Comments on: Braid http://guide2games.org/2008/09/10/braid/ Christian Spotlight's Game Reviews Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:01:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Colonel Link http://guide2games.org/2008/09/10/braid/comment-page-1/#comment-1800 Colonel Link Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:39:20 +0000 http://guide2games.org/?p=1443#comment-1800 @<a href="#comment-1798" rel="nofollow">Cameron</a>: Yep. That's just great. @Cameron:
Yep. That’s just great.

]]> By: Cameron http://guide2games.org/2008/09/10/braid/comment-page-1/#comment-1798 Cameron Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:44:26 +0000 http://guide2games.org/?p=1443#comment-1798 @ Martin I purposely left that entire part of the story out so people would be totally in the dark when the ending smashed into them like a ton of bricks. I hope people don't read the comments who haven't beaten the game, because you just ruined the ending for them. @ Martin

I purposely left that entire part of the story out so people would be totally in the dark when the ending smashed into them like a ton of bricks. I hope people don’t read the comments who haven’t beaten the game, because you just ruined the ending for them.

]]> By: Martin http://guide2games.org/2008/09/10/braid/comment-page-1/#comment-1630 Martin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:45:57 +0000 http://guide2games.org/?p=1443#comment-1630 From the review: "Our main hero never gives up. He fights and trudges on, no matter what is in his way. He longs to save the princess. He never shows any sign of ‘giving up’ in any way. He ignores what other people say about him, his adventure or his princess. Nothing can stop him. That determination is really cool in my book. It shows that he really loves this princess." Sorry to inform you about this, but I think you have entirely misunderstood the ending of the game. Without giving too many spoilers away I can say, that the games ending definately reveals, that the princess actually has spend all of the game running away from the protagonist, who, according to hints in the artwork of the game, is abusive and alchoholic. Braid is a great game no question, but from a Christian perspective (I'm atheist myself) I would find it disturbing that it's not revealed untill the end that you have been playing an evil character all along. From the review:
“Our main hero never gives up. He fights and trudges on, no matter what is in his way. He longs to save the princess. He never shows any sign of ‘giving up’ in any way. He ignores what other people say about him, his adventure or his princess. Nothing can stop him. That determination is really cool in my book. It shows that he really loves this princess.”

Sorry to inform you about this, but I think you have entirely misunderstood the ending of the game. Without giving too many spoilers away I can say, that the games ending definately reveals, that the princess actually has spend all of the game running away from the protagonist, who, according to hints in the artwork of the game, is abusive and alchoholic.
Braid is a great game no question, but from a Christian perspective (I’m atheist myself) I would find it disturbing that it’s not revealed untill the end that you have been playing an evil character all along.

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