Little Brother Jim

Alright. [i]Little Brother Jim[/i] is done and dusted. This is an interesting game from Tonguc’s catalogue that offers a different approach to his recognizable style. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3171977671 Why? Because while the story is told with excellent pacing via the walking simulator parts of the game (which he is known for); at the beginning of the game and used as interludes, the game is also a parking simulator, where a bear drives a car through an obstacle course until it finds the parking spot in each level, presented in four sets of eleven courses with the fourty-fifth course being the game’s finale. Which is pretty funny in concept, but the walking simulator part of the game almost immediately tells you why the parking simulator part is there, and ties everything together immaculately. As you progress through the sets of eleven parking courses, new wrinkles are added, such as deer crossing and needing to bunny hop your car over an obstacle. And, the artistic design here is very lighthearted and fun. The walking simulator part is trademark Tonguc work, and is arguably the most beautiful game he’s produced (at least of the one’s I’ve played…

I thought this would be a simple little parking game, but it turned out to be a surprisingly emotional story about grief, memory, and connection... I especially love the music and the environments, they add so much warmth to the experience. I love this.

[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]

This developers games are hit and miss. This ones a clear miss. I really hate driving sims.

oof, i got this for a dollar/euro. so this might have helped in liking this game. its basically barebones. it feels like the dev tried to test his skills for so many little things in game development, but at the same time tried to orchestrate a coherent game experience for the user. somehow it worked out. maybe walking simulator just feels fresh to me, because i never played it. a special thing for me is the car physics. since gta 4(!)i thirst for car physics that have a certain weight to it. and gta 4 cars were a bit floaty, but still miles and miles and miles ahead of gta 5 and basically any other game that didnt primarily focus on cars. and here in this tiny little game it feels so nice, a good mix between arcadey and heaviness. this might be the prototype direction for car physics behaviour i want to see in gta 6

a beautiful & emotional little journey. could've done without the driving. I wish it was easier to skip over and resume walking