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A titre liminaire, précisons que leur campagne Kickstarter de 2014 ayant échoué, le studio de développement a dû faire plusieurs travaux alimentaires avant de pouvoir publier son jeu. Même avec une sortie en 2020, le jeu semble inachevé. Le concept était prometteur mais le résultat est décevant.

Liste des points qui m'ont donné l'impression de jouer à une alpha :
*L'histoire n'a ni queue ni tête : les scènes post-crédits contredisent celles du début du jeu.
*Le bestiaire est sous exploité : il n'y a que deux ennemis majeurs, certains ennemis mineurs n'ont qu'une seule occurrence, certains n'ont même droit qu'à une brève description dans le grimoire.
*Le développement personnel du protagoniste ne fait aucun sens :
#On passe d'un bonhomme jovial qui est l'ami de tous à un vieux schnock aigri qui va jusqu'à causer la destruction de la forêt et la mort de nombreux membres du petit peuple puis finalement à un héros qui veut sauver le monde du chaos qu'il a lui-même créé. Sans qu'à aucun moment on ne ressente de l'empathie pour lui.
#Au cours de l'aventure, il se rend compte qu'il déteste son chapeau porte-bonheur car il le rendait malheureux mais il continue quand même de le chercher.
#Plus l'histoire avance et il se persuade que le nuage est son ami et qu'il le maîtrise de plus en plus alors que les mécaniques de jeu indiquent clairement l'inverse.
*Il n'y a pas de trophées sur la version PC (alors qu'ils existent sur XBox).
*Énormément de contenu présenté lors de la campagne Kickstarter n'est pas présent dans la version finale du jeu.
*Il n'est pas possible de revenir en arrière pour récupérer les pages manquantes du Nubarron.

Le studio revendique l'ambition de développer des jeux sensibilisant aux problématiques du changement climatique et de l'exploitation animale mais c'est tout le contraire dans ce jeu. On met le feu à la forêt entière et on passe notre temps à tuer les créatures qui y habitent, parfois de manière purement gratuite.

Petit jeu de plateforme/casse tête sympa. Le jeu est beau.
Les casse-têtes sont dans l'ensemble assez simple, avec plusieurs points de sauvegarde disponible.
Sur mes 8h00 de jeu, je n'ai rencontré aucun bugs.

Nubarron est un petit jeux de plateforme/casse tête sympathique mais finalement classique dans son genre, la seule vrai originalité étant votre arme qui peut se retourner contre vous.

Level design
Plutôt réussi et agréable. On identifie bien les plateforme et on comprend la plupart du temps assez bien le chemin à prendre.

ambiance
Minimaliste mais agréable. Les bruitages sont très réussis.

Game play
Assez varié, les phases de plateforme pure peuvent parfois se révéler difficile mais cela est atténué par l'absence de Game over ainsi que par de très nombreux points de sauvegarde.

Contenu
Un rapport temps de jeux/prix très correct mais une rejouabilité limité. Seuls les acharnés auront vraiment envie de tenter une seconde fois l'aventure pour compléter totalement le jeux.

Playing on a monitor that exceeds 60 hz seems to break the game. There's one section really early on where you're supposed to jump over 3 thorns while sliding down a hill and I was simply unable to do it on my 144 hz monitor as the gnome simply loses all momentum mid air while sliding. I swapped the game over to my second monitor which is 60 hz and it worked just fine. Seems like an issue that needs to be worked out, I hope it can be fixed.

All in all, I recommend this game if you're playing on a 60 hz monitor but if you only have 144 hz or anything above 60, the game seems to just not work correctly and make it so you're unable to progress.

Un jeu magnifique coté graphismes, (parfois trop, au point de cacher les pièges dans le décor) simple à jouer surtout pour les habitués des platformers et qui rend justice à la légende des gnomes de Wil Huygen. Mon gros regret c'est la jouabilité qui a été foirée, surtout au niveau du bouton de saut qui ne répond pas toujours... (Unity, hein?)

The game is bugged, i'm stuck at some point, so yeah

Plusieurs bugs, le timing est ridiculement mauvais si vous avez un écran de plus de 60hz et encore un ami à moi l'a essayé à 60hz et avait tout autant de problèmes de frames et de timing. À essayer par vous même lorsqu'il tombe gratuit mais je vous conseille vraiment de ne pas payer pour ceci...

Très jolie direction artistique mais gameplay aux fraises... La campagne Kickstarter a échoué... peut-être que c'était un signe ! Heureusement que je l'ai choppé gratis :3

Luckily I could get the game for free. But I don't see the point of making a game only to frustrate players unless it is advertised so. At least graphics are awesome...

