1. UM-Dearborn Game Review For CIS 487 Zheng Zhang 09/24/2012

2. UM-Dearborn

3. 3  Basic Information Game title: Braid Author: Jonathan Blow(independent software developer) Type of game: Platform and puzzle video game Price: $9.99 for PC hardware requirements: Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 Processor: 1.4GHz or faster Memory: 768 MB or more Hard Disk Space: 200 MB or more DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9.0c

4. 4 UM-Dearborn  Game Summary The music and graph would touch everyone Easy to play but not easy to pass Very good story A game you can reverse time ——Quick overview

5. 5 UM-Dearborn  Game Summary Player's role is Tim who can reverse time. Searching for a princess who "has been snatched by a horrible and evil monster." The truth is that the princess running from Tim, setting traps that he is able to evade. The ending of the game is purposely ambiguous, and has been subject to multiple interpretations. ——Story line&Player's role

6. 6 UM-Dearborn  Game Summary Installation is very simple. It is not a big game. The Interface is simple you only use few key on the keyboard to finish all the work.(just up,down,left,right,space,shift) There isn't any settings or options. You just follow the story. That's fine. ——Installation&User Interface

7. 7 UM-Dearborn  Game Summary Good and funny instructions Fancy ability:rewind(need a demo)need a demo ——Game Play

8. 8 UM-Dearborn  Game Summary Finding and assembling jigsaw puzzle pieces Explore the new world ——Scoring

9. 9 UM-Dearborn  Game Summary We have seen the demo. There isn's anything more need to say. We are enjoy the music from braid now. What do you think. ——Artwork&Sound and Music

10. 10 UM-Dearborn  Game Summary Finding and assembling jigsaw puzzle pieces Explore the new world ——Scoring

11. 11 UM-Dearborn  Game Review Artwork and Music The story -It looks like a story to rescure the princess. But it contains some thinking about the life and world. -To the deeper meaning of the story, there are different opinions on the internet. The puzzles -You need to ues different ability to achieve goals. -Each jigsaw puzzle picture has deeper meaning. ——What is good (fun) about the game? Why?

12. 12 UM-Dearborn  Game Review Not exciting -You maybe feel boring if you meet a obstacle you can't pass. ——What is bad (not fun) about the game? Why?

13. 13 UM-Dearborn  Game Review Endless Story -World2->W3->W4->W5->W6->World1 More elements than classical puzzle game. -When you find how to solve the puzzle, you also need the skills to do it. More joys than classical platform game. -With fighting and running, you also need use your brain to solve the puzzles. —— How does it compare to similar games in the same genre? & Why is it better than similar games?

14. 14 UM-Dearborn  Game Review Adults,enjoying the puzzles and story -A kid maybe not understand the meaning of story. -Someone enjot exciting may not like it. ——What is the appropriate audience for this game?

15. 15 UM-Dearborn  Summary ——Overall strengths and weaknesses StrengthsWeaknesses Story puzzles Abilities Art & music Not Exciting Only a part of people like it Hard to pass

16. 16 UM-Dearborn  Summary —— Is the game worth purchasing? & How could it be improved? To someone like this style,it worth purchasing To improve this game -Make the story more easily to understand. -Add more types of fighting.

17. 17 UM-Dearborn  Mystery The Princess, somehow harnessed and shackled, looms ominously in the sky

18. 18 UM-Dearborn  Mystery Quote -On that moment hung eternity. Time stood still. Space contracted to a pinpoint. It was as though the earth had opened and the skies split. One felt as though he had been privileged to witness the Birth of the World… -Someone near him said: “It worked.” Someone else said: “Now we are all sons of bitches.”

19. 19 UM-Dearborn  Mystery One of the paintings also shows a World War II

20. 20 UM-Dearborn  Mystery Quote -She stood tall and majestic. She radiated fury. She shouted: “Who has disturbed me?” But then, anger expelled, she felt the sadness beneath; she let her breath fall softly, like a sigh, like ashes floating gently on the wind. She couldn’t understand why he chose to flirt so closely with the death of the world.

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