Normally I only play point and click adventures and although I have played hours of Mario, I am not that keen on platform adventures, but I got totally hooked up on Braid. Created by Jonathan Blow was first made for platform X-box Live and was after made compatible for Windows, Mac and Linux.
The gameplay is in a way similar to Mario, our main character (Tim) goes through different worlds to try and find his princess, but keeps discovering that his princess is in another castle.
The difference to Mario is that you have to get pieces of puzzles to keep on moving on your game and that you cannot die. That is right, you cannot die. One of the special features of this game is that you control time; every time you die you can reverse time and bring yourself back to life. In each world you can control time in a different way and you have to be ingenious enough to solve of the puzzles. They are not difficult, you just have to think a bit, and you get really proud of yourself when you finally figure out how to get the pieces of the puzzle.
The story is not a straight forward as Mario either, even though it is a platform game it has a really complex story to it. It tries to explore the complexity of the human mind. At first you are told that the main character is going after her princess to rescue her, but as you keep playing the story starts to get more and more ambiguous.
The story is not a straight forward as Mario either, even though it is a platform game it has a really complex story to it. It tries to explore the complexity of the human mind. At first you are told that the main character is going after her princess to rescue her, but as you keep playing the story starts to get more and more ambiguous.
Not only the gameplay is amazing and the story catchy, but the original art design (that reminds a little bit of Van Gogh) and the beautiful soundtrack, make this videogame a little masterpiece.
You can buy it in Steam for 8,99€ and you won't regret it.
You can buy it in Steam for 8,99€ and you won't regret it.
Here you can see the trailer:
I wanted to recommend too, a contemporany dance version of the game. Using the original soundtrack of Braid, The Chaparral High School Alumni Theatre's did this awesome dance of the story which can be watched both normal and in reverse. I found it really good, cause it sticks to the moral of the story of Braid: that everything depends in how you look at it.
Here you can see the first part of the normal version, but I recommend watching both the normal and the reversed, I thought it was genius:
Here you can see the first part of the normal version, but I recommend watching both the normal and the reversed, I thought it was genius:
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