Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn [Promo] - Boxed - PS3

The Adventures of Tintin: The Game is a game based on the adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic books created by the Belgian artist Hergé between 1929 and 1983. It was released as a companion game to the 2011 Spielberg animated film The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, and follows its story. The plot is based on events from various comics, including The Crab with the Golden Claws, Red Rackham's Treasure and The Secret of the Unicorn.

The game is a side-scrolling 2D platformer with small puzzle elements, in which the aim is to take out enemies and find a way to reach the next area. Tintin can sneak around, steal keys, hide in barrels, throw items, roll, grab onto ledges and jump to reach platforms. Combat is based on stealth takedowns, but there are also regular melee fights. In later levels, the guards are well armed and the player must use items in the environment, such as banana peels or wet paint, to take them out. Occasionally there is a level boss. Tintin can also send Snowy to sneak through gaps, or order Haddock to stand on a pressure plate.

The solo mode begins at a flea market in Belgium, where the young reporter Tintin buys a model ship. Shortly afterwards, a collector appears who wants to buy it from him for ten times the price. Intrigued, Tintin is taken to an expert, who explains that it is a replica of the Unicorn, a three-masted ship belonging to Charles II's fleet, which was blown up by its own captain in 1676 during an attack by Red Rackham. Tintin wants to find out why the captain sank his own ship, and finds a document inside the model, but the collector returns and secretly steals the ship from him. With Snowy's help, he tracks down the collector's house, and from there the search for the secret of the "Unicorn" begins. He ends up on the ship SS Karaboudjan, where he meets Captain Haddock. From there, they travel to the palace of Ben Salaad, then to Bagghar, a fictional port city in Morocco, and finally back to Marlinspike's home town.

The game is interspersed with short sequences that depart from the 2D platforming. These 3D segments include motorbike battles during a chase, flying a plane, scent tracking with Snowy, diving, and on-rails sword-fighting sections that take place aboard the Unicorn in the past. The game can be played in a separate co-op mode with Tintin, Haddock and the opera singer Bianca Castafiore. In these separate levels, players must work together, as each character has a different ability. Tintin uses a grappling hook, Haddock moves crates and breaks through walls, and Castafiore can perform a double jump and break glass. There is also a challenge mode in which players can compete against each other. More