We’ll get them all out of the way now so you don’t have to spend the rest of this review wincing like you’re at a Roy Chubby Brown gig. This is a cracking effort that has everything under control, taking no liberties so far as quality is concerned. Chuck.

Returning to the realm of sanity for a moment, it’s been a while since we’ve seen a genre so perfectly suited to the characters it’s portraying. From the time this adventure allows you to study character models with virtual fingerprint marks to a wealth of in-jokes and finishing touches, everything slots into place.

From a technical standpoint, it’s a shame Peter Sallis couldn’t have been ushered into the voice recording booth, while the excuse that its poor frame rate comes from trying to ape stop-motion animation wears a little thin. More positively, the conundrums on offer manage to be multi-tiered without straying into illogical territory. There’s even – shock horror – a genuine laugh or two on offer, fully utilising Gromit as the perfect foil he is.

It’s also one of the first Live Arcade efforts in a while not to leave us feeling like some cad’s made off with our money. Come on, what would you rather have? This or Connect 4?