Who here bought either of these games or played the demos? I couldn't resist them, the just seemed so intriguing so I bought them.

I love Braid, the puzzles are so satisfying and the music is really cool. Some of the puzzles can be mind bogglingly difficult at first but you'll get them all in the end. Not for everyone, if you like puzzle games then this is your game though.

Bionic Commando is probably the best arcade game out there. I've tried a lot of them (I don't own many) and this one honestly could probably stand being a full fledged retail game. Great graphics and fun as hell. If you don't get this game then you're nuts.

So what did you guys think about them?

braid is frickin incredible. im taking my time with it though. it is a lot of fun. i also like watching people play levels that ive already beat to see how fast tehy catch on to the certain puzzles. good stuff.

i didnt like BC: rearmed much. i loved the 8-bit version, but im just not feeling the graphics on this one. i was also kinda tired when i played it so i'll give the demo a try again when im not as fatigued.

Yeah, I've been loving Braid. Although, some of the levels have been total mind fucks. But yeah, won't talk to much about it here, don't want to spoil it for people it's just too good.

I really like Bionic commando, I dunno, I just find it really fun.

i just got done with braid.

wow.

that's all i'll say.

Yeah. I just finished it myself and I totally agree.

Wow.

i dont want to spoil too much, but did you find the hidden books in epilogue?

there's also one other mystery/fetch quest out there that isnt mentioned anywhere in the game.

I'm just going to use spoiler tags.

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i didnt know we had spoiler tags. lol

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I swear, I hate you both

I need to play Rearmed D=

Haha, why yes we do have spoiler tags. XD

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i tried to go for the speed run achievo. missed it by 11 minutes. the dude in first beat the game in under 30 min. that's insane!

Jesus! 30 minutes! That's ridiculous! You'd have to know the puzzles inside and out and have a REALLY good mastery of the controls. O.O

wrdm8. at the 30 minute mark, im just entering the 6th world.

i tried it again, and i missed it by under 2 minutes. i cant believe it! i messed up quite a few times too, but i royally f'ed it up in 2 levels.

Awwwww man...2 minutes? Bummer man. One day I'll give it a shot, but for now I'm sticking with Castle Crashers and finishing Bionic Commando. Braid was one hell of a game though. Oh well, good luck with getting that speed run!

i got it yesterday. i had to go through 2 speed runs though. i missed it again... by 18 seconds!!!

i said, "f' you, braid! youre not kicking my ass!" went at it again and beat it with less than 2 minutes to spare.

after playing the BC:R demo a few more times, i bought it. i definitely must have had a bad day when it was released because the controls feel tight and responsive. i just had to put myself in the mindset that theres no jump button.  

before this game, i hadnt seen a 'game over' screen in quite a while.

fun game so far.

final update on BC:R...

found all the secrets. played through hard, but couldnt get past the albatross level. so i tried my hand at super hard and the english dictionary now has new curse words to add. i stopped playing that after i died in hte first level without ever having reached the boss. im close to completing the challenge rooms. i have 3 more to go. one room took me 200+ attempts to figure out.

overall my experience with the game has been a lot of fun. i sometimes found myself forgetting that im playing an xbla game because it's such a polished, full featured game.

ps: the soundtrack is fantastic!

ATM im just going to get Castle Crashers and thats pretty much it.