Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures

Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures is an episode- format computer game produced by developer Telltale and based on the animated film series Wallace & Gromit developed by Nick Park .

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Fright of the Bumblebees

Wallace invented a machine that can automatically extract honey from a beehive. When the shopkeeper, Mr. Paneer, orders 250 liters of honey, Wallace realizes that he can't produce enough honey. He succeeds in fulfilling the order by growing giant flowers using a special formula, but with the side effect that giant bees now take possession of the house. The game received consistently good reviews from critics.

The Last Resort

Wallace and Gromit's planned summer vacation falls into the water in the truest sense of the word. Even the basement is flooded after weeks of rain. Wallace then devises a plan to open a beach club there. Shortly afterwards, his neighbor Mrs. Flitt, her Scottish admirer McBiscuit and a British major populate the cellar. Since all guests have different, sometimes contradicting wishes, Wallace has his hands full.

Muzzled!

The local dog shelter was destroyed in a storm. Monty Muzzle is planning a solidarity festival to raise money for the shelter to be rebuilt. Wallace invents a machine for the festival that can turn any taste into ice cream, but the machine is destroyed by the dogs that are now freely roaming the city. Gromit goes in search of the individual parts of the machine scattered around the city and finds out that Monty Muzzle is not the benefactor everyone thinks he is.

The Bogey Man

Wallace accidentally promised marriage to his neighbor, Ms. Flitt, and now has doubts as to whether marriage is right for him. When he learns that Flitt's family has a deep grudge against the local golf club, he applies for membership in it, only to be turned down as a husband by the Flitts.

Game principle and technology

Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures is a 3D point-and-click adventure . For polygons composite, three-dimensional figures to act likewise in three-dimensional scenes. The engine Telltale Tool developed by the manufacturer itself was used . The player can use the mouse to move his character through the locations and use the mouse buttons to initiate actions that allow the character to interact with his environment. Wallace and Gromit can find objects, apply them to the environment or other objects and communicate with NPCs . As the story progresses, more locations will be unlocked. The camera shows what is happening from a variable perspective; If the player leaves the field of vision within a room, the camera switches to a new, better position. Dialogues take place via context-related selection menus. Occasionally, the action is interrupted by so-called mini - games , in which the player must use skill instead of thinking. Cutscenes take place entirely in game graphics.

Production notes

Overview of the episodes
English title	Released on ... (PC version)	as part …	German title	Released on ... (PC version)	as part …
Fright of the Bumblebees	March 24, 2009	1	The bumblebee curse	October 26, 2010	4th
The Last Resort	May 5, 2009	2	Vacation underground	July 27, 2010	1
Muzzled!	June 16, 2009	3	The dog conspiracy	August 31, 2010	2
The Bogey Man	July 29, 2009	4th	License to put	October 5, 2010	3

The first episode of the series was released for Windows on March 24, 2009 , and ported to Xbox Live Arcade two months later. German PC versions were released on July 27, 2010, with the order of the titles changed. The collected series was also published on physical data carriers for stationary retail, with the publication in Germany by JoWooD and in France by Focus Home Interactive .

In January 2014, digital sales were discontinued due to the expired distribution rights.

reception

Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures received mostly positive reviews. The Metacritic review database aggregates reviews of the individual episodes to mean values between 76 (episode 1) and 72 (episode 4)