PlayStation 2

DreamWorks' Shark Tale

This is a game of mixed values. If you have children who liked this movie in the theaters, I can recommend it as a decent tie in, but they may be coming to you for help with some of the gameplay sections, due to the variances in the difficulty.

Shark Tale certainly doesn't suck. It's not especially amazing either, but for a licensed game, it fares far better than recent offerings (*cough*Catwoman*cough*). It's also, as I mentioned before, good for both parent and kid, with enough simplicity to keep the kids (or parents depending on how much of a gamer Mom or Dad is) entertained while still offering enough of a challenge and incentive to unlock the goodies).

By no means is Shark Tale a classic, but it does what a game based on a kid's movie should do. It follows the film's story, it's got the same charm and feel, the gameplay is simple and straightforward, and it's nice to look at. If you're a parent with a younger child, Shark Tale is a good game that you could play together, and the same goes for anyone with a young sibling. If you don't fall into either of those two groups, and you're just a fan of the movie, pick the game up as a rental and beat it in two days, but don't pay full price to purchase it.

Gang De Requins est parfait pour passer un bon moment en apnée avec le poisson Oscar. Malheureusement, et comme toujours avec l'apnée, ça ne dure jamais très longtemps.

Shark Tale is a mediocre release. While it has impressive graphics, amazing animation, and high-quality voice acting (even if I was irritated by what they were actually saying), not to mention references to some of my all-time favorite videogames, I am having a hard time endorsing this game because it is simply not much fun to play. Soon-to-be fans of the movie might fall in love with the game’s “aw shucks!”-cum-“urban” charm, and therefore find it to be a worthwhile purchase. For them, that’s just fine, otherwise, Shark Tale is not a good enough game to warrant most people's fifty dollars.