Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality Reviews

amazing game play

It's mental to think the adventure games made over a decade ago were more creative than this sh*t. Poor implementation overall with no sense of direction. The UI is terrible, the controls are awful, the puzzles I could do with my eyes closed. The NPCs are like cardboard cutouts, and of course this game is littered with bugs that will never be fixed. However, I will say that this game is an excellent representation of what the TV show currently is today... a big fat pile of sh*t.

Is this a great game? Probably not. Is this the best Doctor Who game that doesn't require emulation? Yes. The Lonely Assassins was alright but gameplay-wise was pretty dull. The best this game has to offer is the Angels and the Daleks section. I was geeking out the whole time. I won't say more, just play it. Jodie is excellent here. I'm currently on a rewatch of New Who, and this got me pumped up to get to her era, which I found a bit lacking on my first and only viewing, so props for that. The 10th Doctor is seemingly shoehorned here (the question is, when isn't he?), as if the show can't grow out of his incarnation. Tennant is great obviously, but it irked me anyway. At the end there's a sort of explanation for his appearance [spoiler] tying it to an episode of his 2nd season [/spoiler], but felt a bit shallow. I actually liked 2/3 of the story, the First's introduction as the main antagonist was actually interesting and the exposition was well executed imo (plus her design was really cool). It got me interested in her, sadly she just kinda leaves halfway through and is replaced by the CyberReaper. An annoying pursuer that makes the last third of the game pretty boring and uninspired. I think they just run out of ideas at that point. I would have ended the game when [spoiler] the First is banished to the past [/spoiler] , as nothing that comes after is better than what came before. There are a few nods to the Classic era too, but those are mostly relegated to items you can collect (like 7th's umbrella, 2nd's recorder...) and a villain from a 4th Doctor serial (and a great one, although controversial) Overall this is highly recommended for Doctor Who fans (on sale!), not recommended if you've never seen the show. The graphics are bad, but I didn't care and neither should you. Some sections more than make up for it, trust me. Lego Dimensions is still the best game out there (even if it's just a DLC), but sadly it is mostly unplayable without forking out a lot of money, or wrapping your head around the Wii U emulator (which I did, it was such a chore though, well worth it anyway). 8/10 (I'm totally biased and any other game of this quality would get a 6/10, but I've had a blast with this, I just hope we get some proper Doctor Who games in the future)