Truberbrook

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User Score
5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 4 out of 11
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  1. vampirbg
    Apr 20, 2019
    6
    The game looks great and the story was OK for the genre. However there are problems with controls and movement. Puzzles are sometimes just guesswork and the game is too short although it contains really long parts where you're just watching the movie. It looks like it was rushed a bit. Maybe their next project will be a better game
  2. Moonparris
    Jun 28, 2019
    10
    Amazing craftsmanship. I didn't experience any bugs. The puzzles made me feel smart!
  3. Penc
    Jun 4, 2019
    4
    "This bucket seems to be hung here for purely decorative reasons" If any piece of dialogue sums up Trüberbrook, it's this one. I desparately wanted to enjoy this game, as a fan of stop motion and interesting art styles, as a fan of sci-fi and a fan of story driven games. Unfortunately, I can't recommend it. As a game I would score it 3, but I added an extra point for the exceptional art"This bucket seems to be hung here for purely decorative reasons" If any piece of dialogue sums up Trüberbrook, it's this one. I desparately wanted to enjoy this game, as a fan of stop motion and interesting art styles, as a fan of sci-fi and a fan of story driven games. Unfortunately, I can't recommend it. As a game I would score it 3, but I added an extra point for the exceptional art style and lighting.

    However, underneath the beautiful visuals there is zero substance. The "puzzles" feel like they belong more in a free to play escape room game, than £35 worth of "Suspence! Mystery! Thrills!" as advertised, and while it claims 7-10 hours of gameplay, really it is closer to 6. And if you manage to get 7+, those extra hours are spent wandering through locations until you click the right thing at the right time. In terms of gameplay, it's tedious guesswork of what click will move the action forward. Ultimately though, the biggest disappointment with this game is the story. Trüberbrook feels like the ambitious project that got rushed to completion, or given up on. While many characters are interesting, relatable and humorous, the plot points and stages feel unfinished, isolated and don't gel together in a believable way. It is as if each location, it's objects and it's NPCs were created before the story was completed, with no idea how they would intertwine. The result is, they don't. The idea and concept was fresh and exciting, the visuals are stunning throughout, however the execution of this as a game failed drastically and made for a overall disappointing experience.    … Expand
  4. Lyord
    Jul 14, 2023
    5
    Trüberbrook is a point and click game developt from a German indie compony. If you are from Germany you will regocnice some voices e.g. from the famos host Jan Böhmern, Dirk von Lowtzow (Tocotronic) and the actor Nora Tschirner. All actors speak also the english version.The soundtrack reminds me on Leonard Cohen and the modal jazz from Miles Davis.

    I needed approx. 5 hours to complete    Trüberbrook is a point and click game developt from a German indie compony. If you are from Germany you will regocnice some voices e.g. from the famos host Jan Böhmern, Dirk von Lowtzow (Tocotronic) and the actor Nora Tschirner. All actors speak also the english version.The soundtrack reminds me on Leonard Cohen and the modal jazz from Miles Davis.

    I needed approx. 5 hours to complete the game at 100%. There is no extra after beating the game. The puzzles are not challenging, but a child or young adult might enjoy them. Unfortuinaly I experience two bugs. Both forced me to restart the game.

    The story tries to be a mix of physics and history, but loses itself in not being able to make up its mind and not going into either of them in more detail. The main topics are quantum theroes and Germanic tribes, which are not explained in detail at any point, but remain mere empty words.    … Expand

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58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
  1. Gaming Age
    Dec 9, 2019
    42
    There aren’t many games that look as cared for as Trüberbrook, and it would be so nice if you could embrace the game in a way that feels like it justifies the incredible amount of hours that must have gone into it. The unfortunate fact, however, is that this game may have been better served if even a little of the innovation that went into making it had shown up on the gameplay side.
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  2. Cubed3
    Oct 25, 2019
    40
    Truberbrook's handcrafted backdrops are strikingly beautiful, and its delightful to see such craftmanship woven into a video game. When it comes to the rest of the experience, though, there's very little to sing praise about. As a point-and-click adventure, this fails woefully. As a story-driven mystery, it tediously chugs along without offering anything of substance. Die-hard point-and-click gamers might be able to find some signs of life, but for everyone else there's little here to admire beyond the handcrafted environments.
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  3. Nintenderos
    Jun 17, 2019
    60
    Trüberbrook only manages to surprise in its visual section, but does not innovate in mechanics or story. Its bugs do not help either.
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