Games review: Braid, Xbox360/PS3, £8.50 (From Chorley Citizen)

Games review: Braid, Xbox360/PS3, £8.50

4:32pm Friday 29th January 2010 in

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This is no ordinary download game, seeking to redefine how we think of games as a form of entertainment in the same way that other benchmark titles such as BioShock and Portal did when they were released.

It’s the complex concept of manipulating time that truly turns the puzzle genre on its head and ensures it’s one of the most original titles you’re likely to have ever played.

Simplistic characters and animations belie the overall polished, almost painting-like, qualities of the visuals, and the strange, almost melancholy, narrative is truly beguiling.

It’s the kind of game that you’ll be thinking about all day, and that must surely be a big compliment.