Born of Bread

Pro's lots of jokes and puns "think paper mario but as one big comedy skit" charming looks and character designs low price Con's combat system is clunky with some features outright not working later battles just devolved into spamming AOE's and recovering mana, repeat the timing on some of the blocks seems really out of sync with the animation and the badge that shows you the window appears out of sync as well it is really hard to take to story seriously, the comedy is so constant that even moments that feel like they should be taken seriously just come off as another part of a joke that fails to land. Over all it's an ok game with a really undercooked battle system, if it's half off and you love puns and jokes it would probably be worth it but otherwise i would recommend picking something else up.

I can only say that I am glad I picked this game up at a very good Steam sale, otherwise this would've been a big waste of money. I wanted to give this game a chance, I really wanted to... At one point during a boss fight one of my companions die. The boss was psychic and stole his soul or possessed him or something. After the fight I noticed the health was completely off 0 / -1. I thought to myself "There is no way this is not intended, must be the boss that did something. I must find a way to bring him back" Didn't take long however before I realized that my companion had become permanently useless and actually froze the game if he was in the battle field after the enemies' turn. This is one of many bugs in this game that after 2 years have been completely neglected. I don't even dare to imagine how many bugs there still are that I did not personally encounter but I've heard it's a lot. And to the achievement hunters / completionists out there, stay away from this game because it's impossible to get all achievements. If we look past all the ridiculousness, the gameplay, story might not necessarily be bad, I would call them mediocre, but the bugs and inconveniences overshadow whatever might have been good about this game. The devs have stayed silent about this and not patched this game to a proper state in years so I have to give this game a negative review.

Sadly I have to not recommend this game Aside from the small bugs (animations being stuck, attacks that do not trigger the parry phase), big bugs (enemy attacks that do not end and have you reset the game and probably lose some progress), the game has poor design choices: - A combat system based on attack types and elements that increase or decrease the damage you take or make, but can make you end up on a combat where you can't make damage to enemies if you don't have the propper attacks chosen, or doesn't explain to you that if you choose to defend with your companion (which you can only have one at a time even when being a 5 person group) you can skip the enemy attack on your character, but if you defend with your character you get two attack turns - Platforming in the open world for some reason, with basic controls that don't make platforming easier and punishes failing with environmentla damage (even if it can be deactivated) - Too much text, which is okay first time but you have to read through it if you die and have to repeate the entire scene since you can't skip them - EVERYTHING is a minigame: Choosing your character attacks is a tetris minigame, attacking the enemies is QTE minigame, defending from enemies is a parry minigame. It gets boring very fast for a game this long. If you can put up with this list of drawbacks then you will get a game with some charm and beautiful hand drawn characters and alive maps full of details, but that's it I enjoyed some aspects of the game, but it's not one I would recommend to other people

Extremely borderline thumbs up. This game does have quite a few good qualities, but it's also got SO MANY BUGS that the dev doesn't seem to be fixing. Save your game a lot. Also, do the tomato girl's side quests as early as possible because it gives you movement speed upgrades that make wandering around the world more bearable.

buggy at times and has one big flaw that can ruin your save file (blessing of Will can not be turned off and makes all your attacks cost double do not get it) but overall an incredibly fun game, no bugs were gamebreaking and I really enjoyed my time with it my only real flaw is that enemies never attack your partner

A cute, mixed bag Paper Mario-esqe RPG with an excessive amount of bugs. Presentation is near perfect. Great music, characters and a nice variety of locations. The story isn't anything to write home about but these type of games rarely surprise in that department. I really enjoy the partners you meet throughout the game and I'm glad they keep talking and staying relevant even when their introductory chapter is over- something that I always thought Paper Mario lacked. The game struggles with 2 big problems. The battle system and the bugs. The battle system has some unnecessary mechanics but the main issue is the weakness/resistance system. It's largely irrelevant as the game boils down to spam AOE attacks regardless of any strengths or weaknesses as you'll clear the enemies much faster. A difference of 1 damage more or less is not a good incentive if there are 4 enemies on screen that all attack the same target. The only time it slightly matters is boss fights where there is only one enemy but even then it didn't deter me from using my objectively strongest weapon. A lot of reviews have already pointed it out so I won't write too much about this but the game does have several bugs. They range from slightly annoying (such as the camera scrolling away from Loaf) to soft-locking (a dialogue box that won't close forcing a reset). The quantity of bugs are much more of a detriment to the game than any balancing of the combat. All that being said, I'd still recommend the game (maybe wait for a sale though and SAVE OFTEN) and I'd even play a sequel if they released one. I feel myself wanting more but I would hope they learn from this and put more of an effort to bug testing. One final note, if Dub was a full party member this game would've sold, like, a billion more copies.

