Having just gone through the hell that is getting all of the gold medals in the game, I felt compelled to write about it.
Bob Came in Pieces is basically Lunar Lander with a physics engine and puzzle solving. You remember Lunar Lander?
Look at that beauty, mhmmm.
Now you do.
I love Lunar Lander. I don't know what it is about it, exactly, but I do. And as a result, any time there is a game that is even remotely similar in mechanics, I want to try it. So I bought Bob Came in Pieces when it was on sale (as I buy almost every game these days).
Here is the good: It is Lunar Lander with puzzle solving! You build your ship using pieces collected while passing through the levels. There are rockets, which propel you (duh), and you can assign each individual rocket to a key of your choice. The same goes for other tools. Then there are "modules" which allow you to make your ship bigger. Naturally, it is a bad idea to build a ship that's off-balance!
This will only end in success.
It's a neat idea and one that I'm glad has seen its way to a finished project! Hurray for independent developers! (Though to be fair, similar things have been done before... just not, to my knowledge, in a Lunar Lander type of game.)
Using your clever mind, you build ships to reach into tiny cracks, or crash into an object with a much force, or... other things.
Look, ma, I'm solvin' puzzles!
Here is the bad: Holy goddamn shit is this game frustrating. Collision detection is way overkill (getting stuck on an object that you're barely even touching). But I could get over that as it was rarely a big problem...
Okay, I understand that this is physics and shit and it's up to you, the player, to build the ship properly, etc. HOWEVER! There is this thing you have to do sometimes. After you reach a certain level you get this "pull beam" and it lets you "pull" things. Sounds like an excellent avenue for physics-based puzzles, right? WRONG! The second you actually start pulling - or pushing later on, though that's significantly less irritating - your ship's balance goes completely out of whack and often the object you're trying to pull goes flying off in a direction you never imagined possible and then you want to chase after it but somehow you're upside down and and and AHHHHH.
what the hell, this fucking box wouldn't go in ughhhh
I suppose there's a possibility I just suck at building these ships, but I refuse to admit to something so preposterous.
Anyway, because I am stupid and I hate myself, I decided to go for all the gold medals. Trying to fling those damn boxes in just the right place quickly almost literally made me visibly shake with rage. You should have seen it. A sight worth seeing. (I'm lying.)
Final verdict...
Here is the best: If you couldn't tell from the title, the game is overflowing with puns. :3
Innit punny?
Here is the worst: There's a free update coming soon and I know I'll be compelled to at least give it a try. It's a slippery slope from there. ):
