Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons Review

P/S: I've edited this - I'm too lazy and too unmotivated (since there are like soooo many walkthroughs already) to write a walkthrough lol. So, if you really need that walkthrough (actually you don't. Just take some time to explore a bit... you'll find out soon what the story wants you to do), go google it.

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons menu

This is one of the most profound games that I've ever played that came from an indie company :) (I mean besides Deus Ex and perhaps Bioshock games). Note: Major spoilers btw.

Brothers' love

It's brimming with emotions, easy-to-figure-out-by-yourself puzzles (that may take some time - but you'll get there eventually... I did :)) and life lessons. 

With both brothers' controls, you will be able to move
stuff that a single brother cannot do

Superb graphics!

It's creative in a way that requires you to control both characters, most of the time, simultaneously and for me, the controls do require some time in getting used to it lol. The music is perfect for the game IMHO though sometimes I feel as though the music can do without the wailing from the lady singer lol. Although the characters all speak some alien language that are rather annoying at first, but you'll gradually realise that you don't need to understand what they are talking to play the game. The graphics are rather astounding (considering that they are an indie company :)). Starbreeze (the company that developed this game) placed quite a number of benches in the game where you can seat both brothers down and enjoy the scenery + take screenshots - that's pretty awesome :). The brothers' movements are rather fluid (though sometimes it might get a bit jerky). No glitches encountered - making this game almost on par with Borderlands's standards (seriously, it's like all the other games have major glitches somewhere in them, but not Borderlands - it's perfect! ;)). Plus, not to mention, there are other non-quest related interactive stuff that are pretty fun :P 

Puzzles: You will need to swing one brother at a time :)

So cute: Brothers balancing on a tree trunk

Anyway, I'd love to write a walk through for this game but I think that's for another day (it's rather late here) :P Anyway, here's the story - fresh from playing the game, so the story is still stuck in my mind lol

Drench yourself in blood and let the younger brother stand on the shoulders of the elder brother - mimicking the cultists' 'god' - would help you get pass the cultists and save the lady (wrong screenshot but meh the advice still stands)

Each brother should hang on to each end of the branch and then move slowly to the left until they both drop off the cliff and into the water.

Finally, the miracle water!

Two brothers left in search of a miraculous water that can cure their fatally ailing father. With cooperation and superb teamwork, they will face and overcome various challenges in their way (mostly climbing but there are several really cool what-would-you-do-in-these-kind-of-situation stuff). You get to fly a flying machine, row a boat through rapids and avoiding hungry sea creatures, edge across cliffs, swing across the edges of walls (while the brothers are so high up), save a troll's wife, save and ride on a bird creature :P (that looks like a griffon to me), ride mountain goats, crash a sacrificial ceremony and outwit the cultists there to save the lady in distress, crawl into tunnels, defeat the spider queen and a giant troll, and finally, grieve with the younger brother as he buried his dear brother and moved on - overcoming his fear of water and to be able to do things that he used to need his brother's help with. 

You get to actually fly a flying machine - just rmb to hang on tight! And turn when you need to :P

You get to ride a mountain goat as well... how cool is that? :D But ofc, you need to keep the interacting keys pressed at all times or they will dismount lol :P

You get to fly on a griffon/bird creature :)

You get to row a boat!

Grieving young brother after he buried his elder brother

It's really heart-aching to see the young boy grieve and you feel as though you wanted to reach out to him - to comfort him. His father, after being cured, fell to his knees and cried when he was in front of the graves of both his eldest son and his wife (who drowned in the intro of the game, hence the younger boy's fear of water began). 

'Seriously, for me, I'd give it a 10/10 but IGN gave only a 8/10. Still, that's really good already :) A must play for gamers who enjoy a good and touching storyline without too much hack and slash' S.Y.

You can buy the game at Amazon here:


Link to more screenshots: -pending-