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  • Summary: Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will immerse gamers in the universe of Doctor Who, allowing them to take on the role of the Doctor and River Song as they travel across time and space to save the Earth. Gamers must learn to master the complexities of time travel with exceptional time based game play, changes made in one time will impact another creating multiple possibilities and challenging players to solve puzzles across the centuries. Expand
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  1. Positive: 0 out of 21
  2. Negative: 15 out of 21
  1. With a multiplayer option – which would alleviate the unpredictability of your companion when playing single player – and plenty of collectibles as well as stacks of puzzles, The Eternity Clock has a lot to offer but there are just too many frustrations to wholly recommend this.
  2. Jun 4, 2012
    46
    I like Supermassive Games' idea they had for Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock, but I think the execution fell far short of what they planned. Had they given the game a bit more time to cook, then it would have turned out far better. The 2D platformer genre worked well for this title, but it couldn't overcome the shoddiness of the finished piece and the frustration it creates.
  3. May 30, 2012
    45
    The gameplay is frustrating and not worth the time you'll spend on it.
  4. Jun 1, 2012
    40
    Unfortunately, any sustained period of time spent actually playing The Eternity Clock will leave you with a similarly desperate feeling. Doctor Who games have always set very specific problems.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Having played the game on both PlayStation 3, and PC, I can say that this is definitely the inferior version. The game, particularly on PS3, was rushed and many of the great parts of this game do not make up for the flaws of this game as well. I do, however, give it a 7/10 because I immensely enjoyed the game as a Doctor Who fan. I would however, recommend playing on PC as that is, by far, the better version of the game with a lot less bugs. Expand
  2. I should have known. When the very first console game for Doctor Who was announced, I thought: â