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"Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons" is the best game I've played all year
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Passersby were amazedby the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
Passersby were amazedby the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
Out today on 360, soon on PS3 and Steam.
Don't even hesitate.
Go get this fucking game.
It is excellent.
Have you played it yet? Let's talk about it.
Spoilers in spoilers.
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Its ok so far
I cannot get over how cool the gameplay in the sections where you are tied together was, or how badass the Mountain of Giants was.
Fuck, this god damned game is so good.
Starbreeze is not really an indie studio
But the way Kuchera talks about it...I think I have to see this.
EDIT: I am illiterate.
Does this game get any more complicated? I just got to the campfire and so far it's been incredibly simple
Camp fire? Trying to remember.
It doesn't get super complicated, and its not a particularly tough game, but they do mix up the control mechanics a bit and introduce more twists on the gameplay. It gets incredibly clever, and the story gets wonderful.
It is very short, though, but is a very satisfying story,
They have a publisher, but they're still pretty small. This certainly isn't their first game, but I would be absolutely floored if a studio could pull off this quality of a game as a freshman effort.
Oh yeah.
Yes. Gets much better. You basically just finished the first level after the tutorial. There's probably six levels or so total, maybe seven or eight, but they're not really levels per se.
It is such a treat.
Ok cool. I like the visuals and the idea but around when
I was hoping they had thought up better stuff to do with their mechanics
And the part where you rescue the girl had me laughing out loud the entire time.
Yeah that was kind of a groaner.
Totally gets better.
The other big boss fight in the game is sort of equally a let down, and the inspiration for it up is super obvious.
Can you talk about the qualities of this game that you really liked? This thing wasn't even on my radar until this very thread, I would be interested to hear about what type of game this is.
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It's an adventure/puzzle game with a heavy emphasis on character and atmosphere.
He bit me in the butt once.
in my world, if I pay $15 for a downloaded game and it's not a re-issue of something that originally came out on a disc
it's indie
The use of the control scheme is the first obvious answer -- you control the younger brother with the left control stick and trigger, the older with the right.
The way they pulled this off and utilize it in both mechanical ways and into the narrative is wonderfully done.
The story itself is genuinely good, and they do an amazing job of not explaining it, just letting you wander and discover most of it. The core storyline is fairly simple, but the world they made does a wonderful job of turning into this perfect storybook world. Really clever.
The gameplay mechanics themselves feel very organic to the settings, which was very clever.
Try it.
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your posting career's off to a great start
Yes, because I've only done that like eight times, and jokes are only funny when they're repeated endlessly and predictably.
That's totally what happened.
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You're just going through the sharky motions at this point.