Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

Originally played this around 2019, thought it was absurdly good back then. Replayed it in 2026 and the game truly holds up. There is no other game that I know of that drags you into caring about the characters because of the control scheme. You control each brother with one side of the controller and the way they work together somehow helps connect with the characters. A short, creative and emotional masterpiece. Highly recommend this to anyone. I think for best effect this should be played in one long session, with some minimal breaks in between. The game is a little over two hours long so it is perfectly doable.

great game. must play

Quick story with a variety of puzzle designs and some emotional impact.

A beautiful boring walking simulator. There is absolutely no reason to remake such a bland game, but they did it anyway. PROS: -Visual direction is excellent and clearly shows -A few puzzles are clever CONS: -90% of the game is just walking -No narrative; there is no speech, no subplots, and only 1 meaningful event in the entire game. -Ending sucks. The griffin sequence is an insult to both the player and the ingame characters' journey. -No mechanics. Only 2 buttons are move and grab. -Can't tell what you can and can't interact with half the time. -Can't skip narrative sequences (not even on repeat playthroughs for achievements) -Really boring!

best played with your brother

The moral of the story is that trying to help your loved ones are futile, and that's all you're doing the entire game, so in some way the moral of the story is to not start the game at all. I like a good tragedy, but this story isn't nearly complex enough to be that. What were the brothers' fatal flaw? They had hope and tried something. Don't do that. The story says.