Braid

[Eevee]

http://braid-game.com/

Time-manipulation puzzle platformer.

This is the best game I have ever played. Imagine Portal for time travel.

XBLA, 1200 points, totally worth it. There is a demo, of the first world and part of the second.

Go forth and purchase.


Edit: There's a Windows version coming later in the year, if you want to hold out and hope for a level editor or something.

 

[Furretsu]

I saw Lati playing this on XBL and wondered what it was. o.o I'll have to check it out.

 

[Eevee]

Just beat it. My opinion remains unchanged. That was the most fucking brilliant ending to a game I've ever seen.

 

[Furretsu]

Did you get every achievement? =o I really want to buy it now; I have enough money, just need to get it into my bank account (and therefore my card). Some of the puzzles, even in the trial version, seem ridiculously impossible. ; ;

Although on the bright side the game allows you to experiment because it's also very forgiving. <3

 

[Zhorken]

yeah uh I just kind of sat down and beat it; nothing at all was especially hard to figure out. I didn't really have to think; just "oh how does this one work? ... oh okay that makes sense". All very straightforward. It was okay I guess but I don't see what the fuss is ?_?

If the PC version ends up having a level editor though I can totally see this having some potential 8) All the canon levels suck but I would expect a lot of fan levels to actually require that you puzzle everything out.

 

[Furretsu]

So it wasn't worth the $15? D: Now I'm considering saving the money, especially if it's short...

 

[Zhorken]

It might have been worth $15 I guess but I had to pay $25 for it. :( (fucking Canada)

 

[Eevee]

Did you get every achievement? =o

I didn't try speedrun mode yet but other than that yes. They're nothing amazing, just exploring and then beating the worlds; the only secrets in the game don't have corresponding achievements.

Although on the bright side the game allows you to experiment because it's also very forgiving. <3

Except later on you have to figure out how to make it forgive you. 8)

yeah uh I just kind of sat down and beat it; nothing at all was especially hard to figure out. I didn't really have to think; just "oh how does this one work? ... oh okay that makes sense". All very straightforward. It was okay I guess but I don't see what the fuss is ?_?

Clearly you are just too clever >:V The only complaints I've heard from anywhere else were that it's too hard.

 

[Eevee]

Got all the stars. They are incredible.

Tried speedrun; 53m :(

 

[Eevee]

Better run. Breakdown:

          cumulative   this world
world 2      3:50         3:50
world 3     12:31         8:41
world 4     20:46         8:15
world 5     28:34         7:48
world 6     39:36        11:02
complete    46:30         6:54

So close goddammit :(

 

[PK]

I bought it and I kind of have the same complaints as Zhorken. It was kind of... too easy. A ton of fun, but a bit too easy.

 

[Eevee]

It was kind of... too easy. A ton of fun, but a bit too easy.

find the stars

and do the speedruns

 

[Latiass]

Yeah sorry the stars are probably the most ridiculously difficult things I have had to try and get in a platformer yet, at least legit platformers (Kaizo Mario World doesn't count).

I love the music in this game and also watching Eevee play it was entertaining because he's so amazingly awesome at the puzzles but.. 3:

 

[Eevee]

ok here is all the hinting you need to find the stars then

for one of them, you need to start the game over.
one of them is really unfair. it's in 2-2, The Cloud Bridge. you must have a keen eye.
five of them are standard affair, hidden offscreen in rooms; investigate anywhere you think you have even a remote chance of getting past the edge of the screen. remember how to jump higher.
the last one only appears after you've gotten the other seven. something will change; you must exploit this to get the last star and the "real" ending.