Comments on: Braid Hints: World 5 http://lungfishopolis.com/2009/05/braid-hints-world-5-no-spoiler/ Video games on our minds Fri, 18 May 2012 20:01:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Karen http://lungfishopolis.com/2009/05/braid-hints-world-5-no-spoiler/#comment-2566 Karen Tue, 08 May 2012 14:14:10 +0000 http://lungfishopolis.com/?p=908#comment-2566 [SPOILER ALERT -- full solution here] Wow, another solution to Fragile Companion! I solved it sort of the way Kevin Puetz did -- jumped down and walked to the door without the key, rewound time, and got the key; then my shadow went back to the door with his copy. I think I did the key-collecting in a way that required more split-second timing than what he described, maybe unnecessarily. In any case, I'm going to try the rewind-in-midair thing -- it's hard to imagine why the shadow self would go all the way to the door at the end of that jump if I've never been to the door before, but I don't have the game open in front of me right now [SPOILER ALERT -- full solution here] Wow, another solution to Fragile Companion! I solved it sort of the way Kevin Puetz did — jumped down and walked to the door without the key, rewound time, and got the key; then my shadow went back to the door with his copy. I think I did the key-collecting in a way that required more split-second timing than what he described, maybe unnecessarily. In any case, I’m going to try the rewind-in-midair thing — it’s hard to imagine why the shadow self would go all the way to the door at the end of that jump if I’ve never been to the door before, but I don’t have the game open in front of me right now

]]> By: Roee http://lungfishopolis.com/2009/05/braid-hints-world-5-no-spoiler/#comment-2416 Roee Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:53:29 +0000 http://lungfishopolis.com/?p=908#comment-2416 World 5, fragile companion, completely stuck for over an hour - i finally gave up and looked up for a tip for the first time in this game like you so thanks for your time with the hints, they helped :) World 5, fragile companion, completely stuck for over an hour - i finally gave up and looked up for a tip for the first time in this game like you so thanks for your time with the hints, they helped :)

]]> By: Farrin http://lungfishopolis.com/2009/05/braid-hints-world-5-no-spoiler/#comment-1701 Farrin Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:04:29 +0000 http://lungfishopolis.com/?p=908#comment-1701 Thank you so much for making this...I was at an impasse, but I was determined not to spoil myself. Your blog posts were perfect. Thank you so much for making this…I was at an impasse, but I was determined not to spoil myself. Your blog posts were perfect.

]]> By: Linus http://lungfishopolis.com/2009/05/braid-hints-world-5-no-spoiler/#comment-1452 Linus Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:32:08 +0000 http://lungfishopolis.com/?p=908#comment-1452 Thank you many times for these hints. It is actually my 2nd play through and I couldn't remember how to solve Crossing the Gap III. I managed to remember or re-figure-out everything else. My first time through, I was so tempted to find a walkthrough, but stumbled upon the official one and its advice to wait and solve it myself, and was glad I did. So your hints are perfect for those who are truly stuck. Thank you many times for these hints. It is actually my 2nd play through and I couldn’t remember how to solve Crossing the Gap III. I managed to remember or re-figure-out everything else. My first time through, I was so tempted to find a walkthrough, but stumbled upon the official one and its advice to wait and solve it myself, and was glad I did. So your hints are perfect for those who are truly stuck.

]]> By: Gwark http://lungfishopolis.com/2009/05/braid-hints-world-5-no-spoiler/#comment-1340 Gwark Sun, 08 Aug 2010 06:26:40 +0000 http://lungfishopolis.com/?p=908#comment-1340 Agreed about the 5.4.3. I was fine with World 5 'til I got to that one. Agreed about the 5.4.3. I was fine with World 5 ’til I got to that one.

]]> By: Roar http://lungfishopolis.com/2009/05/braid-hints-world-5-no-spoiler/#comment-1177 Roar Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:16:31 +0000 http://lungfishopolis.com/?p=908#comment-1177 I totally agree with anon. Damn that one was tricky. I would never have figured that one out on my own. I totally agree with anon. Damn that one was tricky. I would never have figured that one out on my own.

]]> By: Arne http://lungfishopolis.com/2009/05/braid-hints-world-5-no-spoiler/#comment-1117 Arne Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:53:59 +0000 http://lungfishopolis.com/?p=908#comment-1117 Amen, anon. Amen. Amen, anon. Amen.

]]> By: anon http://lungfishopolis.com/2009/05/braid-hints-world-5-no-spoiler/#comment-606 anon Mon, 25 May 2009 21:40:09 +0000 http://lungfishopolis.com/?p=908#comment-606 Damn you, 5.4.3. T^T Damn you, 5.4.3. T^T

]]> By: Paul Hudson http://lungfishopolis.com/2009/05/braid-hints-world-5-no-spoiler/#comment-605 Paul Hudson Mon, 25 May 2009 18:02:50 +0000 http://lungfishopolis.com/?p=908#comment-605 I happened on the rewind early trick also, only you start rewinding just before the key breaks and falls down, right as you touch the door and it starts opening. You have like a split second. I happened on the rewind early trick also, only you start rewinding just before the key breaks and falls down, right as you touch the door and it starts opening. You have like a split second.

]]> By: Kevin Puetz http://lungfishopolis.com/2009/05/braid-hints-world-5-no-spoiler/#comment-604 Kevin Puetz Sat, 23 May 2009 14:45:18 +0000 http://lungfishopolis.com/?p=908#comment-604 There's another, somewhat harder solution to Fragile Companion: the key is non-causal, so you can carry it back in time as you rewind. Thus, you can walk up to the first gate without the key, go kill the monster and get it, rewind to before you approached the gate, and now your shadow self will have it when it walks up. Then you can do the other. The solution you described is easier to do, though, and points out something I hadn't actually noticed (that the shadow self keeps his momentum and can land in a place you never did). Nifty! I wonder how many other puzzles have multiple solutions :-) There’s another, somewhat harder solution to Fragile Companion: the key is non-causal, so you can carry it back in time as you rewind.

Thus, you can walk up to the first gate without the key, go kill the monster and get it, rewind to before you approached the gate, and now your shadow self will have it when it walks up. Then you can do the other.

The solution you described is easier to do, though, and points out something I hadn’t actually noticed (that the shadow self keeps his momentum and can land in a place you never did). Nifty! I wonder how many other puzzles have multiple solutions :-)

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