sure, why not. i dont blame you for looking that stuff up, i feel as though im always teetering on the edge of looking stuff up to, but havent given into that temptation yet. gotta remember, its all just vidya games. have fun with em however you so choose. and yeah, i think that you should give it some time and come back, id imagine looking that stuff up gave you an idea (hopefully) of HOW to solve those puzzles, so maybe youd forget the solution and you can go back and solve them, knowing the concepts. btw, ive put alot of hours into the game, im still 81 +1. its kind of a brutal game.

@mathj: Thanks, I guess it just got to me that everyone seems to be saying it's too easy and I'm just like wow. Hearing all the reviewers like Brad say they've finished it kind of made me start rushing, but I have to realize they've put in more time than me. Yeah, I'm hoping to forget the solutions by the end of the year and try again

Also, did I just make that third option just way too super funny? Stop picking that everyone! Say yes! Haha :p

@doenut: np! dont get down on yourself, theres like 700 puzzles in the game and if you just looked up the ones to solve the main line puzzles that bring you to the "end" of the game, you have a lot more to do you dont know the solutions to anyway :)

If you go back to the game I can tell you that nothing in the game will even come close to the satisfaction of getting the last trophy, and you can't even cheat at it. Having seen the ending isn't really a big spoiler or anything, the enjoyment from the game comes from the learning and discovery. Even if you've bypassed some of it there's still plenty of other things to figure out.

I think there's also just so many puzzles that there's no way you'd remember all the solutions, so yes, you can be redeemed.

I kind of had the same feeling today after looking something up after being stuck on it for a few days. It's funny how it gets to you.

I'm 5 hours in and have beaten all sorts of games in my 30 years. But I'm getting stumped and frustrated and have yet to see anything revelatory. I've left a bunch of areas half-completed. Which is a shame because Braid is one of my favorite games.

Of course you can be redeemed. I would love to look up a solution to a puzzle I have been banging my head against since the day after the game came out, but I refuse to use a guide. I have however turned to Giantbomb on one occasion to get a nudge in the right direction and I did go to another forum to figure out the logic for one type of puzzle that I could only half get. I have also had my fiancée helping me too.

No.