Braid Comments by Dan Whitehead

Interesting... on face it doesn't look special, but it seems to really be capturing the imagination. All the best games this generation, under a tenner!

Although.... no Gemma Atkinson in "huge boobs action"... so that knocks it down to 9

Crikey.

Bet it looks even more beautiful in motion.

Holy Jebus!

First LostWinds on Wii and now this!

Guess games never should have gone 3D...

This is now a must buy. Thank a you for a good a review!

Any news when is it out for PC? Hopefully from Steam?

Can developers please release these games on the PS2, which would more or less negate me from having to buy a PS3/360?

Anyway, sounds really great. Indie games are really doing well at the moment.

Wow looks like ill be picking it up

Any news when is it out for PC? Hopefully from Steam?

I second this question.

There have already been reviews of PC mags, so I guess it can't be long.

PC version sometime this year, apparently.

Only a couple more hours and we'll be able to play

Do you have to subscribe to LIVE in order to buy these games?

Or let me refrase that: Do I need to pay money, to pay money for a game?

No, you can buy the games/content with a non paying silver subscription

Live Arcade games are available to all Live members, regardless of whether they have a paid-for Gold account or the free Silver account. If that's what you mean.

@ 5haun

And this makes it bad how?

Cannot wait to get home and download this. Fantastic review, Dan.

@ MORZTAN:

No, You only need to pay for Live should you wish to play games online with their multiplayer mode. Xbox Live Silver gives you everything else, and is free.

@ 5haun: Get yourself a 360.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/userm...

Looks cool.
Have to play it to see if its really 10 out of 10, though.

Oh, and in this interview, the developer says something like "prince of persia Sands of Time also kind of sucked".

That's a big fail in my book.

Played it a while ago, and while I agree it's good, it's not quite 10/10 good... More like an 8.

Bloody hell! This took me by surprise.

I'm now forced to download it.

Thank you all for the answers.

Well, looks like the Wii drought couldn't come at a better time :)

By this time next week, I'll be all over this, if Toku gets his shit together.

Certainly sounds interesting. Will have to try the demo.

And as lovely as the graphics look I have to admit that the character design, especially the main character, are a bit weird. It doesn't really fit but hopefully it doesn't really matter either.

I knew this would be great. Geo wars 2, Braid, Galaga Legions, Bionic commando Rearmed, and Castle Crashers. Theyre all fantastic.

Hmm, definitely don't agree with the graphics comment. The backgrounds are nice but the sprites are ugly and don't match them.

Seriously, I'd best see every one of you fuckers downloading this.

It's a little bit of history.

I will buy this!

"heartily sick of videogame reviewers indulging their frustrated poetic tendencies"

@Prodigy-BE

I've read this rather lenghty interview with the creator of Braid (there's a link to it somewhere on EG) where he stated that the use of time-mechanics in PoP wasn't as central to that game as it could/should have been (whereas in Braid it apparently is).
Which is still debatable ofcourse, but makes a a lot more sense than saying it sucked. Because PoP DOES NOT SUCK.
He may not like it, but it doesn't suck and that not just my opinion, if you know what I mean.

Xbox Arcade is awesome 1942, Geowars 2, this and castle crashers to come!!

If you want cheap xbox live points go to tesco direct £13.97 for 2100 points
http://www.tesco.com/entertainment/produ...

Looks amazing - I dont have a 360 anymore tho - bollocks.

Sounds like a game Peter Greenaway would have wanted to create. :-)

This is GOTY for me.

Had the chance to play it last week and, as a games designer/dev myself, I was blown away how good it was. Not only did I have an amazing time but it made me think about new ways of making games. Rarely does a game appear that breaks the rules... MUST BUY people!

Will do. it's just a little bit of a hassle to get points to buy things onlines. but I will roughride my usual apathy and buy thi given all the praise.

Ubiquitous "it's up" post. 144mb.

oh gosh it's beautiful :3

"just a little bit of a hassle to get points to buy things onlines"

What i dont get it. You just use your creditcard. No hassle at all. Its actually too easy imo.

This seems to be getting extremely good reviews everywhere, so I will probably be picking this up today. Geometry Wars 2 last week and now this. Good times.

BTW there was a great article on gamasutra with the artist of the game talking about the development process. Check it out if you are interested.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/37...

So how many points is it? or did I miss that bit in the review.

It's up now \o/ go download

This is one game I would have bought regardless of how well it did in reviews. The concept alone was enough to sell it to me. Only finding out it existed during E3 last month just made the wait so much easier.

Great to see a 10/10 too. Hopefully it lives up to the hype when I download it later. :)

@muscleblade, my lack of a credit card blows vast gaping holes in your argument.

Oh its going to be on PC? Seems like I can join in the fun!
I also don't get the graphics comment... I've said before it looks like a very well done Amiga game.

So how many points is it?

1200. I didn't mention it in the review because I hadn't seen the price confirmed.

@speedofthepuma

How can one live in 2008 without a Creditcard or Visa? Everything must be a hassle for you if you havent got one.

To be fair I did everything to avoid having a credit card again from my uni days, they are horrific! Also a bit of a pain if your account comes with Maestro rather than Visa Debit.

but it just looks like a glorified mario?

10/10 from Dan. Well I never.

I'm really glad to see this turned out as good as it looked. Was getting sceptical of the indie hype after playing Eternity's Child.

Excellent review. Wonderful writing. Puts me right in the mood for this. Can't wait to get home from work and download it.

Widge is spot on, I have maestro. No need for a credit card other than buying the occasional game on LIVE. This essentially translates in the scheme of things to no need for a credit card.

yes! it should be browner and more 3D.

wowser

I went for years without a credit card until I realised that I'm getting to the age where I need to plan for the long term more sensibly (i.e. buy a house etc), so having a credit card gives me a credit rating which I wouldn't have got otherwise, and is obviously essential for this

But saying that, they're lethal aren't they? Well they are for me! But this game looks like another load of xbox points I'm gonna have to charge to it!

@Widge - All the best games this generation, under a tenner!

Unless you're the sort of person who has low expectations of games and is more than happy to play stuff that looks two generations old (in which case I'd have to ask WHY you even own an Xbox 360) then I'd strongly disagree with that statement.

Sure, there's some very nice games for under a tenner but there's a good reason why they're priced that way. Would you pay £40 for the same game? No, of course, you wouldn't and that's the point; these games offer good value for what you pay but they cannot really compete with "proper" games. If they could then you'd happily pay £30-£40 for them, right?

The best games, the ones I spend days and weeks playing are those that cost a lot more, i.e. GTA IV, Oblivion, Ratchet & Clank: ToD, Virtua Tennis 3, PGR 4... I've not played any sub-£10 game that even comes close to the entertainment offered in those games and dozens more like it but then I don't expect to, I view them as simple ten minute thrills that I occasionally play between my main games.