I just wanted to make absolutely sure that everyone is aware that Braid, a fantastic, innovative indie game, is coming to Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow.
I've played the first few levels. It's an inventive, difficult take on traditional platform games. Puzzle pieces are scattered throughout the levels. Some are easy to collect simply by running around and jumping on enemies, but the vast majority of them require you to use the game's time-travel feature. You can speed up, slow down, and even reverse the flow of time at will. Some things aren't affected by time travel, meaning that you could, for example, pick up a key at the bottom of a pit that you can't escape from, and then rewind time to take both you and the key out of the pit.
And that's an *easy *puzzle. *Braid'*s charming design, clever references to classic videogames, and brain-scratching puzzles should make this an easy decision. Well worth your money, from what I've played so far.
Braid will cost 1200 Microsoft Points, or $15.
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