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Braid (XBLA/PC/PSN/Mac) |OT|
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rollingstart
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Psychotext said:
How many stars are there? where are they located? I might as well go on trying to get them.
Psychotext
Member
Ben Sones said:Until you are actually there, we can't know for sure that it's possible.
There's already a picture of the completed constellation and the final star being collected.
Sushen
Member
I tried the demo, and found it amusing how much they "borrowed" ideas from previous Nintendo games. Not only usual Super Mario Bros stuffs down to Gumbas in the first levels, but even Donkey Kong 64/Mario Vs Donkey Kong door & key puzzles. And then fused them with Prince of Persia time rewinder... I'm not accusing them of anything; just found it funny.
Jme
Member
Finally got a chance to buy this last night - only had time to play through the first level... I got all the puzzle pieces except those 2 on the air bridge (?) stage. Right at the end -- I can't find a way to reach them... I'm sure as time progresses I'll figure it out.
Initiall impression? Gorgeous artwork, fitting music, great gimmick, tight controls, 10/10 game. It's unique, it's thought provoking, it gives a sense of accomplishment when a puzzle finally "clicks" (this first happened for me on the stage where you have to hunt down all of the 'goombas'). So far I love it and I cant wait to play more - that'll be this weekend!
Initiall impression? Gorgeous artwork, fitting music, great gimmick, tight controls, 10/10 game. It's unique, it's thought provoking, it gives a sense of accomplishment when a puzzle finally "clicks" (this first happened for me on the stage where you have to hunt down all of the 'goombas'). So far I love it and I cant wait to play more - that'll be this weekend!
The time-mechanics, which is so much more than just rewinding, and the puzzles make this game more than just a Super Mario-clone. Sure the similarities are there. There is even a Donkey Kong-level. But it is more of a homage, and "the princess is in another castle" really helps the metaphor of the princess.Sushen said:
Also where in Super Mario the objective is to just get from the start of the level to the other, this game is about solving the puzzles and getting the puzzle pieces along the way, which makes the game feel a lot different than a simple platformer.
The demo doesn't do a good job of showing off the other time-altering mechanics. In the demo it does feel like a super mario clone with watercolors and a rewind button, but this game is much much more than that.
Psychotext
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Yeah, just the one.soco said:
GameFAQs forum has a decent list without spoilers
Opus Angelorum
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Dorfdad said:
Exclusive to the Xbox 360 (ignoring PC) for the time being. I imagine any chance of it moving to the PSN depends on two things: Sales and what involvement Microsoft have.
Dorfdad said:
The game is time exclusive to 360 for now, and there's a SLIM possibility the game will appear on PSN. But for that, the game needs to generate a bit of a money, and THEN he might pay someone to do a port to the PS3. He said the game uses a lot of physics calculations that are hard to just convert to the PS3 CPU.
Psychotext said:
Went looking and accidentally found some spoilers
. I also found this link which may be what you are referencing - I don't know as I just wanted
a list of levels containing stars
2-2 3-x 4-5 4-7 5-4 6-5 6-6 1-1
NullPointer
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Any ideas on how replayable this game is?
When I read "puzzle game" I think of games that will only be worthwhile on the first playthrough, and that once you "get" the puzzles they won't be fun on subsequent runs.
Any impressions on this?
When I read "puzzle game" I think of games that will only be worthwhile on the first playthrough, and that once you "get" the puzzles they won't be fun on subsequent runs.
Any impressions on this?
NullPointer said:
I don't know, the puzzles in this game are so different that a few months from now you may have a hard time remembering how to solve them. The replay value isn't super high, but I could see myself playing it again. Once again, this game will probably take me 6-7 hours to finish. I don't think $15 is an unfair price.
NullPointer said:
It's not incredibly replayable. As you said, it's a puzzle game. And while the aesthetic and such make it enjoyable to be in the environment, you're still solving the same puzzles. I could imagine myself playing through it again solely for enjoyment one more time, but it wouldn't be quite as fresh.
