Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

The game is awesome - the minute you start playing it you understand instantaneously that it was made with love, all the "unnecessary" details and side actions. It gives you the feels, I'm sure anyone will love it. It's not a long game - but rest assured, after you finish it you will get this feeling of perfect completeness. Totally recommend!

The idea of simultaneously and directly controlling two characters isn't new (The Adventures of Cookie & Cream and a minigame from Nintendo Land come to mind) but remains criminally underutilised, and it's also the only thing Brothers has going for it. Brothers is a very short and light adventure/puzzle game with a few set-pieces, a simple but reasonably effective story and nice visuals. If you can get it for 5 or 10 dollars then I'd say it's a good deal but just know that the only reason it gets away with not letting me say "you don't really do much of anything" is the single-player-coop aspect. Most of the puzzles are very simple, as you only get one button per character and the solutions are easy to figure out. Since Brothers is so reliant on its story, the replay value is 0. Once you're done, there's no reason to go back as the levels are often painfully linear and most of the fun of controlling both characters is in specific, one-time scenarios. The games I usually compare this kind of thing to are Journey and Limbo, not only due to the short length and focus on atmosphere but because the base gameplay stands up on its own, and had me enjoying myself even during a second playthrough. To me, a game's quality is not just the first experience with it but being able to come back to it later and get the same enjoyment out of it again and again, which also makes it a better value proposition. I can't see that happening with Brothers. I don't hate it or anything but I just want some more meat on the bones of these brothers. BACK TO ROLLERCOASTER TYCOON 3 FOR ME

Just perfect. Gameplay with keyboard is a little difficult but it is ok. And this game is so beautifull. I like it !

Just as memorable as Inside and Limbo - a great, beautiful cinematic story

If only there were more games like this.