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Braid (XBLA/PC/PSN/Mac) |OT|
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Death_Born
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But this refers to the objects in the game world, not the game world itself. These completely rectangular platforms could have been shaped differently or something.
I had the opportunity to interview the makers of Braid, and they're really nice guys and have put a ton of thought into this game. I'm tremendously excited for it.
Also, the artist, David Hellman, is fucking brilliant. He used to do a great comic called "A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible". So if you like his art style, you can find the comic here: http://www.davidhellman.net/lesson.htm
Also, the artist, David Hellman, is fucking brilliant. He used to do a great comic called "A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible". So if you like his art style, you can find the comic here: http://www.davidhellman.net/lesson.htm
gregor7777
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KTallguy said:
Don't think you can...although I read somewhere it's been out since 2006. Weird.
BenjaminBirdie
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jluedtke said:
Oh shit it's THAT guy!! I'd see him at small press expos all the time. That's severely fucking awesome.
Morbid Angel
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rohlfinator
Member
The game started development on the PC, and I think Jon Blow has been showing it off to the press for a couple years now. There are probably development versions of the PC versions floating around in the media.gregor7777 said:
BobJustBob
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Absolutely everyone who considers themselves a gamer must buy this game. Even if you don't think it's your kind of game (it's certainly not mine), buy it anyway. It's worth it and you will be less of a person for missing out on it.
SapientWolf
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I'd love to get JB in here for a chat. He posts on Penny Arcade, and he registered here but never made a post. He has some really interesting views on the current state of gaming and where it should be going.jluedtke said:
BobJustBob
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Kintaro said:
Oh, you've played it too?
Okay then.
Doogington
Member
Everything about this game is brilliant and it would be an awful shame if every one of us here didn't buy it.
Anyone know how long the game is? Six worlds, I suppose, but in actual length relative, say, to a Mario game?
If I'm going to buy it, I'm going to buy it either way, I'm just curious.... (the demo will ultimately sell me or turn me off the game. The more I see, the better it looks, but I'm not 100% sold yet)
If I'm going to buy it, I'm going to buy it either way, I'm just curious.... (the demo will ultimately sell me or turn me off the game. The more I see, the better it looks, but I'm not 100% sold yet)
Beavertown
Garbage
It's a strange feeling when a game can give you a boner.
omfg finally a release date! and so soon...
one of my most anticipated games this year. can't fucking wait!
:bow david hellman art
one of my most anticipated games this year. can't fucking wait!
:bow david hellman art
BenjaminBirdie
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Just that forty seconds of discussion on 1up FM got me seriously hyped. Very eager to see the narrative pan out.
gregor7777
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Kintaro said:
I think he just means that there are certain games which go in a different direction and try something new, and as a gamer community, we should support such an endeavor.
BenjaminBirdie said:
Oh man. If you thought that was good, read this Xbox World 360 article.
http://braid-game.com/news/?p=220
It's a scan, but the magazine gave Jonathan Blow the go ahead to put it up.
Braid could very well end up on my short list of favorite games this year.
gregor7777
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Kintaro said:
No, I agree with you. What I mean is that games that try different things often have a hard time with the mainstream, thus depend on a lot of early word of mouth from hardcore gaming communities such as this.
I don't mean you should rush out and buy a bad game just because it's different. I'm just saying that there are a lot of good games that try different things that may never see any further development because people didn't get behind it.
BenjaminBirdie
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Eric WK said:
Wowsers.
That piece was really fantastic. I can't believe I'm playing it next week and not waiting until December for it to be showing in like one dinky movie theatre in Greenwich Village.
Kintaro said:
It's very rare that I go out of my way to promote a game to anyone other than my closest gaming friends (the last time I did was with BioShock), but I'm going to be doing that with Braid. I obviously haven't played it yet, but clearly it's a unique, ambitious and incredibly personal project. I think that needs to be celebrated, and not just by myself and the other people looking forward to it, but by the gaming community at large. I'm glad Microsoft made the decision to include this in their summer lineup where it'll get a good deal of attention.
gregor7777
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Eric WK said:
AWESOME article.
