Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Publié le 15 juillet 2005, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory est un jeu d'aventure édité par Global Star Software et disponible sur PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2, Xbox et Nintendo GameCube. Inspiré du film Warner Bros. et du roman de Roald Dahl, le titre plonge le joueur dans la chocolaterie de Willy Wonka en incarnant Charlie Bucket, qui découvre un ticket d'or et visite l'usine avec quatre autres enfants dont les comportements gourmands provoquent le chaos. Le jeu utilise la protection DRM SecuROM 7 et affiche un score Metacritic de 26, pour une note agrégée de 26,47.
L'accueil critique s'est révélé très mitigé, la presse saluant chez BonusStage une fidélité au récit original avec une mise en scène cinématographique, une direction audio soignée et des graphismes colorés mais simples, tandis que GameZone étrillait l'expérience en la qualifiant de « Charlie and the Boring Factory », déplorant un mauvais ou absent gameplay. Certains joueurs sur Metacritic ont en revanche défendu le jeu, estimant qu'il était destiné aux enfants et qu'il était brillant et rejouable, tandis qu'un autre regrettait qu'une licence visuellement éclatante ne se traduise pas toujours par une expérience de jeu plaisante.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« It follows the beloved storyline with a wonderful cinematic flair, top-notch audio design, colorful yet simple graphics and a basic set of gameplay mechanics. However, a lacking of innovation and overall gameplay and graphical polish stunt the game’s full potential and leave it as a just-above-average title only fans of the material and/or genre will find any value in. »
« Charlie and the Boring Factory. It's hard to make a fun game based around these kinds of properties, but that doesn't justify bad gameplay, or a lack thereof. »
« With all of the gameplay and control issues, the game simply isn’t any fun. »
« It could have played like a slimmed down version of Pikmin crossed with quirky, yet solid platformer elements. Unfortunately, bad control and poor execution ruin the experience. »
« Started with brilliant presentation and gameplay and deteriorated from that point on. Although the novel twist of trying to save the ‘bad’ kids does add something for fans of the book, they’ll be advised to rent this title before the sugar sweet memories turn into a sour aftertaste after shelling out for this lacklustre platformer. »
« A bare-bones run-of-the-mill 3D puzzle-actioner saturated with eye-bleeding color and overflowing with tired devices and clunky gameplay. [Sept 2005, p.56] »
« This has to be one of the worst games I've had the displeasure of playing in quite some time. [Sept 2005, p.100] »
« The surreal visuals occasionally impress and the voice acting is fair (no Depp though), but there's too little fun. [Oct 2005, p.94] »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« I don't care what anyone else says, this game was aimed towards kids when it released and myself and my brother both agreed this game was Brilliant it's Replay-a-bility was great The fact it was a tie in to the Movie makes it even better, if you have your imagination you will enjoy this game too. Feeling like being apart of the movie felt great and even today the nostalgia hits hard. »
« Charlie and the Chocolate Factory es el ejemplo perfecto de cómo una licencia visualmente deslumbrante no siempre se traduce en una experiencia de juego dulce. A primera vista, el título logra capturar con éxito la estética gótica y colorida de la versión cinematográfica, envolviendo al jugador en una atmósfera que se siente auténtica para los fans del material original. Sin embargo, una vez que la novedad visual desaparece, lo que queda es un envoltorio vacío. La mecánica principal, que consiste en dirigir a los Oompa-Loompas para resolver diversos acertijos ambientales, tiene una base interesante pero se vuelve tediosa y repetitiva a los pocos minutos. Los puzzles carecen de la profundidad necesaria para desafiar realmente al jugador, convirtiendo el progreso en una serie de tareas mecánicas que se sienten más como un turno de trabajo en una fábrica real que como una aventura mágica. A esto se le suma un sistema de control errático y una cámara que a menudo dificulta las secciones de plataformas más simples, restando fluidez a la exploración. Aunque el diseño de los entornos intenta ser variado, la falta de una jugabilidad pulida y la ausencia de las voces originales de la película restan gran parte del encanto que se esperaría de una visita a la fábrica de Wonka. Es un juego que parece haber invertido todo su presupuesto en el decorado, olvidando añadir el "ingrediente secreto" de la diversión, resultando en una experiencia que solo los seguidores más acérrimos o el público infantil más paciente podrían tolerar antes de empalagarse con su monotonía. »
« get. it. away. from. me. aaaaaaaaa »
« I love the game, I give it a 10 because it is the same as the movie, I play it when I am bored and it has great mechanics, I know that the Oompa Loompas are buggy but that does not take away the fun, thanks for creating the best game in the world »
« [SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.] »
« This barely has anything to do with the movie. Black umpa lumpas, horrendous mechanics, terrible and I mean terrible graphics, stupid level designs. This was the hardest game to complete solely because of how ass the game was, not even difficulty wise either as it's pretty simple. »
« Charlie and the Chocolate Factory may not be as good as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate **** game is no better. »
« This game seems to intentionally want to be hard to play. It has multiple levels that are exactly the same, with no way around them, and has other parts that would be fairly workable if the cameras were in sensible spots. They aren't, so you can't see where you are trying to jump, then they shift mid-way through your action, so what was a right move is now a wrong move, you fell, haha try again. And again. And again. I got tired of trying to get us past everything. It's just not fun. »
