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  • Summary: The surrealistic adventure game with a moody atmosphere, you'll encounter engaging narrative and a cast of colorful characters. It features a young girl who discovers a mysterious door in her home that introduces her to an alternate reality. She must rely on her wit, perseverance and courage to find her way back home. Join her on her fantastical journey for a memorable adventure. Play as Coraline and interact with all of the colorful characters in this fantastical interactive adventure. Explore two distinct, fully interactive worlds like never before - the brooding Normal World and mesmerizing Other World. Graphic style and tone inspired by the amazing stop-motion animated film and the eerie storyline. Earn buttons as currency through unique and engaging mini-games. Collectible items galore: find unique outfits to customize Coraline's look, fill your scrapbook with photos, and unlock artwork and stills from the movie. Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. I liked the fact that there were so many mini-games that could be replayed separately from the game, but these alone cannot hold up the entire game.
  2. A dark fantasy adventure stripped of darkness, fantasy and, well, adventure. [July 2009, p.71]
  3. The best thing I can say about Coraline is that it's not broken. It works, and just about anyone could play it from start to finish, but I don't understand why anyone would want to.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. HollyClarke
    8
    The enviroments were very detailed and similar to the movie, I was impressed by the difference between the two 'worlds'. The sound was great, real voices from the movie and similar background music that sounds really pretty. The mini games weren't all that bad, but some were frustrating (balancing) by the confusing controls. But once you've picked it up you'll sail through. Scenes which can't be played are shown as narrated storyboards which gives you the feel your having it read out of a book. The feature is OK, but some exciting scenes are cut short on the storyboard and I would have much rather played through them or watched them. A Coraline Movie fan would love this game and not mind the bad points, otherwise if you havn't seen the movie or didn't like it that much, Id let this one pass... Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  2. I'll say it again... The movie is excellent, the game is one of the worst of all time. This game makes no sense, after playing it for about 5 minutes will make you think, "Why did I buy this again," or "What's going on?" Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
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