

The story is dark and depressing telling visual tales of death, loss, ancient battles, torture and even suicide balanced off by the beauty of the brother’s dependency and loyalty to each other. The real morbid beauty of this game is the story which is the polar opposite of the bright and beautiful lands you explore. I find it to be one of the most appealing visual experiences I have had in a long time. I honestly couldn’t fault the look of this game. Graphically the game is reminiscent in design to Fable and there are many jaw dropping moments of beautiful scenery. The soundtrack is beautifully crafted to perfectly reflect the intensity of each different area you are in and exploring. The unique controls, where you control one brother with the left trigger and analogue stick and the other with the right, are picked up relatively quickly and other than a few moments of sorting your hands out, work just fine and also add to the game by having you constantly working beside both characters rather than jumping from one to the other. The games puzzles are not very difficult and will likely be obvious to you at your first attempt which helps the stories forward momentum but adds little for gamers looking for a challenge. The world you are in and the characters you play, Naiee and Nyaa, speak a fictional language so clues you need to gather are portrayed in the action being displayed on screen and not understood verbally and this adds so much to the game, focusing your attention on the expressions of the characters and preventing your eyes from leaving your television screen for too long a period thus drawing you deeper and deeper into the world of the game. With that emotional burden upon their shoulders you set off on your quest through beautiful villages and lands encountering raging seas, trolls, giants, caves and battlegrounds. Having already been shown an emotional scene detailing the demise of the boy’s mother, the importance of saving their father is intensely felt.

This has led me to play some utter tripe but also some beautiful masterpieces but which category does “Brothers” fit into?īrothers: A Tale of Two Sons is an adventure/puzzle game brought to us by Starbreeze Studios, more known for games like Syndicate and The Darkness, which tells the story of two brother’s quest to find a magical tree where they need to collect water that will save their dying father. Gaming time for me is often limited for family reasons so while I would love to immerse myself in a huge 150 hours plus world of exploration, I don’t often have the time so instead delve into the large collection of arcade games available on Xbox live for a shorter experience.
