Braid
Number None · Number None · Released 2008-08-06
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8.3
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Number None · Number None · Released 2008-08-06
Metascore
critics
User score
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This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition. Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where you can manipulate the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess. In each world, you have a different power to affect the way time behaves, and it is time's strangeness that creates the puzzles. The time behaviors include: the ability to rewind, objects that are immune to being rewound, time that is tied to space, parallel realities, time dilation, and perhaps more. Braid treats your time and attention as precious; there is no filler in this game. Every puzzle shows you something new and interesting about the game world. Key features: • Newly added Steam Cloud support Save your in-progress game to the cloud, then play where you left off from on any Steam connected computer. • Forgiving yet challenging gameplay: Braid is a 2-D platform game where you can never die and never lose. Despite this, Braid is challenging — but the challenge is about solving puzzles, rather than forcing you to replay tricky jumps. • Rich puzzle environment: Travel through a series of worlds searching for puzzle pieces, then solving puzzles by manipulating time: rewinding, creating parallel universes, setting up pockets of dilated time. The gameplay feels fresh and new; the puzzles are meant to inspire new ways of thinking. • Aesthetic design: A painterly art style and lush, organic soundtrack complement the unique gameplay. • Nonlinear story: A nonlinear fiction links the various worlds and provides real-world metaphors for your time manipulations; in turn, your time manipulations are projections of the real-world themes into playful "what-if" universes where consequences can be explored. • Nonlinear gameplay: The game doesn't force you to solve puzzles in order to proceed. If you can't figure something out, just play onward and return to that puzzle later.
| Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Operating System | Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 |
| Processor | 1.4GHz or faster |
| Memory | 768 MB or more |
| Hard Disk Space | 200 MB or more |
| Video Card | Pixel Shader 2.0 |
| DirectX® Version | DirectX® 9.0c |
| Controller Support | Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows |
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Braid is available on PC, PlayStation and Xbox.
Yes — Braid is available on PlayStation.
Yes — Braid is available on Xbox.
No — Braid is not available on Nintendo Switch. It's available on PC, PlayStation and Xbox.
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Braid was developed and published by Number None.
Braid was released on 2008-08-06.
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Braid takes approximately 2 hours to complete the main story.
