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The Bridge Review | GIZORAMA

Added: 17.11.2013 10:17 | 2 views | 0 comments

GIZORAMA - For some reason I equate a good indie puzzler with a bowl of Campbells Chunky Stew. The best are hearty and filling, warming your soul with the beef broth of triumph after solving a particularly mind-bending scenario. Whatever the gimmick may be time bending, perspective shifting, shadow / light mechanics whatever, serves as the meat, if the meats spoiled, no ones eating anything. The graphical presentation are your veggies. Your potatoes, carrots, dumplings, onions, spices it is here a good game becomes great, and a great game becomes timeless. The XBLA port of The Bridge is pretty good stew. Of course, The Bridge isnt stew at all if it werent for Jonathan Blows Braid which if we were to carry this stew metaphor on, was made with filet mignon, truffles, and $999.99 an ounce saffron. What I mean by this is that Braid was such a tour-de-force that any indie puzzle game, save Fez, would be hard pressed to escape its shadow even a half decade later.