Tale of Despereaux Review: Cheat Code Central

Review number 3 comes from Cheat Code Central. They give is a 3.8 out of 5.0 and the review itself is full of praise.

The Tale of Despereaux has a few things working against it, but fortunately it’s able to overcome the odds.

Overall, The Tale of Despereaux has the hallmarks of a Disney production with good quality visuals, audio, and gameplay variety.

Combing elements of platforming, action/adventure, combat, and puzzle solving, The Tale of Despereaux is interesting in its diversity and challenges. This is a 2D side-scroller at the core, but the environment is rendered in glorious 3D, which creates an illusion of freedom and spaciousness. The move list is impressive. It’s similar in scope to Prince of Persia but considerably lighter.

These puzzle elements are not only challenging, but they fit in nicely within the context of the storyline and the gameplay.

The music is extremely well done and there’s not much you can do to improve on it except to add more color to it.

Speaking of color, Despereaux is definitely a cartoon-come-to-life. Everything from the animation to the static storybook panels exhibits a quality generally lacking in movie-inspired games. The controls work great; they are very responsive and precise.

~ by patrickmoran on December 20, 2008.