Still, there are a few ways to keep yourself amused after your first completion, the speed runs that open up afterwards being one of them. Trying to do things in the fastest possible way is tough, but fun, and it forces you to think about the puzzles differently. You could even go for a full speed run of the entire game, and it'll time it.
woah, just finished the game and the end was freaking amazing..
Finishing all the puzzles with no help what so ever also made it feel a whole lot better! like I actually achieved something :lol (one I thought I would never figure out)
The last scenes where its quite obvious the queen is running from you, and she has her back agaisnt a gate trying to catch her breath was fucking awwesome!..
Damn I wish I could experience completing it for the first time and watching that again.
Damn I wish I could experience completing it for the first time and watching that again.
Finishing all the puzzles with no help what so ever also made it feel a whole lot better! like I actually achieved something :lol (one I thought I would never figure out)
dreammastah
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I forgot who posted this, but I saved this from the Geometry Wars 2 thread:Jtyettis said:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pTLj2bA3Ha6sqX74XbD7HWQ&gid=0 (not mine!)
Jtyettis said:
Remember that blow doesn't get to keep it all.
He keeps 70%: $248,125
He keeps 50%: $177,232
He keeps 30%: $106,339
Regardless, since Blow did all the game design and programming himself, it seems like the game is doing well enough to justify all the months/years put into it. Even the publisher (MS published right?) takes 70%, that means in just a couple days Blow has earned 106K to split between himself and the artist. The music was just licensed, so that's not a rev split, either.
If the game would have been made by a more typical small dev team (3-8 peeps), then the game wouldn't be at the break-even point, yet. But it would certainly get there. Yay for long tails.
NullPointer
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Hmm... I am interested in this game but I'll probably wait a while on buying it.
Between Geometry Wars 2 and Bad Company's Conquest mode I'll be busy enough for now.
Thanks for the impressions.
Between Geometry Wars 2 and Bad Company's Conquest mode I'll be busy enough for now.
Thanks for the impressions.
itsinmyveins
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dreammastah said:
What the fuck is "Yaris"? :lol
dreammastah
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Blow said he signed the contract a year ago before they changed the policies, so he's probably getting 70%.
A free promotional game from Toyota.ItsInMyVeins said:
Prime crotch
Banned
So, where can I buy this for PC?
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
dreammastah said:
Ah, was it any good then? Seems to have a lot of downloads.
Prime crotch said:
You can't, not yet.
EDIT: Read the post after this one
A Human Becoming
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Dorfdad said:
I think they're easier then Zack and Wiki, but somewhat better. Even if the game is kinda short, I think it's worth $15.
dreammastah
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As low as 35% apparently.Jtyettis said:
http://www.gamewithabrain.com/2008/...arcade-and-the-incredible-shrinking-royalties
BenjaminBirdie
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Sushen said:
That:Braid::Casablanca
lay It Again SamNo Means Nomad
Banned
The future.Prime crotch said:
rohlfinator
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They aren't technically wallpapers, but the artist, David Hellman, has a lot of good 720p screenshots on his blog. Check the bottom of his post on the title screen for a nice super-widescreen shot.Blakero said:
I wouldn't be surprised if more people than just Blow and Hellman will be taking a cut of the pay. The credits list was fairly long -- even though a lot of those were probably unpaid testers and XBLA staff, there was at least another artist (who did the initial character design) and a sound guy, off the top of my head.GDJustin said:
rohlfinator said:
A lot of those people in the credits are publisher-side, though. They'll be getting paid out of the cut MS keeps. All the logistics stuff is on MS-side.
Those that are dev-side (I forgot about sound design and the original artist) were almost CERTAINLY paid up front. I mean, think about it. That initial art work was done yeeeaaars ago - wasn't Braid at IGF 2005? There's no way Blow was able to convince them to do all this work by saying "When the game is finished and comes out, I'll pay you a % of the revenue!" Yeah right. No, those original people were paid $X to provide Y assets, and that was it. That's most likely why Blow went into debt developing the game.
rhino4evr said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=12309242&postcount=1449
dreammastah said:
Eh 35%, hopefully that is not entirely the case. Would like to see many more games in the caliber of this one on Live.
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