Launch Station: The Adventures of TinTin

October and November are the two busiest months of the gaming calendar.  The publishers like to release all their big games right before the holidays to inspire huge sales numbers for their games.  Once November comes to an end, December seems like a wasteland of sorts.  Only a few noteworthy games come out in the last month of the year.  Mario Kart 7 came out on Sunday and the only other big release this month is 15 days away with the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic.  The rest of the games that release this month are just going to get swept under the carpet.  Just look at what releases today.  Just Dance 3 for PS3, Fortune Street for Wii and F1 2011 for 3DS are all games that nobody unless the hardcore followers of these games actually care about.  The one game that has got me a little interested is Ubisoft Montpellier's The Adventures of TinTin The Game, which also released today.

The Adventures of TinTin is the video game adaptation of the movie that comes to theatres later this month.  Coming from the pedigree of the Ubisoft Montpellier, the developers on the recent Rayman Origins and cult classic Beyond Good & Evil, TinTin looks to be not just another cash-in like most movie games.  TinTin is a 2.5D platform-puzzler.  Each level consists of many single-screen puzzles be it taking out foes or reaching high ledges.  Certain moments have the perspective changing for 2D side view to a 3D front view to make those moments more dramatic for the player such as when TinTin flees from a torrent of water as it rushes through the corridors of a ship.  Throughout TinTin's main story, you will explore over 20 different environments from the dank corridors of Captain Haddock's ship to the dusty sand of the Sahara Desert as TinTin, Snowy, Captain Haddock or three other unlockable characters.  The Adventures of TinTin also offers two player co-op, a Challenge Mode and Move and Kinect support on PS3 and Xbox 360 respectively.

As a child, I use to watch TinTin every Sunday at noon on YTV.  I absolutely did not understand what was going on, but I loved the show.  So I have been very excited to see The Adventures of TinTin movie when it comes out later this month.  From what I have seen of and read on this game, I believe that Ubisoft Montpellier put in a lot of effort to make a game that truly make a game that complements the new movie and does the old show and comics justice.  If you have finished all this season's big blockbusters and need a gaming fix, give The Adventures of TinTin a shot.  It just might be what you are looking for.