Forum Overview :: Braid :: the genius required to solve braids puzzles:

[quote name="Grumah"]Guesswork and faq reading. There is a puzzle in the demo that requires you to flip one of the PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED puzzle paintings so you can use the backdrop as a platform. I found this out after about 10 minutes of just staring at the area wondering how the FUCK I was supposed to jump up there. After I figured it out on my own I did not feel like a genius, because the game gives you no motherfucking hint that you are supposed to do any of that shit or even that it would be possible. Then you have to figure out how that platform can be moved around to help you, because where it is set in the painting gives you no help in trying to reach either of the puzzle pieces nearby. The game really screams of pretense, but there are also some good ideas (the fact that you don't need any extra lives, the game is based entirely around reversing time to avoid death). So it's not a bad game but we are all going to get pretty tired of hearing how this is the best game ever made, since it isn't.[/quote]