Metascore
26 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 8 out of 8
  1. Kids aren't going to want to rescue the bad guys of the movie, kids want to explore the factory, swim in the chocolate lakes and hijack cars.
  2. 35
    The whole game feels rushed. The graphics are very poor and the characters besides the Oompa Loompas really don't look like their movie counterparts.
  3. Atrocious. And not "atrociously good fun" either. Simply atrocious. It's like biting into an Oh Henry and discovering that it is indeed, a big fat solid chunk of stanky human dung and undigested peanuts.
  4. The ominous Willy Wonka himself, whether it was intended or not, looks and sounds disturbingly like Michael Jackson, and his army of Oompa Loompa slaves are no longer the orange-skinned and green-haired midgets we know and love. [PC Zone]
  5. This game is terrible in every area, with unresponsive controls, choppy graphics, and uninteresting minigames that look and feel a lot like the free Java/Flash games available on the Web.
  6. With little satisfying gameplay to back it up, Charlie's $30 price tag borders on insult. [Nov 2005, p.80]
  7. The controls are awful, the camera is beyond appalling, the graphics are hideous, the environments are bare, the gameplay is unbearably repetitive and the whole thing is an utter chore to play.
  8. Like Veruca Salt, this game should be dumped down the garbage chute. [Nov 2005, p.79]
User Score

Generally unfavorable- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 6 out of 9
  1. flyawayaway
    0
    After an hour of this you'll develop a hunger to play a GAME.
  2. [Anonymous]
    0
    The worst I ever played. My opinion is that games who based on movies made for kids can't hold the standart the film does. It may be better to put games like this on free sites to the free stuff. Full Review »
  3. KavveenK.
    10
    tHIS GAME is excellent who said this game sucks.Man this game is the best for knifing.To bad it is not suitable for children with all the gore. Go charlie its your birthday we going party like its your birthday Full Review »