magerette
Hedgewitch
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Has anyone played this game? I guess it's an indie that came out for XBox Live(?) but is supposedly coming out on PC. What I'm reading is that it's gotten a lot of praise for being a retro"puzzle/platformer." Is it similar to Puzzle Quest, or is it more like those grueling older games like Myst with puzzles that require intense manual dexterity and patience to solve? I don't mind mental anguish as long as the solution doesn't require ESP, but I absolutely hated Rune for making me drown repeatedly trying to find obscure underwater clues...
Here's what some people at Eurogamer say about it:
So anyone know anything about this one?
Here's what some people at Eurogamer say about it:
Kristan Reed: When people of a certain vintage go all misty-eyed about games from the 80s and early 90s, it's because they really don't make them like they used to. Except now they do, thanks to the marvels of cheap digital distribution and studios willing to take a chance on wistful 2D games with an ethereal atmosphere and cunning level design. Games like Braid, LBP, echochrome, N+ and LostWinds sate that retro desire that always burns away without having to be disappointed once the rose-tinted specs come off.
Kieron Gillen: Before Braid came out, I found myself talking to a developer friend late at night. We'd both got hold of the pre-release version of Braid, and we'd both had the same experience. We sat down and had a quick play and thought... actually, yes, this is clearly very good, but I'm going to have to come back when I can give it my full attention. Compared to most games - and most action games, especially - it's not one you can just have a little fiddle. Braid demands your full brain. And if you give yourself over to Braid, it will reward you. It's the game which provoked the most pretentious purple prose of the year. And the strangest thing about all those references which were thrown up - they were all true. Braid contained all those elements....
So anyone know anything about this one?
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