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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
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Two brothers are on a search for a cure for their dying father.
"Starbreeze's fairytale adventure is so finely crafted, you'd be hard pressed to find many better games this year."
5 ★ (22)
4 ★ (28)
3 ★ (10)
2 ★ (4)
1 ★ (0)

Excellent Game

If you haven't played this game, you should. It's about two brothers who set out on an adventure to find a cure for their dying father. The cure is located in a tree. You control both brothers at the… Read more

10/10

+Impactful narrative told strictly through gestures and grunts. +Puzzles are amusing and inventive +Grand adventure filled with surprisingly original settings, characters and scenarios. -Controlling t… Read more

A Moving and Beautiful Journey Through A Haunting Fairytale

With a moving story and exceptional presentation, Brothers is a fine addition to the recently expanding list of short, simplistic indie games with a focus on narrative and tone. While maybe not quite… Read more

Short but very very sweet

This is a game that really takes you for an emotional ride. The experience only last for about 3 - 4 hours, but its very engaging, and I was tearing up by the end of the game. The first game that I wa… Read more

A fantastic spectacle with a fantastic ending.

T he Short Pros - Beautiful world feels straight out of a fairytale - Unique controls that require no tutorials; you learn as you play - Achievements are clever and encourage exploration on an otherwi… Read more

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a charmer; unless of course, you aren't charmed by it.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons has it all. A beautiful fantasy setting, innovative control scheme and heartfelt story. Right? Well, I suppose one could make such claim, but doing so would be ignoring th… Read more

Video Review for Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons from Starbreeze Studios is a third-person puzzle/adventure game with a unique control scheme (you really need a controller for this experience) and a powerful narrative. I… Read more

A perfect little gem of a game, small in scope and better for it.

Brothers ' scope is decidedly small. A young man and an even younger man trying to save their father's life by adventuring the world may not exactly be small stakes, but that's relative. Compared to m… Read more

A touching storyline combined with a unique controller scheme makes Brothers well worth checking out

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons by Swedish development studio Starbreeze Studios and published by 505 Games is a touching story of two brothers who are on a quest to save their sick father. In the introd… Read more

Excellent experience - emotional impact

Enjoyed this, not sure there are 10 games better than this in 2013 ;-). An interesting control scheme, lovely art design and a great narrative with some real impact. I know a lot of people have said t… Read more

Brothers is a classical Grimm brothers' fairytale, and it's that grim vision that makes it shine

There are sights to be seen, many self-contained stories to take part in, and how that all works together with the larger narrative is what makes it such a special experience. Brothers: A Tale of Two… Read more

I can name ten better games that came out in 2013

Brothers is a totally competent puzzle-platformer. You pull levers, climb ledges, and use both brothers to open doors. Mechanically, it's fine. My hands started to hurt after a while, but let's chalk… Read more

A beautiful story created with a controller in mind, there's nothing else quite like Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a 3rd person adventure game with light action elements from Swedish developer Starbreeze studios. Developed in collaboration with filmmaker Josef Fares , Brothers is a… Read more

Forgetable switch-puzzles in fairy tale land

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is best described as a single player coop game. You get two control two brothers on their adventures through a Fable'ish world. What sets this game apart is that it doesn'… Read more

Two Brothers, One Controller

How far would you go to save someone you love? Modern gaming is full of worn-out tropes. We have seen the all-American hero, the damsel in distress, the amnesiac; even the game mechanics themselves ha… Read more

A touching story and a unique concept make Brothers well worth checking out

On top of being a thoroughly enjoyable and charming experience, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons feels like a demo for an interesting concept: single-player co-op. A concept that may sound too messy to wo… Read more

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Review.

I like being surprised, I go into each year in the hope another uniquely stunning game might remind me of how wonderful and emotionally touching video games can be. We are surrounded by the norm, and… Read more

It may have a few clunky edges, but Brothers is absolutely worth seeing through

Summer of Arcade has brought the gaming populace many great downloadable games over the last few years. It stands to reason that these games would still have existed in some form or another without th… Read more

A unique control scheme leads to a heartfelt binding of storytelling and mechanics like no other

Swedish developers Starbreeze Studios are certainly known for their creativity and lauded penchant for taking risks with established genres. A single-player co-operative story based adventure, however… Read more

A unique control scheme leads to a heartfelt binding of storytelling and mechanics like no other

Swedish developers Starbreeze Studios are certainly known for their creativity and lauded penchant for taking risks with established genres. A single-player co-operative story based adventure, however… Read more

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