My Playtime: 3.3h (finished the game)

Nubarron: The adventure of an unlucky gnome is a platformer game with 3 boss fights in it. You'll traverse through 3 areas, armed with a cloud that has different perks based on its current appearance.

Pros:
- Varied gameplay based on the cloud's state
- Tricky puzzles to solve
- Checkpoints are abundant
- Quick reload after dying

♥♥♥♥:
- Double jump can be hard to execute
- Enemies' attack range is too big, especially on one enemy that spawns in the final boss
- Unstable platforms and floaty jump makes it hard to traverse the area
- Unable to revisit previous areas for collectibles

Specs
Intel Core i5-9300H 2.40GHz, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

No.
Unless you want to play a short platformer game with annoying hitboxes, do not buy this game.

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The game has good-looking visuals. Dialogues might look cheap since they suddenly appear without warning, but the style is still in sync with the rest of the visuals. The colors look painted with the brush strokes and gradients, with the base object drawn in more detail. Everything looks nice in the eye, especially with the lighting and background that make the visuals look engaging.

I'm not sure if the story is based on a children's story or something, but I felt like playing a continuation of another game. Facts were blurted out of nowhere without me knowing what happened. Your character also doesn't have any direction - he just did everything everyone told him even if the request doesn't make sense. The story feels as if it serves just for the sake of the game, and while the ending suggests that there is room for a sequel, it wasn't captivating enough as for now.

Gameplay
The game is a mix of precision platformer and puzzle platformer. Both aspects are switched from time to time as you play with varying difficulties and mechanics. I never get bored in clearing them since they don't feel similar - even if some look that way, they are usually more difficult to give more challenge.

Despite the good level design, the controls are horrible. First of all, it's hard to execute a double jump. The game introduces the double jump and float mechanic at roughly the same time, and it can be exhausting to execute the first one. Holding your jump button just for a few minutes after jumping will trigger the floating mechanic, which will leave you at a lower altitude than double jumping. Since the platforming section tends to be strict, a double jump is a must to traverse some areas. The floaty jumping mechanic also feels weird at first, although it becomes bearable later on since you have to float most of the time.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2484721676

The platforming sections can be tricky to traverse. You need to jump when you cross two platforms that are close to each other, and there are even some areas where double jump won't trigger if you are too close to an obstacle. You'll encounter death a lot of times, although luckily, it doesn't take a long time before you can retry the area. Moreover, checkpoints are abundant so you don't have to worry about losing progress.

Some areas rely on RNG to solve. Enemies will throw projectiles in some areas, forcing you to wait before you can cross. However, sometimes their pattern isn't reliable enough, especially whenever there are a lot of them on the screen. You'll be forced to restart an area and try it several times until the luck is on your side. Ironically, this also happens in the final boss fight where you need to be lucky with the enemy's spawn position.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2476575796

Puzzle
The puzzle is one of the good things that the game has. Most puzzles are switch-based although you need to think a bit when you execute it for the first time. Boss fights can also be tricky since you need to do a certain action to damage them, giving more variety to the platter. However, one puzzle can be hard to solve, especially since there are hardly any hints to solve. You need to think a bit and try some solutions to finish the puzzles, although it shouldn't take long before you figure out how to solve them.

Length and Difficulty
I finished the game in 3.3h. I died a lot of times, stuck on one of the puzzles, and did a lot of retries on the final boss. The final boss can be annoying to beat due to the random spawn location, which can kill you easily from the monsters' huge blast radius. It can be hard to dodge despite me knowing how to beat the boss in the first place. Nevertheless, the game should be doable to finish as long as you don't mind retrying several tries, although the game's mechanics can take some time to get used to.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2486727262

Problems
It's hard to differentiate between a switch that requires a manual input or a cloud attack to open. The game also displays the control for the double jump wrong for controllers. I wanted to switch to a mouse and keyboard at some point since I didn't like aiming with a controller, but I couldn't figure out how to aim with a mouse.

The game needs a lot of QoL fixes. The puzzles are interesting and the visuals are appealing, but sadly, the platforming section doesn't feel right. It was too punishing with the hitboxes, and the tricky controls can be annoying to some people. The game might try to give some incentive for exploration by introducing collectibles, but it fails miserably since there is no way to revisit previously visited areas. Moreover, the final boss can be annoying to beat with the huge blast radius and RNG factor. The game has some potential, but those aspects need to be fixed first before the game can be enjoyed to its fullest.

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