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The case against Braid
WhoAskedForSocks | 8:44 PM on 08.11.2008 18 comments


These caps were taken from the Xbox.com community forum for the game. Granted, that's probably not the best place for deep insightful comments about the game's subtext, but to be fair, there were plenty of users posting more substantive reflections on its many little nuances. On the opposite side of the spectrum are these specimens of opinion-craft. I always find that the most concisely worded ones are the hardest to discount. Case in point, a hero appears and gains a legion:



Tool status: confirmed (twice). But with the silence broken, more forlorn souls cried out:



Clever how the sandwich dodged the filter to most appropriately articulate his innermost ruminations. At least he was honest that his reluctance to play the game is due entirely to a personal weakness. Maybe he can start a support group with Soren Sapphire:



He played through the game and didn't like it. Good for him. What caught my eye is that the game's aesthetic is again conflated with saccharine sweetness because the palette is brighter than the average game, and that somehow interacting within these startling new hues involves some emasculating mortification. I suppose all of the recent commotion about Diablo III's implementation of "wow gayness" should have predicted this kind of reaction from at least some faction of the Braid's audience. It's just disheartening that the painterly art design should forbid one's enjoyment of the game.

It reminds me of something we deal with at the museum I work at. No matter what kinds of exhibits or big artists we bring to try to warm the local community to the galleries, there are some people out there that simply don't want what you're selling. And they'll do whatever it takes to give that opposition some material basis, whether it's to convince their friends or themselves. Gamers should be allowed to hate Braid for whatever reason they want, but I shudder to think this is the kind opposition designers are up against.



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Eschatos's Destructoid Blog
wat
TheRemedy's Destructoid Blog
Braid made me FABULOUS
Dead Movie Star's Destructoid Blog
Tee hee
Scrixx's Destructoid Blog
Quick, I need a wutaburga picture ASAP.
BluDesign's Destructoid Blog
Gayness transcends mere gaymes. Sometimes it infests your very soul. Fear and avoid gayness by only playing MADDEN 09, in stores tomorrow.
Pangloss's Destructoid Blog
I dunno, dvd. I hear Madden has colors like purple and yellow and orange in it. Those colors sound pretty gay. We'd better stick with Halo and Gears of War where things are nice and safe and brown.
tazarthayoot's Destructoid Blog
hes right, this g.a.m.e. is full o.f. g.a.y.

a.nd. by g.a.y. i me.......an. awe.so.me.e.e.e.e.e
Endstiem's Destructoid Blog
Pangloss... if anything, Halo is more colorful than nearly every other title out there.... but Gears of War. Yep. Nail meet Head.
Dan CiTi's Destructoid Blog
Xbox 360 live community is filled with SuCkZoRz.
GrayFox's Destructoid Blog
Yeah the douchebags are out in full force. The worst is at GameFAQs, which I usually never go to, and probably won't again. Man, what a retard-fest.

It's one thing to not like a game, but to come out and bash it like it killed your father or something really makes me wonder about people.
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
HOW DARE THERE BE COLOR
vexed alex's Destructoid Blog
Ever since Braid I've had an intense craving for penis. Hm...

Maybe they're right...
EarthbounderNess's Destructoid Blog
DAMMIT GUYS. BRAID WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER WITH BROWN AND BLOOM.
Corak's Destructoid Blog
Hating on something that a lot of people like makes you cool right? Right? Nope is just makes you retarded, and not partially retarded, full retarded.
ParaParaKing's Destructoid Blog
I personally don't like the art style of Braid, because it isn't colorful enough. Perhaps for a 360 game it's colorful, but actually it isn't.

Also there are a lot of reasons to not like Braid. I can't stand reading people calling other people retarded, because they don't like a hip game.
aborto thefetus's Destructoid Blog
What Parapa said.

Don't get me wrong I thought Braid was good after I played the full game, but I don't think it's this big amazing game that everybody claims. I enjoyed N+ far more than I did Braid.
naib's Destructoid Blog
I'm really enjoying the game.

But, something about the art style does bother me. But it's not 'cause I think it's gay looking. Stiff animation, maybe the colors, maybe the fact David Hellman's vein ass put his own face in the game?

However, I do like the queer music.


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