07-10-2016, 11:38 PM
BRAID
I don't game much as I used to.
So I got this game because I heard nothing but praises and shit, and it was cheap. Buyer impulse once again kicked in...I've been bored lately anyways.
So I decided to play something besides Left 4 Dead for once.
A puzzle game. Those are fun, right? And XboxAchievements says the difficulty is a 4/10. Cool, I get to solve puzzles and relax.
Fuck me, no. I still ended up raging at a game.
I admit, I'm just not smart for this game. Fuck 4/10 difficulty, this is a good 7 at least.
By the time I got to World 3 out of 6, I resorted to a Guide, and even that didn't help much, because it was nothing but timing.
There's no hand holding on how to use your abilities on whatever map. For the life of me I couldn't wrap my head around the fucking game's ability mechanics. Me bypassing and getting puzzles was just dumb luck for me.Â
Especially World 4. https://youtu.be/dELboJ9Miio?t=602
On that map, you move forward, time resumes normally. You turn around to go back, time reverses. Fuck this shit.
In the video, the player gets the puzzle piece, he jumps on the discount Goomba to get to high platform, BUT at the same time, he goes back to reverse time to prevent the fake Goomba's death and so that it naturally resumes on the platform to grab the key for him. It doesn't sound like shit on paper, but to mimic that was such a pain.
Each level after that just made me feel even more stupid than before because never in my life would I have figured how to get most of these puzzle pieces.
The story, spoilers ahead. I just ended up not giving a shit. From an average person's point of view, you read books before the start of each map that tell you some dick name Tim wants to find the Princess. And each map just basically describing his lust for her or some shit and how he's about to fuck off and go find her. And even when you get to the end, which is ass backwards the beginning of the map, either that or I did the game out of order because you had to climb a ladder to get to World 1, while the game starts you off at World 2-6, if that makes any sense. At World 1, you see how she got captured. Which means, you never rescued the bitch. I admit, World 1 was interesting, because you're running to save her, she's opening paths for you as you tried to clear them and help her by opening paths for her. Then when you get to the end, you get shut out with your only option to rewind time, so that it looks like she's running away from you and jumping to the arms of the "bad guy" turned hero. The End.
Another positive thing I can say about this game is that I do appreciate what the game is trying to do, but Jesus Christ, it's a fucking video game, can a man relax? They made this too difficult as if a hooker is right at your door and she's your reward when you beat the game.
Shitty, the last achievement I need is beating the Speed Run of the game in 45 minutes, fuck that and fuck everything about this game. Guess I won't 100% this either.
TL;DR
I wasted $5 to feel like a fucking idiot for a few hours.
I don't game much as I used to.
So I got this game because I heard nothing but praises and shit, and it was cheap. Buyer impulse once again kicked in...I've been bored lately anyways.
So I decided to play something besides Left 4 Dead for once.
A puzzle game. Those are fun, right? And XboxAchievements says the difficulty is a 4/10. Cool, I get to solve puzzles and relax.
Fuck me, no. I still ended up raging at a game.
I admit, I'm just not smart for this game. Fuck 4/10 difficulty, this is a good 7 at least.
By the time I got to World 3 out of 6, I resorted to a Guide, and even that didn't help much, because it was nothing but timing.
There's no hand holding on how to use your abilities on whatever map. For the life of me I couldn't wrap my head around the fucking game's ability mechanics. Me bypassing and getting puzzles was just dumb luck for me.Â
Especially World 4. https://youtu.be/dELboJ9Miio?t=602
On that map, you move forward, time resumes normally. You turn around to go back, time reverses. Fuck this shit.
In the video, the player gets the puzzle piece, he jumps on the discount Goomba to get to high platform, BUT at the same time, he goes back to reverse time to prevent the fake Goomba's death and so that it naturally resumes on the platform to grab the key for him. It doesn't sound like shit on paper, but to mimic that was such a pain.
Each level after that just made me feel even more stupid than before because never in my life would I have figured how to get most of these puzzle pieces.
The story, spoilers ahead. I just ended up not giving a shit. From an average person's point of view, you read books before the start of each map that tell you some dick name Tim wants to find the Princess. And each map just basically describing his lust for her or some shit and how he's about to fuck off and go find her. And even when you get to the end, which is ass backwards the beginning of the map, either that or I did the game out of order because you had to climb a ladder to get to World 1, while the game starts you off at World 2-6, if that makes any sense. At World 1, you see how she got captured. Which means, you never rescued the bitch. I admit, World 1 was interesting, because you're running to save her, she's opening paths for you as you tried to clear them and help her by opening paths for her. Then when you get to the end, you get shut out with your only option to rewind time, so that it looks like she's running away from you and jumping to the arms of the "bad guy" turned hero. The End.
Another positive thing I can say about this game is that I do appreciate what the game is trying to do, but Jesus Christ, it's a fucking video game, can a man relax? They made this too difficult as if a hooker is right at your door and she's your reward when you beat the game.
Shitty, the last achievement I need is beating the Speed Run of the game in 45 minutes, fuck that and fuck everything about this game. Guess I won't 100% this either.
TL;DR
I wasted $5 to feel like a fucking idiot for a few hours.
"Who am I to tell you something that you already know?
Who am I to tell you 'Hold on' when you wanna let go?
Who am I? I'm just a sicko with a song in my head and it keeps playing again and again and again and again."
https://youtu.be/bdJ7xe70ck0