Lizzie McGuire 2: Lizzie Diaries

"This day needs a major rewind button!"

Lizzie McGuire is about Lizzie McGuire who does various activities and writes them in her diary, and you re-enact these diary writings. None of this revolves around the actual McGuire, as for some reason Hillary Duff couldn't make it. It revolved around the animated Lizzie which appears only when she's thinking. Which I suppose is accurate as the entire game revolves her thoughts.

The gameplay is a bore. It's either too easy or too annoying. Some levels have you go through an oh-so-easy platformer, while others have a difficult, repetitive task which seems to go on forever. For each level you also can do an extra task for some more challenge. The reward is getting a picture on top of the diary page, worthless. Especially considering you can get them without even trying. I only had to backtrack once for a level I didn't get a picture on.

The game is also extremely short, as in I beat this in two days, and I didn't even play that much for each day. You only have three areas. School, Vacation, and Shopping each with four levels. This makes twelve levels, and each level takes two to six minutes. Don't expect to quiet your Disney-loving daughter for long.

The graphics are bland and boring. They often repeat themselves, You have cheerleaders, and short, stubby kids as in school. I don't watch Disney Channel or Lizzie McGuire anymore, and when I did it wasn't often. But I know for a fact that these characters were just generic enemies/neutral guys. You'll see cheerleaders for almost every level.

The sound is fine, for the first time and first time only. For every area the same music plays and they aren't that long so they loop often. Not nice or good. Reminds me of a Barbie game without the dress-up. The only dress-up game in here has more to do with memory.

The game isn't anything special or unique. Of course what did you expect? Disney games always blow. There's a bit of memory games and stuff. If you like that… And it is a time-waster. But it's not worth your time.

Reviewer's Score: 4/10, Originally Posted: 07/10/06