right after I psych myself up for the task. If you were looking for more in the way of in-game details, here you go, in the form of one big stream-of-consciousness mega-sentence. From what I've read, though, we're not missing much, as it's more of an add-on gimmick than a central component of the game. There is an EyeToy component to the game, but although my kids have been playing the game for a while, it hasn't come up yet. In addition, in order to get some of the people to agree to pose for Stuart's camera, he needs to help them by performing good deeds and fairly easy tasks. Even though it was an accident, Stuart ruined George's project, so it's Stuart's responsibility to replace it. The game also teaches a nice lesson about responsibility. As for the controls, they feel intuitive and solid. While it is easy enough for young kids to play by themselves, it is also just challenging enough to keep them interested for more than just a few minutes. Stuart Little 3: Big Photo Adventure achieves a delicate balance in another crucial area - difficulty. And speaking of that freedom, while there is a lot of open-ended, freeform gameplay, there is enough gentle guidance to make sure that the player doesn't feel lost or confused about what to do next. The game is true to the spirit, appearance and environments of the Stuart Little movies, yet it gives the young players enough freedom to feel that they are in charge of the adventure (as opposed to the unseen conductor of a train traveling on-rails).
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The interface in Stuart Little 3 is friendly and unintimidating, so just as in Lego Star Wars, my kids didn't have a moment's hesitation before plunging hip-deep into the Stuart Little pool.įrom the outset, it is clear that Stuart Little 3 achieves a balance all too rare in licensed games for kids, in that it embraces the license without being too constrained by it. oh, you guessed it, huh? Well, you're right a Big Adventure. In this case, Stuart accidentally knocks big brother George's photo album into the fish tank, and the game revolves around Stuart's efforts to re-create every photo in the album.
The game features the beloved Stuart Little (duh), in his recurring role as mouse-living-among-humans-as-member-of-family.While they're still playing and enjoying Lego Star Wars (no surprise), my kids recently started playing another game that allows them the freedom to play by themselves - Stuart Little 3: Big Photo Adventure.įrom the game's title alone, we can deduce the following: In reviewing Lego Star Wars a few weeks ago, I wrote about how my kids had begun to play more independently, instead of being more passive (or more accurately, intermittently active) consumers of the games we play together.