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Shrek 2
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 10 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Vicarious Visions
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Platform
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: May 4, 2004
Summary
Take an adventure that goes beyond the movie with Shrek 2: The Game. Inspired by the upcoming film and expanding its storyline, the game features Shrek's signature humor and comedic interactions. Players experience key moments from the film and encounter a variety of new personalities, environments and sub-plots as they switch between Shrek, Donkey or one of their many friends.
What The Critics Said
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PGNx Media
The animation is excellent as are the level designs. Vicarious Visions did a great job at bringing the Shrek atmosphere to the GBA.
Read Full Review >Game Chronicles
The designers have managed to capture the charm and visual style of the films and recreate a small portion of that magic on the small screen – the very small screen.
Read Full Review >IGN
It's a fun, easy game to breeze through in a few hours, with a handful of taxing elements put in there for those perfectionist who appreciate a bit of replay value, and want to beat the game's challenges 100%.
Read Full Review >Pocket Games
Comfortable controls and a refined presentation see featured switch-flipping, mushroom-hopping, pumpkin and peasant-bopping antics delight, despite the fact that they're hardly original. [Summer 2004, p.41]
Nintendojo
Remaining faithful to the franchise by displaying it in the manner intended by Dreamworks and PDI, I am delighted to recommend this game to any of you out there who are particularly enamored by the guy in green we know of as Shrek.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
With 25 levels you would think this game would last a long time. A decent gamer will hack his or her way through this in an afternoon.
Nintendo Power
The puzzles are cleverly designed to use character-specific abilities to their fullest. [July 2004, p.120]
Computer and Video Games
It's certainly not the greatest platform adventure ever, but it's imbued with the same charming humour as the film, with all manner of sight gags that tip a knowing wink to fans of the movie.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
A fun, kid-friendly game that also does a good job of telling the movie's story.
Read Full Review >GamerFeed
While mildly entertaining, the GBA library is far too impressive for Shrek 2 to make a name for itself.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Sam gave it a2:
With its terrible graphics, way to simple controls, and puke worthy level design, this makes Grabbed by the Ghoulies look like Halo.
