There is tons of controversy surrounding the book and the recent movie. There is one thing for certain, the video game will share no such controversy because gamers will agree, it isn't all that great.

Story
The story is really central to the Da Vinci Code experience so as to not spoil anything, many of the places are the same but there are plenty of new things to keep fans of the book and movie intrigued.

Controls
This is where the game goes to pieces. For the most part, you sit there and look at characters talking but there are points where you have to walk, “sneak,” and “fight.” Walking is easy enough and you can control both Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu (not at the same time). Sneaking around the environments is a lame attempt at trying to be stealthy but it fails because there is no real consequence to getting discovered other than going into an awkward fight sequence.

For “fights” you have to give the developers some credit for trying something different but the execution was boring and not very suspenseful. You have to engage an enemy first then it goes into button mashing sequence to get the “most” power from the fight. If you don't press the right buttons, then you take some damage and you'll have to go another round.

Sound
Sound is ok, it lends itself to the atmosphere of the game and the voice acting is pretty good for not getting the likes of Tom Hanks and crew to do the voice work.

Graphics
The entire visuals throughout the game are lacking. There is nothing that really pops out and grabs your attention. The famous locals you travel to in the game are nicely recreated, which is nice but still, it doesn't excuse the 1st generation looking graphics.

Gameplay
The game is one giant puzzle, which fits the overall theme of the game. In that, it succeeds, some of the intellectual puzzles are nicely done but if you have read the book or seen the movie some of them are already spoiled. Still, that is the best part of the game, other than that, you can forget everything else. For some of the more complex puzzles, there are helpful hints you can use but they repeat after a few hints and if you still haven't figured it out, it could be very difficult.

Afterwords
You can smell games like this coming from a mile away, the game is rushed to release right along with the movie and nothing can be done to really make it a worth while addition to the series. Stay away at all costs.