Eragon (Xbox360)

Okay, this was another $17 game at Circuit City. It is another game that looks great, but has no real substance. It is, essentially, a medieval magic fantasy version of Final Fight. This is because you don't get to roam about freely. It's strictly forward only. If you find you get no achievement points, you get zero points for Easy, 20 points for Medium, and 30 points for Hard. The primary difference between the difficulties are bigger damages and lesser health bonuses. Just like the metal bat or knife would finish off your opponents, you can achieve instant kills by knocking opponents off the ledges and/or into fires. The in-game dialogue is laughably bad! "You killed him!" and "Watch the young one!" Still, I'm going to play through. I'm finding that mastering the medium and then the hard levels isn't too bad. Oh, you have to find the secret egg on each level. Eragon probably won't satisfy a typical gamer. It would really be great for a kid, except for that it's violent.