[h1]Un excellent Paper Mario-like ![/h1] Born of Bread nous place dans la peau de Tipain, fait d'eau et de farine, dont l'on assistera à la naissance dès le tout début du jeu. Au même moment que lui vont réapparaitrent Fripon et sa bande de vilains, venus d'une autre époque, voulant ressusciter le royaume dans lequel ils vivaient à l'époque, vous l'avez deviner, Tipain et ses futurs amis feront tout pour que cela ne se produise pas. Nous voilà donc lâché dans un monde en 2.5D, comprenez par-là des persos en 2D dans un monde en 3D, alors graphiquement déjà le jeu est super joli, les différents niveaux variés, chaque personnage bien dessiné, les animations ne sont pas en reste, il y a beaucoup de choses à chercher, de quêtes à accomplir, le jeu ne manque pas d'humour et on se prendra assez vite d'affection pour Tipain et sa bande. Venons-en au coeur du jeu, le gameplay, comme je le laissais entendre par le titre de mon évaluation, Born of Bread se joue à la façon d'un Paper Mario, on se promène sur les maps où l'on aura des énigmes à résoudre ou des quêtes à accomplir tout en évitant (ou pas) les méchants parsemant celles-ci. Lors de vos affrontements, au tour par tour, vous aurez le choix entre plusieurs capacités (à débloquer) que vous devrez activer de diverses façons, de la touche à appuyer au bon moment, à une icone à maintenir au milieu d'une cible ou à une série de QTE, voici les différentes façons de combattre vos adversaires. Je dois en être à peu près à la moitié du jeu en prenant mon temps (je vise 100%de succès) et mon compteur de jeu affiche déjà 15h de jeu donc je pense que l'on peux dire que le jeu dispose d'une durée de vie tout à fait correcte et qu'il n'est pas vendu à un prix très élevé (24€99). Les + : + Très beau jeu. + L'humour quasi-omniprésent et pas relou comme dans certains autres jeux. + Un monde vaste et varié à explorer. + Beaucoup de choses à faire et à découvrir. + Une bonne durée de vie pour un prix assez contenu. + Un jeu pour petits et grands. Les - : - Le gameplay des combats qui pourrais se révèler un peu redondant pour certaines personnes au bout d'un moment. Voilà, je ne peux que conseiller le jeu aux amateurs de RPG et de jeux d'aventures, vous y passerez clairement un excellent moment ! D'ailleurs j'y retourne ! :D Ce sera un très bon 17/20 et une excellente découverte pour ma part.

Born of Bread is an... interesting title, baseline it's a RPG that surrounds itself with a number of beautiful scenes and a colorful cast of characters that bear a touch of humor with every member. I think if you want to play an Indie Game that has a fair amount of puns and adventure in a single run I think this is a fine choice! .....That said it would only really rate a 4/10 from me personally due to a lot of issues regarding the entirety of the project. I've played a number of RPG and Paper-Mario Likes (which feels the most similar in theme) and I totally understanding how they strive to create their own identity, but it suffers from starting an idea and never really following up on it. Frankly it feels like the game got rushed and shoved out the door all of a sudden? This'll be a long review. I'm going to keep it pretty vague to avoid major spoilers, and I do understand this game is designed for a younger audience. Actual bugs crop up a lot in this game, like using consumables would regularly cause a softlock that required jiggling through random commands to escape alongside non-intuitive controls (for the keyboard) amidst false instructions every so often (such as the chat feature button). The maps, while beautiful, are very large and frankly built similarly non-intuitively with their selective invisible wall placement and ABUNDANT use of foreground routes that are less clever and more clumsy given default settings dealing environmental damage. Narratively it does have a story, but it fails to bridge actual connections with characters. I love most of the designs and the potential lore within the story (references or otherwise), but it's severely held back by how blase every situation is handled or taken. It's extremely 'safe' in every sense of the word, and a lot of the identity seems to really be formed around puns more than the characters inside (even the exceptions are very... linearly designed). There's so much I wish the game would tie back into the core institutional foundations of the story, but it simply doesn't. User Interface was probably the weakest link in the game, Maps are pretty but awkward, Story/Writing is rather less than average, UI was absolutely the worse thing in this game. This is speaking as a keyboard player, but so much of the reactive boons didn't seem to properly proc that I ended up leaning back into solid stat/gain options atop of the aforementioned buggy inventory. The One-off consumables are 'cute', but it doesn't compliment the limited space (and lack of storage) the game offers, moreover when it's tied to actual quests. Speaking of which, I don't know why the Quest Item bar was non-interactive or why my actual Quest log never really informed of the next objective after a certain point. Then there's the battle system, it could just be me but it did not feel intuitive at all and I frankly felt like I was going 'ungabunga' with neutral options most of the time because the affinity sheet felt more like a hindrance than any help. This fact came really fast given the MC's means of damage (given he must ALWAYS be in the party it seems) is centered around their own equipment of varying affinities, which just felt more like I was trying to be ready for anything, as there was a lack of actually being given a heads up on what I might be facing next. The combat system has potential, but ultimately lacking so much that it was just easier to run neutral options when there's nothing reinforcing that I keep the affinities OR status ailments in mind. Partner options in battle were also very lacking, if they can't use option then don't present them (looking at you Specials). In fact I saw that for some reason TP-costing abilities were just laid out in the Attack options. I'm not against the Partner Skill Trees either, but having it be a choose scenario when I don't know what I'm up against at important fights like a Boss Battle feels really bad when you have no ability to change it out mid-battle either. Literally the only way to possibly capitalize on it beyond ungabunga strat is to know the battle beforehand, or die and come back and try again with the knowledge. Now I do love the streaming theme, wish it was used more dynamically. Ultimately I think I really would have loved more fleshed out characters and diverse conflicts. Bug fixes are bug fixes, but things like story and core game mechanics probably needed a lot more refining overall. I hope the next game will be able to surpass its predecessor.