first half, is extremely annoying. He attacks you sometimes for no reason, and is painfully slow on the uptake; he shouts, "Look out! Archers!" about five minutes after you have killed them all. The second half of the game is slightly better; the landscapes are pretty good and it is a lot easier to see. The supposed 'devastating magical attacks' are very few in number; push, pull and fireball. While it is mildly amusing for the first few times watching a foe run around on fire, it quickly gets monotonous. I would advise you to get better titles of this genre like 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Shadow of the Colossus'.

Disappointing
After reading the books, the first two anyway, then watching the movie (never as good as the books but thats normal enough) my children and i were really looking forward to the ps2 game.

Having received it for christmas my 13 year old daughter began playing, she finished it on boxing day, having spent a total of around 5 hours on the entire game.

The disappointment was partly due to how quickly the game could be completed but mainly because of the style of the action. If you're one of those gamers who love to slash and kick your way through baddy after baddy, level after level, then this is the game for you. If you are looking for any kind of role playing or intelligent problem solving or even just a little opportunity to explore the surroundings and do anything other than kick, slash and bash everyone you come across then this game is not for you. Even Eragon gaining some magic skill is not enough to raise this game to a 3 star rating.

The graphics are good and the movement was fair. Its a good mixture between the book and the film but could have exploited the plot so much better as there is so much more that Eragon and his dragon Saphira could have done in a game.