Sunday, July 14, 2013

Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock

  Doctor Who is a BBC television show that features a Time Lord from Gallifrey who calls himself The Doctor and is accompanied by his companions through time.  If you didn't know this already, shame on you.  The video game adaptations of the Doctor's adventures are not that great, unfortunately.  Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock is the best example of what not to do with a critically acclaimed television series and must be exterminated.  The game is available on PS3, PSVita, and PC.

  The story is okay at best with the dialogue making it only a little bit better.  The game features the 11th Doctor (Matt Smith) and River Song as playable characters.  The game is about saving the world from the destructive force of the Eternity Clock which is able to erase and rewrite history.  You don't learn this until you're half way done with the game.  There are so many flaws with this game, it's unbelievable.  Delete, delete, delete!

  The game is visually appalling at almost every single point in the game.  The AI for the uncontrolled companion is awful.  The other character can be played by a second person, so that's good.  The actual story is unknown for half the game.  The so called puzzles are either terrible, too easy, or a combination.  The controls are clunky, and the animations are terrible.  Yet somehow I'm still drawn to this abomination!  I wish I could somehow forget this game ever happened.

  There really isn't anything else to say about this game, it's just horrible.  I guess I'll end with a quote that sums up this game.  "Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness." Guess what race this quote is from, as well as guessing what earlier jokes are from to know who the main enemies are!

  I give Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock a Red Star, or a 2/5.


If you couldn't figure it out, the main enemies are, in order: Daleks, Cybermen, the Silence, and the Silurians.








I'm sorry for the short review, but there just isn't anything to talk about on this game.

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