Trüberbrook is one of those games that are primarily made by artist instead of, how should I put it, actual "puzzle makers". It looks and sounds great but as more you play the more you realize that the game is an unfinished project and suffers by many bad design choices. 1) It is hard to distinguish interactable objects from scenery. Thankfully the game sports a feature to highlight these items (the space bar). Adventure game veterans might snuff at such an feature, but believe me you will need it otherwise you will lose a lot of nerves and time. For example you can interact with a corpse, but you will fail to notice that you can interact with its boots (which you need) individually. Or the item you need is in some dark corner, barely noticeable. 2) The puzzles themselves are just badly and illogically designed. Seriously, it has one of the worst puzzles I have ever seen. For example, throw a wrench at a bunch of old medieval armor, you can now equip it, walk to an broken electric line and repair it with your bare hands. I don't know what the logic behind it is, like, that your are supposed to be grounded while wearing a full metal suit. Or get a coin from an old shower head and use it as an screwdriver......and the list goes on. 3) The main characters voice acting is just bland and unemotional (even during the more dramatic scenes) , I don't know if this is intentional or they couldn't find someone better. The VO of the other characters is alright. 4) The game hosts a wide range of bizarre and zany characters but they all fall flat. 5) The story seems interesting at first but many things remain unexplained or confusing. The final chapter which is supposed to be the climax of the game is horribly unclimactic and leaves you with the feeling that the game is unfinished. Words just can't explain how stupid and clunky it is. There is just no real feeling of satisfaction once you are done with the game.
Disclaimer: I bought the game on Steam and refunded it after 1h of playtime Not much to say. It's a boring repetitive low-budget shooter without much depth. There are no tactics, there is no proper skill. The whole game consists of you walking from point to point and constantly shooting everything in sight while enemies spawn around you between short intervals. Guns feel boring and seriously lack "oomph". The UI is horrible and everything feels bland. If you're looking for something like Vermintide, but 40K look somewhere else. This game doesn't even have half the polish Vermintide has.
