BRAID the PUZZLE game

[rhitwick]

Guys, anyone playing BRAID?
Those who played Portal would surely love it. It has more challenge and fun than Portal.

Its 2D but gr8 visuals.
Its one hell of a puzzle game.
Try it and lets here ur opinion on it.....

[Cool Joe]

Yup, Braid is an awesome game. Even better than Portal IMO.

[chesss]

it feels more like an arcade style mario than a puzzle game..
and whats the objective of the game? I just keeep running through doors

[rhitwick]

Originally Posted by chesss

it feels more like an arcade style mario than a puzzle game..
and whats the objective of the game? I just keeep running through doors

U had a gf who is a princess.
She is been kidnapped and u r finding her (same story as Mario but with more romantic angle, read them when displayed.)
In game u get to interact different worlds and in every world time and space acts differently. In game u need to collect pieces of puzzles which are scattered in every level. And this is where the challenge comes. Reaching to them and getting them are too tough. Requires patience and brain. Its always how u use the environment to get ur job done.
Try it, its awesome. Its screenshots won't be that influencing but try to experience it on ur own and form ur own opinion

[Ethan_Hunt]

Originally Posted by rhitwick

U had a gf who is a princess.
She is been kidnapped and u r finding him

Ahem...him...Are you sure?

Anyway it's a really brain racking game. It's very innovative in a way & also thought provoking in terms of level design. Although the end left me confused.

[rhitwick]

@wow, u even finished the game!!!
Then help me solving some puzzles.
How do I get these two pieces.

[Ethan_Hunt]

A lot of us out here finished the game when it came out. Me, Shekar & Ajay. I suppose Ajay was the first to do it.

From your image, it seem like you'll have to get 1 piece from the next stage "Hunt" & one from "Leap of Faith". That would allow you to get the puzzle piece which is on the top most end. The one below it needs that bouncing goomba to be brought down to get it.

Here's how it works. Get the puzzle piece from "Hunt" level & the very first puzzle piece from the "Leap of Faith". Head back to your current level & stand near the puzzle picture. Re-arrange the puzzle in such a way that the part of the puzzle which has a brownish bridge, connects with the bridge on the top (where the goomba is walking). Make sure you align it properly. If you do this correctly it will allow the goomba to walk over it & fall down. Once that happens, run toward him & bounce on top of him to get the puzzle which is just above to exit door.

For the top most puzzle, Just connect both those puzzle pieces I mentioned to get earlier, it will form a big plank like bridge, align it to the existing bridge (where goomba walks), yet again. Run towards the other side & jump while you're on the edge & you should make it on the plank which has the next puzzle.

[rhitwick]

How to run BRAID on VISTA? After installation it throws error dx3d_dx9 dll missing.
But VISTA has DX10 and this error is because DX9?

What to do?
I've downloaded that particular dll? Do I use it?

[Ethan_Hunt]

It's a missing Direct X file error. If you have already downloaded it, then copy it into your System32 directory of the Windows folder.

[rhitwick]

ok, done. Downloaded latest dx10 runtime installable. It fixed the issue.
In vista running it with windowed mode, 15fps and without post-processing

[Indyan]

Its a wonderful game, but its damn hard. I finished level 2 completely, but struggling to get all the pieces from other levels.

[chesss]

OK I figured it out, was impateint in the beginning..

anyhow , its one the most beautiful game out there. Even the music is awesome - You can listen on youtube

[Techn0crat]

@rhitwick
How to run it in windowed mode?

[Aspire]

^^
Alt+Enter

[rhitwick]

braid.exe -60fps -windowed -no_post

is the command line argument.

[voljin1987]

Anybody tried using the editor?

[amitash]

@rhitwick: run in compatibility mode for xp sp2...tat worked like a charm for me.

The game itself is awesome...finished it 3 days after it came out for PC.

[rhitwick]

Originally Posted by amitash

@rhitwick: run in compatibility mode for xp sp2...tat worked like a charm for me.

The game itself is awesome...finished it 3 days after it came out for PC.

I'm in XP and no issues for me.
It was Vista on my frnd's lappy.

But I'm stuck in "Hunt" chapter for Irreversible world.

[amitash]

^oh yea, i was stuck for a while in that one too, the tip is to start hunting from the top and not from the bottom...Oh and beware of killing the lion on the middle level that will help you jumpp to the key, kill that last.

[rhitwick]

What if I don't collect all the pieces? I missed that part earlier. I just couldn't do.
<edited, the damn forum doesn't allow me leave things the way I want>

I went by killing them in the given order. Now I got that I've kill 5th one by jumping on its head and at the same time I'd get up on the upper platform to kill the 6th one. But the jump is not high enough in however way I do it. Any tips anyone? (Only this piece is left in this world)

Well I moved on and now I'm stuck here. (World 5, stage3)

How do I get that part?

[amitash]

for the hunt, you need to jump over and then kill certain lions...in the end, when you kill the one that helos you jump to the top, you need to jump on it thrice to get the altitude and then kill it and go....this might help:
http://www.imgx.org/public/viewset/7637

As for world 5, glowing purple things arent affected by your ghost, like the key or the door in this case, try this:
http://www.imgx.org/public/viewset/7638

rewinds are indicated by the blue pen, and normal gameplay by red

firstly dont wake the rabit, when you start, climb up, go take the key, come back, jump as far as possible across the gap and die, then rewind back all the way till indicated and go stand as close to the edge of the platform as possible, your ghost self will go back, take the key, jump and since your standing at the edge, it will hand you the key and it will die, you can then go open the door.

[rhitwick]

^thanx. At last I did both of them!!!

[rhitwick]

Finished!!!
Wow!!! awesome game. It tops Portal for me.

But what was that? What does it mean? I mean the ending?
After brainfcuk movie we r getting brainfcuk games too??
Anyone...wat was dat?

[ico]

total mindfu(k.

[himadri_sm]

& thats the beauty of braid, the ending makes the game a lot more special & takes it to a whole new level..btw, isn't this thread 2 years old?

[rhitwick]

^so what, ICO is running two years late

b/w BRAID never gets old.

[vickybat]

One of the best games i have ever played. The background scores are scintilating. Takes the mind and soul to a different level.

Trully soul stirring tracks. The puzzles are well made. Hats off to the developers.

[himadri_sm]

Originally Posted by vickybat

One of the best games i have ever played. The background scores are scintilating. Takes the mind and soul to a different level.

Trully soul stirring tracks. The puzzles are well made. Hats off to the developers.

actually this game was developed by jonathan blow & david hellman did the visuals...so it was a two man team only.

Source- Wikipedia

[gameranand]

Goddamn I can't get all the pictures from even the first chapter. Crap how am I going to complete it.

[vickybat]

^^ You got to try even harder. Its one of the best puzzle games ever made.