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La desamparada PlayStation Vita recibe un título interesante y entretenido, pero nada espectacular. Apoyado en una franquicia querida por muchos, se presenta un juego de plataformas correcto dirigido a pequeños y jóvenes. Sin embargo, no es por ello un juego sencillo: sus puzles no hacen justicia a una jugabilidad en plataformas que exige precisión y atención, y algo de maña, por lo que todos los fans de los teleñecos disfrutarán manejando a estos personajes y con el humor que destila el título.

As a fan of the Muppets, I am disappointed that there wasn't more done with the license in Movie Adventures. It's a perfectly workable game, and does have a sense of humour that anything to do with the Muppets needs, but at the same time, it's nothing more than that and whether you're a child or a nostalgic fan for the Kermet and the gang, you're probably going to left wanting after this.

As a huge Muppets fan, I have been greatly anticipating the arrival of this game. After playing it however, my level of excitement has dropped a great deal. There are moments in the game that are fantastic and a lot of fun, but they are greatly over shadowed by the lack of any real challenge. It’s a beautiful game that could be really good, but it’s hard to recommend it, even for kids.

Los Muppets: Aventuras de Película es un título irregular, de escasa duración y sin ningún reto visible más allá de terminar el juego y ponerse con otra cosa. Puede que el público infantil lo encuentre curioso, pero el jugador adulto no verá nada llamativo en su planteamiento.

A modo de conclusión podemos decir que Los Muppets: Aventuras de Película, es un buen juego con bastantes peros. Por un lado si tenemos si no perdemos de vista que es un título pensado por y para los peques de la casa, podemos decir que se trata de un juego bastante divertido, con unos gráficos modestos y con una duración algo escasa, pero que de seguro encantará a los niños. Por otro lado, y dejando de lado esta perspectiva,  el título hace un modesto uso de las funcionalidades de nuestra PS Vita, dejándonos con la impresión de que se le podría haber sacado más jugo y haber enriquecido la jugabilidad. Sea como sea, Los Muppets: Aventuras de Película es un juego que da lo que ofrece, diversión para los más peques, ni más ni menos. 

Una licenza come quella dei Muppets doveva e poteva essere sfruttata in maniera nettamente migliore. Il gioco è un semplice platform, fin troppo semplice, per fortuna con alcune eccezioni come certi enigmi e il livello dedicato a Miss Piggy. Ma, per il resto, c’è davvero poco da salvare nel titolo realizzato da Virtual Toys. Anonimo, fin troppo breve: l’unico motivo per tornare a rifare i vari film è raccogliere i collezionabili e sbloccare qualche extra. Davvero troppo poco, ma a deludere più di tutto, considerando che si tratta di un gioco dei Muppet, è la totale mancanza di quell’ironia che, ancora oggi nonostante gli anni passati, è il vero punto di forza di questi mitici personaggi.

Overall, Muppets The Movie Adventures feels like a half-hearted effort that lacks ideas and a clever execution. The fact that the Muppets are in it is neither here nor there as they don’t speak at all and the humour that we’d expect from the motley crew simply doesn’t exist. Despite some nice backdrops and decent boss battles, this entry-level platformer is as hapless as Beaker on a bad day. If this does happen to be your first ever platformer, please don’t be put off by the genre; it does get much better.

Met slechts vijf levels, die vaak op zich wel leuk zijn, maar niet geweldig, kun je de game na ongeveer drie uurtjes weer wegleggen. En dat is veel te kort. Grafisch is de game niet fantastisch goed en dat vooral door gebrek aan details. Ook qua uitdaging weet The Muppets Movie Adventures niet echt iets te bieden.

It lacks both length and depth, but most importantly, it lack the charm of The Muppets. A younger audience may find extended joy in the title. Others, especially fans, will be sorely disappointed.

Too often companies dress up dross and send it out as a child-friendly game, inherent faults spun into benefits and fooling adults into thinking that they’d be doing their kid a favour by picking up these games. We’re living in a transformational time for gaming at the moment, and for no other age group is this more apparent than the under-10s. No more for them the screeching half hour of a Spectrum load, no more the jet engine disc spin of the 360. Cheap, intuitive and instant gaming pleasures await them on tablets and phones, experiences that understand the values of accessibility, reward mechanics and – more importantly – are genuinely fun. At four-and-three-quarters my eldest may be below the target age group for The Muppets Movie Adventures, but it still feels very telling that her interest was lost almost immediately, with LEGO Batman and the CBeebies iPad app demanded in recompense. At a couple of quid this might have found a home on your Vita’s memory card for the kids to mess around with every now and then – at the price it’s been released you’re better off taking that cash and playing iOS roulette instead.

Une faiblesse qui ne saurait se justifier par le public théoriquement jeune auquel se destine cette oeuvre, puisque le challenge peu élevé permet surtout de contrebalancer les approximations des contrôles. En somme, il existe de bien meilleures façons de découvrir les Muppets - et d'exploiter les possibilités la PS Vita - que ces piètres Aventures au Cinéma.

With its basic controls and guilt-free deaths, The Muppets Movie Adventures is a competent place for your child to start their gaming adventure. Everyone else, though, will find this title’s lack of depth and, worse, lack of fan service a bit of a letdown.

Muppets Movie Adventures is light on content, light on ideas and doesn’t truly respect the Muppets who star in it. It’s a £2.99 iOS game packaged into a full priced Vita release. There are PS1 games available on the Vita that would be a much better use of your money and more enjoyable for your kids to play.