Shrek 2 (video game)

Shrek 2 (video game)
Protagonist(s): Shrek Genre(s): Beat-'em-Up Platform(s): PlayStation 2 Nintendo GameCube Xbox Release Date: NA: April 28, 2004 PAL: June 18, 2004 Developer(s): Luxoflux Publisher(s): Activision Country: United States Series: Shrek Predecessor: Shrek Successor: Shrek the Third

NOTE: This page will mainly focus on the console versions of Shrek 2. For the original PC release developed by KnowWonder Digital Media Works, click here.

Shrek 2, known on PC as Shrek 2: Team Action, is a beat-'em-up game developed by Luxoflux and published by Activision, based on the movie of the same name.

Good Qualities

1. It is a big improvement over the tie-in video game of the first movie, since the controls and gameplay are way better.
2. Unlike its predecessor, this game is faithful to the movie and does a good job following its story (with a few liberties taken here and there).
3. There is a wide variety of characters to play as (those being Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, Gingy, Li'l Red, Puss-in-Boots, Big Bad Wolf, Fairy, and Human Shrek & Horse Donkey), and each character has their own special abilities (such as Shrek's Ogre Lifting, Li'l Red's Rotten Apple bombs, Big Bad Wolf's dog breath, etc.)
   • While on the topic of characters, the ones from the movie are all their usual likable selves, while this version of Li'l Red (aka Little Red Riding Hood) and Fairy are huge improvements over their movie counterparts, especially the former.
4. Good graphics that are faithful to that of the movies, with many characters looking like how they did in the movie.
   • The storybook cutscenes narrated by Magic Mirror are also well-drawn and resemble the storybook intro from the movies.

Bad Qualities

1. The original PC version, while not too bad, is a noticeable downgrade from this version.
2. While the story does follow the movie, as before stated, it does take some liberties from said movie, including:
   • Most of Fiona's subplot is cut out to focus on Shrek and friends' journey.
   • Lillian is nowhere to be seen in-game, only appearing in storybook cutscenes.
   • The scene where Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey return to their normal selves came before the final battle rather than after. Also, while Harold is turned into a frog (and Fiona's line following it is funny), it doesn't seem to be his true form here.

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