Braid

I got braid week of release, amid the cry by many as the greatest thing happening to live this year. Did i like it? Well yes, although it did induce the first pad throwing of the month…. Having said that though, i really do feel that it was overpriced & overhyped. For a set of 60 puzzles, i think 1200ms is a bit steep, considering how much more (and longer) i’ll be playing both TTR & Lumines. At no point did i feel that this game was life changing, it made me smile, and it made me think WoW on occasion, but it never convinced me it should be played again.

Now thats out of the way, the one thing i really liked about this game was that finger snapping moment when you worked out what you had to do. If you’re playing and you get stuck, nothing more than a break and a re-assesment at a later date should be nessecary (Although i went through several of the puzzles about 6 times over various sessions before i got them). The one thing that got me, which only triggered when talking to a friend, is the way you can double jump on enemies in certain situations and get higher. The pacing in that respect was great. The other thing i liked was the music, it was a real nice change of pace to the standard dross we seem to get in alot of 360 games. It was calming, unobtrusive, and subtle. The art was pretty, although i didn’t like how short my man was…

On a seperate note, i’m steaming towards my last achievement in TTR outside of the two DLC maps (Which i’m still not buying), i’m over the 50% winn loss ratio also, which is pleasing!