4.8 /10 1 Votes
5/10 GameSpot Engine YETI Mode Single-player video game | 4/10 IGN 51% Metacritic Initial release date 13 November 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date(s) Xbox 360
NA: November 13, 2007
EU: November 16, 2007
AU: November 22, 2007
PlayStation 3
NA: November 13, 2007
AU: November 22, 2007
EU: November 23, 2007
Microsoft Windows
NA: November 13, 2007
EU: November 16, 2007
AU: November 2007
JP: December 21, 2007
PlayStation Portable
NA: December 4, 2007
AU: December 13, 2007
EU: December 14, 2007 Developers Ubisoft, Ubisoft Shanghai, Virtuos, Tiwak SAS Platforms PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows, Wii Publishers Ubisoft, Ubisoft Barcelona Genres Action game, Hack and slash Similar BlackSite: Area 51, Conflict: Denied Ops, Blazing Angels: Squadron, Bionic Commando, Blazing Angels 2: Secret Mi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cgr undertow beowulf the game review for playstation 3
Beowulf: The Game is a hack and slash video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360. It is based upon the 2007 film Beowulf. It was released on November 13, 2007 in the United States. The characters are voiced by the original actors who starred in the film.
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Plot
The story begins with Beowulf racing on a beach with a fellow Thane. On the beach they slay crabs and then Beowulf races with the Thane in the sea, where he is attacked by a sea serpent. He fights the serpent on a small rock structure but is defeated and thrown into the water; there, Grendel's mother appears and says he is her new hero, and grants him power. Beowulf defeats the sea serpent with his newfound power and returns to the beach where he was racing with the Thane.
Afterward, having heard the problem the Danes are facing, he goes to help King Hrothgar to stop Grendel, gaining Heroic powers on the journey. Afterwards, the player plays through the thirty years of Beowulf's life as king of the Danes, which was not seen in the movie. Beowulf gets to journey from Herot to Iceland, defeating demons and large creatures, from a giant hellhound to trolls.
Reception
The game was met with very mixed to negative reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 55% and 51 out of 100 for the PlayStation 3 version; 54% and 51 out of 100 for the Xbox 360 version; 48% and 44 out of 100 for the PSP version; and 45% and 44 out of 100 for the PC version.
