Oh hey, the port Blow promised for 4 years

[Xillynoc]

Anyway, never forget the most legendary reaction (and reaction to that reaction) of all time for this game:

 

 

[BEAST_IHMOTEP]

Published by Netflix? What the hell... 😆

[jonesey46]

Never played Braid but The Witness made me really dislike this guy. 

[HuntingFever]

I played the demo for Braid, many years ago but found the game to be overrated rubbish so quickly uninstalled it.

Edited May 13 by HuntingFever
Fixed typo.

[ShadyWARcotix]

11 minutes ago, HuntingFever said:

I played the demo for Braid, many years ago but found it to be overrated rubbish so quickly uninstalled it.

Same. Played if for a few minutes, deleted it and moved on but nice for those who like it.

[DrBloodmoney]

25 minutes ago, jonesey46 said:

Never played Braid but The Witness made me really dislike this guy. 

why?

[Alos88]

God, Blow is so pretentious. This man getting 9 and 10s for his first attempt at a game and he's sitting in a dark room sobbing because they're aren't smart enough to understand rick and morty 

[shadaik]

2 hours ago, Alos88 said:

God, Blow is so pretentious. This man getting 9 and 10s for his first attempt at a game and he's sitting in a dark room sobbing because they're aren't smart enough to understand rick and morty 

To Be Fair, You Have To Have a Very High IQ to Understand Rick and Morty

 

 

scnr

[Helyx]

Bought Braid at release for $15 due to all the hype and chatter. What a waste of money.

[jh7459]

Man, tough crowd around here. Played Braid back in the day and liked it. Never really followed anything about the creator. To each their own I guess.

[Sukwendo]

52 minutes ago, jh7459 said:

Man, tough crowd around here. Played Braid back in the day and liked it. Never really followed anything about the creator. To each their own I guess.

I know nothing about the creator, but I also remember liking Braid back in the day. The way they use the mechanic to subvert your interpretation of the events at the end was really clever. It recontextualized everything for me with an extreme sense of melancholy. I also found the music quite moving. 

[alien713]

I didn't care much about message this game conveys or the story, I love it for fantastic puzzles and level design, can strongly recommend to anyone who likes this type of games.

Edited May 11 by alien713

[emailking]

The music, the level design, the puzzle solving, all were very good. I think it deserved the good reviews, I also don't think the demo is enough to judge it by as it doesn't have the best elements. I think Blow probably read too much into the feedback but there's nothing wrong with having an emotional reaction to it. Debating reviewers in all the comment sections was perhaps a bit much.

[Elvick_]

3 hours ago, alien713 said:

I didn't care much about message this game conveys or the story, I love it for fantastic puzzles and level design, can strongly recommend to anyone who likes this type of games.

The puzzles were really neat from what I remember, but it's been awhile. Sucks consoles don't work like Steam, because I can get it 50% off there for owning the original. I'd be interested for the new puzzles.

[MnemonicTalents]

On 5/10/2024 at 5:27 PM, Xillynoc said:

Anyway, never forget the most legendary reaction (and reaction to that reaction) of all time for this game:

 

 

soulja boy could make braid and the witness

but jonathan blow could never make Crank That or Kiss Me Thru the Phone

[EightBitArtist]

love the people shitting on braid and then seeing a profile full of dogshit platinums. lol

[zaxonzaxon]

Don't think I've ever seen any substantive criticism of this game beyond "the developer is a pretentious ass." 

 

I had the same reaction initially, and I was kind of disturbed by it because it was entirely knee-jerk and emotional. After a lot of brutal introspection, I decided my ego was just hurt because I didn't "get it" and it made me feel dumb. As a result, I made an effort to actually listen to Blow and try and get a better of idea of what he and his game were about. I'm glad I did that, because I've since found him to be one of the more thoughtful and interesting people in the games industry. (He comes off as less pretentious if you realize he's just a deeply internal thinker who is kind of socially autistic.) I still don't "get" Braid, but I appreciate that there's someone who's at least trying to think deeper and more seriously about games, even if their work doesn't quite "hit" for me.

 

Anyway, I'm looking forward to playing the remaster now, to see what I think about it after 15 years of personal growth and change. If you're so bothered by the game (or its creator) that it inspires you to pre-emptively shit on its re-release so many years later, maybe you should consider doing the same.

[bogaards1997]

Never played it, and only in the past 2-3 years I've been playing all the indies people call classic. Now with this and the plat I have a reason to play.

[meecegoatsalot]

i played this on pc ages ago, will definitely pick this up now its got a plat on console

[jonesey46]

On 5/11/2024 at 11:10 AM, DrBloodmoney said:

why?

 

I'm being completely irrational but with The Witness, I got hooked on the mystery which eventually lead to nothing. Did some digging and got told "that's the point" and "you didn't get it" which just made it all the more frustrating and so I wrote him off. 

 

It's okay not to "get" things but with The Witness I genuinely don't think there is anything to "get", I just think Blow was fucking with us.

Edited May 13 by jonesey46

[NashtyMouse]

Weird to see people shit on Braid/The Witness, I never actually played Braid but will definitely pick it up since The Witness is arguably my all time favorite game.