Braid is an adventure developed by Number None Inc., released 6 August 2008 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 5.5 hrs to finish.
What Braid is
Braid is an adventure game developed by Number None Inc. and released in 2008. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tim is a man searching for a princess who "has been snatched by a horrible and evil monster."His relationship with this princess is vague at best, and the only clear part of this relationship is that Tim has made some sort of mistake which he hopes to reconcile or, if possible, erase. As one progresses through the six worlds in Braid, storyline text at the beginning of each world provides further insight into Tim's quest for the princess, and alludes to the overarching gameplay mechanic of each level. The themes evoked include forgiveness, desire, and frustration. The final level, in which everything but Tim moves in reverse, depicts the princess escaping from a knight, and working together…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Braid holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 620 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5.5 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.4GHz or faster, 768 MB or more of RAM and Pixel Shader 2.0. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Braid launched on 6 August 2008, within three weeks of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, Street Fighter IV, Castle Crashers and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, Street Fighter IV, Castle Crashers, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Braid yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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