Aside from the normal sword and bow attacks, Eragon also learns magic as the game goes on. In order to cast a spell you will need to draw the appropriate symbol in the touch screen. In the real-time heat of a battle this could be rather unnerving, but you can slow down time in order to allow you to cast/draw the spell. The more you use a spell the better you get at it so pretty soon you will find a couple that you really like and pretty much max those out while ignoring the others. The touch screen is also used to point the spell in the direction you want it to go. For example you might use a levitate spell to pick up a rock and throw it at someone. One you draw the right spell then you will see a hovering rock on screen, and you flick the stylus across the touch screen in the direction you want the rock tossed. This takes a little getting used to but it is pretty fun.

There are issues here and there with the controls like needing to use the stylus to look around and not being able to invert the controls when flying around on Saphira. Speaking of flying on Saphira, that wasn't nearly as much fun as I thought it would have been and never gave me the idea or feeling of power that must go along with being on such a beast. I really would have liked to see more down with the flying and for better control while flying. Graphically Eragon is decent enough to look at and it was nice that they went for the 3D world. Several of the spells give nice special effects but things can slow down a tad when multiple objects are on screen. The music is not very memorable except I did get annoyed a couple of times at the repetitiveness of it.

In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated: 66%. Eragon should probably be played only by those who are already fans of the source material as those who aren't will be confused at times and would have more fun elsewhere.

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