The third submission in the Stuart Little series offers younger gamers a variety of adventures and tasks to complete all while immersed in the extra large world of Stuart Little, everyone’s favorite NYC house mouse. The game begins with Stuart knocking his human brother, George’s, photo album into the fish tank after a mishap with his toy airplane. The beginning sequence uses actual film footage from the movie and then intersperse with cut scenes which ties it together. My three year old son was hooked after this start to the game. Your job then is to help Stuart replace the damaged photos by taking new ones. This mission leads to many adventures around the home and New York City.
You begin by picking up small and large flashes in the environment so that you can build up enough power to take a picture. Once you traverse the large maps and pick up enough flash power, you will be ready. You then talk to the many characters from the movies that will give you hints about what you should do next. They may suggest checking out an area or actually taking a picture. The game does a really nice job of providing a ton of tutorials and hints to help along a young gamer and keep them interested. Additionally, there are many side games and tasks that the kids will want to play over and over.
One of the most fun parts of the game is that you can use a variety of Stuart’s vehicles, like an ATV, blimp, tank, and BMX bike, to get through the many maps that the game offers. The solid 3D environment offers a lot to explore and low level of difficulty is just right for kids that want to enjoy the various puzzles that the game offers.
The graphics of the game are done well as you are truly immersed in an expansive 3D environment as a small house mouse. It was pretty cool to interact with the large items as Stuart and be creative with getting the mission completed. The sound is done fairly well. The voice acting is acceptable but the NYC accent got a little overdone at times.
I would strongly urge this game for any parent to introduce a young child to gaming. The game is fully set to help the gamer along and offers visual clues (buttons and analog stick hints included) to get through any area. My son very much enjoyed the game and did not want to stop playing.
I’m a married professional with a 2 year old son and a baby on the way. I’ve played game for what seems like my whole life. Intellivision, Activision, Nintendo, Sega, Playstation, etc. After college I got away from gaming but a friend at work got me into the PC gaming world and I was hooked all over again. Mostly now I just play PS2. I would say that I am an average gamer when it comes to RPG’s but when it comes to Sports games I can compete with most people. I love gaming ok. There I said it
