Twilight: Eclipse Movie Game

It's fair to say that despite their obvious popularity amongst a select band of rather pale faced youths the Twilight Saga movies haven't won everyone over.

Whether or not it's fair to accuse them all of being a touch 'samey' is a debate for another day. What's clear is that GameHouse's take on the franchise could do with an injection of new blood.

Just like the last two movie tie-ins, what's on offer here is a quiz – a seemingly tricky concept if you happen to be a fan, and a rather pointless one if you're not.

Of course, it'd be unfair to criticise Twilight: Eclipse Movie Game for catering almost exclusively to the film's fanbase – it's not a game's job to expand a movie's reach.

However, it's no grand statement to suggest that, third game in, even die-hards might be getting a little tired of GameHouse's question-based setup.

It's certainly simple enough. Starting with three lives, each question on offer comes with four possible answers, every single quandary naturally focused on the movie at hand.

Most of the spotlight shines on fairly mundane plot points – knowing who said what to whom, for instance, is a question posed pretty often in various forms – but pictures also come into play, the idea being to spot a particular item or object and pick it from a list.

The quicker you answer, the more points you pick up, with a multiplayer mode – where the idea is to pass the phone around, with the same questions posed up to four times – perhaps offering the most longevity.

As a solo experience, it's no real surprise that Twilight: Eclipse Movie Game really is one for the odd spare five minutes.

That's not necessarily a bad thing, either – GameHouse's movie quizzes serve a purpose and it's likely that fans of the latest film will find it an adequate companion.

As a game, however, Twilight: Eclipse Movie Game is especially lacking. The exact same model as the previous two releases, it's unlikely those working on it had to tap all too deep into their creativity to serve it up.

As such, putting the romance of love, life, death, and vampires aside, Twilight: Eclipse Movie Game will pump up aficionados, but leave the rest of us feeling rather drained.