Braid Celebrates PC Release With Demo and Trailer

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  why would you want no vsync? : dignan
  • It says it disables a vsync test not vsync itself. : dubiousbrick
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  I never play with vsync on.. fps is locked at 60 max fps, by the way is there actually any gfx difference... : ClawHammR
  • Yes--frames don't tear so everything looks far better. : Alice O'Connor
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    Oh boy.... : Johnnsen
    • I uhhh.. concur. : biofrog
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    Erm, you understand that vsync locks the rendering of a frame to the refresh rate of your display, right?... : Soulslayer
    • I have a 60hz LCD and in a game like TF2 you can definitely tell when vsync is on and the game is locked ... : pyide

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  BRAID IS NOT A FLIGHT SIMULATOR! : ggj00rpwnd
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    *gamepad :( : Funran
    • You can use this: http://www.xpadder.com/ : enmatajuu

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  Out of the recent deals I only bought Hell's Highway, Greatest Indie pack, UT3, and Lost Planet. I restra... : deculture
  • ya im loving QuakeLive. UT3 is sorta fun, not a fan of this iteration of unreal engine i bought Hel... : flasher 907

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• lol, so it was a great game until one part that you couldn't work out, so that made you rage quit and tur... : nudel
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  Assuming you're talking about the part I think you are... The easiest way to beat that part is to use the : jake2000
  • by "the middle one" I mean "the middle of the 3 piranha plants" of course : jake2000

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  Well you could just plug the Xbox 360 controller into your PC and they will be exactly the same! : simoney
  • i did that today actually. found a GameStop that was open on Easter Sunday. would have rather not got i... : i poop from there
• Why didn't you just buy this for the 360 last year? : JackAxe

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  So you're saying you suck? Seriously just youtube the solution if you're that stuck. : uncleanmonkey
  • That's the worst part, after like an hour i did youtube it and i still can't do it. I fully admit I suck... : phinn
• At least it was challenging because the puzzle was well designed rather than challenging because the deve... : mxcl
• I can't decide whether this is a poorly written attempt, or if you're just clueless. : zehh
• This post sucks, no one read it, worst post ever made because I read all the words except some in the mid... : esad
• so nobody should buy it cause you suck at puzzle games? .. yea.. fail, i bought this game but i suck at p... : ClawHammR
• that's like...your opinion man : headbone

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  what shit? The game seems to be well received no? : humbleone
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    The game is, but many people (here and elsewhere) think the author is just full of shit with his "artsy" ... : zehh
    • yeah, so far his writing in the books is a bit pretentious...I'm suspending my emo-hammer in mid-air due ... : jigstah
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  John Blow only gets shit from morons here at Shacknews. : mxcl
  • Nah, lots of people (even "indie" developers) give Jon Blow shit. He's got great ideas, and he's done a ... : qsylvr
• Yea cool little game, I almost beat it. Good side-scrollers are rare but a game like this and obviously ... : phinn

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  very well - mostly because the only control (that Ive discovered so far) is jumping and controlling time.... : jigstah
  • I found the controlling speed-of-time awkward. ie: Shift + Up/Down arrow, but that might just be because... : biofrog
• Yeah, it's a game that should play better with the gamepad, but it's pretty keyboard friendly. : zehh
• I think it's ridiculous that they didn't put in gamepad support. Fortunately, JoyToKey fixes this proble... : CyCo_PL
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  It works fine with an Xbox 360 gamepad : persecutor
  • ..... and yes, on the PC. : persecutor

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• shouldn't had uninstalled :P downloaded demo and then bought before went to sleep and it continued where ... : ClawHammR

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  Thankfully, we're allowed to own more than one game in my part of the world. : zehh
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    It's called budgeting. Don't buy every game you see. Plus there's this economy as well, and considering t... : Skyburst101
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      Crikey man it's 15 bucks. I'd understand you skipping the 60 buck ones. We all would. But this considered... : mxcl
      • I'll consider it, there is a demo for it unlike a lot of games these days. I made an impulse buy on Impul... : Skyburst101
• Trine does look awesome. I'm not sure how it competes with Braid, though. They're both in roughly the sam... : Arceihn
• Trine looks very promising and so does this game... I'll be playing both. Hell it's only $15. : phinn

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  I want to but the graphics...ugh..my eyes, my beautiful eyes. Nah, it's not that bad plus it IS the gam... : wytefang
  • Did you try the demo? I found it really quite attractive. : Alice O'Connor
  • What are you talking about? It's a gorgeous game. All the visuals look hand-painted. Can you just not dea... : BlackCat9
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    What? It looks awesome, actually made me stop and admire the artwork several times. : zehh
    • Wow, weird. I played a couple levels on the Xbox 360 and found it cludgy. It wasn't terribly crisp and ... : wytefang
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    I am really enjoying the artwork...especially since it's by one guy. : jigstah
    • check out the early screenshots from 2006 :) It's come a long way http://braid-game.com/news/?p=11 : jigstah
  • UR WEIRD : mxcl

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• And buy it here: http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/braid-soundtrack/ : mxcl

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• wondering same, i've tried almost everything and can't get over lvl 2-3 :S tried almost everything : ClawHammR

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• Ack. Thanks! : Alice O'Connor

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  there are some spoilers in that trailer, whats with splitting into 2 people and that circle time 'window'... : dignan
  • When you rewind, your shadow will repeat your previous steps and can interact with the environment :-) ... : biofrog

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• hmm -windowed as a tag command at least spawns itself properly at 1280x720 so its better than seeing it s... : smacknca

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• I have no idea what happened with Steam. The release was originally timed to release only shortly other s... : Alice O'Connor

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  trying nvidia control panel force..hopefully it works : jigstah
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    fixed the tearing by forcing it in the control panel. damn this game rocks. : jigstah
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      check the braid blog he said there is a vsync command line : Iwannaacura
      • thanks, it works. : jigstah

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  I think it was originally going to be $20 : pjargon
  • oh... stink : crummynz
• Braid costs $15 on XBLA but was originally announced on PC for $20. This was back knocked down to $15 aft... : Alice O'Connor