so...Braid got 9.5

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/braid/index.html?tag=result;title;0

holy ****

Didn't see that coming.

It's a shame I don't have live :(

Seriously? I've come to expect odd scorings from GameSpot as of late and they continue to not disappoint. Braid is a great game and a lot of the stuff they say about it is correct, but they completely gloss over the fact that they're charging $15 for a 4 hour game with no replay value. Yet again, I find myself siding with IGN over GS on a review. This is a AA game, no more, no less.Hoffgod

Tom Mc Shea said in the review that Braid cost more than most Xbox Live Arcade games and he said that the game "will never get old."

[QUOTE="Hoffgod"]Seriously? I've come to expect odd scorings from GameSpot as of late and they continue to not disappoint. Braid is a great game and a lot of the stuff they say about it is correct, but they completely gloss over the fact that they're charging $15 for a 4 hour game with no replay value. Yet again, I find myself siding with IGN over GS on a review. This is a AA game, no more, no less.Einhanderkiller

Tom Mc Shea said in the review that Braid cost more than most Xbox Live Arcade games and he said that the game "will never get old."

Really? I played the trial and... I don't know, it just seemed like your regular run of the mill 2D platformer with the ability to go back and correct your mistakes. I know it was just a short trial but... really?Not-A-Stalker

I think it gets better after the first few levels because the videos I've seen make it look terrible, but everyone I know who's got it thinks it's brilliant.

Seriously? I've come to expect odd scorings from GameSpot as of late and they continue to not disappoint. Braid is a great game and a lot of the stuff they say about it is correct, but they completely gloss over the fact that they're charging $15 for a 4 hour game with no replay value. Yet again, I find myself siding with IGN over GS on a review. This is a AA game, no more, no less.Hoffgod

Thing is though, it's not just GS that's heaping on the praise, Eurogamer, typically a very tough reviewer, gave this game a 10. 1UP, while not quite as tough, gave it an A+. GS may be on the high side of the review scale, which isn't exactly typical, and the review may be full of hyperbole but it's not really that far fetched.

K

But guys, please play the demo before you buy.

I'm intrigued in this game.

Too bad I don't have a hard-drive. :(

Are the XBLA games on the same scale as the 360 games though?

Are the XBLA games on the same scale as the 360 games though?

CJL13

No, they are not.

Really? I played the trial and... I don't know, it just seemed like your regular run of the mill 2D platformer with the ability to go back and correct your mistakes. I know it was just a short trial but... really?Not-A-Stalker

It's not a platformer. It's more of a puzzle game, where you use time as a tool to solve things. Only at the beginning of the game is it really platformer-centric. That becomes more apparent as you go.

I beat Braid, and it deserves every point of that 9.5.

I'm personally not a person who cares a ton about value as a function of time. Portal and Ico are two of my favorite games, and they're both under 5 hours. Braid is about as long as Ico, and it's quality all the way through, with great puzzles that use time in a way no game has to date, perfect presentation in both graphics and sound, and a story presented in a way that few other game stories have been to date, with a fantastic ending tying it all together.

It's to 2D games what Portal was to first-person; an inventive take on its genre, with clever writing (serious, introspective, and a bit on the pretentious side, instead of funny), perfect mechanics, and no filler, available for cheap. I'm glad I spent 1200 MS points (available as a convenient package from the Zune store) for what is one of the better games available on the 360 as a whole.

You really should give this game a chance.

I remember reading about Braid on kotaku awhile back, it sounded really really good though I forgot it's name until now.

Now if only they'd release the PC version...

I think its fun.

Geez.... never even heard of this thing. Will try the trial though.MoldOnHold

[QUOTE="MoldOnHold"]Geez.... never even heard of this thing. Will try the trial though.Aljosa23