Among many interesting pieces, this I found a bit ironic:
â Narayan
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I like how this is looking. I may get it!
Dark Octave
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BenjaminBirdie
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The more I think about it, the game Braid feels the most like to me is Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey. Obviously, the mechanics are totally different, but it seems to share the same spirit of taking platform rules of construction and building an entirely new style of solving puzzles around them.
BenjaminBirdie
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harSon said:
Blow certainly has the ambition and creativity to be a real innovative force as a studio head.
Death_Born
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rohlfinator
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I really love this quote:Eric WK said:
If the game can actually live up to those claims, it'll be something really amazing. I have no idea whether it will or not, but hell if I'm not willing to spend $10 to find out.
The Portal comparisons seem to be very apt, and the thought of that style of mind-trickery in the shell of a 2D platformer has me extremely interested.
Dr. Zoidberg
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Of All Trades said:
What I'm saying is that unlike Geowars, Giraffe, Eden, etc. this game does not look like high-contrast neon abstract art. The muted, handpainted style it totally different from those games. I don't think this game comes off as very artsy or hip. It features a very traditional 2D style of platformer play with a beautiful but traditional (in the artistic sense) art style.
Randy Lanzarote
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Just saw the developer walkthrough on gamertrailers and wowza! This game looks really nifty, it definitely has my interest. I really love the music in the game too, very.... relaxing I think is the word!
But, this is why threads on neogaf should state something about the game, rather than trying to be clever/funny. I'd have been in here a lot sooner if the thread had been called "The 2D platforming puzzle game that is Braid (XBLA/PC)". 2D? Platforming? XBLA? I'm There!
But, this is why threads on neogaf should state something about the game, rather than trying to be clever/funny. I'd have been in here a lot sooner if the thread had been called "The 2D platforming puzzle game that is Braid (XBLA/PC)". 2D? Platforming? XBLA? I'm There!
BenjaminBirdie
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GO BRAID!!!
That means it beat out Castle Crashers, Galaga, GW2, alla them.
XBLA, you have your BioShock.
That means it beat out Castle Crashers, Galaga, GW2, alla them.
XBLA, you have your BioShock.
InfectedZero
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sionyboy said:
Then it wouldn't be GAF buddy.
But yeah I just saw that same walk through and it looks amazing. Day one here
.I want to like it, but I can't . The artstyle, I mean. You'd think it's because I'm a bitter Wii-only owner, but it's not even that, because the game is coming out on PC too!
The developers tried, but it's again one of those games that, trying to be crisp and neat and detailed and stuff, ultimately looks too clean and flash-like. There are good-looking flash games, mind you, but when I say that, I mean cold, lifeless, and as if the characters and the backgrounds are in separate dimensions. I think it's too detailed for its own good.
Oh, and the characters are hideous.
[EDIT] Actually, it reminds me of that HL² platformer mod in which you're a schizophrenic who can switch between a happy world (kinda Braid-looking) and a horror world. Thing is: the game was a mod, and it showed. And your character's controls were floaty. I get the same feel about Braid, sadly.
. The artstyle, I mean. You'd think it's because I'm a bitter Wii-only owner, but it's not even that, because the game is coming out on PC too!The developers tried, but it's again one of those games that, trying to be crisp and neat and detailed and stuff, ultimately looks too clean and flash-like. There are good-looking flash games, mind you, but when I say that, I mean cold, lifeless, and as if the characters and the backgrounds are in separate dimensions. I think it's too detailed for its own good.
Oh, and the characters are hideous.
[EDIT] Actually, it reminds me of that HL² platformer mod in which you're a schizophrenic who can switch between a happy world (kinda Braid-looking) and a horror world. Thing is: the game was a mod, and it showed. And your character's controls were floaty. I get the same feel about Braid, sadly.
Willy Wanka
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I love the artstyle and the gameplay sounds brilliant. Everyone that has played it seems to have great things to say about it too.