The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

1. LT_Gruber

   Jan 3, 2023

   10

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing little puzzle game with beautiful artwork.
   
   I was happily surprised when I first played The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom. It looks so simple and small but offers a fun puzzle experience overall. From what I understood, this was a little game for a student’s graduate, the irony here is that I think it is a better game than all the triple AAA indie games out there today.
   
   In The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, you play as a cute little man with a mustache who wants to eat pie. The pies are all in hard-to-reach places and you need to figure out how to get to them.
   
   You have the ability to bent time and space and create different clones of yourself. You can record an action and one of your clones will do this action while you can perform a different action. When combining multiple actions and setting up some clones to help you reach a certain platform, everything comes together, and you can reach that delicious pie. If the clones bump into each other, they fall over, and you need to try again.
   
   The principle of the game is simple yet unique and a lot of fun. It is on the same level as puzzle games like Nihilumbra. The puzzles are very challenging and require many tries sometimes. They are all perfectly doable but sometimes, your timing needs to be absolutely perfect, or you will fail.
   
   The graphics and animation in the game are all done in silent film, black and white style. It got a steampunk/renaissance vibe over it; I liked it very much.
   In terms of controls, they are spot on. Everything is responsive and the only thing to blame if you fail a level, is yourself.
   
   There is no sound (because of the silent film style) but there is some excellent piano music playing in true 1920’s style. It fits the theme and game very well.
   
   My only complaint about The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is the name, because it is very hard to remember or pronounce, but other than that, I think this is a fantastic little puzzle game to keep you occupied for a few hours.
   
   Definitely would recommend it.… Expand

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2. Simski

   Dec 10, 2013

   10

   Puzzling, challenging, amusing, and bedazzling.
   
   The story tells the tale of how one dastardly man's insatiable pie-thievery gets himselfPuzzling, challenging, amusing, and bedazzling.
   
   The story tells the tale of how one dastardly man's insatiable pie-thievery gets himself stuck in time, how his selfish manipulation of time to steal pies recklessly causes disaster to an entire city, and how the same paradoxical journey through time on a quest for pies leads to him unwittingly setting his past wrongdoings right.
   
   It's an amazingly humorous game, and the overall atmosphere from both the story, setting and graphical style has a strong Tim Burton-esque feel.
   
   The gameplay of using time paradoxes by manipulating time and abusing clones of your own past self for your own gain offers very unique gameplay and ties in well with the same mischievous humor in the story. The puzzles are fun and gradually becomes more challenging, every chapter of the game also offers a different gimmick to change the mechanics of your time clones.
   
   The to me absolutely most memorable part of this game however, is the extraordinarily fantastic music. The soundtrack is a class of its own, and it sets a perfectly mischievous, mysterious, and adventurous tone for the game. It's cheerful and dark, it's classic and modern, it's like a series of orgasms for your ears.
   
   I have but two complaints about this game... and those complaints are that the soundtrack isn't available for purchase, and that I'm left heart-broken from my inability to manipulate time to again experience this game with the same overwhelming awe as my first play.… Expand

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4. iseeall

   Dec 25, 2015

   10

   An excellent puzzle game about time manipulation with great British humor, cheerful music and classy black-and-white graphics. Related games:An excellent puzzle game about time manipulation with great British humor, cheerful music and classy black-and-white graphics. Related games: Braid, The Company of Myself, Robotron, Adventures of Shuggy, Gateways.… Expand

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5. xxAcesHighxx

   Nov 16, 2015

   9

   An utterly enthralling monochromatic caper that I just can't help but wish was also available for handheld gamers. Sure, Winterbottom isAn utterly enthralling monochromatic caper that I just can't help but wish was also available for handheld gamers. Sure, Winterbottom is fantastic on 360 and PC, but personally, I think it'd be experienced on Playstation Vita.… Expand

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6. Viacota

   Oct 7, 2012

   9

   Un juego de puzzles bastante entretenido, visualmente bien logrado, entretenida música. Los acertijos están muy buenos ,Un juego de puzzles bastante entretenido, visualmente bien logrado, entretenida música. Los acertijos están muy buenos , llegando a ser muy difíciles algunos.
   
   Cumple su objetivo.… Expand

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7. namDa65

   Jan 31, 2012

   8

   I actually liked this game! The cinematic black and white style of old age is fun to watch, and the puzzles are not too difficult. It becomesI actually liked this game! The cinematic black and white style of old age is fun to watch, and the puzzles are not too difficult. It becomes sort of confusing near the end, but you can either go walkthrough or be patient with the game. Coupled with the bonus challenges, you get can get around 2.5 hours for main story and an extra 2 hours for the fun content… Expand

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8. Voyou

   May 24, 2021

   4

   Arcade game based on beating clocks with some platforming. Rather dull. The cheap art is cheaply black and white, because color film was tooArcade game based on beating clocks with some platforming. Rather dull. The cheap art is cheaply black and white, because color film was too expensive. And the tutorial hints keep announcing the wrong keys. Not made by the brightest.… Expand

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