12 August 2008
Josh

Braid walkthrough videos

Since Braid has no cheat codes a walkthrough will definitely come in handy in case your brain can’t handle all the time-manipulating madness that you will encounter in the new Xbox Live Arcade masterpiece from independent developer Jonathan Blow’s “Number None Inc.” and publisher Microsoft. And in case you don’t own a 360, the game will also be heading to PC “sometime in 2008″ according to the official Braid web-site.

Skip down to watch the Braid walkthrough videos!

Braid is an ingenious platformer staring a pudgy boy named Tim who’s on a quest to “rescue the princess”. Although it sounds simple, the game is anything but. Using an absolutely beautiful, drop-dead gorgeous hand-drawn/watercolor-like graphical style, the game pops out at you like a painting that has come to life. The game then bends your brain and shatters it to pieces by giving you the ability to rewind time to a multiple of 8 (both forwards and backwards) and using it to solve increasingly complex puzzles that test the very foundation of reality and shatter the notion that the game is “just another platformer”.

If you haven’t played the Braid demo then you are doing yourself a disservice. I can guarantee that once you give the game a try, you will have no qualms with it’s $15 price point. The game is quite simply a work of art that begs to be played by anyone that considers them a fan of video games. Not only does the game parody classic Nintendo games and poke fun at itself and the cliche gaming conventions we’re all used to, it wraps itself up with an intelligent, touching and poetic story and music that belongs in a motion picture of The Lord of the Rings-calibur, managing to whisk you away to a strange whimsical land where anything is possible.

Although Braid was built from the ground as a game where players learn from their mistakes until they achieve their goal (thus you can never die or fail, you just rewind and try again!) it can still test that noggin to the Nth degree and as such, you may want a visual aid to help you out in your adventure through this strange and wonderful land.

Give a look at these walkthrough videos from Earthbound12, MorrowJ, EatMoreHippo’s & SoulblitzJ below to help you out. Just keep in mind to only use them once you’ve given it your all in trying to solve a specific puzzle.

Braid Video Introduction

Braid Level 2 & 3 “Time & Mystery” Walkthrough


Braid Level 4 “Time & Place” Walkthrough

Braid Level 5 “Time & Decision” Walkthrough Part 1


Braid Level 5 “Time & Decision” Walkthrough Part 2


Braid Level 6 “Hesistance” Walkthrough Part 1

Braid Level 6 “Hesistance” Walkthrough Part 2

Key features of Braid:

* 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.