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The Polar Express (video game)
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The Polar Express is an adventure game
released in 2004 by Blue Tongue
. Based on the film of the same name
, the game follows the same plot as the film it's based on. The game was negatively reviewed, except for the PC version which received a 71.50% from Gamerankings.
(also known as a Platformer) which follows the main plot as the film it's based on. It's break down into six different chapters, giving the player the opportunity to explore areas like the train itself, the North Pole, and more. The player controls a young boy in each of the 6 chapters. The game also contains puzzle-solving as well as some minigame-styled elements.
Adventure game
An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving instead of physical challenge. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media such as literature and film,...
released in 2004 by Blue Tongue
Blue Tongue Entertainment
Blue Tongue Entertainment Pty. Ltd. was an Australian video game developer founded in 1995. It was acquired by THQ on November 17, 2004, and remained an internal development studio of THQ until its closure in August 2011...
. Based on the film of the same name
The Polar Express (film)
The Polar Express is a 2004 motion capture computer-animated film based on the children's book of the same title by Chris Van Allsburg. Written, produced, and directed by Robert Zemeckis, the human characters in the film were animated using live action performance capture technique, with the...
, the game follows the same plot as the film it's based on. The game was negatively reviewed, except for the PC version which received a 71.50% from Gamerankings.
Gameplay and Permise
The Polar Express is a platform gamePlatform game
A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...
(also known as a Platformer) which follows the main plot as the film it's based on. It's break down into six different chapters, giving the player the opportunity to explore areas like the train itself, the North Pole, and more. The player controls a young boy in each of the 6 chapters. The game also contains puzzle-solving as well as some minigame-styled elements.