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My 6 year old son is a Bionicle fan, and he also loves platform-style games, so this title is a perfect fit. I think that, for the target audience, the game is well done. It is short; my son beat it in two days all by himself (except for two fights that I did for him). It might be better if it were priced in the thirty dollar range, because of the length. But there is a good mix of action/platforming gameplay involved, and it never gets too difficult. If you die, you just restart the section you were on, with no penalty, no limit on "lives", nothing. Very kid-friendly. Argonaut Games also created the excellent I-Ninja, so there's a quality developer behind the title. The graphics are not really up to Xbox standards, but for a multi-platform release they are serviceable and do have some nice lighting effects. The story also ends up reflecting events in the Mask of Light DVD movie, so if you're familiar with that, it will add another dimension to the game for you. Bottom line: if you are wondering if this game is worth your money, I say yes if you are buying it for a younger Bionicle fan. It's a game he or she will enjoy and will actually finish in a few days (how many unfinished games do you have sitting on your shelf?)

From the blocky textures to the primitive camera angles, from the ugly character models to the garish color palette, it's like you just flashed back seven years for no apparent reason.

Although a platform game at heart, it has some shoot-'em up and hack-'em up sensibilities, but for the most part, you tool around a series of 3D environments leaping over lava flows, hopping across rivers and collecting elemental energy and shooting or whacking simplistic bad guys. Auto targeting removes any pressure to perform.

Puzzles and quests invariably involve getting from one side of the level to the other, and even the arrival of new characters can't stem the flow of boredom as the dreary music, redundant gameplay, and overall sense of drudgery take hold. It's not all bad news - Bionicle fans are a faithful lot and the game follows the bizarrely melodramatic plot to a tee. Only serious Bionicle fans need apply.

I got this game for chrismas and I was very exited about playing it.I switched it on and the first thing I noticed was that the that the toa and the villagers look really different than they do in the movie and the toy.I beat the game in 5 1/2 hours.They make tou be toa Tahu in the start then Kopaka,and just from there you get the toa nuva,then you use Gali and fight all 6 bohrok kal with no help.Then Pohatu kills lerahk with no hand to hand fighting same thing when you use Lewa exept you're fighting Panrahk.Then you surf with Tahu and you have to get to Ta-koro before Kurrahk then the game kills Kurrahk you get the mask of light it puts itself on Takua and then you fight Makuta.Makutas way to easy for a bionicle as powerful as him.The game was fun and it was cool to use the toa but there is alot of things they could have done but they didnt.It certainly needs better graphics and more realistic characters.