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Braid (XBLA/PC/PSN/Mac) |OT|
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I beated it!
No cheats either... I'm so proud of myself. The last 3 puzzle pieces took me so long to figure out, but once I got it.. oh man.
This is my GOTY so far. I'm so impressed.
So story spoilers:
Star Question
No cheats either... I'm so proud of myself. The last 3 puzzle pieces took me so long to figure out, but once I got it.. oh man.
This is my GOTY so far. I'm so impressed.
So story spoilers:
Is he an alcoholic that plays too many videogames that hits / beats his girlfriend and she leaves him (or gets killed in a fire)?
Now he is trying to pick up the pieces to his life (mind) and wishes he could take it all back (hence the time angle)?
I say alcoholic because of the puzzle pictures.
Now he is trying to pick up the pieces to his life (mind) and wishes he could take it all back (hence the time angle)?
I say alcoholic because of the puzzle pictures.
Star Question
Where are these star missions everyone is talking about, obviously Ive seen them up in the sky at the start, but where do you look for them in single player.
Well, despite what I said in the PA price topic, I ended up buying this after just how much praise there's been, people saying the game is taking them 6/7 hours to finish, there not being much on TV this weekend and wanting to have something to play when listening to 1up Yours.
Well, I started playing a couple of minutes into 1up Yours, and it's just finished there, with me at world 6 with 6/12 pieces collected.
It's reasonably enjoyable, but I agree with what they were saying on the podcast about the look of the game, and I haven't really found it that challenging so far.
Is there much left to the game? It looks like there's another room to get to once I've got all 12 pieces. (is there another world?)
Well, I started playing a couple of minutes into 1up Yours, and it's just finished there, with me at world 6 with 6/12 pieces collected.
It's reasonably enjoyable, but I agree with what they were saying on the podcast about the look of the game, and I haven't really found it that challenging so far.
Is there much left to the game? It looks like there's another room to get to once I've got all 12 pieces. (is there another world?)
Costanza said:
Climb up past the cannons, go down and get the key and go back up. Then place the ring on the right hand side of the platform, time it right, and send it down so that it slows all three cannons as you're climbing down.
Gary Whitta
Member
This is my GOTY so far, no question.
TheGreatDave said:
Nobody on GAF has done it yet according to this.
I've only tried a single level speedrun (Leap of Faith) and I could not make it in the 1:05 challenge time. If you make a mistake and rewind time, unfortunately the clock doesn't rewind with that, so it needs to be a perfect run with no fuck-ups
Darkflight
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World 6 is poor compared to the rest of the game, stupid need to be ridiculously precise with the stupid ring.
I've been doing one world each night - takes me about an hour or so for each one. And right before I save and call it a night, I go into the first level of the next world and see what the twist on time is. Each time, I'm surprised and impressed with the creativity, and it keeps me thinking about how they are going to be used later.AniHawk said:
When I did that for level five, I just about shit a brick.
TheGreatDave
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Darkflight said:
It was my favourite world. Possibly because it all clicked with me and I was never stuck for more than about 10 minutes max for each puzzle.
rollingstart
Banned
Darkflight said:
I agree. World 6 was the weakest for me. I don't remember which one it was, I think 3 or 4, but the one where you have a shadow copy of yourself is my favorite.
Buttonbasher
Member
5 and I agree.Linkzg said:
SapientWolf
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Is there a FAQ out there that gives you hints without spoiling the whole puzzle? They used to do this for adventure games and I liked it because it helped you out without completely robbing you of any sense of accomplishment.
Buttonbasher
Member
Aren't you a good time?andrewfee said:
Also I was probably around 5-6 hours. Going back through again,
trying to comprehend the ending
Okay. Elevator Action. (6-5, I think.) Second piece.
I think I know what to do. I need to drop the ladder, then stand on the platform that prevents me from moving backwards with the rest of the world. Then rewind until the ladder is just dropping. I jump off, rewind a touch more (because the effect lasts for a moment), catch the ladder, and when it reaches the apex of the bounce, I'm at the top, waiting to grab the piece.
But I can't get off the ladder to get it. I just sort of toggle on the edge, then fall off. But I'm literally at the top of the ladder, waiting to grab it when it gets to the apex of the bounce. Is this another one where there's luck involved, and I'll be able to grab it eventually? Or am I doing it wrong?
But I can't get off the ladder to get it. I just sort of toggle on the edge, then fall off. But I'm literally at the top of the ladder, waiting to grab it when it gets to the apex of the bounce. Is this another one where there's luck involved, and I'll be able to grab it eventually? Or am I doing it wrong?
Figuring that one out was soooooo satisfying. I felt do damn smartCostanza said:Elevator Action. First piece.
How the fuck?
edit: omg
when I put the ring on the elevator and ran all the way down.
