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Game of the Week: Snufkin's adventures in Moonminvalley show how finely judged a licensed game can be

Watching the clouds go by.

An image from the extended intro sequence of Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley, showing the character Snufkin lying back with his legs crossed as he fishes in a frozen river, and his tent stands on snowy ground nearby.
Image credit: Hyper Games

Odd as it sounds, part of me misses those old licensed games. Everyone who came up in games journalism in the early 2000s will have been given some of these things to review, and it was always a fascinating challenge. I remember a former editor of Eurogamer telling me that the first game they ever put a score on was The Golden Compass, the spin-off game for the wonky big-budget adaptation of His Dark Materials. Now I think about it, my first review was Miami Vice for the PSP. Better than The Golden Compass, at least. Actually, it was quite good?

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