Braid

A "must play". New game-play mechanics, involving time rewind and other cool tricks. Fluid. Very beautiful graphics. Good story. Balanced difficulty.

I buy steam, the game is great, just pure art, beautiful! I recommend it, but you must have patience to complete it, it is difficult and it can be frustrating. But is a great game!

Most people dont understand the meaning of the princess. She is Tim's soulmate!

Deeply psychedelic, next-level artistic experience. 10/10 would play Mario on shrooms again.

Braid is definitely not the worst game I've ever played, but it might be the most overrated. It exemplifies the worst parts of the Indie game scene. After having it on my wishlist for years, I finally went ahead and bought it, ready for the experience of a lifetime based on all the amazing reviews I'd read. I like platformers and puzzle games, and I'd heard the story is amazing. What could go wrong? Boy, was I disappointed. The gameplay is not very original, and the platforming controls are super loose. The graphics are nothing special (I don't understand why so many people rave about them), though I admit the soundtrack is decent. The rewind mechanic and time control elements have been done better in other games. The enemies are boring. Parts of this game were obviously designed to be frustrating. The one missable star...the hidden star in level 1 that you have to wait TWO HOURS to get, for no good reason. The key you can't reverse in...I forget, one of the early levels. There's just no reason for these design decisions. Worst of all is how full of itself this game is. The story is nothing special, but it sure piles on the ambiguity and symbolism. The "plot twist" at the end of the game is sort of clever, but not nearly as mind-blowing as I would have thought based on the reviews. TL;DR, this game deserves a solidly mediocre rating, maybe 3/5 if you enjoy this type of thing. It's definitely not worth $15. Worst of all, the creator obviously did not design this game to be fun. Playing this game is like rereading an essay you got an A+ on in senior year of high school ten years later and realizing how dymb you were at the time.