Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures Demo

Just like Tom and Jerry, or Laurel and Hardy, Wallace and Gromit are famous for their ludicrous exploits and ridiculous situations they find themselves in on a regular basis. Humor is the general idea of the series, so everything from puns, to physical comedy and funny one-liners are accepted as long as they can make the audience relax and have a laugh.

Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures is a basic adventure game with more emphasis on the humor than the actual puzzles, since you do not really get to work your brain too much on the riddles you are presented with. Hence, although some of the situations require a bit of thinking and analysis, most of the time you watch the two characters do their thing and laugh at their misfortune.

Story-wise, the series is episodic, which means that each title has a specific story that evolves throughout the episode in question. Whether you have to transform a cellar into a resort, or try to grow giant flowers in order to help the bees produce honey faster, the experience is guaranteed to be a lot of fun, even if it gets a tad slow from time to time. As long as you keep smiling, on the other hand, the time spent playing the game is not lost.

Playing the game is quite simple and straightforward, since all you have to do is direct the characters and help them deal with the issues they are facing on a regular basis. As previously mentioned, the puzzles are facile and easy to solve, but not exceedingly so in order to make the experience boring. Thus, while even beginners can enjoy the game without too much trouble, seasoned adventure fans are still able to go through the story without getting bored.

Just like the TV show, the graphics engine uses the same style and you can barely tell the difference between the TV and the video game versions of the characters. Naturally, the animations are not as smooth and you may notice far more jagged lines from time to time, but everything is nicely decorated to give you something else to look at, while the constant onslaught of jokes should keep you distracted as well.

In the end, Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures is not something you might choose to play if you enjoy the classic adventure games, but that doesn’t mean you won’t have fun with it. The humor is good and you can definitely feel Telltale’s influence on the entire thing, which is always a good thing.