![]() ![]() The children's early run-in with a vehemently territorial dog shows that the puzzle solutions come naturally if you have imagination, requiring only the unspoken communication between your two halves. Of course, we've been trained well to erase player-inflicted failures from canon, and Brothers is made a better game – not to mention a superior attempt at storytelling – by its tests of dexterity. The late and great Roger Ebert once fretted over games making Romeo and Juliet "go through the story naked and standing on their hands," so maybe this is what he meant. When your brain does fail on occasion, you may find the plot's attempts at seriousness undermined by a pair of crazy kids running in circles. And just like that motion, which you are probably doing right now, it is oddly rewarding to concentrate on a task that is, well, unnecessarily complicated. As much as it may seem to be a traditional co-op game, Brothers divides the attention of a single player between two bodies, with tall Big Brother on the left analog stick and golden-haired Little Brother on the right.%Gallery-169592%Your movement is both coordinated and independent – a bit like rotating your outstretched arms simultaneously, but in opposite directions. Keeping both characters in frame emphasizes the necessity of cooperation between the two, while the top-down view makes their movements easier to comprehend, as if they were twin hockey pucks gliding across the ice. The involvement of Stockholm-based film director Josef Fares is in plain sight, the camera looking down upon the two boys as they crawl under forests and over frigid mountains. ![]() ![]() Their father has fallen ill, and with the loss of Mother ever-fresh in mind, the brothers hope to pluck the solution from a far-off magical tree and undo the fragility that has befallen their family. I promise, the game's sincere quality absolves the terribleness of its title, which is barely a step up from "Characters: A Story of Them."Īnd yet it truly is a story of them, two boys who leave their humble village behind in a quest for a mythical cure. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is an essential treasure to play. ![]()
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