Truberbrook?

My last Have You Played’s have looked at older, more retro games, where as this one is pretty new. Truberbrook is the point and click adventure game I’ve been waiting for, for ages!

I’ve said before that there just aren’t enough of this type of game about anymore and it’s a crying shame IMHO. They can be some of the most imaginative games out there if done right, and the idea of playing out my own story is super appealing to me.

I had a look at some of the reviews for Truberbrook before I bought it myself and some of them were pretty mixed. Personally though I thought it was ace! I loved the animation style. It was almost plasticine like…almost Wallace and Gromit-ty and I really enjoyed the sci-fi mixed with 40’s feel setting. The story was gripping (to me at least anyway) and although some reviews I read criticised the dialogue, I couldn’t really fault it at all.

The one thing I will say is that it was not all that difficult and where some games will make you figure out which items you need to combine in order to achieve your goal, this one does tend to hold your hand quite a lot in this respect. It will literally do all the hard work for you. That’s not necessarily a bad thing if you want to just enjoy the story, however, if you’re looking for a puzzle you can properly stick your teeth into, this one is potentially not it. It was probably the only point and click game that I didn’t have to cheat and look up a tutorial for, which is saying something as I’m usually pretty rubbish.

All in all though, I did genuinely really enjoy it and would recommend if this type of game is your thing. I think we need more imaginative games in our lives and anything that isn’t a sequel or a remake is great in my book. Not that I have a massive problem with either of those things, I just applaud a bit of free thinking and imagination sometimes.

Played on: Nintendo Switch

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