Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

I am a huge fan of platform games and this is truly a great platform game. I played it on Xbox and now steam. I love the unique mechanics of the game, using a magic pen to create roots, vines and water as ways to help you progress. Honestly I haven't got a bad word to say about this game. Its very challenging and really charming.

This is an amazing original platformer. A sequel to a now unlisted and impossible to get game "Max & The Magic Marker", this game improves on every front. You play as Max, a kid who, tired of his little brother breaking his toys, activates a spell to get rid of him by being captured by a monster from another world. It's a similar plot to the movie Labyrinth but it works well to set the proper setting. There's many moments when you will inevitably compare this game to Heart of Darkness, the main character, the desert like initial levels, the schoolkid getting in trouble plot and even some traps and challenges are very reminiscing of that classic 2d cinematique platformer. What Max brings on the table, is the magic marker mechanic. As you make progress, you will gain additional powers for it, they all able you to draw over the screen to change the scenery in specific ways. For example, the first marker power is the ability to raise and lower specific earth pillars. Much later you will also be able to conduct streams of water and by the last stages you are required to combine all your powerful skills in the middle of platforming sections. One of it's better strengths is ho…

Two thumbs way up for this classic sleigh ride across many landscapes, caves, ladders, bridges, ponds, lava pools, etc. in Max's quest to save his little brother from a villain. Excellent scenery, platformer situations, boss fights with assorted monsters and handy uses for the "magic marker" (in the true sense of the word). Tearing out the eyeball plants was a humorous side achievement, as well. I was enthralled from start to finish and, despite the child characters, found plenty of challenges for an adult, to boot! Can't rate this anything below 10/10.

I remember really liking this game as a kid, and it did not disappoint. Its kinda hard to do it on computer but not impossible. 10/10 Good game

A great game for its time. Fun, creative, and full of memorable moments.

90/100 Really fun platformer. The puzzles are fun, not too hard not too easy and the gameplay overall is enjoyable. BUG TIP: I played in dongle mode with a Gamesir controller, the magic marker bugs every 30-45 minutes, making me re-start the game and ruining the experience. In wired mode didn't happen.