Braid: Mixed emotions.

After so many glowing reviews, I couldn't put off this game any further. I'd already tried the demo and decided it wasn't worth what they were charging for it, but then I hear about it on the 1up show, on podcasts, on every message board known to man, and I knew I had to yield and see what the fuss was about beyond the first world. Well that was a stupid mistake, the game turns out to offer a mild challenge but it's about as interesting and compelling as dishwater. The mood and music of the game is totally off, and while the art direction is generally good the character designs, enemy designs and animation are truly horrible. When you finish the game you get some pseudo-intellectual fiction that reminds me of garbage I wrote when I was 15. I can't say I totally regret the purchase but it certainly wasn't the best £10 I ever spent.