The Misadventures Of PB Winterbottom

The Misadventures Of PB Winterbottom

Format

Xbox Live

Publisher

Microsoft

Developer

The Odd Gentleman

Game Ranked

24 out of 257

Genre

  • Puzzle

No. of Players

1

Release Date

Out Now

Score

8.4/10

Verdict

More fun than its meager 800 MSP asking price could possibly attest to.

What, what!?

We've all been there: you’re out everynight, eating all of the pies in the city, when a magical pie appears and tempts you to eat it, rip a hole in the time-space continuum and subsequently use your clones to eat yet more pies. This excellently bizarre setup is just the start of Winterbottom’s quality, a fantastic puzzle game that pulls aesthetic inspiration from silent films and Burton (replete with title cards, tinkling pianos and scratched, black and white film) , combining them with the clone-based puzzle gameplay to great effect.

Absolutley delightful. And that's all we've got to say about that.

The titular pie-stealer has to use his clones to assist him in snaffling all the pies in any given level, and to do this he can ‘record’ his actions using RT, wherein the clones will repeat the actions ad nauseum, allowing him to reach inaccessible areas.

Final Verdict

Brilliantly stylish, challenging, and with time and clone trials to augment the irreverently charming story, Winterbottom is wholeheartedly recommended. 8.4/10

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Game Scores

Graphics:
7.5/10

Sound:
8.0/10

Gameplay:
8.8/10

Longevity:
8.2/10

Multiplayer:
N/A

Overall:
8.4/10

Better than:
Puzzle Quest 2

8.2
/10

Worse than:
Puzzle Quest

8.5
/10

Reviewer Profile

Steven Burns

Steven Burns

A self-confessed videogame addict, I find myself spending all of my hard earned cash on various games related paraphanalia, that and lamenting the lack of a Shenmue III. When not moaning about that fact I can usually be found either in the pub or hunkered down in 360 Towers finishing the latest issue.


Total Reviews:
14

Average Score:
7.5/10

Years Gaming
21

Speciality

Action Adventure


Formats Owned

Xbox Live, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, PSN, PS3, PS2, PlayStation, PC, GameCube, DS, Dreamcast

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