Doctor Who - the game - episode 1 the dalek city

So the bbc made a free doctor who adventure game to download from their website, with about 5 diffrent episodes ( levels ) to play through so far only episode 1 can be downloaded episode 1 the Dalek city,

so in this game the doctor and amy decide to travel back in time to see the beatles with amy wanting to see john lennon while the doctor wonders why no one wants to see ringo ? for some reason despite going to see the beatles in 1963 they arrive in London but not just any London a London that has been over run by the daleks. and apparently they came through a crack in the sky wonder if that has any link to the cracks that have been appearing in the tv series

so you play through the game trying to resolve this and get time back on its natural path with the doctor and amy you get to play as both characters at some point, and you only really go through two landscapes Trafalgar square (including the underground) and the dalek home planet skaro inside one base and only 2 floors of that.

Things I like

well the fact thats its a fairly playable free game that involves doctor, its fairly decent in terms of graphics especially if you remember that this is free, it has a good fun plot that is fun and sticks quite true to most of the doctor who stories, its fairly easy to complete and get to the end of the story so people with not much experience with games shouldn't have much trouble with it, and in other good news a pc game that doesnt require a beast of a machine to run it, it works quite well on my modest laptop.

the game also boasts the voice acting of matt smith and karen gillan to the game which makes it even more belivable,

Things I didnt like 


the game can often be very repetitive with hiding from daleks finding parts then building them the game can often feel repetitive and a bit stale, also the handling of the charecters is a bit sluggish it sometimes would feel easier to turn a massive lorry than to make amy pond walk around in a circle, also the are sometimes especially the last building game which is incredibly frustrating just one mistake and then all the way back to the start which makes you go grrrr a lot

conclusion


well if you are a fan of this then definatley give it a go and download it, its free and fun, by all means its no uncharted 2 but its still a good way to spend about an hour one afternoon and i for one am looking forward to see what the other 4 episodes are like id give this a fun 5/10 not the greatest but still good to have