Braid

In this game you will reverse time, rewind some steps, try again, rewind and somehow move forward. There is a great story somewhere here, but I did not like any of the gameplay. And I am salty about about it, but i aint gonna praise it either. I will give props to the story and the twists and everything that you should at least look a video about. I'm just saying that getting to the story wasn't fun for me.

I finished this game a few years ago, ecouraged by the glowing reviews, and at the end I was pretty disappointed. Maybe my expectations had been too high, since the game turned out to be just a platformer with (pretty neat) time manipulation mechanics and a pretentious storyline. I guess for many people that is exactly what they want, which is fine. For me this is one of the flagships of 'indie hipster game' phenonemon of the digital distribution age, but I do seem to be in the minority. if you like this type of game, then by all means, play Braid (you prbably have already). If not, steer clear, or wait for discounts to satisfy tour curosity. The audiovisual layer is fine, I guess, although i am not a fan of the art style. My rating: $4

Nice visuals alone can't save this game from boring gameplay and painfully pretentious story.

This is simply not fun to play - can there even be something worse to say about a platformer game?

I installed a bunch of games, trying to clear my back log. I purchased this years ago and didn't try to play it before now. I suppose that if someone is exclusively looking for a puzzle game, they might come looking for this, but as for a game compared to many others, this had no point in starting other than to do several puzzles. The character has no purpose and the ability to continue beyond all puzzles suggested that you don't even need to do them. I did complete them all, but I did so believing there was a point, which wasn't true.