firehawk12
Subete no aware
MirageDwarf said:
Yup! A clever way to exploit OCD gamers (like me) and add some replayability to the game.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Braid (XBLA/PC/PSN/Mac) |OT|
- Thread starter Shard
- Start date
Yup! A clever way to exploit OCD gamers (like me) and add some replayability to the game.
I played Braid for a couple of levels last night and then watched Scarface. Later that night I had a dream about work, which I often do, but it involved Tony Montana and time manipulation. I kid you not - all night I was in a half doze stressing about supplying a boat to Tony and he'd start shooting and I'd somehow rewind time and I'd try again. If it wasn't so freaky and if I wasn't so tired right now I'd think it was fucking awesome.
RiskyChris
Banned
Can someone answer this question yes/no about the last level?
Is it possible to get on the top area with the princess?
RiskyChris
Banned
rhino4evr said:
Thanks, going to keep trying <3
I still haven't used a hint in this game (except
start over
Chris Remo
Member
Missed your post the first time around.GhaleonEB said:
Yes, I completely agree with your elaboration. I would say, though, that I think the heavily bookended nature of the text delivery (it's all in big clumps, totally separate from the main gameplay) slightly detracts from the overall nature of the seamless emotionally-driven experience. BUT, again, its successes so far outweigh that issue that it doesn't create much of a sticking point for me.
I'm also extremely impressed with what appears to be the "solution" to the story, which someone linked here and which I won't spoil. It is sort of frustrating though that I never would have found it on my own--even reading all the spoilers as to how to get all of that content, it seems so oppressively inconvenient that I probably won't ever bother.
RiskyChris
Banned
Can't find
=(
the last star
Sinatar said:
That news is from a couple a days ago as I posted it from his Blog. I've updated the sales in here yesterday I believe. it was 46,299 on the MP taking into account free acounts put it around 41,000. From the Wall Street Journal it said he put in 180k of his own money, but I believe he borrowed some as well. The guy that signed BRaid said it cost less than 250K to make however. With those sales minus a liberal 300k in costs there would be a profit now somewhere around 134k. If it cost him 250k, that is 180k of his own money and 70k borrowed the profit margin would be closer to 184k as of yesterday. It has only gone up from there since then.
RiskyChris
Banned
Thermite said:
I very quickly figured this out.
I noticed a long time ago that there was a silhouette of a star above her bed.
Edit: Holy shit.
Djungelfrukt
Member
Quoting from the official Braid blog. May have been posted already, if so I apologize.
Awesome.
RiskyChris said:
Ah. Hm..well, I don't how to give another hint without basically telling you how you how to do it.
Just look at the levers and the environment. Don't forget about about the ability to rewind time.
Edit: Looks like you may have figured it out.
RiskyChris
Banned
Thermite said:Ah. Hm..well, I don't how to give another hint without basically telling you how you how to do it.If I say any more the entire puzzle will be spoiled. I may have already said too much..Just look at the levers and the environment. Don't forget about about the ability to rewind time.
Edit: Looks like you may have figured it out.
I already had it figured out as soon as
I entered the level and saw green switches. Super easy.
Glad he started to make a little money on this game.
Can't believe it cost that much though.
Looks like he's anxious to get it on PSN as well:
http://www.gamefocus.ca/?nav=new&nid=1939
Sorry if old.
Can't believe it cost that much though.
Looks like he's anxious to get it on PSN as well:
http://www.gamefocus.ca/?nav=new&nid=1939
Sorry if old.
Chris Remo said:
i would actually argue that it added to the overall emotionally-driven experience. i think it's the ambiguity that actually adds to the story in this case as it's an extra case for those people interested to invest more time
and spend more time to still end up just as far away from the arguably expected/desired ending
the story as it's presented is essentially an additional puzzle, and having it acted out or presented as cutscenes could've potentially reduced some of the ambiguity. plus there's also the connection in terms of Tim's character and what he does. if we believe the story clip in 1-1 about the
work on the bomb
are essentially studying texts to come closer to a final solution, that we never reach either
maybe that's just reading too much into it though
i dunno, from a game design perspective, i actually prefer the story the way that it is, simply because it's entirely optional and available in the game without any additional work.
and if you need to read the story backwards to make sense of it, you can
RiskyChris
Banned
Here's the wallpaper I'm using on my Blackberry Pearl (it's 240x260):
firehawk12
Subete no aware
soco said:i dunno, from a game design perspective, i actually prefer the story the way that it is, simply because it's entirely optional and available in the game without any additional work.and if you need to read the story backwards to make sense of it, you can
Strangely,
you have to finish the game to read the epilogue. There is a funnel in terms of the direction that the narrative goes in.
