Time: 4 Hours
Achievements: 6/12 (50%)
Game 3 of my ABC plan! I don’t know why I’ve always put this game off, it was as amazing as everyone says. To be honest, that’s all I’m going to say to most of you, as everything else will be in spoilers in case :)
Damn, I was not expecting that end, though. To be honest, I thought that the little brother would die. Just ruin his life, why don’t you? First he sees his mother die, almost dies himself plenty of times, then sees his brother die, buries him, AND has to tell the news to his father. And the way his father broke down at the end and he had to comfort him… and the fact that you had to use the left trigger because he ‘became’ the older brother (tbh I had to google that, I was stuck).
Overall, amazing game. I had one big issue which was running away from the invisible beast on the bridge, where I tried maybe 20 times, then decided I’d give it a go on keyboard,
and got it first time. Well then.</span>
Managed to squeeze in one more August win ;)
Oh yeah this game cuts deep. Probably the only time a controller actually made me choke up a little. When you realise the big brother is giving the little one strength to swim, through his action button, then I was just like “Damn…”
I think this game is a great example of how games can be art. It uses the quirks of the medium to tell a story which, even though it’s not groundbreaking, has that much more impact because of the way you ‘play’ through it.
Yeeesss ;-;
And I agree 100%. Despite not being able to understand a word spoken, I feel like I could grasp so much from actions and images.
So this game gliched a bunch for me and I couldn’t progress…however it’s been awhile so maybe I shold try again.
I’d definitely give it another shot! I hope it works this time!!
This game gets all the feelings out of you and then squishes out some more. I thought the use of the mecanics to pass the feelings through to the player was really a good idea, and it did work on me ;___;
Until you have nothing left to give :,) Oh it worked on me, too ;-; I just wanted to give the little brother everything at the end - give him back his brother and mother and anything else he wanted ;-;
I know right? It MIGHT have been raining on my face the whole time after the big brother is killed. Both times that I played the game. Yes, even knowing what was coming.
Yeah, there was just… lots of dust in my eye… had nothing to do with him being sTABBED IN FRONT OF HIS LITTLE BROTHER ;-;
Aaaah so many spoilers and I want to read it all. I wanted to play this game last month, because it is short and apparently very good but I won many games so I played them instead. I suppose I’ve been unlucky lucky. ;D
Pfft, put them to the side and play this wonderful game! They can wait a few hours :,)
Brothers offers an experience that can’t be 100% reproduced in any other form of entertainment. This is why I like videogames.
It feels weird, almost wrong to claim that this in my top 3 favorite games of all times, but at the same time I can’t argue against that idea.
That’s very true. It’s a very captivating game, and (for me at least) the gameplay alone felt very creative and unique. Just toss that amazing story, and the way of telling it, and damn, I honestly just don’t even know what to say.
I agree that it was brilliantly done, and it’s so impressive how they packed that emotional roller coaster into such a short game. You get to experience that euphoria of prancing up a mountainside on the backs of goats and taking flight on a hang glider… and then that solemn heaviness of heading home alone. -_-
It’s truly an amazing mood-setting game… jut him dragging his brother to his grave was so heart-wrenching, because he literally had to drag his body… ;-;
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Couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s a beautiful adventure but it definitely leaves you depressed by the end of it. Makes you wonder if saving the father was worth the sacrifice of the brother. I’m glad you added it to your list!
That’s actually exactly what I was thinking at the end. To be honest, I wonder how the father reacts to the younger brother now - if he acts spiteful that they went on the trip in the first place to save him, or something like that. Because he’s lost his wife and oldest son now.