Braid


I am absolutely sure computer games are fantastic things not only because they can provide entertainment, but because they are made with a lot of creativity and rigour. I am not talking about any game as them done by big companies in a specific purpose; obviously, money. On the contrary, games made by “indie” companies are usually high quality in creativity terms. One of this games I trying to talk about is “Braid”, launched to market in 2009.




As you can see, Braid is a 2D game similar to the classical Mario Bros. I mean, the way to control the main character (you) is the classical forward, behind, up and down. At this point, it is not very special. But once time you play it, you can feel a strange atmosphere starting by the visual work and the sound: the visual work was completely handmade, frame by frame, in a beautiful style, and sound is slow and deep making you feel what you play is like a dreamlike story. In this sense, visual and sound are totally appropriate because story is, like the name of the game, a braid of things that little by little begin to have sense.




This photography is the beginning of the game. A bit weird and also terrible, you can think. In fact, a city in flames it is not a kind thing. But in really you do not know what is going on, so you start the game looking for a princess. Or that is what the game says to you, even when you can understand where the hell is her. But a lot of surprises are hidden and there many other things to discover. So, try it!

Comments

  1. artJune 8, 2017 at 1:05 PM

    Hi David
    I think this game sounds really cool
    I would like to play it because as you told me it's very interesting
    Thanks for tell me about it!

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  2. FabianJune 8, 2017 at 1:12 PM

    hi, someone classmate are make a investigaton qualitative about the videogames. talkme if your are interested.

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