Brigandier
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I remember when it came out people hyped it up to fuck but I found it boring 
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Jonathan Blow: Braid Anniversary Edition sold like dog shit
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trikster40
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I enjoyed it when it came out a long time ago, but I'm not playing some remastered version that basically looks identical. Fuck that. Trophies were a gigantic pain the first time around, not suffering through that again.
Make new game.
Make new game.
Syphon Filter
Member
remakes, remasters and re releases are a waste of time/money, you can just play the original.
Magic Carpet
Member
Still waiting for the box pushing game he's supposedly working on next.
Gonna move boxes. It's a thing.
Gonna move boxes. It's a thing.
TropicanaTwista
Member
Yea, as someone who never played it when it first released and am a HUGE fan of the witness, Braid is pretty mid. Maybe at the time it was revolutionary or something but in 2024, there are so many better games to play. Didn't hate my time with it, but game felt overpriced for $20.
On top of that the game was marketed ike shit. I didn't even know this was happening, think I saw a random tweet of Jonathan pop up on my timeline and that's the only reason why I even knew it existed.
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bender
What time is it?
Not surprising considering his love for Stephen's Sausage Roll.
{insert code here}
Member
Maybe if he spent more time making games instead of creating his own programming language (why?) the studio would be in a better position..
{insert code here}
Member
It had a lot of helium because it was an XBLA game and MS was pushing Arcade games heavy back then. Honestly man, kinda wish they still had some gatekeeping like XBLA around today. There's so much garbage that gets released on the store that I don't even look through it anymore.
joeygreco1985
Member
Well yeah it did not need a remaster.
Magic Carpet
Member
Is that the game I'm thinking about? It's already available?
TropicanaTwista
Member
Funny you say that because I feel the same about PS. There is so much dog shit level games promoted on the "just released" pages. You have to dig through so much shit to find anything remotely interesting to play.
Braid is actually an example of this. It was buried at the bottom of the just released, like the day it released for so much shovelware (this was blows tweet I was alluding to in my op). The only way I found it was searching. Idk how Sony, MS or Nintendo can do it but they for sure need to streamline these stores better.
Denton
Member
Elaborate. Why is an an asshole, even "such an asshole", specifically?
Because he dislikes how existing language work. He is not shy about being pretty digusted with lot of current day coding and its low quality.
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FeastYoEyes
Member
As someone who never played it when it came out, I find the game very difficult to grasp the mechanics of and not in a gratifying or fun way.
Hemingwayoffbase
Member
It was too expensive! $20 for that game is twice what anyone would pay for it.
$10 would have been a spontaneous purchase. But $20? I’ll save my money for a game I haven’t played before.
$10 would have been a spontaneous purchase. But $20? I’ll save my money for a game I haven’t played before.
fart town usa
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Kuranghi
sold me on The Witness. Haven't played it yet but watched him play it for a bit and it looks fantastic. Snagged it on sale a few months back.
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I've enjoyed his games but any issues he has with running a studio are entirely his doing. He finds some parts of c++ bad, so writes an entire custom programming language to develop a game (8 years in, still nowhere near ready) that looks like it would take a year to make in an off the shelf engine.
Physiognomonics
Member
I love his games but what was he expecting? Release a new game for a change. Braid is such an old game. I would have blindly bought The Witness 2 for instance running on the same engine. But the way he does games is not sustainable, he is the problem.
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It's a great game. Not sure what's going on with the Blow hate here though, even though I agree remaking Braid is questionable as a business strategy.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Krathoon
Gold Member
Maybe don't remake games if they don't need remade?
Really, the original looks better than the remaster. Some weird art changes there.
Boss Mog
Member
Damn you're right, I always get those two confused, but it's because they're both pretentious assholes. They do make some decent games though. I did enjoy The Witness.
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bender
What time is it?
It's not Blow's game but one of his favorite games from 2016.
The game is tough as nails.
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IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Did Kojima name this guy?
He blows.
He blows.
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cireza
Gold Member
Yes, it was Phil Fish.
Braid was okay, enjoyed it back then, already gave him money for it, zero reason to give more money though.
Also bought the Witness, loved it, but again, I would never buy it again. Makes zero sense.
Release a new game, Jonathan Blow.
Shadowstar39
Member
Honestly the game was over hyped when it came out. It only got the spot light as it was one of the first mainstream indie games on xblive and the 360 had exclusivity rights. If it was a multiplat and came out a few years after it did no one would of been talking about it. Game sites gave it rave reviews and fanboys flaunted the scores. IT was mediocre at best. His 2nd game the witness which I doubt sold much (I got it on ps+ a few years after release), I thought was much better, although i never finished either game.
What I want to know is, can we trade in Jonathan Blow for Peter Molyneux? At least he made great experimental games and most were actually more than hype imo(populous, black and white, fable, magic carpet, dungeon keeper, etc..) J. Blow has made what, 2 games?
What I want to know is, can we trade in Jonathan Blow for Peter Molyneux? At least he made great experimental games and most were actually more than hype imo(populous, black and white, fable, magic carpet, dungeon keeper, etc..) J. Blow has made what, 2 games?
begotten
Member
Strange comments to make now.
I loved Braid, but this remaster completely slipped me, never heard much about it and it had delays.
He was on LSM talking about Braid Remastered as if it was some side project for fun because a perfectionist like him wanted the game looking good on modern resolutions, now suddenly the future of his small company and their actual next project is in jeoprady? Just weird to have high sales expectations on a Remaster that even Blow downplayed himself.
I loved Braid, but this remaster completely slipped me, never heard much about it and it had delays.
He was on LSM talking about Braid Remastered as if it was some side project for fun because a perfectionist like him wanted the game looking good on modern resolutions, now suddenly the future of his small company and their actual next project is in jeoprady? Just weird to have high sales expectations on a Remaster that even Blow downplayed himself.
fart town usa
Member
I too am surprised at the hate. The little I know about him makes me view him as a thoughtful/intelligent guy.
StueyDuck
Member
Well they just farted it out. It literally just randomly appeared on steam one day.
I did my part though, bought it
phant0m
Member
He cried about C++ limiting him during development of The Witness
Phil Fish is also the guy that deleted his own game because he got butthurt in a twitter argument
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Itchy Tickles
Member
Personal don't like any of his games, including the witness, but why would he expect a million sales, hold his company's life support on it and think this is a new game? Going the Nintendo route with remasters and higher prices ain't gonna work unless you've a fanboy cult behind you.
MacReady13
Member
Why is he an asshole that we should be glad it's selling like shit?
GigaBowser
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jonorthan blow
amigastar
Member
That's what i've thought also. Times moved on in the indie scene and better games are here now.
