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The Adventures of Tintin: The Game (2011)

The Adventures of Tintin: The Game cover
Developer
Ubisoft Montpellier
Publisher
Gameloft
Platforms
PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360
Genres
Platform, Adventure
Rating
4.0 of 5, 14 player ratings
Main story
about 4.0 hours

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How it feels

A charming, nostalgic platformer that captures comic-strip whimsy in crisp, easy action.

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About

While the movie taps into the nostalgia vein of Hergé's original comic strip, the game feeds from the memory of traditional platformers. Platforming is the beating heart of Ubisoft's crisp, charming riff on Spielberg's recent film. The subtlety and nuance of the cast's movements, from daring leaps to nose-smashing right-hooks, is an artistic delight that keeps the sidescrolling action consistently engaging, even if it does turn out to have more ideas than its slender runtime can cope with.

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