Braid: Alternate Ending + Finished Constellation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- After getting 7/8 hidden stars in Braid you unlock a secret alternate ending where you come into contact with the princess and she explodes. Also you get the 8th hidden star that is in the house and unlock a constellation made up of the 8 stars you collected which turns out to be a girl in chains? Obviously she is the "princess" and you have captured her. Guess Tim has a bondage fetish. For more info on the Braid story:
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So normal ending your the monster,
Alternate ending she blows up.
Ok.
i guess...
***** She was da bomb
I think it was more of that a paradox was created.
You were still the monster, and your actions led to her death.
@@sEaNoYeAh i think its a metaphor
This is an absolute great game but, it really creeps me out
ikr
Then you should play The binding of isaac
This is one of those moments where you just go "I have discovered something I wasn't supposed to. I have made a grave mistake..."
Which is really the message of the whole game, being about the creation of the atomic bomb and all.
If I hadn't read about it, I would've never guessed that the reverse of time was actually happening on the top part. The princess is actually running away from Tim, and the knight rescues her. Tim is the monster. Although there are many interpretations of the story as said by John Blow himself.
More. Layers. Damnit.
There's the obvious explosion angle with the atomic bomb but I'm not a fan of that one. Seems a bit contrived. And the city on fire? I never thought it was on fire, I just thought it was the glow of the streetlights in the sunset. These impressionists, eh? Can never really tell...
A different explanation would be that Tim finally caught The Princess. The Princess being an actual woman and Tim being a stalker. This is implied by Tim finding the final star in her bedroom. He went outside the accepted path of the game, and found contrived ways to eventually find himself in her house. This interpretation is also supported by the Andromeda constellation, and the chained woman in the sky. In this instance, the Princess is Andromeda, and Tim is Cetus, the monster in her pursuit. Take the rest of the myth as you will.
Either way it's a powerful twist and while I'm not sure it's worth the ridiculous effort required to get the stars, it does add something to the narrative while making it no clearer at all...
+Callum Morgan It's pretty well accepted that the atomic bomb plot is the real plot since the text from the books is direct quotes from the Manhattan Project. Not really contrived at all.
This is *Braid* we're talking about. It's open to interpretation. There are at least 3 reasonable threads you could draw from it and the atomic bomb is just one
Time paradox too; in order for this to happen, he had to rewind time significantly, likewise, if anyone did that the chain of events would differ leading to a very alternate outcome in this case, he catches the princess so she and time itself explode and he re-appears in a new dimension perhaps as his consciousness' energy has to go somewhere.
Wow. That story is much deeper then I could've possibly imagined
How they wanted to rewind time during the period of the A bomb, Tim chasing the princess is a representation of the other choices
The music on this game is one of the best I have ever heard.
True. It's very interesting to see just how complex these puzzles can become without being entirely impossible. Especially with the added mechanic of reversing events in this game.
You had to actually look up to see the picture in the stars clearer
My description of this ending: And them some of the switches become timeproof. So you can get to the chandelier sooner, and actually rescue the princess.
And that's when she explodes.
Just to save anyone else the trouble, you can't jump on the chandelier unless you have the stars on the go. The second claw-plant keeps you back and you don't have time to get over to the chandelier.
What I have learnt: The "hero" you are playing is actually a deadly terrorist and assassin.
"He scrutinized the fall of an apple, the twisting of metal orbs hanging from a thread. Through these clues he would find the Princess, see her face. After an especially fervent night of tinkering, he kneeled behind a bunker in the desert; he held a piece of welder's glass up to his eyes and waited."
"It worked."
"Now were all sons of bitches."
@Priderage That is exactly why I love this game! The entire thing was a giant metaphor. Every statement of the books related to that as well! This game is a giant artwork because of the message so carefully hidden behind it all!
2:37 (Insert WTF Boom joke here)
Perfect comment.
Boy, time sure has passed
This is the most magical moment in all of gaming.
-from what I can see, the game has been edited, allowing the switches to glow and not be affected by time, and also by placing extra blocks of scenery to the right of the chandelier.
umm im not sure, whenever i watch this video i dont see an advert. so if you see one, i havent recieved any compensation for it.
There is no "theory," for the atomic bomb reference, there's clearly a quote from a well known scientist who researched the atomic bomb.
what I was supposed to be accomplishing by playing it. Jonathan Blow, you have a great idea here, now explain it to us, or at least let us experience the entire thing without torturing ourselves.
@SahjanS That's the constellation Andromeda, named after a princess from Greek mythology who was chained to a rock to be sacrificed to a monster, as punishment for her mother's sins. She was saved from death by Perseus, a hero and founder of the Mycenaean civilization.
I heard the whole game was a metaphor for people wanting to go back in time before the invention of the Atomic Bomb. I mean, she exploded, their was a whiteout, the city was on fire. The time going backwards was people wanting to go back before nuclear weaponry was made. Idk maybe I've been looking at too many easter egg blogs
That orange city scape in the beginning is actually being blown up. That's why its all orange and flurry - it's being consumed in a nuclear explosion.
