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Braid
Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where you can manipulate the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess. In each world, you have a different power to affect the way time behaves, and it is time's strangeness that creates...
Details
- Released
- August 5, 2008
- Developer
- Number None Inc.
- Publisher
- Number None Inc., Microsoft Game Studios
How it plays
Time to beat · 9 player times (IGDB)
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Braid was remembered to be one of the best inspirations for the argument of video games as an art form back in the days of gaming on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Video games like Braid, Fez, Journey, and many others helped show that video games can be more than what they appear at the surface. Wi
When Braid -- developed by indie designer -- Jonathon Blow, first arrived as a downloadable on Xbox 360, it was extremely well received. Our own Hilary Goldstein rated it highly and described it as being "imaginative, innovative and engrossing." Blow's surreal platformer combined an evocative story with some of the most brilliant time-based puzzles around. Fortunately, the folks at Hothead Games heard the cry of deprived PlayStation gamers everywhere and have brought Braid to the PlayStation Network. Despite arriving more than a year later, the PSN version of Braid is every bit as beautiful an...
But most of all it’s the complete package of presentation, story and puzzles that make Braid into the veritable masterpiece amongst games. Comparable to a classic film or a good book, Braid and its personifying protagonist Tim will make you think and not just about matters relatable towards the game. Such a feat is hardly set aside for any good game and that makes Braid a true work of art.
The ending of Braid, I can safely say – is one of the best endings in video game history.