Release Date: 2008

Original Platform: Xbox 360

Played On: OS X

Objective: Search for your lost princess while traveling through worlds and collecting puzzle pieces.

How it Works: Braid is a platformer with a unique mechanic: you are able to reverse time with the click of a button. Each world has a variation of the rewind feature. For example, one world is set so moving right moves time forward while moving left moves time backwards, and another world creates a "shade" that follows your previous path after rewinding. These mechanics must be utilized to solve a variety of puzzles in order to obtain puzzle pieces (that form pictures).

Thoughts: Braid is an incredibly vague game narratively. Each world begins with several books that tell an abstract story about loss and mistakes. Some may be turned off by this, but the game really isn't about the story. The unique game mechanic is the greatest feature of Braid, and is used ingeniously to create the (often quite perplexing) puzzles.