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The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn 2D | Android

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Inspired by Hergé's famous comic book character

📖 Storyline: TinTin is a young reporter from Brussels, who during a day at an antiques market, in the company of his dog Milù, spots a model of a vessel, the Unicorn, and buys it. An instant after buying it, he is joined by Interpol agent Barnaby and the rich Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, both eager to have it at all costs. Declining the insistent demands he will begin to ask himself why there is so much interest and... in the meantime he thinks to himself about what suddenly happened, a chase between Milù and a stray cat, causes the model to fall from his hands, breaking the model's main mast from which a metal casing emerges and ends up under the dresser without Tintin realizing it. Curious to know why the model has attracted so much attention, he goes to the city library to find out more about the history of the Unicorn and will learn that the last captain of the ship was the Knight François de Haddock and that the ship was wrecked offshore of Puerto Rico in 1698. Returning home, where he had left the model, he discovers that his apartment has been broken into and there is no trace of the model! Suddenly Milù points to the dresser and... moving it he finds a parchment with a nursery rhyme which mentions the existence of three models of the Unicorn! Shortly afterwards, Tintin is kidnapped by suspicious-looking men who take him aboard the SS Karaboudjan cargo ship and this is where Milù comes into play who will do anything to free him! In doing so he meets Captain Haddock. Through stormy seas and torrid deserts, aboard a lifeboat or a seaplane, riding waves or unicorn-shaped figureheads, the 'sober' Tintin and the alcoholic Captain Haddock will find the greatest of treasures: friendship.

🎮 Gameplay: There are two mobile versions of this famous adventure: One in 2D adapted vertically for old Nokia phones with 4x4 screen (symbianOS) with physical buttons that acted as action/movement while a few years later, with the advent of the Android OS, optimized entirely in 3D on touchscreen! Recently, a FanMade brought it back to life in highly enjoyable 2D with a horizontal screen with HD textures and finally in touchscreen! There is also a console version playable only on PS3! From comics to mobile gaming Spielberg soon also made a film entirely in 3D computer graphics where he allowed us to relive the same exploits of Tintin, Milù, Captain Haddock and his companions. A journey of expeditions and explorations, to discover secrets, new lands and in search of the missing treasure! Here we will take on the role of the young reporter TinTin in multiple adventures around the world, to find the unicorn statue. We will start from the Moulinsart castle guarded by fierce guards who will put our reflexes to the test ; in some stages we will also be able to play with Milù in a very enjoyable platform to save TinTin! From here on we will set sail with the Karaboudjan ship, etc. To move forward, we will even have to solve puzzles, fly planes, fight with the sword and escape the watchful eye of the guards!!! Being a port from Nokia2600classic to the Android Operating System, the scenographic effects and cinematic cut-scenes are to be appreciated. The text dialogues are in all languages.

🕹️ Controls: The on-screen controls are well optimized and responsive with icons, at least initially, that flash based on the action to be performed, to escape the guards and even surprise them from behind, make jumps from ledges, solve puzzles, be an airplane pilot among threatening clouds and we will also have the opportunity to ride a bicycle and use Milù in a hilarious bark that will disable the guards by making them fall into the void out of fear or escape with stealth actions. On the ship we will also face the pirates as Haddock. The levels are entirely in 2D and allow you to collect coins along the paths that will unlock abilities. The jumps themselves are mapped on the screen with a multi-directional cursor... think that on old Nokia phones with physical buttons we had to press the "3" button to jump to the right, while pressing the "1" button made us jump to the left... from this, the porting to Android has made it easier to overcome some very tough stages. Checkpoints appear regularly everywhere, unless you choose the hardest difficulty curve, it won't be easy to complete at all!

🎨 Graphics: Thanks to porting from the old Nokia2600classic phone (the first one that used 16 million colors for the first time) to Android I relived this fantastic adventure, certainly on the old phone with 4x4 screen the pixelated textures didn't do it justice but on Android it has assumed its splendor.

🇮🇹 Personal Considerations: It was expertly crafted to adapt to the Android Mobile Game, resulting in precisely the type of reckless adventure that befits the name Tintin.

By AlessiaBNERD