The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian^[1] is a action-adventure game developed by Traveller's Tales to coincide with the theatrical release of the film of the same name. The game was announced at E3 2007. The game was released for the Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Wii, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3 on 15 May, 2008 in North America. The DS version was also the first game to implement Disney's DGamer online chat service.^[2]

Plot

One year has passed in our world since the first adventure ended, but in Narnia almost 1,300 years have passed. The villainous King Miraz prevents the rightful king, his young nephew Prince Caspian, from ruling the land of Narnia. Caspian uses Susan's magic horn that was left in Narnia to summon the four Pevensies to help him and a small army of Old Narnians reclaim his rightful throne.

Gameplay

The game features a basic hack & slash style gameplay, with several puzzles that need to be solved to progress through the game and unlock bonus material. Featuring 20 playable characters, of which 4 are available in each level, each character uses different weapons and abilities. These Include: The Pevensie children, Prince Caspian, Glenstorm, Trumpkin, Dr. Cornelius, Reepicheep, Giant Wimbleweather, Tyrus the Satyr, and Asterius the Minotaur. In addition to these, several unnamed characters are also playable, including Trees, Fauns, Centaurs, Dwarfs and Minotaurs. Giants, Gryphons and horses can also be controlled after they have been mounted by the player's character. Bonus material is, however, primarily unlocked by opening Treasure Chests, which require a certain amount of keys to be opened.

Levels

The game is spread through six chapters:

1. Cair Paravel.

2. Ruins of Cair Paravel.

3. Miraz's Castle Infiltration

4. Miraz's Castle assault

5. Aslan's How.

6. Battle of Beruna.

All chapters have a certain number of missions within them, which greatly expands the gameplay. In addition to the aforementioned chapters, four bonus levels can also be unlocked and completed.

Exclusive scenes

Walt Disney Pictures recorded two exclusive scenes for the game that do not appear in the motion picture. These include a scene where Cornelius tells Caspian about the Narnians and the war, and a scene where Caspian falls into a large crater in the ground, after which ensues his in-game battle with Glozelle.^[3].

Reception

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The Nintendo DS version received an average score of 53% based on 3 reviews on the review aggregator Game Rankings^[4].

References

External links

• Official site
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (video game) at The Internet Movie Database
• Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian at MobyGames