Zero Punctuation tangles with Braid

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Zero Punctuation tangles with Braid

Posted Aug 28th 2008 1:15PM by Richard Mitchell
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The latest Zero Punctuation tackles the time bending XBLA title, Braid. Yahtzee's opinion is somewhat mixed, taking note of the well designed puzzles but also noting that the game reused certain puzzles and that some puzzles require players to restart a level if failed, which Yahtzee describes as a "dick move." Another complaint is leveled at the story, which the review cites as pretentious and unnecessarily confusing. Overall though, the gameplay seems to triumph over any flaws. Check out the video after the break (NSFW due to language).

Tags: arcade, braid, live-arcade, xbla, xbox-live-arcade, zero-punctuation, zp

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8-28-2008 @ 1:27PM

Magic Whiskey said...

Y'know, I'm not exactly sure..but did Yahtzee just tell Dustin off in this one?

8-28-2008 @ 1:50PM

Sean said...

Yes... Yes he did.

8-28-2008 @ 1:51PM

Etchasketchist said...

I'm pretty sure he was talking to Adrian. Fuck that guy.

8-28-2008 @ 1:56PM

Momer said...

Ya, I was confused, I don't really get what he was saying there... o.O

8-28-2008 @ 4:37PM

ogvor said...

Considering he is preparing to spend over 120$ for a piece of plastic in the shape of a Lancer instead of getting some awesome games, then yes, I thought it seemed like it was aimed squarely at gamers like Dustin.

8-28-2008 @ 1:42PM

pibs said...

Glad my name isn't adrian lol

8-28-2008 @ 1:44PM

Tony said...

It starts getting weird when you can level some of his complaints against games against the games he himself made lol

8-28-2008 @ 1:47PM

RockerAnimeFreak said...

Good Review Yahtzee! might consider picking this up. After all I did get Castle Crashers on launch morning.

and my fave quote "I'd like to think about it as having the nicest beaches tax."

8-28-2008 @ 1:58PM

Nick said...

Loved the review - the man really CAN be spot on. He is really harsh, but that's his strength as a critic.

Even games he loves he's able to pick apart while still loving them.

He would SERIOUSLY suck to live with though.

I can see SERIOUS points in a review of Castle Crashers though.

Long range attacks.... >_

8-28-2008 @ 2:04PM

AngereMailMan said...

so its that good???? i wanna but it but no one i know is getting it and i think my gf wont like the fart and excrement and i think that will be too much for my 6 year old nephews

any ideas

8-28-2008 @ 3:04PM

PeacefulOutrage said...

It's cartoon fart and excrement, which if your nephews don't know what that is, they must have an external colostomy bag and be really, really sheltered.

8-31-2008 @ 3:01PM

cranium said...

are you asking about Braid or Castle Crashers? Braid is an amazing must-buy. Castle Crashers is racist. ...or so the internet told me

8-29-2008 @ 8:54AM

NvM said...

I did kind of roll my eyes at poop jokes, but the forest level is the only part with potty humor, if anything your gf would like the cute and goofy style.

8-28-2008 @ 2:08PM

dylan said...

As usual, he hit the nail on the head.

8-28-2008 @ 2:14PM

spamsphen said...

having the nicest beaches tax *flips off America* lmfao, that was priceless.

8-28-2008 @ 2:14PM

Vcize said...

How anyone can complain about having to "restart" the level in this game is beyond me. Restarting the level consists of walking to a door, that's no more than 5-10 seconds away, and walking out it and back in it with basically no load times. "Resetting" anything you need for the puzzle is a non-issue, since every piece takes only a few seconds to "set up" to get once you figure it out.

Couple this with the fact that this is only even an issue with maybe 4 out of the 60 pieces, and a particularly dumb person MIGHT spend an extra 45 seconds total over the course of the entire game due to this complaint.

As for the story, I didn't "get it" the first time around either (I think my brain was too fried from figuring out those last couple puzzle pieces, heh), but once I did figure it out it was pure genius, and wrapped up the whole motif of the game beautifully.

8-28-2008 @ 2:18PM

Vcize said...

Note that I'm basing this off of X3F's write-up of the review, as I haven't actually been able to watch the review yet (NSFW and being at work don't really mesh), so if these were just minor gripes mentioned in passing in his review then nevermind.

8-28-2008 @ 2:27PM

Andrew said...

Why is it that some people just CAN'T accept any criticism of games. No game is perfect.

8-28-2008 @ 2:50PM

Vcize said...

Hey, way to jump to conclusions there guy.

I am one of the most cynical and critical people you'll find on here. I'll write a review about a game that I love to death, that is one of my favorites of all time, and I'll spend 3/4's of the review harping on the few problems I had with it, and they're usually pretty small problems.

So, it's pretty bad when *I* think that the guy was bitching about nothing, since I'll bitch about anything. Seriously, 45 seconds over the course of a 5-6 hour game, and that's only if you f*ck up more than the average person.

8-28-2008 @ 2:15PM

HalfAzn said...

"...it left me confused and unsatisfied. Much like my girlfriend every night."

hahaha. I love these reviews.

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