In the game the player takes on the role of the protagonist from the book and film, Eragon, and occasionally controls his dragon Saphira.

Protagonist Eragon sits on Saphira's back during these sections, and can be made to fire magic arrows.

The group are caught in an ambush: Saphira becomes trapped under debris and Eragon must both try to free her and hold off the Ra'zac.

After defeating the nearby enemies, the group make their way to Gil'ead, where Eragon and Brom sneak through the city and keep to try and free Arya.

After a lengthy battle through Durza's fortress, Eragon meets Arya and Murtagh, who now join the group.

This helps alleviate the mournful situation when Brom jumps in the way of a spear intended to kill Eragon and is fatally injured and dies.

Eragon and Saphira then face Durza a second time, mounted on the back of a huge, batlike monster, eventually killing him.

[7] On April 18, 2006 Vivendi Universal Games announced that they were to publish a video game adaptation of the Eragon film to be released in December of the same year, targeting personal computers and all major sixth- and seventh-generation platforms, except GameCube, Wii and PlayStation 3, and ultimately released just days before the launches of the latter two consoles.

The console versions were set to be developed by Stormfront Studios, who had previously worked on the game adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

[11] The game was previewed at Comic-Con 2006, where the public was allowed to play only one level named the Daret Bridge.

[12] Actress Sienna Guillory, who plays the elf Arya in the film, made personal appearances at the Vivendi stand to promote the game.

[13] In October 2006 it was announced that the actors from the Eragon film would lend their voices to the game adaptation.

[14] Specifically, Edward Speleers (playing the title character), Sienna Guillory (Arya), Garrett Hedlund (Murtagh) and Robert Carlyle (Durza) were slated to lend their voices.

[28] IGN came to a similar conclusion, primarily criticising the poor camera, unsophisticated combat and shortness.

The Nintendo DS version received a positive review from IGN, who praised it for its "solid gameplay, enjoyable quests, being long for a movie license, and having thorough menu and tutorial system".