And this is why Campbell warned Snake that he can't go around changing the future like that. REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO TIM, SNAKE.
I can't remember much, but there's also a quote at the start of the game, and it's by a person who was one of the main researchers in nuclear bomb creation, or something.
How anyone found this out is beyond me. What an awsomely confusing, frustrating, challenging, exhilaratingly deep, well thought out masterpiece of gaming. I even went and bought the soundtrack!
what i didn't get was the fire when the guy stomped on the ground, was that like, the fabric of space exploding from too much time traveling?
If you read the article on Cracked, you should know now that the game itself is a 'metaphor for the creation of the atomic bomb'. The princess is the bomb, and when you catch the princess the bomb explodes, or when you complete the trinity project, you've essentially caught the princess. the bomb explodes. something long those lines.
Here is the reason Braid was made: in the beginning you can see a nuclear explosion, Tim's abilities of time is a metaphor of
You, know, you could look up at the constellation and see it without the stars.
the flames are actually the showckwave of the nuclear blast, leaving a destroyed level.
@chesita maybe that is the idea. the door is LOCKED. it is a path he could have gone down but he cannot anymore. and though he sees the door, he cannot go beyond it after what he did
yeah I've been searching for games that put a dark twist on the story and this is one of them, unfortanatly I can't seem to find any other games that put such a twist on the story.
@Travis Davies there are 3 forms of the princess, the one who wants to be saved, the one who doesnt, and te nuke
I second this. Limbo is considerably more interesting and doesn't even use a "story" to get your attention.
If the star rating system was still here I'd give this video 8/8 stars :) this game is awesome!
This level of Braid is quite a good metaphor of human existence: the fire catches you if you don´t do the right thing. But, there is something that tells us the game is flawed: we all are going to die of old age, or of any illness, so what are we going to do about it?. WE WE WE, ME ME ME. The answer to that, is not in having any faith in individuality.
I wish i still had the Destructoid podcast with Jon Blow where he explicity denied the whole Nuclear Bomb theory. Its an amazing podcast. If anyone still has it pls upload it.
Jon Blow Up.
what?
@17thknight
do take this offensively.
The guy who created the game doesn't scoff at any interpretation, nor has he ever confirmed or denied any possible interpretations. What he actually says (and this is a quote) is that he left the game "very open to interpretation". If he purposely left it open to people's interpretations then why would he "flat-out scoff" at anyone's take on it?
Please don't pretend to know something you really know nothing about.
There was no "girl" in the game....such a great story
I know the concept of the time manipulation has something to do with it.
Its just that trying to wrap your had around all this at once causes philosophical brain damage from the ammout of things going on in the background. Ill reply what I manage before my head falls out.
how did you get that magic switches?
(one year later) you need all the secret stars
Johnahue23
(one day after) I did it :D
nice, congrats. that shit's hard, i gave up :/, might try it somewhere down the road
Johnahue23 how about now?
Mr Spaghetti Did you do it?
Damn that's dark. Oh well Dark endings in games are actually pretty cool. Awsome video BTW ^^
@HellPe The game's epilogue includes a direct quote from Kenneth Bainbridge, the head of the Trinity atomic bomb tests. She's The Bomb, all right.
It is about reject about the creation of the Atomic bomb, hence the reversed theme. Wishing you could reverse time to make it not happen. It's not for nothing.
I'm not sure... but wasn't Crash Twinsanity the first to come-up with the concept of such a puzzle? The main difference being that Crash Twinsanity was three-dimensional and this is side-scrolling. I'm not saying this game took from Twinsanity, I just noticed some similarities in the concept of two characters needing one another to first activate a switch of some sort to allow the other to progress...
@Priderage The manhattan project had nothing to do with manhattan in new york.The statement that mentions it is a metaphor.The books that reference the princess are speaking of the bomb,those that don't but still talk of "her" are referencing his wife whom he neglected and regrets leaving.There are a few that speak in reference to his mother attempting to stifle his creativity and ambition when he was a child as well,driving him to become who he is.
3 stories all intertwined, like a braid...
this game blew my fucking mind in the same way that the movie memento did. there need to be more games with excellent, ambiguous plots like this, instead of dumb plots that piece everything together for you.
That's the Andromeda constellation... therefore the chains.
@Eragarev nope this is the computer version, used fraps (a screen capture made for games)
Thanks for explaining this game. I was really confused about this game and its story line.
That touch on the uncertainty principle is amazing.
interesting interpretation
I heard this whole game was a metaphor for the horrors of nuclear war.
My god... this is the darkest game in existence...
The constellation is Andromeda: the chained princess.
The girl is actually the manhattan project, thus the explosion. Tim is the designer of the bomb and is obsessed with its/her creation. Re-read all the lore again with this in mind. Sorry for the spoiler but if your watching this video you probably came here for one anyway.
