On each level of the game there is a secret dragon egg. The worst mechanic of this game sad the hidden level crap. Now that I’ve said something nice I can be harsh again. Other elements which were enjoyable were the graphics which were surprisingly good and the cutscenes which were reasonably well produced and when I first played through them they gave me a palpable sense of excitement for the rest of the game. However it doesn’t have a great deal of replay which in my opinion is the thing that sets it apart most from the source material because I’ve been able to return to the world of alagaesia (the world in which Eragon is based) a dozen or so times since I first read them. I will say that for all of the problems the game had, if you need to burn a couple of hours and be relatively entertained then this game might be a good choice for you.

Unfortunately this isn’t something the game captured well. Despite the criticism they receive for drawing too much upon other notable franchises such as Star wars, Lord of the rings and Harry Potter I think they’re well written, enjoyable and have plenty of originality and spark of their own.

I’d like to say at this point that I really enjoyed the books. I guess they couldn’t wait to find out the reception for the movie before chucking out a game plug in. It also happened to be based on one of the worst reviewed movies of 2006. I suppose that’s the problem you get when you’re based upon a movie which received its own fair share of flack for condensing, changing or cutting up a great deal of the source material from the books. Although you could also have blamed the repetitiveness and lack of any real understanding of what people liked about the source material.Įragon by and large was a weak game release, with little in the way of plot. And all that watering down led to something that just wasn’t good enough to live up to what the fans expected or wanted.Įragon was released in 2006 alongside games such at Saints Row, Scarface: The world is yours and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess so alongside such well received games it’s not hard to see why Eragon might have struggled. Eragon is a game based on a movie which was itself loosely based upon a series of books.

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