Ratatouille review

Needs more time in the oven

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Pros

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    Looks very pretty

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    Voice acting is more than bearable

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    Cute rat animations

Cons

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    Move set is almost broken

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    A little too freeform

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    Collecting charms is distracting

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The good thing about movies is that you only have to watch them for roughly two hours. Conversely, the playing time of a videogame obviously equates to a longer experience, but that better be a damn satisfying one - one that’s worth the sixty bucks you just dropped. Ratatouille, the latest corporate shilling from Disney to bank on the far more amazing film, brings tired minigames and boring platforming to wow children in the HD-generation.

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GenreAdventure
DescriptionThe videogame version of Ratatouille has all the great looks of Pixar, but only half the heart.
Platform"Xbox 360","PS2","PS3","Wii","GameCube","PC","DS","PSP"
US censor rating"Everyone","Everyone","Everyone","Everyone","Everyone","Everyone","Everyone","Everyone"
UK censor rating"","","","","","","",""
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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