I think that Tim is a time traveler. Bending time to his will. He falls in love and they become a couple. But something happens, he happens to become insane. His mind broken from all the years he has witnessed and skipped. He wants his love to be with her forever, locked away in time. So he breaks time open so he can get his way. He splits into two, one who has no memory and one who is mad with power. In the end the both find the truth. But one reality end with sorrow.
One ends in ash and greed.
@tik999 He was never trying to save her... ever.
@buggyiscool But don't you see? In your hours long quest for all the stars you mirrored Tim's obsession for the princess. You've done a terrible thing.
there's some stuff on ign about it
the whole game is basically revolving around the atom bomb
The whole game is a success, it ends so tragically :(
1. He makes her slow down by not pulling levers that move obstacles in her way until he catches up.
2. The game is a conspiracy about the manhattan nuclear bomb project. The reversing time part is about how the creators of the bomb wish they could reverse time. And no, he couldn't. The princess was supposed to be the bomb. It looked like something you needed to achieve, but it ended terribly in the end.
Error, you don't need to capatalize every few words or end all you statements in LOL, it's kinda weird. And yes, this game is a metaphor for the atomic bomb, but it goes much farther than that. Braid is a form of art, and art can be perceived differently by different people.
[YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE PAST]
You don't actually need to rewind from the end near the last two plants. I read just enough of a star-walkthrough to find out where to find them but not how to (OMG some of those stars...) and I didn't rewind in the last area except during the first switch so I could rewind and "skip" going up the ladder. Otherwise they say it's an alternate ending...didn't see much "alteration" and more removal...would have almost preferred it if the normal ending was the secret one...
sooooooo... do the stars open up some sorta secret door or sumpthin??
This is Actually the *True Ending*
i understand that the girl is the manhattan project and so on but why is it she explodes when u get up to her? and on top of that (though you might be unable to answer this one) why does she turn white and flicker all over the place before the explosion?
That's the POINT, YOU are the bad Guy, YOU are the kidnapper!
how come my levers are not time resistant?
*NUCLEAR EXPLOSION*
Tim: ...I'm good.
There are a couple of things about this that confuse me.
1. Why does letting her get waaay ahead of you in the beginning cause her to slow waaay down at the end?
2. As this is going forward, what is really happening? He couldn't ride the chandelier up, could he?
the story behind this game freaked me up forever O_O
@TheKirbyLord
mmm...i think the Atomic bomb theory makes more sense, especially after reading the quote made by Kenneth Bainbridge (He was the director of the Trinity test of the manhattan project..remember that manhattan is mentioned in the game) after the detonation of the first atomic bomb "Now we are all sons of bitches"
thats why she explodes, cuz she is the atomic bomb and tim is a scientist
@bladerj Yes. Using the atomic bomb (Andromeda) against the japoneses (kraken) to save the world (her people). Or maybe not.
stupid question. Is this recorded from your xbox or something?
Well, I'm trying not to spoil it. Answer this question and then do some research on the actual story analysis, what is something in real life that has a "massive boom"?
When we watched you reach the Princess, we all became sons of bitches.
How Do You get The Atom Bomb Into this? Like, Where Did You just See The Word Atom In this Game? Or is this just a Theory Of Yours? Because If Thats What This Game Is About...I'll Probably Blow My Brains Out...
Well, it is said this WHOLE game is a metaphor for the atom bomb,
I don't get the parts when it in reverse
to show that she is actually running away from you and not the knight
or click the link in the description it has a great breakdown
By the way, does YT put advertisements in videos even if their uploaders didn't sign a partnership? Just curious.
So this is basically TENET lol
@HLFredusko ...People don't browse Cracked normally!? How strange my friends and I must be to actually like Cracked enough to read the articles without having to Google the topic. There is also the fact that Google WILL give you a 'secret ending' result even if you don't directly search for it. That actually sounds backwards, now that I think about it: How many people knew there was a secret ending *without* finding it online?
Either way, my original comment still stands. :P
Welp, you broke time.
question? I beat the game, and wanted to go back and redo the last stage, but the green levers are gone, does that mean I have to restart the game?
thanks for 20,000 views and awesome comments and opinions :)
En el final normal, nosotros somos el malo.
Y en el alternativo, ella explota...
Ok.
Arcanine gracias capitán traductor no lo habíamos hecho sin usted
@StreeeCZ um not sure what youre asking but i think i solved it first then restarted after i saw a video on it
I get what's going on but with no further comments it just looks like you're talking to yourself or some imaginary person
I imagine Engineer saying this comment.
@Priderage You do realize the creator of the game says it's dumb to interpret this as being about the atom bomb, right?
ok, so whats with the massive boom then?
So if Cracked is right, the princess is an atomic bomb? O.o
what shape is the constellation in, at the end??
Actually, this is supposed to symbolize a the life of a person who helped create the atomic bomb.
*SPOILER* Apparently, once you have all the stars, then go stand under the constellation, if you look up, the stars disappear, allowing you to better see the image of the princess...which shows her chained around her waist.
Dear TH-cam, where the hell is my partnership for this video.
@aeronfox now try to turn back time at the credits screen ;)