Xbox Live has been a glorious romp through a river of indie games from side scrollers to 3rd person platforming types. Every now and then you may find a diamond in the rough. Braid is one of these diamonds. This game’s story has a lot of philosophy mixed in with the simple decision between right and wrong.
The levels in this game are broken up in the typical world 2, 3, etc. process, but each one is broken into sections. When you start out you walk into what is your house and the first world is opened up to you. Every time you enter a world for the first time you are introduced to a series of books which lay out the story to you and the challenges that are faced for ones choices. This is a puzzle based game and does a great job of presenting as such. The first time you walk into a section of the world you are bombarded by colorful landscapes and amazing backgrounds of art pieces that move along the level with you.
Gameplay is simple in the sense that A is jump and X controls the ability to rewind time. Also, it is nice to go back and play a game that is like the old 2D side scrollers. Every world has a different way of changing time around you and has to be utilized to complete the puzzles. The game is challenging and you can spend hours trying to get through some of these puzzles. It is addicting and a great adage to the already growing cabal of games on Xbox Live.
If you haven’t picked this game up yet or thought it’s not worth the points, go ahead and take a leap of faith on this one. The choice here has never been so right.
