Bob Came in Pieces
- January 21, 2010
- Ludosity
Get on SteamIn Bob Came in Pieces, help Bob rebuild his spaceship and return to work after crashing on an alien planet. Solve physics-based puzzles and build your ship in the ship builder with creative freedom. Explore 25 chapters of level design, collect lost parts and tools, and earn achievements with replayability features.
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Reviews
- The game features a charming story and cute aesthetics, making it enjoyable for casual play.
- It offers engaging physics-based puzzles that require creativity in ship customization to solve.
- The game has a decent amount of replayability with time trials and hidden parts to collect.
- Controls can be frustrating and unresponsive, making gameplay feel tedious and difficult.
- The game is quite short, with many players feeling it lacks depth and challenge.
- Frequent glitches and poor physics implementation can lead to a frustrating experience.
- gameplay34 mentions
- 18 % positive mentions
- 71 % neutral mentions
- 12 % negative mentions
Gameplay reviews highlight a mix of frustration and enjoyment, with many players finding the controls awkward and certain mechanics, particularly the pull mechanic, to be problematic. While the ship-building aspect and physics-based puzzles offer some engaging moments, overall, the gameplay is described as lacking excitement and challenge, leading to a disappointing experience for some. Despite this, there are positive notes regarding the creativity involved in crafting and solving puzzles, suggesting that the game has potential for those who appreciate its unique mechanics.
“A physics-based thrust/lander puzzler with an interesting mechanic, whereby you can change the design of your craft, affecting its flight characteristics and abilities.”
“The main hook of the gameplay is mixing and matching parts on your spaceship in order to solve physics-based puzzles in each level (pushing and pulling objects, smashing through things, etc).”
“But this one goes further and has fun gameplay with things to collect and puzzles to solve.”
“If you're looking for a challenge or exciting gameplay, just skip it.”
“After trying for three hours to come to grips with this game's mechanics, I decided to give up.”
“Graphics and sound do a pretty good job, so all the more regrettable that the gameplay let me down.”
- story18 mentions
- 22 % positive mentions
- 61 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The story of "Bob Came in Pieces" revolves around a charming, albeit short, narrative where players must collect missing parts of their spaceship after a crash. The game features a story mode with 14 chapters and additional challenging VR missions, emphasizing puzzle-solving without combat. While the story is considered enjoyable, it is noted to be relatively simple and brief, earning mixed reviews from players.
“Bob Came in Pieces is a lovely, casual physics-based puzzle game that features a story mode with 14 chapters where your main goal is to collect all the missing ship parts you lost during a crash with a meteor.”
“A charming little physics-based puzzle adventure, the game has you navigate side-scrolling levels in a moon-lander type ship to find extra ship pieces in your quest to completely rebuild and find your way home.”
“It was quite short, but it had a cool little story around it while trying to pick up all the pieces of your blown apart spaceship and get back into space.”
“The story is quite lackluster, earning a score of 5/10.”
“I’m just gonna talk about the gameplay since the graphics and story are fine, but they don't stand out.”
“While the game features a story mode with 14 chapters, the narrative feels underdeveloped and fails to engage.”
- graphics14 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 36 % neutral mentions
- 21 % negative mentions
Overall, the graphics received mixed reviews, with some players finding them simplistic and not matching the initial screenshots, while others appreciated the beautiful artwork and decent sound design. The visuals were described as decent but somewhat misleading, leading to disappointment in gameplay. Despite the criticisms, many acknowledged the graphics as a positive aspect of the game.
“Nice music and visuals, and interesting gameplay.”
“This game has excellent controls and beautiful artwork.”
“Graphics and sound do a pretty good job, so all the more regrettable that the gameplay let me down.”
“Graphics are more simplistic than the screenshots seemed to me; the physics also seem a bit off.”
“Graphics and sound are decent, misleadingly promising.”
“[*] graphics: 5/10”
- music10 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 20 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally described as calm and cosmic, complementing the gameplay and visuals effectively. While some users rated it a 5/10, they noted that it fits well with the game's physics and enhances the overall experience, contributing to pleasant gameplay and interesting level design.
“The calm and cosmic music is there for good reason.”
“The music fits and the physics of the game are incredibly tight.”
“Pleasant music and interesting level design.”
- replayability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game offers replayability primarily through a time attack mode and the challenge of collecting all ship parts. However, the overall replay value may vary depending on the player's interest in time-based challenges.
“The replayability depends on whether you're into time attack or not.”
“There is replayability in the form of time attack mode and, of course, collecting all the parts of the ship.”
- humor4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is widely praised, with players finding it very funny and noting that the developers seem to have a good sense of humor themselves. Overall, the comedic elements contribute significantly to the enjoyment of the gameplay experience.
“Very funny to play!”
“Producer: Oh, developers laughing is tight!”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 150 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious rather than challenging, suggesting that the intended difficulty does not translate into an engaging experience.
“I see they are trying to make a challenging game, but it doesn't get challenging; most of it is just tedious.”
“The grinding feels endless and repetitive, making it hard to stay engaged with the game.”
“Instead of feeling rewarding, the grinding just becomes a chore that detracts from the overall experience.”
