Braid
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 17:06
It's had lots of very favourable reviews. It's only available on the 360 at the moment but will be making it to the PC at some stage, an ideal candidate for Steam.
Initially it appears to be a simple, charmingly rendered platformer, but it soon introduces ever more complex puzzles. You start off with an ability to rewind time, in a way most will be familiar with from other games. Over each of the five worlds the ability is expanded or altered in very inventive ways. You then have to work out how to use the new ability to solve a new set of puzzles.
I'd put it in the same class as Portal for gameplay quality and length. You should check it out when you can.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_(video_game)">Braid @ Wiki</a>
Initially it appears to be a simple, charmingly rendered platformer, but it soon introduces ever more complex puzzles. You start off with an ability to rewind time, in a way most will be familiar with from other games. Over each of the five worlds the ability is expanded or altered in very inventive ways. You then have to work out how to use the new ability to solve a new set of puzzles.
I'd put it in the same class as Portal for gameplay quality and length. You should check it out when you can.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_(video_game)">Braid @ Wiki</a>