Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums

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Carmen Sandiego:
The Secret of the Stolen Drums
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PAL region cover art
Developer(s) Artificial Mind and Movement
BAM! Entertainment
Publisher(s) The Learning Company
Series Carmen Sandiego
Platforms Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube
Release date(s) PlayStation 2
      GameCube & Xbox
          Genre(s) Action-adventure, Platformer
          Mode(s) Single-player

          Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums is a 2004 video game of the action-adventure genre released by A2M. The game is based on the Carmen Sandiego series and features Cole Gannon along with Jules Argent, Shadow Hawkins and the Chief of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge.

          This game is the first in the Carmen Sandiego series to give the player complete control of a character in a 3D world. The avatar, ACME agent Cole Gannon, must maneuver through multiple stages including a museum in New York City, the beaches of New Zealand, the palace in Bangkok, Machu Picchu, and five other exotic locations. The player fights against Carmen's robots and spirits to prevent her from stealing a beautiful diamond, the repository of all the knowledge of the nations. The game also features an in-game PDA system in which Shadow and Jules can send you "video mail".

          Locations

          • Chapter 1 - New York City, USA
          • Chapter 2 - Rotorua, New Zealand
          • Chapter 3 - Machu Picchu, Peru
          • Chapter 4 - Arundel, England
          • Chapter 5 - Paris, France
          • Chapter 6 - Lhasa, Tibet
          • Chapter 7 - Bangkok, Thailand
          • Chapter 8 - New Orleans, USA
          • Chapter 9 - Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda

          Reception

          Scores
          Aggregate scores
          Aggregator Score
          GameRankings PS2: 53.2% (13 reviews) [1]
          GCN: 56.7% (9 reviews) [2]
          Xbox: 54.8% (5 reviews) [3]
          Metacritic PS2: 53% (8 reviews) [4]
          GCN: 57% (9 reviews) [5]
          Xbox: 53% (7 reviews) [6]
          Review scores
          Publication Score
          GameSpot 4.7 / 10 [7][8][9]
          IGN 5.6 / 10 [10][11][12]

          The game received a mixed to negative response. It has a score of 57 on Metacritic for the Gamecube version [2] and 53 for the Xbox version.[13]

          A review for Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums was average. The closing comments were: "Is Carmen Sandiego: the Secret of the Stolen Drums worth your hard earned cash? Well, if you’re a major fan of the television show and PC games, then no. If you’re a gamer looking for sweet platforming action, then no...It may [however] entertain the kiddies for a while. Otherwise, simply rent it if you’re curious." The game was given a rating of 5.6/10 (Mediocre).[14]

          References

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          4. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/carmensandiegothesecret
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          13. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/carmen-sandiego-the-secret-of-the-stolen-drums/critic-reviews
          14. ↑ http://au.ign.com/articles/2004/09/03/carmen-sandiego-secret-of-the-stolen-drums-2?page=2

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