Shrek the Third takes you on a big adventure which is a series of quests; through forests, paths and over moors meeting lots of monsters, witches, bad guys, boys throwing rocks, dragons, knights in armour and prison keepers. You start the quest as Shrek and then as the adventure progresses - you become different characters. Some of the characters are really good - such as Arty, Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty and Fiona.
The game is quite easy to use, and you have to save the game as the quests each can take five to ten minutes depending on how you play it - if you want to collect loads of money, and then buy things at the shops, it takes longer, or you can just whiz through killing people and moving onto the next level.
The game controls which character you are and is relatively straight- forward. The graphics are great - very realistic and colourful - but you can appear to have only have one saved file per player which means only one adventure saved.
Shrek the Third does not appear to come with lots of help - so it has been tricky moving on to some of the levels. So it has been a good team- working game - and could be difficult for a child by themselves.
Adam, who is nine, has virtually monopolised this game and is currently on level ten where he’s fighting a big monster with an axe.
One of the really good features of the game is the additional “multi-player" mini-games. These are quite simple, a lot of fun and a light relief from the tricky problem solving of the adventure.
Adam’s favourites have been: Shooting Gallery which features a big bucket of tomatoes to shoot pirates, green pixies and witches, if you hit the donkey you to lose time and Ships Ahoy - a cannon shooting moving ships and different colours earn you more or less points.
Iona (seven) really likes playing Castle Capture against her brother.
Shrek the Third has fast become one of our family's favourite games and I would really recommend it.
On our scale is got an eight out of ten rating - we‘ve been finding it quite difficult to know what to do next which can be frustrating - but it is very exciting!
Shrek the Third is available to play on Playstation 2, Nintendos DS and Wii, Xbox 360, Sony PSP and Windows XP. To order from Amazon click one of the links below:
Shrek The Third (PS2)
Shrek The Third (Nintendo DS)
Shrek The Third (Xbox 360)
Shrek The Third (Wii)
Shrek The Third (PSP)
Shrek The Third (PC)
