Burglin' Gnomes... a funny little game. Unfortunately, the shallow gameplay and bugs end up outweighing the fun.
Don't get me wrong, it's a great little trash game. I spent a good 40 minutes absolutely dying of laughter with my friends, and for that hour alone... I'd say it was worth it. But for this price... nah.. When I first joined the lobby, I immediately thought: "Oh God, what have my friends gotten me into this time?"
You're chased around a house by a naked old man, causing as much chaos as possible while completing certain tasks for the Big Mushroom within 15 minutes... and that's pretty much the entire game.
A lot of the fun wears off once you've seen everything at least once. Sure, the first time you're flushed down the toilet, thrown into the oven or fridge, or somehow end up getting sucked into a vacuum cleaner, it's hilarious.
But after that?
Yeah... it gets old pretty quickly. That being said, I think the game has a lot of potential when you're playing it with friends... if you can actually get the multiplayer to work.
We tried starting a lobby five times. Four out of those five attempts, someone got kicked with a Connection Lost error. So there still seem to be quite a few technical issues that unfortunately make it impossible for us to properly keep playing and testing the game.
And that's a real shame.
Still, I found the music and graphics absolutely hilarious, and some of the tasks were pretty unusual as well. They definitely got a chuckle out of me, especially when I got to watch my friends struggle and fail at them.
There's also a working proximity chat, and the performance is generally excellent. Even in the short time I played, I noticed that the old man seemed to develop different tactics for catching us gnomes. Whether it was the mole hiding around the map, all the little rats, or his pistol and the traps he could quickly set up.
Take care!
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