Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge PlayStation 2
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65 out of 100

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9.1 out of 10

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  • Summary: Based on the 1993 award-winning animated movie, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas continues the story of Jack Skellington, Oogie Boogie and other familiar favorites in a whole new gaming adventure. The game expands the depth of the environments and characters first introduced in the movie and brings to life a brand new adventure. The Nightmare Before Christmas is an action adventure game where players assume the role of Jack Skellington the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, who must help reclaim the town from the mischievous Oogie Boogie and his henchmen. The game incorporates faithful depictions of the original characters, beautifully rendered visuals, fun exploration and engaging gameplay elements to provide an exciting new experience for players. [Capcom]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 34
  3. Negative: 1 out of 34
  1. Times Online
    100
    This adventure looks great, its landscape dominated by crooked buildings and brooding grey skies; navigating Jack is simple and the characters are all well realised. A perfect children’s game.
  2. Play Magazine
    85
    One of the most alluring hub-based adventures I've ever had the pleasure of playing. [Oct 2005, p.62]
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  3. Pelit (Finland)
    74
    Excellent atmosphere and great characters straight from the fantastic movie. The game itself is an average 3D action-adventure. [Sept. 05]
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  4. GamerFeed
    40
    While it captures the sweet essence of the film from so long ago, it fails to motivate with its stale gameplay.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. DamienT.
    10
    Simply beautiful, but I'm a huge fan....
  2. JonR.
    10
    The characters and settings remain pretty close to the movie. Graphics are sweet and the game play is pretty good. The only thing i dont like about this game is not being able to control the view.… Expand
  3. DanB.
    10
    Nice graphics and reworkings of original songs was good, chracters and places stay faithful to the film, worth getting if you are a tim burton fan. my only complaint jack moves ssssooooooo slow.… Expand
  4. maxkkeogh
    9
    Capcom have done a truly brilliant job with Oogie's Revenge. They have truly captured the whimsically dark and quirky look of the film, as well as nailing the ghoulish character's bittersweet innoence absoluetly spot on. The music and voice talent truly feel like a sequel to the movie, and Capcom have truly captured Burton's formula in this one.

    I took the ten away because of the game being very close to Devil May Cry's combat system, and that the storyline was a tad predictable considering where the film leaft off. also, because the game can get mildly cobfusing at points too.

    Overall, a near-on perfect movie tie-in video game replica of Burton's hit movie.    … Expand

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