88
Imaginative, innovative, and engrossing, Braid is a spectacular achievement. If only the experience lasted a little longer and there weren't as many puzzles with singular solutions.
80
You can't put a price on innovation. [Issue#34, p.116]
100
Braid is beautiful, entertaining and inspiring. It stretches both intellect and emotion, and these elements dovetail beautifully rather than chaffing against each other. Still wondering if games can be art? Here's your answer.
9
A truly life-changing experience. It rejects the stale gimmicks of traditional platformers and instead makes you think—hard—and experiment constantly. The story endures as both mystery and metaphor, perfectly melding mechanics with narrative so that the experience itself becomes the tale. Taken as a whole, it communicates more through play than words. Unforgettable.
8
Bellissimo platform puzzle game, diventato ormai un classico del genere.
Per gli amanti del genere, sicuramente un cult da recuperare.
10
There is no puzzle platformer that bests Braid in the puzzling aspect. It is an incredible experience in testing your mind. On top of that it looks and sounds spectacular. Yum
Braid
Released On:
Aug 6, 2008
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
93
User score
Generally Favorable
8.1
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100
Every single genre of games could learn a thing or two from Braid’s design, and I can’t think of any type of gamer who would scoff at the title. Braid is my ruler for measuring quality in other games. Nothing anyone could say would change my mind: all the pieces fit.
100
I was initially pretty skeptical about Braid, and it took me some time to get past the game's severe melancholy. I eventually found the game's story and the way it plays against the gameplay to be academically interesting, and the game's final payoff is terrific, but it's the ingenuity of the mechanics that makes Braid so engaging.
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Generally Favorable
76% Positive
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308 Ratings
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Dec 8, 2023
10
There is no puzzle platformer that bests Braid in the puzzling aspect. It is an incredible experience in testing your mind. On top of that it looks and sounds spectacular. Yum
Dec 24, 2020
10
One of the best games I've played in my whole life. Please, do yourself a favour and play it.
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And while it might be visually unassuming, Braid offers players an experience (and a message about life) that few games have ever dared to offer.
93
Braid sums up everything we love about gaming. A near-perfect experience. [Oct 2008, p.76]
90
Braid is the unique gaming experience that the critical press always cries out for and tells us to get so that more can be made.
90
A beautiful and brilliantly demanding game that barely contains its dense population of ideas. [Sept 2008, p.89]
80
You can't put a price on innovation. [Issue#34, p.116]
Jun 27, 2016
10
One of my favorite games of the last 10..15 years on any platform. Highly recommended. Do not look at spoilers and finish the game to fully appreciate it!
Nov 28, 2021
7
Pretty good for the time, not something I'd replay in a hurry though. Original.
May 16, 2020
7
Beautiful looking and sounding game, a little bit pretentious in its narrative, but expertly designed and crafted. Braid is one of those games that makes you feel like a genius after you've solved a puzzle, even though the puzzle's creator Jonathon Blow is the real genius. Although my score isn't sky high, I'm not really a fan of puzzle games, and I completed Braid in its entirety, so that says something
Aug 17, 2023
4
I finally got around to playing this recently, and I have to say I was quite disappointed. Starting with the positives; for a game made in 2006 by one man it’s impressive both how well it controls, and how deep the puzzle mechanics go. And the fact that this game decided to forgo the life counter when major studios (Nintendo) are still using them in 2023 means it aged quite well. The problems however is its non-committal attitude to collectibles. The fact that the only real gameplay is getting collectibles which can be skipped almost entirely would be ok if the leveled featured any kind of content to beat them. And a game that favors completionists over casuals would be fine if it also didn’t punish them by having unskilled and mind numbing sections that just waste your time. The only group of people who would enjoy this would be someone willing to give up after 99% completion.
Aug 13, 2021
4
Gameplay and art style is on point, however I am baffled as why people call this a "masterclass in level design". The puzzle pieces are disguised as optional collectables... until you beat all of the worlds and realize you need to collect every single one to reach the final world. It also doesn't help that some of the puzzles are impossible to figure out without a walkthrough. I can also appreciate it draws inspiration from older platformers like Super Mario Bros., but I feel like it borrows too much. Overall - a great idea executed poorly.
Summary[Xbox Live Arcade] Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where the player manipulates the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess. In each world, you have a different power to affect the way time behaves, and it... Read More
Rated E +10for Everyone +10
