Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons PS3

I recently purchased a 3DS and was looking forward to playing Zelda: A Link Between Worlds however I was halfway through a game I downloaded off the PS store so decided to finish that first and I'm very happy I did.

Developed by Starbreeze Studios and published by 505 Games, Brothers is an adventure game set in a fantasy world where two siblings set out to obtain a cure for their sick father. Having already lost their mother in an accident at sea they don't want their father to pass away too.


Now I'm used to adventure games, storylines of this calibre and controlling my character on screen...except in this game you control two characters...at the same time. How do you do this? Do you need to have telekinetic powers? Well it's much simpler than that. You control the older brother with the left analog stick and the younger brother with the right analog stick. Of course this can become confusing at times trying to send both characters in the direction you want but it is pretty cool. I have used two characters at the same time before for mini games in RPG's but never for an entire game. Brothers is only a few hours in length but that's all it needed to be.

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The older brother is called Nyaa and the younger Naiee but I will refer to them as older and younger for this post.

There are only two other buttons you use besides the analog sticks and they are the L2 and R2 back buttons. L2 for the older brother to interact with the environment and vice versa for the other. The two of them have to work together to overcome obstacles in their path. The older brother is stronger so therefor can pull heavy levers while the younger can squeeze through bars in order to open locked gates. They sometimes have to interact with each other when swimming across rivers as the younger brother is scared of water and needs to cling onto the older one. Also when climbing walls together it can be tricky to remember which button to let go of for what brother as you have to hold the back buttons down to grip the wall but release them when jumping to the next possible ledge.

Both brothers are unique characters and will each act differently with the environment and any characters you

come across. The older being more mature and the younger just out for fun and mischief as is usually the norm.

Weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

What I enjoyed most was the world in which you explore. It truly is fantasy. Along the way you meet trolls, gryphons and giants among hills, valleys, deep mines, huge castles and more. There are quite fun scenes too such as attempting to cross a farmer's field while avoiding his dog, hang gliding and riding mountain goats!

One of my favourite chapters was crossing the valley of dead giants! Giants that had been in a battle, armed, clad in armour and now lying dead from wounds caused by arrows and blades. Their blood spills into the river and the brothers come up with some quite inventive ways to remove their bodies from the path. The artwork here is pretty impressive. In many areas you can rest on a bench and the camera will pan out the scenery in front of you and it is quite breathtaking to say the least.

During the adventure there are a couple of boss fights but they aren't drawn out and fit in very well with the flow of the game. 

There are a few emotional scenes along your journey too and I won't spoil them for you but there is a mixture of happiness, sadness, love and tragedy all mixed in.

I loved the music that plays in the background at certain points like when you hang glide and towards the end of the game. To me it sounded as if Beaker from the Muppets was singing! All you can hear is 'Meeeeeeeeeeeep, meeeeeeep, meeeeeeeeeeep!'

MEEEEEEEP!!!

To me this game is a classic and a gem that some might overlook. Honestly if you have a spare few hours I highly recommend this game.

I feel the need to replay this which I don't often have. 

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