Shrek The Third Reviews

• Fast, Funny, and FUN! An enjoyable must-have!

  
  By A2SL0EI5NHEZIV on 2007-05-20
  I bought this game for my boys (ages 10, 8, 4) the day it was released without having read any reviews. I must say that I really lucked out because THIS GAME IS GREAT! Everyone in the family, and the neighborhood kids think it is great. It is also hilarious.
  
  From scene to scene you are changing which character you go through the story with, and each character [...]. has their own fighting style, special moves, etc. The bad guys (guards from the castle, wicked witches, cyclops, evil "pinocchios", and many more) are awesome. There is TONS of fresh dialog and comical interaction going on all of the time. It all had the same off beat Shrek humor and pop-culture references, but is definitely clean and appropriate for younger audiences as well as older ones.
  
  The multiplayer catapult game, where you try to destroy the opponents castle is great. The minigames are also a blast. You can keep playing the game, even after you complete portions of it, by going back to complete more quests, and gather more coins in order to by outfits and other items for in the "Store". For example, you can buy Shrek a pirate costume or a suit of armor.
  
  The Wii remote works very well for this game, although I would like to have seen some more crazy movement such as that required by Rayman Raving Rabbids (i.e. where you have to swing the cow over your head, or move the remotes real fast to run the race) -- I prefer to have the kids being more active. Nevertheless, there is movement required, and on top of that, you'll laugh at the dialog, and the crazy things going on in the game.
  
  Shrek the 3rd also feels like Wii developers are really starting to get their arms around what this amazing console can do. The game play is FAST, the characters and their attacks are FAST, and the dialog is fresh throughout the entire game (no constant rehashing of the same phrases over and over again). The GRAPHICS are much better than most of the other Wii games we've purchased since last November (although we do not have Zelda, and I've heard it looks pretty good).
  
  There are also many "movie" scenes within the game, and other parts of the story are told in a funny hand puppet play put on by our favorite, whiny wooden puppet himself. These really contribute to the humor and quality of the game, and are far more than distractions that some games make you sit through while waiting for your next level to load. We have fun just watching these little interactions.
  
  Well, fellow Amazoners, that is about it. I hope this review has been helpful, and wish you a world of fun on your Wii with Shrek the 3rd.
  
  

• Fun - but not $49 dollars worth of fun

  
  By A3F3DWY3I9MM7N on 2007-06-02
  My 9 year old son and I bought SHrek 3 because of the fun we had playing SHrek 2 on Gamecube. They both have the same format - except only one person can play at a time unless you play the minigames. It took us forever to get through SHrek 2 because it was hard and things weren't as easily found.
  
  Shrek 3 was easier and shorter than Shrek 2. I gave it 3 stars because it was fun punching out the bad guys, looking for hidden items and trying to fully complete the quests. It gave my son something to work towards rather than simply getting to the end quickly. It was only fun because of the new Wii technology because you can pretend to really punch or really stab using Puss' sword. Also, the camera angles are really bad. SOmetimes, items were in corners where the camera wouldn't allow you to look - we were constantly running into corners or trying to smash things in order to check for items that would help complete the quest. We died about ten times on one puzzle because there is no way to move the camera to change your viewpoint (only zoom in/out).
  When you move too far or get to close to a door in some rooms, sometimes there would be a cutscene and you would lose fairy dust or the ability to re-explore for things you may have missed while fighting the baddies. But on the plus side - there is a scene selection menu and you can easily go back, but you have to recomplete the entire scene in order to get credit.
  
  The Wii was designed to get you off the couch, but this game was so short and it took so long to #1 load and #2 get through the cutscenes, that I became bored of standing up and eventually sat on the couch lazily waving the remote around in my hand wistfully thinking of Wario Smooth moves.
  
  Even after you finish with the lame "boss" ending (you had to solve a simple puzzle instead of beating an actual boss) and go back to complete the tasks that you didn't get the first time - you still have to sit through the very long cutscenes.
  
  
  
  This was the first "platform" game I bought for Wii. I had fun playing this game, but I think that the people who make these games haven't yet realized the Wii's potential. It feels as if they did a halfhearted job - almost as if they figured out how well the Wii was doing and decided to throw something together at the last minute, or maybe that's what they do for all of these movie spinoff games.
  
  Fun - but not worth the $49 dollars. It took maybe 6 hours to complete this game over a three day period. Maybe Wii will have players choice and it will go down to $19.99.
  
  

• Granted that I haven't seen Shrek the Third

  
  By A2QZ36LCF7XX0C on 2008-01-02
  I'n not sure if this game follows the plot of the 3rd installment of Shrek, but wow is it violent! It starts off with Shrek and the cat (Puss in Boots?) beating up various baddies and collecting beer steins/coins. I'm not real sure where it goes after that because my 8 year old niece lost interest due to difficulties opening a drawbridge style door. Obviously she is not a video-gamer! So I took the helm for about ten minutes to see if I could open the elusive gate. I had no luck opening it and we returned (banished) the game to the video store from wince it came! If you are looking for a game that will appease the youngster in your house I would go with Super Mario Galaxy, which is a much more "kid friendly" game. Mario is much easier to control and the violence is more "cartoony". Also the vibrant colors and cute characters in Super Mario Galaxy will make you and your children giddy!
  
  

• Looks fun, but not

  
  By on 2007-10-02
  This game looks fun but really does not follow the movie and each game is like a mini game. But if you want a game with not alot of movement with the wii then this is a good game. If you want a lot of movement don't get this, get Zelda the twilight princess! Graphics arn't that good for Shrek.
  
  

• Fun Game

  
  By AVFJ327UXPXLF on 2008-07-29
  This is a pretty fun game, however, I wouldn't want my kids playing it. Just like the movie, there is some adult humor. My kids are too young to understand it yet but I do not want them running around saying it.
  
  

• Shrek The Third
• Shrek the Third Official Strategy Guide
• Shrek the Third: The Junior Novel (Shrek)
• Electronic Gaming Monthly
• Play

• Wii Nunchuk Controller
• Spongebob Squarepants Creature from the Krusty Krab
• Wii Remote Controller
• Spider-Man 3
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