Personal Thoughts: Fantastic game. Wow, came out of nowhere, blew me away. I looked at this game and said 'wow, totally copied Mario' but after thinking about it i thought to myself, 'since when has that been a bad thing?'. So i downloaded the trial, wasn't too fond of it, but something about it made me want to play it, so i bought it, and going through the game i found out why, there's a charm to it, they way it uses time travel and the music puts you in the mood.
Review:
The Good:
Great Gameplay
Great Ending
Great Music/Sound Design, puts you in the mood
Great use of Time Travel
Puzzles
Mario Feel (since when has it been a bad thing?)
I paid little attention to this game, but when some websites started giving it awards over games i thought would get an award right of the bat, i knew i had to try this thing out, and i don't regret that decision one bit. The gameplay is so great because of the classic platform feel, where you're just running through the world and getting to the end of the level. The ending makes you say stuff like, 'dude, are you serious?' or like, 'they have to make another one, because this doesn't seem right' and the level of intensity is not something you'd expect in a platformer. The music is purely classical but that's proper for a puzzle game and puts you in the mood for a puzzle game. The use of time travel was used perfectly and made you frustrated, usually this would be a bad thing but when you complete the puzzles, time travel is mandatory in all puzzles, you feel smart as hell! Also, no spoilers, but the time travel at the end of the game was used perfectly. The puzzles are entertaining and make you think, something uncommon for most popular games.
The Bad:
Story mode was too short
They better come out with a sequel or some DLC because after getting into the game, you'll find that it's far too short.
This game should be a 5/5 but due to the amount of frustration due to how short the game is, the rating is cut short.
No doubt, if you have 1200 points, or can get it, and if you have a 360 you MUST get this game, it's innovative and extremely fun.masterpiece
Braid(Xbox 360 Games Store) by mattbodega on August 06, 2008
I want to rewind time. I want to be able to go back to this morning, to forget everything that happened in the past 12 hours. I want to play Braid again, to have those same revelations, those same discoveries all over again. I want to find the solutions to those devious puzzles, to see the bizarre creatures, to delve into every unique mechanic the game has to offer. Just once more, from the top. But I can't. The least I can do, however, is to help you see those revelations for yourself. Braid is...
Braid(Xbox 360 Games Store) by vidiot on August 11, 2008
I don’t know where to begin. I guess I’ll start at the beginning. Or at least the beginning of my experience with Braid. I didn’t know anything about this title when I downloaded the demo off of live arcade. I never followed a single preview. I was completely in the dark all things Braid, but five minutes in to the demo I realized that this was something amazing. At first I thought I understood Braid. A simple platformer with a fantastically implemented time mechanic. In Braid you play as Tim,...
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