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Peanuts: It's The Big Game Charlie Brown Review
User Submitted Peanuts: It's The Big Game Charlie Brown Reviews
Date: 2008-07-16
better than I thought
I found a copy of this game at Target for only $10. I really like this game a lot. Some of the voices aren't that good but that's OK. I think this game is made for all ages, 7 and up that is. I can play this game all day. Some of it was hard to do but I'm glad I got it because I love Peanuts!!!!!!!!!!!!! By the way I have no idea why the date of this review is from July. This review was made 11/10/08. But it doesn't really matter because I don't think anyone will read this.
Date: 2008-03-26
Don't waste your money...
We are MAC people and I saw this game originally at the Apple store. It was cheaper on Amazon, so I ordered it from here. The game can only be played by keeping the CD in the drive. It is slow and cumbersome. It is also confusing to find the different games that are listed on the box. I bought this for my 4-1/2 year old, and he can barely play it. I would not recommend it. Save your money. Online games at NickJr.com and PBSkids.org are more interesting and user friendly.
Date: 2007-10-27
A hard ground-ball single
This is the second "Peanuts" video game I've found. The first, "Where's the Blanket, Charlie Brown?", I purchased off the discount rack a couple of years ago, when my older nephew was still 5, and his 2 year-old brother hadn't yet become much of a gamer. Now they're 7 1/2 and 4 1/2, respectively, and both enjoy the new game enough to fight over who gets to play it.
Based on the mostly negative reviews to "Blanket", it seems as if the designers have consciously made "Big Game" a little easier to play. We were able to get deep into the game without resorting to the help file -- without which I could never have helped the boys finish the original. There's also an expanded cast of "Peanuts" characters, including the long-forgotten Shermy and Violet. My younger nephew, who knows the main cast by sight, was rather disturbed by Violet's appearance in the game, and didn't want to interact with her when she appeared. Also a little odd are the European accents provided for Linus and Schroeder.
Game play is a little simpler than "Blanket". Snoopy doesn't need to be fed periodically. You don't have to pick up and carry items, wondering what to do with them later(such as putting a magician's hat on Snoopy's head to activate a crystal ball -- who thought that was a good idea?). The mini-games within the adventure, as in "Blanket", vary from memory challenges (playing tunes on Schroeder's piano) to hand-eye coordination (baseball-related; hope your 6 year-old knows how to throw a hard slider). These mini-games also have three levels of difficulty, up a step from "Blanket"'s two levels.
The animation is very good and Schulz-ian, and game play remains layered with solid sight gags to supplement the action. There's better use of the extended "Peanuts" cast. This release, if it finds an audience, is a solid step up from "Where's the Blanket?" and managed to entertain both a pre-schooler and a 2nd grader. Recommended.
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