Truberbrook Review. Tweet Share Share. By Daniel Weissenberger on May 9, 2019 in Reviews. It is currently available on PC, Switch, XBO and PS4. This copy of the game was obtained via publisher and reviewed on the PC. In addition to writing hundreds of video game reviews, Dan produced a book that can be legally purchased by almost anyone. Truberbrook for Xbox One game reviews & Metacritic score: A sci-fi adventure game in 1960s parallel universe. Assume the role of a young American scientist, Hans Tannhauser who visits a remote village in rural Germany.
AdvertisementWe’d say that maybe btf should’ve just made the game as a short film but that’s not going to help the even greater problem of the dialogue. The game appears to have been written in German and translated into English, at times it seems by Google Translate. You can understand everything, but the sentence construction and phraseology is often extremely awkward. So much so that we thought at first that the game was trying to simulate the locals speaking to Hans in purposefully strangled English.
But he does it too, so it’s obviously not that.What also doesn’t help is that Hans himself is not a very interesting character and yet large sections of the game only feature him talking away to himself and doing a poor impression of Guybrush Threepwood. The attempts at humour are often weirdly inappropriate too, considering what’s going on in the story at the time, and it all comes across as rather desperate and amateurish.As has been the case for video games throughout the ages, good graphics do not make a good game.
And it doesn’t matter whether the visuals get their beauty from a handcrafted model or a clever bit of programming – if a game’s not fun to play then it’s not much of a game at all. In Short: One of the best looking point ‘n’ click adventures ever made, but the unique visuals don’t compensate for illogical puzzles and a weak script.Pros: The graphics are fantastic, with wonderfully detailed scenes and some clever technical tricks to combined real-life models with computer-generated characters.Cons: The puzzles are illogical and unsatisfying.
The tonally inconsistent plot never really works and the dialogue and voice-acting is highly variable. Boring protagonist. Too short and too expensive.Score: 4/10Formats: PC (reviewed), Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo SwitchPrice: £24.99Publisher: HeadupDeveloper: btfRelease Date: 12th March 2019 (17/4 on consoles)Age Rating: N/A.
