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I bought this game for the PS3 because their aren't many good old fun kid's game like Mario from back in the day for the PS3. This one is as close as they come to that kind of Mario fun. I also bought this because it is these are the only types of games my wife likes to play. I like all genres but I mainly stick to FPS and some fighting i.e. Street fighter 4. This game is really fun for kids I'm sure and great for adults that like to connect with their inner children, like myself and my wife. Definitely worth it.

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This title is meant for a younger audience and is a blast. Lots of fun, the kids won't stop playing it. If you're looking for gorgeous fun for the kids it's worth every penny.

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I bought this for my girl (6 years) and she loved it. It's fun and not violent. For PS3 is difficult to find a game like this. I recommended for little people who wants to play in a console made for other target.

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I'll spare you with the usual "games based on movies usually suck" intro that most people do for things like this. Truth be told, I downloaded the demo for Up when I first got my ps3 a few months ago, thinking it'd be something fun to play with my daughter since she loves the movie, and since you can play as Dug in this. The demo was decent, and it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Standard adventure/platformer, run around collecting stuff and solving pretty basic puzzles, and 'experience' the movie as you play it. Nothing special, but nothing all too bad either. After playing through the first couple of levels of the finished product, I think the demo was more fun.

Since most people interested in this game have probably already seen the movie and are just wondering how it holds up, we can skip the story portion of the game since it's basically the same. You play as Carl or Russell for the majority of the game, working your way through the jungle, caverns, mountains and skies to get to Paradise Falls and escape from Muntz and his dogs. Most of the gameplay consists of platforming and collecting items, though some levels have you sliding down tunnels and engaging in literal dog fights with Muntz's planes. Carl and Russell play the same for the most part, and have their own unique abilities they can use once you've gotten the right items (but in all honesty, you can get through the game without using any of the abilities after the first hour). They'll need to work as a team in order to progress, like having Carl jump to higher ground using his cane, then using it again to pull Russell up. Or have Russell walk across a thin ledge and use his scout rope to pull Carl up too. Ok, so basically they ARE the same but with different animations and items to do the same things. Through the levels there are a lot of things to collect like mementos, artifacts, bugs, merit badges, etc. They help you unlock extra things like artwork and work towards the trophies, of which this game is very generous with. Anyone looking for an easy platinum, look no further.

So if it's such a basic game, what happened to make it be just 3 out of 5 stars? Well, I'm actually being generous there, though part of it is because when it was over, I did enjoy the couple of hours I spent playing the game. The problem is that this game -needsto be played with a second person in order to not be frustrating. At times, the second character wouldn't move anywhere, and I'd have to switch characters just to get them going, then switch back to who I was using as my main guy. Other times, the CPU would run off cliffs or into traps over and over. It got annoying, and I highly recommend any parents getting this for their kids to be around when they're playing it so you can help them when the time comes. Other times the other character would freeze in place or get stuck on an invisible object, and I'd have to restart from the last checkpoint. And get thissometimes I'd jump towards an edge for Carl to grab onto, only to jump THROUGH the wall and die. This game could've used a lot of polish, and even an extra month for testing would've helped it out big time I'm sure. But as it is with 'kid' movies that get made into games, the developers figure they can rush something without putting any effort into it. I was especially ticked at the hit box for the final plane fight, because I'd pass under another plane, and then blow up despite it having went past me 3 seconds earlier. Finally, boss fights and encounters with Muntz's dogs were a pain. Sometimes the boss wouldn't move at all, and I'd have to die a few times touching it just to get things going, or Muntz's dogs would run in circles for their attack while I'm a good 10 feet away, causing the fight to drag on. When fighting them, you have to block when they attack, then after the second block, you make them go away. Nope, you can't use your attack feature that you'd use in any other situationyou can only block for those encounters.

The graphics are standard, and look more like something that even the PSone could've done. Character models and level designs are very simple, and there aren't any fancy CG cutscenesit's all in-game graphics. But they get the job done, and the characters look like they should. They actually got Ed Asner and Christopher Plumber to do their voices here, and everyone else sounds like their respective characters in the movie. The music is ok, but forgettable, though they do have the main theme from the movie at times. All in all, the soundtrack is average just like most aspects of the game.

I'm not trying to be mean for a game geared towards younger gamers, but this sucker needed more time in development. After playing another movie-based game that was actually good (Where the Wild Things Are for ps3 also), this one was disappointing. Too many glitches, stupid AI and nothing aside from trophies to make me or my daughter play it again make for something you should only get for less than retail price. Heck, just rent it for a weekend and save some time and frustration.

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My husband just got a PS3 for christmas, and this is the closet thing I found to play with two players that wasn't an action or killing game. My husband and I enjoyed playing this game together, and did it as a routine every night for about 30 minutes. By the third or forth night we completed the game, and shocked me. I couldn't believe it was over already. Now we are having a hard time finding other games similar to this which are longer. I think this is a great game to play with the whole family for fun, just remember it's not very long. I am not one who enjoys killing games, and action. I tend to enjoy adventure games, and for me personally I love how they instructed what to do throughout the game so you never get stuck.