Alex Rider: Stormbreaker

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Alex Rider: Stormbreaker
Developer(s)	Razorback Developments (Game Boy Advance) Altron (Nintendo DS)
Publisher(s)	THQ
Release date(s)	July 7, 2006
Genre(s)	Third-Person Action Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	PEGI: 7+ OFLC: PG
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance

Alex Rider: Stormbreaker is a video game based on the 2006 film of the same name, which in turn was an adaptation of the original book. It is only available for the Nintendo DS and the Game Boy Advance.

[edit] Gameplay

Gameplay (for both Ian and Alex) includes combat, stealth missions and the ability to drive vehicles and use gadgets to advance in the game. Main mission briefings come from MI6 officials, Alan Blunt and Mrs. Jones. Also included is an array of minigames by weapon inventor Smithers. There is also an MI6 training camp mode for players to test out their skills.

[edit] Storyline

You begin playing as Ian Rider, Alex's uncle. He must escape Darrius Sayle's mansion and dodge enemy motorists in order to safely return to MI6. Alex soon finds out that his uncle was not a banker but a spy. The MI6 briefs you that Herod Sayle is going to give a Stormbreaker computer to every school in Britain. You must go undercover to figure out what Ian Rider meant by a "virus". You are given a Nintendo DS by Smithers that contains different games for different causes.

[edit] Reaction

The game was criticised by many gaming sites magazines. It was commented on by UK games magazine ONM who gave it a final score of 72% and said that the game was lacking in decent gameplay and had dissapointing 3D graphics.^{[citation needed]}