Product Description: Ratatouille lets you relive the most thrilling and hilarious moments from the Disney/Pixar film. Become Remy, a young rat with dreams of becoming a great French chef -- despite the obvious problem of being a rat! From the underground sewers to the bustling streets of Paris, Remy will dash, glide and slide through six action-packed, visually stunning worlds filled with dangerous enemies, intense heists and perilous missions. Go head-to-head with your friends in multiplayer mini-games or navigate your way through a sensational rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Fun but frustrating
My son's a bit young for this game (6) but we have fun playing together. You cannot play this game without knowing the "G" key for Context. As other reviewers said you have to use it to grab, climb etc.. They really need a key map as part of help. Crazy that you'd have to research it on the internet to simply play the first "mission." I'd pass on the game unless you're really into the story. There are much better games out there.
Rating: - Anyone Can Play!
I agree with the other reviewers that it takes some experimentation to find the "Context Move" and other command buttons. It's as if someone took their original programming terminology directly to the user manual. It's not your typical mouse (no pun intended) and directional arrows computer game such as those found on Nick Jr and Noggin, so I improvised to help my daughter get used to the new controls. I used cut-up blank address labels to label main keys used in the game. After a short learning curve, she caught on and was on her way through the streets of Paris. Once you get used to using the keys and understanding the "language" used in the on-screen instructions, it becomes a fun and clever game that complements the movie well. Depending on your child's age, there is some game play that's challenging and requires grown-up assistance or four hands (eg, running, jumping, action buttons).
Just remember:
Context Move = "G" key - used for ANY action such as a tail swing, pick up an item, drop item, swing an object, grab onto netting, landing on narrow objects that are twinkling in blue such as a post, shutter handle, or high wire.
The mouse can also be used for camera angles.
You can reprogram the keys as you see fit when you first launch the program. If you want to make things really easy, buy a compatible PC/Mac game controller so that "Anyone Can Cook!"
Rating: - not
Mouse tracking is horrible.
Controls don't work smoothly.
Even the menu interface is bad.
How can you get this wrong? Some menus are missing a 'return', and Esc does not take you back. Instead, you need to use the delete key above the arrows (not documented, and certainly counterintuitive). Even clicking on the menu items is awkward, with the cheesy pointer and poorly laid out hot spots.
Feels more like a something someone had hacked together in their spare time.
I hope it's just the result of a poorly executed port from PC to Mac.
This was a xmas gift, which after a few minutes of frustration, was thrown in the trash.
Rating: - Good Game Play for Kids 8-12
I installed this on my new Intel iMac (aluminum and glass) and it won't display the cut scenes or intro artwork. However actual game play works fine. It was just a black screen with sound. Overall Game play is decent. When I installed this on my PC it worked much better. All video played well. I could see the missing graphics that didn't work on the Mac. Pixar was founded by Steve Jobs of Apple and I would have thought that it would have worked flawlessly. Mildly entertaining for adults or older children, good for children who are fans of the movie that are old enough to handle and memorize the keyboard movement keys.
Rating: - Disney-Pixar's Ratatouille
The Ratatouille PC game is really fun. There are six levels and plenty of interesting mini-games. The game doesn't follow the storyline of the movie, but it is still fun to play. Many of the actors from the film voice their characters, including Patton Oswalt as Remy, and Lou Ramono as Linguini.The only downside is that the game is sort of difficult, considering it's meant for kids to play, and the instructions are vague. For Example: For most of the activities in the game, you need to use the Context Move button, but they don't mention in the game itself or the booklet exactly what button on the keyboard that is. After much expirimentation, i discovered it was the G Button. Aside from that, it's a very cute game.
- Fun but frustrating
- Anyone Can Play!
- not 
- Disney-Pixar's Ratatouille