Sorry, I just expected more from a 1200 point game (£10.20, $19.59 US) with the way people have been going on about it, and saying that it took them twice as long as it did for me. If I hadn't been listening to 1up Yours at the time, I'm sure it would have gone by a lot quicker as well.Buttonbasher said:
MirageDwarf
Member
Serious question: Did you clear everything by yourself without looking for any hint at all anywhere? Any videos seen before? If answer is no, then impressive.andrewfee said:
At the same time, 6-7 hrs length is true for majority.
rollingstart
Banned
GhaleonEB said:
I won't give it away, but this may help:
When you hit the switch, one platform moves down, and one platform moves left. Who is to say that one of those platforms wouldn't keep moving if the other stopped it?
I figured that one was a bit trickier to explain, so I thought a video would work better. Good to see you've got it anyway.GhaleonEB said:
EDIT: Here's the video for anyone else that gets stuck. Braid 6-6, #2 I see now that I could have done it a bit quicker than that, but it works.
RiskyChris
Banned
Gary Whitta said:
I loved the game, and was ready to just crown it as a great title but
the last 20 minutes or so kicked it up a few notches. Damn.
Darkflight
Member
Meh, (was supposed to be) a reduced post as I'd rambled with terrible grammar for 5 paragraphs like I always do when something annoys me, ok, I can't help myself, there's rambling, I suck at getting my point across reasonably intelligently :
Finished it, went from "wow, this is amazing", to "oh, this isn't as amazing as I thought, feels kinda lacking near the end" now I'm going to sleep as it's half 5, I expect to be torn limb from limb by morning
I've never got "its frustrating but good", frustrating is never good, yes I get a sense of satisfaction when I finish a puzzle, but that doesn't mean the frustration was warranted, it means and I think it is probably true for this game that as the game went on and got harder and more convuluted that it wasn't looked at by enough people to help reign it in.
When on the 1upshow they mention the "elegant solution" to a World 6 puzzle, that Matt quite rightly calls him on as "messy" - it felt far too much like Mr. Blow being too clever for his own good then, of course he thinks its elegant, he programmed it, same with the plot, of course its clever for him, he has the missing pieces he cut out, we don't.
It seems like a case of people being too close to their work to notice any flaws - but then again GAF seems to have an army of savants who never got stuck on World 6 and had to resort to a video, so I doubt anyone will agree :lol
Its definately good (not sure anymore about 1200 points good), but not a scratch on Portal, at all. - I don't see the 10/10s either - I felt it could go this way until I got to World 6 and then the ending, then it let itself down - World 6's mechanic was very poor compared to the elegant ones in the rest of the game and I have no fricking clue what the ending is about other than
It did amaze me how quickly my opinion changed, after a few hours on Wednesday, I set my work wallpaper to a Braid one, changed my yahoo pic, now they don't feel right anymore as the game just doesn't sit the same with me. (Yeah, I'm gonna sleep before I ramble some more, I could go on for pages without actually saying anything, I'd be the worst game reviewer ever :lol)
:Finished it, went from "wow, this is amazing", to "oh, this isn't as amazing as I thought, feels kinda lacking near the end" now I'm going to sleep as it's half 5, I expect to be torn limb from limb by morning
I've never got "its frustrating but good", frustrating is never good, yes I get a sense of satisfaction when I finish a puzzle, but that doesn't mean the frustration was warranted, it means and I think it is probably true for this game that as the game went on and got harder and more convuluted that it wasn't looked at by enough people to help reign it in.
When on the 1upshow they mention the "elegant solution" to a World 6 puzzle, that Matt quite rightly calls him on as "messy" - it felt far too much like Mr. Blow being too clever for his own good then, of course he thinks its elegant, he programmed it, same with the plot, of course its clever for him, he has the missing pieces he cut out, we don't.
It seems like a case of people being too close to their work to notice any flaws - but then again GAF seems to have an army of savants who never got stuck on World 6 and had to resort to a video, so I doubt anyone will agree :lol
Its definately good (not sure anymore about 1200 points good), but not a scratch on Portal, at all. - I don't see the 10/10s either - I felt it could go this way until I got to World 6 and then the ending, then it let itself down - World 6's mechanic was very poor compared to the elegant ones in the rest of the game and I have no fricking clue what the ending is about other than
he seemed to scare the princess away for some reason and there was something about rat disection? - The bit in reverse in the "Braid" level was cool though.
It did amaze me how quickly my opinion changed, after a few hours on Wednesday, I set my work wallpaper to a Braid one, changed my yahoo pic, now they don't feel right anymore as the game just doesn't sit the same with me. (Yeah, I'm gonna sleep before I ramble some more, I could go on for pages without actually saying anything, I'd be the worst game reviewer ever :lol)
Buttonbasher
Member
Each level tops the previous. Really ramps up well.Llyranor said:
Gary Whitta
Member
Braid wallpapers? WHERE?
rollingstart
Banned
Buttonbasher said:
I disagree. I think it hits its peak with 5 (which is the shadow clone one according to others), but then 6 is poor.
Then again, World 1 is awesome.
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