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The Golden Compass
The amazing tale of The Golden Compass has come to digital life. The captivating story that's won numerous awards and beenhailed as a classic of children's literature is now a playable game. You'll enter Lyra's world -- a world bigger and more exciting than you dared imagine. Players will embark on an epic journey taking them from London to the realm of the frozen North to rescue Lyra's uncle, Lord Asriel and her best friend, Roger. Switch between Lyra who is accompanied by her daemon Pan, and Iorek, the mighty armored bear, for three entirely unique gameplay experiences. The Golden Compass is filled with constant action, excitement and danger -- whether escaping devious enemies or battling a menagerie of beasts across the mysterious landscape.
Manufacturer: Sega Of America, Inc.
Price Range: $0.44 - $29.99
 The Golden Compass
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| User Reviews |  | FITS ITS PRICE PERFECTLY
rating: 5
This game fits its price perfectly! It was so much fun and definately worth the full $0.01 I paid for it.
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A sysrem crasher!
rating: 1
I bought this game for my grandchildren. They had seen the movie, and this looked perfect for them. I loaded the software with no problem. I started the game and played it for a few minutes to test it, but suddenly my screen froze. I could not shut my PC down, I could not restore it to an earlier state, NOTHING!It was dead in the water! I had to call tech support, which took an hour. The rep advised me to re-load the operating system (Windows XP) with his help. But finally, he managed to have me restore to an earlier state with some manual commands.
This was an expensive game, and an elaborate one. I would have expected the manufacturer to have tested it thoroughly before releasing it. It caused me a lot of grief and expense. And, my grandchildren never did get to play it!
Do NOT buy this game, you could be sorry.
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Golden Compost...
rating: 1
First, save your money! The PC version of this game is atrocious...the user's manual omits mention of important aspects of game play, and the program itself hangs in several places in an irreversible manner, requiring a crash-and-burn exit, thereby losing prior progress. The excellence of the books apparently drained all quality out of the game, leaving nothing, nada, nichts behind except for the pain of having spent $27.99 of good US currency for it.
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Horrible. The Worst.
rating: 1
The graphics on this game are HORRIBLE. It is inexcusable that such a shoddy piece of programming is tied to an excellent story. I couldn't even get this to load on my older computer (2 years), and it barely runs on my new computer. Do not waste your time or money. First review gives all the details.
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IF YOU ENJOYED THE MOVIE, DO NOT THINK YOU WILL ENJOY THE GAME TOO...
rating: 1
By tradition, games under license from blockbuster movies fail miserably. There have been notable exceptions of course (JAMES BOND: NIGHTFIRE springs to mind) - but THE GOLDEN COMPASS is far from being such an exception. In fact, of all the movie-based games, this one is very close in taking the cake of the WORST ONE EVER!
Where should I start: this is a console game atrociously ported to PCs under a rush order to make it to the pre-Christmas market - with all the awkward controls and unpolished graphics to prove it. The camera placement and movement will hinder your view and movement more often than help you. And I thought the NEVERWINTER NIGHTS camera to be bad...
Graphically one could offer solid arguments this being aimed at children not much older than their 5-year old computers: low resolution, oversimplified models and awful animations. To compound the visual failures, there are a great number of moments when pixel-blinking and unfinished edges totally ruin any gaming immersion.
I would comment on the gameplay if there was one worth mentioning. What this game consists of is a uncoordinated jumble of ThirdPerson action, simplistic puzzles and balancing mazes. All badly executed.
There are far better ThirdPerson action-shooters out there. And even if there were none other,I would still NOT be able to recommend this to anyone.
To those of you who have not already read the book (or watched the movie) the story will prove almost impossible to follow from the game alone.
Don't even get tempted.
Even if you are a fun of Philip Pullman's books and loved the movie stay away from this one: it will greatly disappoint you.
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