Comments for "Zero Punctuation Review - Braid" Video at VideoSift.com

By kulpims

kulpims (http://www.videosift.com/member/kulpims) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:27:37 -0700

you beat Zifnab to ZPR? kudos

By littledragon_79

littledragon_79 (http://www.videosift.com/member/littledragon_79) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:29:10 -0700

Dag nabbit, I never remember these...need to set a reminder

By K0MMIE

K0MMIE (http://www.videosift.com/member/K0MMIE) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:54:02 -0700

You guys really do need to play Braid... it's incredible.

By SDGundamX

SDGundamX (http://www.videosift.com/member/SDGundamX) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:07:10 -0700

First review in a long time that I actually LOL'd at multiple times and can agree with 100%. And I applaud his diatribe against the unwashed masses that continue to buy the same old crap in mass quantities (*hides DS copy of Final Fantasy IV). In all seriousness though, I play more HL deathmatch/original Counter-strike/Day of Defeat than any of the new stuff that's come out. The changes, at least in the FPS genre, are almost exclusively cosmetic.

By zomgg

zomgg (http://www.videosift.com/member/zomgg) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:12:23 -0700

One comment for all those who will play this, after you beat the game, look online about the Stars. The effort is worth it.

By Deano

Deano (http://www.videosift.com/member/Deano) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:07:12 -0700

Braid is a wonderful game, well crafted and clearly a labour of love. I have got 52 pieces so far and each one has been extremely satisfying. The remaining puzzles are doing my head in though

The only flaw was having to reset the level with the two locked doors situation as Yahtzee points out but that's a minor inconvenience.

By dystopianfuturetoday

dystopianfuturetoday (http://dft.videosift.com) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:25:47 -0700

^In that level, time flows forward when you move right, backwards when you move left, so you need to open the left door first. It's annoying but it holds true to the logic of the game and it's easy enough to reset.

It's one of the best games of the year.

By rychan

rychan (http://www.videosift.com/member/rychan) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:32:56 -0700

One of Yahtzee's best efforts. I'm impressed that he has managed to keep it up for so long and the novelty hasn't worn off.

By dannym3141

dannym3141 (http://www.videosift.com/member/dannym3141) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:19:54 -0700

I have it on great authority that the bit about the key breaking in 1 of the 2 available doors is actually yahtzee being extremely stupid

By gwiz665

gwiz665 (http://www.videosift.com/member/gwiz665) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:20:46 -0700

This is one of the better reviews of late. Top notch.

By ChosenOne

ChosenOne (http://www.videosift.com/member/ChosenOne) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:35:57 -0700

Anyone care to explain the stars and their significance? I looked them up and see they exist but for what reason?

By Deano

Deano (http://www.videosift.com/member/Deano) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:33:44 -0700

dystopianfuturetoday - the level I'm thinking of doesn't seem to behave that way. The enemy has a key on a platform above me and he is unaffected by any time manipulation so I think it's another world altogether.
Even if it's deliberate I find having to reset the level doesn't sit well with the overall design.

By thinker247

thinker247 (http://www.videosift.com/member/thinker247) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:42:58 -0700

It was mainly a by-product of insomnia.

>> ^kulpims:
you beat Zifnab to ZPR? kudos

By NetRunner

NetRunner (http://www.videosift.com/member/NetRunner) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:06:32 -0700

Anyone else ready to take Yahtzee off the shark-jump-watch?

I am.

I do want to disagree with him about blaming the consumers primarily for the trend of videogame companies towards milking established franchises rather than new IP.

I gladly purchase games that reviewers rave about -- I'm a proud owner of Shadow of the Colossus, and I recommend it to anyone who likes videogames. I'm apparently one of a small band of people who bought that though, and I blame the people who "marketed" (or more accurately, refused to market) the game.

By anyprophet

anyprophet (http://www.videosift.com/member/anyprophet) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:28:33 -0700

I really wish people would get the fuck over Psychonauts. It had great writing and character design, but it was a shitty game. It assembled all of the really boring and tedious parts of 3D platformers into a single package!

Anyway, Braid is an amazing game. If you're a 360 owner there's no excuse not to buy it.

By thinker247

thinker247 (http://www.videosift.com/member/thinker247) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:46:31 -0700

I don't play video games.

By seltar

seltar (http://www.videosift.com/member/seltar) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:49:08 -0700

^ Well, at least it dared to get all crazy and fun on us.