Braid: Alternate Ending + Finished Constellation
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 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
The music on this game is one of the best I have ever heard.
This is an absolute great game but, it really creeps me out
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Then you should play The binding of isaac
The Princess is Tim's work towards creating the Atom Bomb. Forever out of his reach, he spends night after night chasing her, getting so close but only to find her still yet elusive. This is why the ending level has the Princess running away from Tim - she doesn't want to be found, she doesn't want to be created, she doesn't want to scar the world. This is why when Tim finally catches her, she explodes...because she is an atom bomb. Tim lives in Manhattan - working on the Manhattan Project.
Is that why the ending area looks dystopian?
how do you know that?
There isn't only a Manhattan project quote, there are lines about ethics, animal research and chocolate. The game seems more about humanity's furious but shortsighted drive for progress in general than only about the atom bomb. I saw Tim as humanity and the Princess as mother Earth--hence the lines about Tim's mother holding him back from all of the things that he wants to understand and have (in the candy store's window), of which the atom bomb was the worst, but not the only.
Learned about the stars after I finished the game, and I don't think I have the skill to speed run the level fast enough to get on the chandelier. Thanks for uploading this.
Null Void glad its still helping people 7 years later!
Null Void luckily, you don't have to! With 7/8 stars, the switches become time immune, so you can use that to gain a huge lead on the princess!
They show burning cities. They use several quotes directly from scientists that took part of the manhattan project. 'Now we're all sons of...'' and ''On that moment hung eternity'' The city of Manhattan is mentioned where the bomb was tested and it wouldn't have anything to do with the 'story'. And why do you think the princess then blows up when they meet? They successfully create the bomb when they meet.
With all this in mind it is no longer speculations. The ending is about the atomic bomb.
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.
2:37 (Insert WTF Boom joke here)
Perfect comment.
Boy, time sure has passed
when you have 7 stars the levers that you pull are **glowing green**(meaning not affected by time) so when you reverse it, the princess can get farther ahead since the levers are pulled before you get there. if you don't have 7 stars the levers aren't glowing :/
@17thknight dont take this offensively but every review and breakdown of this game says the princess is tim's work toward the atom bomb (it has quotes about the manhattan project) and if its not about a nuke..then why does she explode?
The Darkness is one of those games full of those twists. Unfortunately, you might not fight a game with this type of subplot in the newer games, but mostly in the older games on the PC and older consoles.
I got chills looking at the city on fire when you go back to the title screen.
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.
when you play this game, you dont tend to notice that everything is rewinding...
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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.
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Another awesome thing about this level is apparently it's reversed, and the princess is running from the guy and setting traps so he can't catch her, and she jumps into the knight's arms at the end and he climbs away with her. mindfuckery
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.
@caturday456 It is a reference to the Manhattan Project; the one were Albert Einstein and a bunch of other scientists created the atomic bomb. When you think about it, the entire thing can be a metaphor for that, or simply just a way to describe how much of a catastrophic disaster their relationship was. However, there were actually 2 direct quotes from workers of the Manhattan project, and the whole story makes sense as the princess being life/bomb and Tim being a scientist/death.Think about it
The constellation at the end is Andromeda, the Chained Woman. She was chained to a rock as an offering to the Leviathan, to appease Poseidon, and was rescued by Perseus.
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@@Knoah321 uhh, fine i guess?
@@DontMockMySmock oh wow, you are still active on the same ID after these many years. Nice to hear from you.
Huh
You play as the scientist who created the atomic bomb. You try to create the atomic bomb (try to catch the Princess). The "correct" ending, which is without grabbing the 8th star, is where you see how you are actually chasing the Princess and she is running away from you (the bomb doesn't want to be found because of the chaotic consequences it would have in human history). If you manage to grab the princess (you finally create the atomic bomb) she explodes and you realize your mistake.
Damn that's dark. Oh well Dark endings in games are actually pretty cool. Awsome video BTW ^^
I second this. Limbo is considerably more interesting and doesn't even use a "story" to get your attention.
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.
Braid is about regret, and moving on from regret. Sometimes we do things we really wish we didn't. Maybe its a relationship. Maybe its a project we're so engrossed in we forget about the social ramifications. In Braid the creation of the atomic bomb is compared to that of a failed relationship. Tim tries to grab on to what he can't have-be it love or knowledge-and ends up losing something dear to him as a result. And in post modern style, the game is about him ruminating through the pieces.
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.
"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."
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.
The sad thing is, including a secret ending in a game that you have to go through an insane amount of challenges to get is kind of pointless since once one person puts it on RUclips everyone else can watch it without actually playing the game and fulfilling the requirements. I played this game, got the regular ending, got one star, then gave up because that one star took 4 hours to get because of that stupid slowly moving cloud. And I still do not know what anything in this game means or...
The constellation is Andromeda: the chained princess.
@mackdallas No, if you pay very close attention, you'll notice that the levels are REVERSED. And at the end (more appropriately the beginning), you go into Rewind and it shows the whole story where Tim is chasing after the princess and she's trying to get away by dropping chandeliers on him, trying to catch him in traps, until the brave knight comes and rescues her from that sick sadistic man (He was ripping rat brains to shreds and depriving monkeys of water to find her).
I had no idea this existed in this game, I guess I was too sad by the ending to actually try to get the stars.
They're additionally awesome because many of them leave the player with a lingering sense of wonder, curiosity, and confusion. Games like Braid where you're the bad guy for an unknown reason keep games alive.
You had to actually look up to see the picture in the stars clearer
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.
I don't see why this is marked for spam. I think that is a fairly good deduction...
