Nibiru: Age of Secrets

 PC
Metascore
66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
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  1. Just Adventure
    91
    I thoroughly enjoyed the mystery, the puzzles, and the graphics, and felt right at home with much of it. In the same spirit that caused me to love Black Mirror despite its laughable flaws, I’m going to have to give Nibiru an A-.
  2. Quandary
    80
    Overall Nibiru is an intriguing and entertaining game, not overly difficult, and I had a lot of fun playing it.
  3. BonusStage
    80
    Nibiru: Age of Secrets doesn’t stoke the flames of innovation by any stretch of the imagination and it does have a few of the adventure game deficiencies that the genre has always been known for, however the sense of adventure steeped into the game through the intriguing storyline, constant change of environmental location, photo-realistic backdrops and superb ambiance and musical score more than makes up for the setbacks.
  5. Game Chronicles
    79
    But even with all of this quality presentation the gameplay is still held back a notch by the limited scope and quirky nature of the puzzles, repetitive backtracking between locations, and an overall slower pace than most competing adventure titles.
  6. GameSpot
    75
    A stereotypical classic adventure. Future Games has done this one up in the traditional style popularized way back when by the likes of Sierra and LucasArts, so if you're a fan of this sort of old-school adventuring and don't demand that game designers reinvent the wheel, you can't go wrong here.

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#87 Most Shared PC Game of 2005

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User Score
5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 27
  3. Negative: 8 out of 27
  1. IngeD.
    Jan 25, 2006
    3
    Great game, but a big big shame that the movements in the game are sooooo sloooow. It`s incredible in our day and time, that it was released Great game, but a big big shame that the movements in the game are sooooo sloooow. It`s incredible in our day and time, that it was released with such a major flaw. Even the very first computergames had more speed than this!… Full Review »
  2. Warmonger
    Dec 25, 2005
    5
    This game started off good but just became increasingly frustrating caused by situations using illogical reasoning!! for example: why on This game started off good but just became increasingly frustrating caused by situations using illogical reasoning!! for example: why on earth would you strap a stick of dynamite onto a rat in order to open a door?? it stands to reason if the inital charge was not sufficient just use more to accomplish the task!!!. It are instances like these that just ruined the game for me... also the puzzles near the end became just too convoluted( think of rubik's cube) taking to joy out of an other wise interesting story. When will these people learn how to make a game using everyday "logical" scenarios?? what a disappointment...what a shame!… Full Review »
  3. Broyax
    Jun 25, 2021
    0
    Nibiroute ou la déroute totale du jeu vidéo est (encore) l’un de ces jeux d’aventure de mon cul qu’on chie directement dans un papier cadeauNibiroute ou la déroute totale du jeu vidéo est (encore) l’un de ces jeux d’aventure de mon cul qu’on chie directement dans un papier cadeau (c’est pour offrir : tiens, un bon gros jeu d’aventure de merde, juste pour toi ! j’espère que tu te feras bien chier !). La version anglaise internationale est appelée NiBiRu : Age of Secrets, soit dit en passant. Mais on s’en fout en fait.

    La VF n’est pas terrible, le jeu est d’une lenteur pas croyable et la jouabilité est complètement tordue avec des puzzles de mes deux et des énigmes totalement illogiques pour ne pas dire absconses. L’histoire mystico-délirante fait penser aux torches-culs de Maxime Chattam, à savoir les pseudo-bouquins dont on ne se sert que pour s’essuyer (on ne les lit pas, c’est du pur vide qui fait un appel d’air à chaque page).

    A moins de suivre une « soluce », c’est-à-dire une solution qui transforme cet étron de banqueroute pas ludique en mini-jeu de piste, on ne risque pas de finir cette saloperie à moins d’avoir du temps à perdre à n’en plus pouvoir. Et ce serait dommage, car le temps, c’est du putain d’argent, bordel !    … Full Review »
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