Braid (PSN)

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[size=+1]Braid (PSN) - November 12[/size]


IGN : Braid Review

[size=+1]Closing Comments : 8.5 Great[/size]

Braid is a beautiful, smart and challenging game and certainly worth checking out. Although the difficulty can be a little surprising at times, the overall experience is rewarding enough to warrant working through the puzzles.

Despite the short length and somewhat limited replay value, Braid\'s artistic vision and intelligent design is more than enough reason to download the game right away. Jonathan Blow\'s notoriety in the indie landscape is well deserved.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/104/1045347p1.html

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• Untraditional platforming. You can never die and never lose, but challenge is always present and focused on solving puzzles, rather than forcing you to play and replay tricky jumps.
  
  
• Puzzle-rich environment. Travel through a series of worlds, searching for puzzle pieces and solving puzzles by manipulating time: rewinding, creating parallel universes and setting up pockets of dilated time. The game play is always fresh and new and the puzzles inspire new ways of thinking.
  
  
• Aesthetic design. A painterly art style and lush, organic soundtrack complement the unique game play.
  
  
• Nonlinear story. A nonlinear fiction links the various worlds and provides real-world metaphors for your time manipulations; act out these themes at your own pace, exploring playful "what if" universes.
  
  
• Forgiving game play. The game doesn\'t force you to solve puzzles in order to proceed. If you can\'t figure something out, just play onward and return to that puzzle later.

http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2009/11/4-8