That's but one of countless perspectives. To me, it's sin and obsession. This ending is just as much about rape as it is about mass destruction. When contact is made at 2:37, the girl is completely destroyed. Where do you get the last star? 3:00 shows that it's in her room. Touch the girl, destroy the girl, get the prize in the girl's bedroom. Just as it's a metaphor for the atom bomb, it's also a metaphor for rape. Just as the effects of the bomb can't be reversed, so is rape.
One thing I don't get about the princess is why is she a princess? What does her running away from tim have to do with setting her off and why can't he touch her?
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?
Wow. That story is much deeper then I could've possibly imagined
It seems he finally caught her.
why do you think i'm a narcissist?
How they wanted to rewind time during the period of the A bomb, Tim chasing the princess is a representation of the other choices
@Priderage You do realize the creator of the game says it's dumb to interpret this as being about the atom bomb, right?
@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!
That's the POINT, YOU are the bad Guy, YOU are the kidnapper!
My goodness, even the audio is reversed
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.
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.
@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
@tik999 He was never trying to save her... ever.
This is the most magical moment in all of gaming.
you need to get all 8 hidden stars
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@zastavia make sure you have 7 stars buddy, then it will work
I don't get the parts when it in reverse
to show that she is actually running away from you and not the knight
when you run back the last level after completing it the normal way there's a ladder going up that wan't there before attached to the platform before the long staircase. Does anyone know if this can be use at all?
You can't really use it tho, the walking fire will surely burn you
Why did the princess exploded
So, if I got this right
The secret/hard ending = the bad ending? :P
My brain exploded by this game. I was proud to complete it, but this was one of the weirdest experiences ever...
What I have learnt: The "hero" you are playing is actually a deadly terrorist and assassin.
People were right, it really is not worth it to go through all the secret stars (especially 2-2) for this disappointing alternate ending. the rest of the game was cool, but this is just not worth the effort in my opinion.
GrappleHammer I kinda thought the same thing.Then I found out the meaning behind this game, the alternate ending, and it makes it go full circle.
@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
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.
I need that sound effect (02:37)
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
Excuse me while I pick up the scattered, bloody pieces of my brain that have just exploded across the room after realising this secret.
@Eragarev nope this is the computer version, used fraps (a screen capture made for games)
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...
She just....Exploded O_O
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"?
@buggyiscool A lot of people say that, but just because of a single quote in the game "We're all bastards now". The simple explanation for why she explodes is that he destroyed the "time-space" continuum by touching her when that's not what actually happened.
Keep in mind, during the part where you CAN touch her, everything is going in reverse. So you're essentially reliving previous events. It's impossible for him to "change" what happened, and in doing so, she explodes.
The feeling is mutual, all lower-case man.
I imagine Engineer saying this comment.
i love that everyone's really talkative about this game, its great...but holy shit! its not the bible people haha shes a bomb, she goes boom, end of story
Great Scott!
The constelation is andromeda,in mithology she would be sacrificed to the kraken to protect her people before perseus slained the creature and saved her.
can you make any sense of it in the game ?
Wow, I wish I were deep enough to steal another writer's analysis of a game.
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?
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.
There is no "theory," for the atomic bomb reference, there's clearly a quote from a well known scientist who researched the atomic bomb.
or click the link in the description it has a great breakdown
If the star rating system was still here I'd give this video 8/8 stars :) this game is awesome!
Thanks for explaining this game. I was really confused about this game and its story line.
It was pretty obvious that the game was about the atom bomb when you read the "Now we're all sons of bitches" quote.
@Priderage : that's the popular theory. I don't believe Braid is explicitely about Manhattan Project, even if you may spot the Twin Towers next to World 1 entrance. There are clues in the scenery (spacesuits, 80's and 90's computers, modern Hi-Fi) that indicate the setting is not in the 40's. In-game script also implies that there is at least two Princesses, one on them probably human. Also, who is Tim ? The guy with the red tie, or one of the two blond-haired guys in the paintings ?
8 people dont like exolding princesses! XD wait i dont know if i quite like that either... 0_0
scary as hell...
it was worth the hours i spent trying to get them lol
I love all the idiotic comments that act all smart because they say they've 'cracked the meaning'. Truth is? There's a meaning, but we can't ascribe words to it. It's deeper than that. Stop spouting nonsense about the A bomb and experience the damn game. J. Blow made this game the way it is for a reason: to convey and deep and dark message. Not to tell a lame story about a nuclear scientist. Stop pretending to understand, and just experience.
ok look I dislike call of duty to the fullest extent. If somebody wants to sit in their closet with their hand around their dick all day playing it on their pc should man the fuck up and go to an actual goddamn army. Oh and I actually play minecraft and have played every final fantasy game so far, every kingdom hearts and gta 4(because crashing cars and doing whatever u want is fun. Especially in new york.) I just dont like this game because half of it doesn't make sense.
@HLFredusko The problem with your argument is that you can find this out from a simple Google search if you've played the game by looking up the constellation (or really, anything), which these people didn't do because they didn't think of it (making my idea that most of them haven't played the game more likely). My joke was that there are an alarming amount of people who don't look things up without being linked by a funny article, which is what I was commenting on in my joke. Make sense?
@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.
As much as Manhattan on fire is serious, I don't want to know why the consellation shows two of the stars being on the breasts of, you know, the consellation
I know I realize it Now...And Actually I hate the game because of this...I thought it was going to just be A NORMAL game with a kool New Game play...But It Wasn't they took it to a Whole new level Beyond Me...It was so unexpected...Maybe that's why Every1 Knows About the game LOL
Yea They Did it to be Even more Different and Actually...They deserve kudos for It LOL
the whole Easter egg is related to the game itself, actually the game is related to reality itself. it portrays how we wish we could stop the nukes from ever happening, braid is i word that means Nuclear weapons (i think, i may be wrong) and the start is a burning city for gods sake.