Little Brother Jim

[h1]Negatives[/h1] ✧ Seagulls are annoying ✧ Mailbox letters hard to read ✧ Music stops at certain points ✧ Dead end paths [h1]Positives[/h1] ✧ Emotional storyline ✧ Good soundtrack ✧ We drive a van as a bear ✧ Driving courses break up the monotony of walking ✧ Variety of environments ✧ Letters might inspire your own memories ✧ You can skip driving courses [table] [tr] [th]For more games like this...[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]Check out [url=https://tgexp.com/]The Gaming Experience[/url] website[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Watch our [url=https://www.youtube.com/@notnowmom]Review/Podcast channel[/url][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Follow our [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/notnowmom]Curator Group[/url][/td] [/tr] [/table]

I have to say this is total rubbish, if you are looking for a good walking simulator this is NOT it. I have all of Badurs games and they are mostly very relaxing and fun to play, great for killing time between AA titles. This thing is not fun. I haven't even got past the pathetic bear driving part where you have to navigate your way around a number of courses driving a van. I hate driving games,period. I'm crap at them and never buy them, I stay away from anything that has driving in it. So you can imagine my anger and frustration at discovering that I can't even get to enjoy the scenery in this game without being forced to drive some damned courses first. I got to level 7 and then realised this game wasn't for me. Mr Badur, if you are going to start making driving simulators or whatever please sell them separately from the stuff you are good at. I would have asked for a refund but I'm over the two week threshold mainly because I trusted Badur to make good games, not this thing. I will be more careful with my next purchase of a Badur game.

While Little Brother Jim is a bit different than the usual Tonguc game (if only for the addition of the mobile game-esque Jeep Parking Minigame), it is still held to the same quality and standard of the other games. The music, ambiance, and story are all excellent. There is plenty of content for the price. The nice thing is, if you don't want to play the minigame, you don't have to, but also it is about half the content of this game. Another excellent game by Tonguc that I highly recommend. Also, I thought of this joke as I was playing. Tonguc: I can make games that aren't walking sims Also Tonguc: Bear in Jeep go beep beep Love the game; I just had to include that joke.

[h1]Für mich das wohl beste Tonguc-Bodur-Game [/h1] Mit "Little Brother Jim" habe ich die komplette Game-Reihe von Tonguc Bodur durchgespielt und ich muss sagen: Das Spiel hat mich begeistert. Die sonnendurchflutete Landschaft, die wir durchstreifen, ist magisch-schön und die Musik sehr passend. Wir spielen den jungen Arzt, Paul, der durch einen Wald zu einem Aussichtspunkt wandert. Auf diesem Weg findet er in Briefkästen kleine Briefe, die ihm sein jüngerer Bruder Jim hinterlassen hat. Wir lernen Jim, Paul und ihr gemeinsames Leben kennen und dürfen dabei in eine bewegende Geschichte eintauchen. Es ist eine Geschichte um Verlust, Liebe, Familienzusammenhalt und Lebensfreude, die von Jim (mal frech, mal weise) erzählt wird. Für mich ist es das beste Spiel, von Tonguc Bodur überhaupt! Daher kann ich es jedem Walking-Sim-Fan nur empfehlen. Was ich jedoch nur bedingt an diesem Spiel kapiert habe, ist der Mehrwert des Einpark-Minispiels. Mir persönlich machen solche hakeligen Geschicklichkeits-Spielereien keinen großen Spaß, weshalb ich die Einpark-Level größtenteils übersprungen habe. Danke an den Entwickler für diese Überspring-Option, btw! ;-) Wenn es nach mir geht, wäre das Einpark-Spiel nicht nötig gewesen. Für mich hat das Walking-Sim-Element mit seiner bewegenden Geschichte vollkommen ausgereicht, um von "Little Brother Jim" begeistert zu sein.

If you like this developer, you'll enjoy this game, though it is unconventional compared to his usual style. As you probably already know, it's sort of two games in one. The walking simulator portions are what we're all here for, and that is a pleasant, calm experience. One problem is that the story is told through notes, and comma usage is just all over the place, which makes it a pain to read at times. There is an occasional typo as well, but that's nowhere near as bothersome as the terrible comma placement. Cleaning up that issue would have vastly improved the overall experience. I know many people are not as bothered by such things as me, so perhaps others aren't concerned about this at all.

Little Brother Jim Positives: + Beautiful and varied landscapes and nature + Good graphics + Nice letters + Mostly cool parking game + Cute little story + Fine music and sound + Makes you reflect over life + Longer than other games from TB Negatives: - Footstep sound are annoying to listen to - Quite low FOV (and no adjustment option) - Some weird limitations on where you can explore - The fog areas - Some parking levels are long enough - Could have done more to the story - No voiceover on the letters - No jump function - Slow running speed Total Score: 7.5/10

Felt like two separate games stuck together for no reason. They also had two different art styles. If there was less of the bear driving levels and some sort of connection to the walking sim part of the game, I'd say this was a good game. Feel free to play it though if you wish. Pro top: Skip the driving bear levels by hitting the N key.