Sharing the Love of a Childhood Adventure with Your Children Through Gaming
Dec 21, 6:00 am
Sharing the Love of a Childhood Adventure with Your Children Through
The Adventures of Tintin: The Game
Growing up I was a huge Tintin fan; I read all the books, I fantasized
about going on adventures like he did, and so when I heard that not
just an animated movie but also a video game were being produced I was
super excited. I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce my son to
a little something from my childhood, so I let him take the controls.
From the start, The Adventures of Tintin: The Game was clearly faithful to the source material.
Tintin’s signature quiff of spiky strawberry blonde hair was a
familiar sight, my son quickly picked up the controls in charge of
Tintin, occasionally switching to control of his faithful dog Snowy
when the situation called for it. There’s quite a lot of comedy
violence, with Tintin performing wrestling throws on inattentive
guards, throwing items or smashing bad guys with vases, or resorting
to fisticuffs when necessary. The exploration is good, with big
environments and fun environmental puzzles to solve.
There are a lot of nods to a few of the books that I can remember,
specifically Red Rackham’s Treasure and of course Secret of the
Unicorn. My son was definitely getting into the story and enjoyed the
various interesting characters that he had to interact with.
There are a lot of unlockables and collectables, and taking after me
of course he had to do his best finding as much as he could. You can
buy new characters and special abilities like the ability to play as
“invisible Tintin”, or as one of the Thompson twins. There’s enough
here to keep you entertained for quite some time.
I made him let me join in, and so we tried some of the co-op play,
which involves exploring the dreams of Captain Haddock. A little
surreal, but very fun. Each character you can play as has different
abilities which you need to apply appropriately to progress.
We’re going to go and see the movie over Christmas, it’ll be
interesting to see how closely the two tie together! For now, we are off to take on Chapter 19.
Check out this little boys adorable review on The Adventures of TinTin on Youtube:
Inside The Adventures of Tintin: The Game
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Dec 21, 6:00 am
The Adventures of Tintin: The Game
Growing up I was a huge Tintin fan; I read all the books, I fantasized
about going on adventures like he did, and so when I heard that not
just an animated movie but also a video game were being produced I was
super excited. I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce my son to
a little something from my childhood, so I let him take the controls.
From the start, The Adventures of Tintin: The Game was clearly faithful to the source material.
Tintin’s signature quiff of spiky strawberry blonde hair was a
familiar sight, my son quickly picked up the controls in charge of
Tintin, occasionally switching to control of his faithful dog Snowy
when the situation called for it. There’s quite a lot of comedy
violence, with Tintin performing wrestling throws on inattentive
guards, throwing items or smashing bad guys with vases, or resorting
to fisticuffs when necessary. The exploration is good, with big
environments and fun environmental puzzles to solve.
There are a lot of nods to a few of the books that I can remember,
specifically Red Rackham’s Treasure and of course Secret of the
Unicorn. My son was definitely getting into the story and enjoyed the
various interesting characters that he had to interact with.
There are a lot of unlockables and collectables, and taking after me
of course he had to do his best finding as much as he could. You can
buy new characters and special abilities like the ability to play as
“invisible Tintin”, or as one of the Thompson twins. There’s enough
here to keep you entertained for quite some time.
I made him let me join in, and so we tried some of the co-op play,
which involves exploring the dreams of Captain Haddock. A little
surreal, but very fun. Each character you can play as has different
abilities which you need to apply appropriately to progress.
We’re going to go and see the movie over Christmas, it’ll be
interesting to see how closely the two tie together! For now, we are off to take on Chapter 19.
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