the story is offensively bad. or, well, maybe it's just bad, and its fans are offensive. i have a hard time differentiating.
― Qrottytzoppe (Will M.), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
demo keeps crashing after about 10 seconds :(
mac version
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
never got the controversy about the angsty sexist tripe in the story. it's the definition of tl;dr.
if there were braid like puzzles for the ipod/iphone, my work productivity would plummet.
― bnw, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
The writing is... worse than I anticipated. It's still a gorgeous game, visually and musically. Glad they included some of the trippy World 4 levels in the demo. I'll probably pick it up someday.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 23:20 (fifteen years ago) link
this game is a testament to how quickly puzzle games get me frustrated and headed for the walkthrough. probably will not complete, but hey, it was cheap, so whatever.
― moved to the Home of Rest For Horses at Speen (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 23:26 (fifteen years ago) link
ugh, this piece of shit is coming to pollute the PSN
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Saturday, 1 August 2009 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Why don't you just pretend the little dude's name is Jeff and skip all the story parts? It's one of the best puzzle games of all time.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Saturday, 1 August 2009 04:00 (fourteen years ago) link
because hating on Braid is exponentially more fun than actually playing it
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Saturday, 1 August 2009 04:06 (fourteen years ago) link
You must be having a lot of fun, because the game was a fucking blast.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Saturday, 1 August 2009 05:40 (fourteen years ago) link
jamescobo u kno I like ur style but c'mon man!
― I h8 meatheads (cozwn), Saturday, 1 August 2009 09:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Great of that news to come less than a week after I get a 360 mostly to play this (and Monkey Island). Oh well, still worth it.
― if, Saturday, 1 August 2009 09:35 (fourteen years ago) link
if, if you are going to play this soon and care about 200'ing it I suggest u look up spoilers for the secret stars beforehand cos there's no way you'll work them out without a guide
don't look up spoilers for any of the main stars tho else u r a noob
― I h8 meatheads (cozwn), Saturday, 1 August 2009 10:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm most of the way through! About 5 left on world 6. I looked up one though, I am a noob :( Related to what I assume Will was complaining about upthread, I figured out the extra mechanic in World 2 but then come the same stage in the next world I bcame so certain there was something similar that I looked up to see why it wasn't working and saw the real answer.
― if, Saturday, 1 August 2009 11:15 (fourteen years ago) link
(and Monkey Island).
Wait. What?
― Mordy, Saturday, 1 August 2009 12:59 (fourteen years ago) link
monkey island is on xbla now, mordy
― I h8 meatheads (cozwn), Saturday, 1 August 2009 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
The new episodic Telltale one??
― Mordy, Saturday, 1 August 2009 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
um I thought it was an HD remake of the old one w/new art but iunno, haven't heard of this telltale one
I might be wrong
― I h8 meatheads (cozwn), Saturday, 1 August 2009 13:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah just the remake, although seems like it might get the new one eventually. Hope so as the Wii one is almost unplayable.
― if, Saturday, 1 August 2009 13:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i should see if i can get keith or stet to code an autofill button that just enters "the Wii one is almost unplayable", might save a lot of time.
― MOAR HUMOR THAN A HUMAN(E) (jjjusten), Saturday, 1 August 2009 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Im too stupid to get these puzzles right and too proud to look up answers, hence I havent played this game in what seems like a year
― mayor jingleberries, Saturday, 1 August 2009 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
morelike brAIDS amirite
― and so Lord Koverren came to this place, his shadow behind him (Lamp), Saturday, 1 August 2009 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
BRAid
― ledge, Saturday, 1 August 2009 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link
sadly my final take on this is kind of meh tbf
― MOAR HUMOR THAN A HUMAN(E) (jjjusten), Saturday, 1 August 2009 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
would play BRA ID btw
this game was fun but the design is like so purposefully obscure that its not fun to just "play" its only fun to "solve" and the story is like mindrape
― and so Lord Koverren came to this place, his shadow behind him (Lamp), Saturday, 1 August 2009 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I think I only like puzzle games when they're completely abstract and self-contained; story-based puzzle games like Braid and The Lost Vikings just strike me as tarted-up and stupid for whatever reason. I mean, I don't need a reason to keep playing Pic Pic, y'know?
for obvious reasons I am avoiding Professor Layton as if it were a jar of mayonnaise left in the sun. really, the biggest exception to the rule I can think of is Puzzle Quest, and even then it was the combination of Puzzles + Stat Management that hooked me, not Puzzles + Story.
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Sunday, 2 August 2009 06:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I just started playing the full version of this, having (minimally) read about it in a few places. Just as aggravating as any other puzzle game I've played, although the added gimmicks on each world throw things into the mix. I'm fairly easy to please with games, so it's definitely some fun. I realized that the character does a little head-bobbing motion if you try to activate something and there's nothing there, so I wasted about thirty seconds by doing it repeatedly and then rewinding to make it look like he was headbanging. I hope I'm not the only one.