Gary Whitta
Member
Requesting Braid iPhone wallpapers!
soco said:if we believe the story clip in 1-1 about thethan we understand that we, like himwork on the bomb. this creates a connection between the character and his trials by putting you through some portion of his life.are essentially studying texts to come closer to a final solution, that we never reach either
maybe that's just reading too much into it though
I like that idea a lot actually.
You figure Jonathan must be enjoying us squirm and try to make sense of all of this. This must be one of the joys of creating.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
dallow_bg said:
Wow, so there is timed exclusivity.
Gary Whitta
Member
I wonder what the Playstation crowd will make of this game.
goldenpp72
Member
Evander said:
Nope, that was the first (and only) game I compared it to in my head.
Oni Jazar said:You may be missing the point of the game.
No, I understand exactly what they're getting at with it, but I find it to be a pretty shitty design choice. Essentially, you are penalized for not having read walkthroughs before setting out.
Everything else about the game is golden, but right now I'm
spending a couple of hours in 2-2
It would even be alright if the game automatically restarted after the first time you beat it, so that you didn't spend time doing other things which you would end up losing the progress of later, but as it sits, you are just penalized for not having read a walkthrough before playing the first time (as I said earlier.)
Evander said:
No. Essentially, you're being an obsessive completionist who should probably spend more time with a significant other then waiting 3 hours for a cloud to go by or losing all your progress to get a meaningless achievement (not XBL Achievement).
Not that I blame you. I'd like to 'complete' the game as well, but I wouldn't knock it for trying to make the statement within its own game. It certainly is different
Oni Jazar said:No. Essentially, you're being an obsessive completionist who should probably spend more time with a significant other then waiting 3 hours for a cloud to go by or losing all your progress to get a meaningless achievement (not XBL Achievement).
Not that I blame you. I'd like to 'complete' the game as well, but I wouldn't knock it for trying to make the statement within its own game. It certainly is different
Like I said, I understand the "message", but I still think it is shitty game design (losing progress, specifically. I think the cloud is just as great as the rest of the game.)
Unless you want to argue that all of video gaming is entirely pointless, and no one should play games at all, it is a whole lot of posturing, without any real content to the statement. Obviously the creators want people to buy their game, so the idea of them arguing against playing video games is a little silly.
Basically, there is no good defense for ever making a game tedious.
Keyser Soze
Member
RiskyChris said:Here's the wallpaper I'm using on my Blackberry Pearl (it's 240x260):
This forces me to make an iPhone one...
Jack Scofield
Member
Sorry if this has been asked already, but what's the deal with collecting
?
I've already finished the game, but I don't remember ever coming across one of these items. Where do I even begin?
stars
I've already finished the game, but I don't remember ever coming across one of these items. Where do I even begin?
RiskyChris
Banned
What the hell is the problem? Restarting AT WORST is about an hour of 60 puzzle pieces plus 2 hours for that bullshit (which you can spend entirely unattended).
The game plays perfectly fine with the 360 controller.sykoex said:1. It'll probably cost more (see BC:R)
2. I want to play it with the DualShock. I went with the 360 controller for Windows instead of one of the logitech ones.
Also, the PC version might have a level creator that'll allow you to create your own puzzles (duh :lol). So if it did cost more, it'd be worth it. And even still, would you really be willing to wait an entire year because of controller preference and a few extra dollars?
Just trust me; get the PC version when it comes out. It'll be all worth it.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Jack Scofield said:
There are no obvious clues, but on the other hand, some of the levels train you how to get them.
I posted links that should be a page or so back, so if you need some obvious hints or walkthroughs, there it is.
Similar threads
- Locked