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I never really enjoyed the stoic commentary in his games, meaning not why I played them. Once you play Braid you’ve played Braid. Why would I return for bug fixes and commentary? Why bet the stake of your company on a remaster that doesn’t really add anything to the game?

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Adds "40 new levels" according to the article, which is basically how many the original game had.

That said, agree I don't really get what the thinking was here. Seems like he'd be better off just releasing the new levels and improved art, etc as a sequel rather then rather confusingly marketing it as an "Anniversary edition" of the original game.

I must have missed the new levels bit. I haven’t seen it advertised before now.

I didn’t see any game review websites cover the release or review it. Did they not market it enough?

Searching for: “braid anniversay” the top result is for braid-game.com which 500s when you visit the site on a VPN.

Have not played it myself, but some Steam review pointed that 40 levels are in parts just iterations of existing levels. Could be interesting for someone wanting to see how those are developed, but average player, probably not...

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