― mh, Monday, 10 August 2009 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
xp. I loved Braid and I have no idea what the story was since it seemed like a bunch of pseud-shit, didn't detract from my enjoyment. Also like, the story to Lost Vikings isn't exactly a prominent feature of the game.
― De Mysteriis Dom Passantino (jim), Monday, 10 August 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
this is cheap on steam this weekend. worth getting?
― koogs, Friday, 11 September 2009 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I think there's a thread somewhere on ILG where people talk about it.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 11 September 2009 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link
lol behave! yeah definitely worth the £3 odd it's going for this weekend on steam
― cozwn, Friday, 11 September 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
You can debate _how_ good of a game is, but you'd be hard pressed to argue that it's not a good platformer. Fun, engaging and brief with loads of other shit to think about and deal with or not as your tastes lie.
― That is awful. I am sorry. Help it up. That is mean. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 September 2009 20:55 (fourteen years ago) link
$5 definitely the price i want to bite on it, but my Mac stalwart self is forcing me not to, gotta support the few good games that are ported to Mac... there desperately need to be more Mac game sales
― Nhex, Saturday, 12 September 2009 05:26 (fourteen years ago) link
well, i've paid for it now but haven't downloaded it yet. booted into windows for first time in about a month and something downloaded 100M of updates(?) without asking.
― koogs, Saturday, 12 September 2009 09:51 (fourteen years ago) link
just arrived on PSN.
spent about 90 mins on it last night and apart from flower, its the only game my GF will allow on the television when she's in the room.
So already it's worth the price.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Friday, 18 December 2009 09:10 (fourteen years ago) link
You should get a new gf.
― JimD, Friday, 18 December 2009 11:34 (fourteen years ago) link
this game is kind of pretty and ugly at the same time
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 18 December 2009 12:44 (fourteen years ago) link
yeh the backgrounds are ok, but the character sprites are butt ugly
― zappi, Friday, 18 December 2009 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
that little fucker and his fucking tie
― zappi, Friday, 18 December 2009 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
the music is pretty bad, as my friend remarked when i was playing it, it kind of sounds like it should be soundtracking a canadian tv movie about irish fishermen in newfoundland or something
― akira goldsman (s1ocki), Friday, 18 December 2009 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link
totally disagree and i know i'm inviting hella potshots, but i listened to the soundtrack a great deal last and this year.
― fictional, homosexual, Baltimore hoodlum (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 December 2009 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
my loyalty to braid is basically: it is so so rare & exciting in 2009 to meet a game that doesn't treat you like a retard.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 18 December 2009 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
emotional retard is still a retard
― cozwn, Friday, 18 December 2009 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
sounds like it should be soundtracking a canadian tv movie about irish fishermen in newfoundland
this is part of the reason it is great. The other part is that they needed music that would be ok when played backwards and mariachi music set to a 4/4 techno drumbeat wouldn't cut it.
Its weird how some of the puzzles in later levels you get immediately, but some of them in the earlier levels you just can't seem to get.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Sunday, 20 December 2009 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link
without shame i'll admit i consulted youtube walkthroughs to complete certain levels, and this didn't compromise my enjoyment of the game and its puzzles one iota.
― who can forget snrub tv? (stevie), Sunday, 20 December 2009 16:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Elevator Action level, I kill you.
This game is all kinds of great.
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 6 February 2010 22:17 (fourteen years ago) link
ilg you're my only hope. convince me to continue this irritating game. i'm a few worlds in and i keep skipping the painting bits because i find the puzzles infuriating rather than clever and engaging.
things got a little better when i found more of the ffwd/rewind controls up on the triggers, thanks a lot useless help screen.
does the writing stay this insufferable?
― i'll see you in jamie mccourt then (agent hibachi), Thursday, 4 March 2010 20:47 (fourteen years ago) link
of note i totally appreciate what this game is trying to do, but something about it angers me; the time manipulation felt better in the ps2 prince of persia when it was married to action; the kind of "bet you cant get here" stuff always worked better for me in a metroid-type game where i knew the main character felt CAPABLE in some way that braid's guy does not.
― i'll see you in jamie mccourt then (agent hibachi), Thursday, 4 March 2010 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
mostly this makes me want to go back and play portal again
― i'll see you in jamie mccourt then (agent hibachi), Thursday, 4 March 2010 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
If you don't like the puzzles, I don't think you're going to start liking the puzzles. It's not worth playing for the story alone.
― Mordy, Thursday, 4 March 2010 21:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I think the puzzles in Braid are largely better than the puzzles in Portal.
― Your body is a spiderland (polyphonic), Thursday, 4 March 2010 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link