Tiny & Big: Grandpa's Leftovers

 PC
User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 105 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 53 out of 105
  2. Mixed: 42 out of 105
  3. Negative: 10 out of 105

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  1. JimCorbett
    Jun 13, 2013
    4
    Boring and uninteresting. The graphics are disgusting in this game, i know it's trying to look like a comic, but that doesn't give it an excuse. To try to hide the bad textures, they devs just added tons of black lines to everything which ends up just making it look worse. The game also prides it self on its supposed awesome indie music. I personally couldn't stand listening to any of theBoring and uninteresting. The graphics are disgusting in this game, i know it's trying to look like a comic, but that doesn't give it an excuse. To try to hide the bad textures, they devs just added tons of black lines to everything which ends up just making it look worse. The game also prides it self on its supposed awesome indie music. I personally couldn't stand listening to any of the tracks provided and found myself deliberately not picking up the music tapes so i could play in peace. On top of this, the story is incoherent and boring. the controls are unintuitive and I'd often find myself doing one thing when i meant to do another. Add this to the strange bug where your character won't walk in a straight line when going up or down an incline, just makes moving around a chore. The worst part of the game however is its camera, which is downright terrible. The character is placed so close to the crosshair, that it's incredibly difficult to see what's going on right in front of you, and this makes certain segments of the game immensely frustrating, especially one of the arcade minigames. Overall, it's not a terrible game, but it's definitely not a good one either. It gets a 4 because at no point in the game did I enjoy myself.… Expand
  2. Whiskerbro
    Jul 3, 2013
    4
    This game is like any other 3d puzzle platformer with all the fun sucked right out of it. The graphics are pretty cool, but that's not what most people play games for. The puzzles are repetitive and dull, and don't ever seem to use Tiny's arsenal to its full extent. The controls are awkward and almost broken, and it is riddled with glitches. I was bored most of the time.
  3. solaris132
    Aug 23, 2013
    4
    I really, really wanted this game to be good, I waited so long for it to come out, and what do I end up with? A broken platformer with 3 hours of gameplay. 1 1/2 hours will be falling off the same platform because the running and jumping is so broken it feels like you're controlling a brick.

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86
#86 Best PC Game of 2012

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Worth Playing
    Oct 1, 2012
    75
    Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers is a good, but not great, indie puzzle platformer.
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  2. PC PowerPlay
    Sep 16, 2012
    80
    Authentically strange, and effortlessly entertaining. [Sept 2012, p.56]
  3. DarkStation
    Aug 31, 2012
    60
    Tiny & Big is not an altogether bad game. It's certainly not broken, it has a lot going for it, and on paper it would sound great. But it also serves as a good example as to why publishers can be a good thing. I think that with additional play testing and someone higher up to reign in the focus a little, Tiny & Big could have been another entry into the growing list of awesome "indie" games. As is, it's a game with solid base but one that fails to do anything with it.
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