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The Misadventures of P.B.Winterbottom: Out Today, XBLA, 10bux, GET IT NOW
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Wow, I can't believe this hasn't had a thread yet.
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Oooh...kay, what the fuck is this shit Rent?
Well, I'm here to tell you. The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is an indie puzzle platformer by The Odd Gentlemen that stars the evil P.B. Winterbottom, a man on his lowly quest for pie.
Having stolen the Cherry Chronoberry pie, he finds that its delicious flavor granted him the powers to bend and break time to his will. So what would any normal evil villain do after discovering his ability to live outside the time-space continuum? Why, get more pies of course!
I can't believe what I just read. That makes no goddamn sense.
Well see, it makes perfect sense! You see, he uses his time powers to...aw, fuck it here's a gameplay video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNl-_7dGmL0&fmt=6
Okay, now I'm on the same page. How does the gameplay work?
Simply put, every level has a set amount of pies for you to devour. At the beginning of the level, there will,most of the time, be a blue portal which you'll have to pass through, which immediately starts recording all actions you take. Once you get a pie, it resets to the beginning of the level. Once you pass through the blue portal again, you begin recording again, now alongside your recorded buddy.
But that's not all. Your recorded buddy's actions affect yours; as you saw in the gameplay video, you can whack stuff with your umbrella. This includes yourself, so for instance if you need to cross a particularly wide, unjumpable gap you can record yourself swinging at the edge, reset to the beginning of the level, and propel yourself across the gap.
Any deaths you have are consistent also; if you kill yourself or die, your body stays in its location, making yourself able to make a sort of bridge across a particularly long stretch of briar patch (as seen in the video)
That sounds...convoluted.
Oh, but it gets worse. Red portals operate like blue portals, except they create an evil version of yourself that will kill you if you touch it. Therefore you'll have to plan out some pie-grabbing routes in advance to avoid your future actions. (past actions? Fuck this game makes tenses hard to determine)
Green pies create a trailing aftereffect of permanent Winterbottoms that are treated just like bodies are...meaning you can create a platform for you to jump on later to reach higher/farther places.
Oh, also it has a silent movie motif that's fucking awesome. I love how all dialogue is displayed via cue cards. Classy as fuck.
I'm interested. What platforms is it for? When will it get released?
PC only so far, unfortunately.
Hopefully this'll get ported to XBL or PSN, I really want to pick this shit up.
I have no fucking idea when this'll get released, I haven't been able to find a date, like, at all. Hopefully soon, one of The Odd Gentlemen's recent blog updates stated they'd been working on it "for four months". So...we'll see, I guess.
Links:
Developer's blog: http://winterbottomgame.com/blog/
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom Home Page: http://www.winterbottomgame.com/game/
Pictures!
So, I'm fucking excited guys. What about you?
By the way this is my first OP of this type so if I did anything wrong just tell me...
Spoilered for h-scroll rape
Oooh...kay, what the fuck is this shit Rent?
Well, I'm here to tell you. The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is an indie puzzle platformer by The Odd Gentlemen that stars the evil P.B. Winterbottom, a man on his lowly quest for pie.
Having stolen the Cherry Chronoberry pie, he finds that its delicious flavor granted him the powers to bend and break time to his will. So what would any normal evil villain do after discovering his ability to live outside the time-space continuum? Why, get more pies of course!
I can't believe what I just read. That makes no goddamn sense.
Well see, it makes perfect sense! You see, he uses his time powers to...aw, fuck it here's a gameplay video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNl-_7dGmL0&fmt=6
Okay, now I'm on the same page. How does the gameplay work?
Simply put, every level has a set amount of pies for you to devour. At the beginning of the level, there will,most of the time, be a blue portal which you'll have to pass through, which immediately starts recording all actions you take. Once you get a pie, it resets to the beginning of the level. Once you pass through the blue portal again, you begin recording again, now alongside your recorded buddy.
But that's not all. Your recorded buddy's actions affect yours; as you saw in the gameplay video, you can whack stuff with your umbrella. This includes yourself, so for instance if you need to cross a particularly wide, unjumpable gap you can record yourself swinging at the edge, reset to the beginning of the level, and propel yourself across the gap.
Any deaths you have are consistent also; if you kill yourself or die, your body stays in its location, making yourself able to make a sort of bridge across a particularly long stretch of briar patch (as seen in the video)
That sounds...convoluted.
Oh, but it gets worse. Red portals operate like blue portals, except they create an evil version of yourself that will kill you if you touch it. Therefore you'll have to plan out some pie-grabbing routes in advance to avoid your future actions. (past actions? Fuck this game makes tenses hard to determine)
Green pies create a trailing aftereffect of permanent Winterbottoms that are treated just like bodies are...meaning you can create a platform for you to jump on later to reach higher/farther places.
Oh, also it has a silent movie motif that's fucking awesome. I love how all dialogue is displayed via cue cards. Classy as fuck.
I'm interested. What platforms is it for? When will it get released?
PC only so far, unfortunately.
Hopefully this'll get ported to XBL or PSN, I really want to pick this shit up.I have no fucking idea when this'll get released, I haven't been able to find a date, like, at all. Hopefully soon, one of The Odd Gentlemen's recent blog updates stated they'd been working on it "for four months". So...we'll see, I guess.
Links:
Developer's blog: http://winterbottomgame.com/blog/
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom Home Page: http://www.winterbottomgame.com/game/
Pictures!
So, I'm fucking excited guys. What about you?
By the way this is my first OP of this type so if I did anything wrong just tell me...
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Reminds me of Earthworm Jim somehow...
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Edit: If only I could go back in time and Cursor*10 YOU, Zombie.
First Hatsworth and now this - it seems that snappily-dressed early-20th-century protagonists are coming back into vogue, and I approve. And the gameplay concept is quite interesting, too.
Red and Blue portals...it's what I thought when I first saw them
Also, point of game is to get pie
Damn you for getting my hopes up that it was out, Rent.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
I'm sorry
But on the other hand I'm raising awareness
That counts for something right
On the other hand, now everyone else shares my misery. That makes me feel better.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Because I was gonna give all of my real friends a preview copy of the game. And a pony
Sigggghhhhhhh
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Early 2010, 2K Play, XBL
Ironically I probably won't be able to play it when it comes out (FUCK YOU IRAQ)
glad to see it coming out! looks awesome.
I played Portal and that was great but
This game might have too many crazy things going for it and just confuse the shit out of me
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Game is out February 17 on XBLA. Quick Look at Giant Bomb.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Calling it now.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Soooo, what: no more PC? I go to their site and I only see Xbox logos at the bottom.
Monger, are we friends again?
Hey, Rent?
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Can't, sorry :P
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
I got to round 2, maybe 5-6 in before one completely stumped me.
This game is going to ruin me.
Did I mention 'fuck time trials'? Yeah.
The pie is a lie lol
I played through the tutorial earlier. Really like it so far.
Edit: 11 hours since this post, no replies. QED.
I havent had much time to play it either, but I picked it up; I'd hate to see a game like this go down in flames because 'theres too much OTHER cool stuff available right now'.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.