The Golden Compass (Xbox 360)

First it was called Northen Lights then when they were making the film they changed the name to The Golden Compass. If you have read the book you'll know most of the charcters like Lyra, Pan, Roger or Iorek. If seen the movie you'll find this game really broken with bad control quality and dead graphics like The Chronicles of Narnia which was anothor broken game that load people brought and found out that it was awful to them. Gameplay really straight forward when you playing as Lyra and Pan. Pan can change to other animals like Hawk, or Sloth or WildCat to get to high places or climbing, also there are also items to collect to evade or deceive enemies where there a few ...  Read the complete review

The Golden Compass is based on the first book in Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. I read the book years ago and when I heard a movie was being released was rather ecstatic about it. I also knew a game would come out so I was excited about that as well. The question though is it worth playing. Graphically the game is okay on the eyes. You won't be screaming for someone to come and look but it gets the job done. The ice has a nice shine to it, character models look like the actors for the most part and the levels have a fair amount of detail to them. The game also uses clips from the movie. The game isn't overly long but it offers a lots of stuff ...  Read the complete review