The story follows that of the books and movie. The three Baudelaire children were happy with their parents, their family, and pretty much everything they had. UNFOURTUNATELY one day, their house burns to the ground, taking their parents along with it. Klause (who has read more books than you could ever believe) and Violet, a great inventor, are the two oldest. There is also their baby sister, Sunny - a childe with a propensity to bite things, and are immediately brought to their closest relative, Count Olaf.

They soon find that Count Olaf is rather….strange, and so are the people he keeps company with. He isn't the nicest person either, and soon, they find that the Count is after their family fortune and that he will go to any length to get it. At the beginning, you are running through the Counts house, doing chores and stopping rat infestations. Without ruining the story, I will just tell you that you also visit the kids Uncle Monty's house, a man obsessed with Reptiles and Amphibians. Here, you run around doing puzzles and catching lost snakes. And finally, you go to their Aunt Josephine's house. She is a very nervous and scared woman…though the fact her house is teetering over a large cliff doesn't bother her. Here, you usually just play in the town beneath her house, collecting items. The primary mechanic of the game is you trying to find items for Violet to make inventions to help you get through the game.

The gameplay is pretty fun. It surprised me. Most of it just consists of running around and doing things, like collecting items for inventions and picking up snakes, like I mentioned before. Sometimes, Sunny must go off on her own to places that Klause and Violet can't get to, so you play as her, going through these little maze-like things. It's pretty fun - and as you can tell I really am surprised at how much I enjoyed it.

I think the inventions that Violet creates are cool. I wouldn't mind having a few of them myself. For example: shoes with little propellers on the bottom to levitate, a rotten fruit shooting thing, and a boxing glove at the end of a broom stick and attached to a spring to shoot out. You have to find all of the correct items to create these though, and that can become rather frustrating. You will find things, and not be able to take them because it's not time in the story, but when it is time, you forget completely were they were, so you must run around again looking for it.

The graphics work well. From what I've seen of the movie commercials, the characters are designed to look exactly as the actors. Violet looks just like Violet; same can be said for Klause and Sunny. The design of the environments around you is also really good.

It is a very easy game - designed for the age group of the book fans. There may be a very few parts were you may be a little confused on what to do or were to go, but that ends soon. A few times, when I got stuck, I felt rather silly when I finally found out what I had to do.

The music is kind of…unforgettable and can become annoying at times. At other times, you won't be affected. It's difficult to describe the music, all I can say is it can become annoying. I truly appreciated that they used the actual actors' for voice-overs in the game such as Jim Carey for Count Olaf. Too often the voiceovers detract from the game - that wasn't the case here. They are done very well.

I didn't find myself becoming immersed in this game very much - I simply enjoyed the puzzles. I didn't dislike it; I just couldn't get into the story. If I were a fan of the books, I might have been able to enjoy the story a little more, but I'm not, so it just got a little too...weird. :)

Overall, the game was good. Being available for all three consoles means that all fans of the book have the option to play it - this review was done on the Xbox. If you're a fan of the movie, you'll enjoy it. If you're a fan of the books, I'm sure you'll still enjoy it. If you know nothing about either, this game may seem a bit...odd.