Is Braid Hard? Difficulty Rating 4.5/10

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Braid

Full Release (2008)

DIFFICULTY

4.5/10

Not Too Difficult

(2 ratings)

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Difficulty Summary

Braid offers an accessible experience with pockets of challenge that keep things interesting.

Why Players Find It Difficult

Players describe the challenge in this game as coming mainly from a few specific areas:

Punishing enemy and boss encounters that require pattern recognition
High penalty for mistakes, often resetting significant progress
Combat demands precision timing rather than raw stat power
Tight movement and timing requirements throughout

Who Will Find It Difficult

Braid is suitable for a wide range of players. Newcomers may hit a few friction points, but should be able to progress with some persistence. Players who rated games like Kingdom Hearts, Diablo II, and SteamWorld Dig 2 at a similar challenge level may find Braid broadly comparable in difficulty.

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Based on 2 ratings on Normal/Default difficulty, the average score is 4.5/10. Most players rated this game between 4 and 5.

Developer(s)

Number None Inc.

Publisher(s)

Number None Inc., Microsoft Game Studios

Genre(s)

Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Platform(s)

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac

Keywords

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About Braid

Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where you can manipulate the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess. In each world, you have a different power to affect the way time behaves, and it is time's strangeness that creates the puzzles. The time behaviors include: the ability to rewind, objects that are immune to being rewound, time that is tied to space, parallel realities, time dilation, and perhaps more. Braid treats your time and attention as precious; there is no filler in this game. Every puzzle shows you something new and interesting about the game world.

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