The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is an adventure developed by The Odd Gentlemen, released 17 February 2010 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.
What The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is an adventure game developed by The Odd Gentlemen and released in 2010. It was published by 2K Play. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is a puzzle-platform game for Xbox Live Arcade and Windows PC developed by The Odd Gentlemen. Reviews praised its unique puzzle mechanics, comparing them to the likes of Portal and Braid. It was released for the Xbox 360 on February 17, 2010. It was originally a student's graduate thesis at the University of Southern California. It was published by 2K Play. The Windows version was released exclusively via Steam on April 20, 2010.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 11 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 11 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.0 GHZ processor or equivalent, 512 MB on XP, 768 MB on Vista/7 of RAM and DirectX® 9.0c-compatible 128 MB video card with Shader Model 2.0, GeForce 6200 or better, Radeon X1300 or better. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom launched on 17 February 2010, within three weeks of BioShock 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Heavy Rain and Assassin's Creed 2 Deluxe Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: BioShock 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Heavy Rain, Assassin's Creed 2 Deluxe Edition.
Cheats and codes
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