Braid is a brilliant mix of insanely creative graphics, a soundtrack that will blow you off your feet, calm and serene gameplay during the beginning and intense gameplay towards the end. It combines games like Mario, by using the famous "Sorry, the princess is in another castle" phrase, but expands it greatly, story wise. It also plays out like the old Mario and Donkey Kong games, as the game makes you jump on the heads of your enemies and run around and finish puzzles. Then you throw a twist into the gameplay like being able to rewind and slow down time, like you were able to do in the Prince of Persia games, and you have yourself one of the best games on the Xbox Live Arcade.