zpr,yahtzee,ben croshaw Zero Punctuation Review - Braid

Zero Punctuation Review - Braid

posted by thinker247

1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 5322 views

tags: zpr, yahtzee, ben croshaw

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This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee takes on Braid, the long-awaited indie darling finally available on Xbox Live. (From The Escapist)

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you beat Zifnab to ZPR? kudos

written by kulpims

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

written by littledragon_79

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

written by K0MMIE

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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.

written by SDGundamX

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

written by zomgg | 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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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.

written by Deano

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^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.

written by dystopianfuturetoday

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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.

written by rychan | 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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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

written by dannym3141

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

written by gwiz665

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

written by ChosenOne | 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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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.

written by Deano

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It was mainly a by-product of insomnia.

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

written by thinker247

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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.

written by NetRunner

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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.

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I don't play video games.

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