Braid

Although the objective appears to be rather straightforward at first, the meaning and the motives become much more implicit and are interwoven with the mechanics during the course of the game.

From the main hub, Tim can eventually access six worlds that consist of different areas.

The start of each world reveals a part of Tim's background and emotions, rather than progressing a storyline.

The second to the sixth world can be entirely explored without solving all the puzzles.

Difficult situations can be ignored and revisited later.

When all worlds have been completed, the first one becomes available and brings closure to the story.

The game's concept is entirely based on time manipulation.

Tim cannot die permanently as the player can rewind time at any moment and usually for any length, even all the way back when an area was entered.

While rewinding, the music is synchronized in a similar fashion.

Rather than a gimmick, rewinding is an essential element to solve the puzzles.

The different worlds give a spin to the mechanic by introducing clones as the player collaborates in a parallel reality with a past version of himself, time can be affected through the movement direction, and Tim can create a circular area to cause time dilation.

Certain items, enemies, and parts of the scenery are immune to time manipulation or behave in a very different way.

Puzzles require close examination of the environment and the behavior of different items and enemies.

As such, the game is entirely about solving the puzzle theoretically by applying the game mechanics and then using trial and error to executive it and discover possible flaws in the proposed logic.

This also brings limited replayability to the game.

A world is solved by collecting the puzzle pieces.

These need to be arranged and eventually show a picture related to the game's story.

Braid for Xbox 360 is currently worth €10.50 loose. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.

Braid has only a handful of tracked market sales, suggesting relative scarcity compared to more common Xbox 360 titles.

Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. These are tracked as separate market values because the price gap between them can be significant, especially for older releases.

The PAL version of Braid is currently worth €10.50 loose, versus €13.90 for NTSC-U. Regional price differences usually come down to print run size and regional collector demand.