Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Xbox 360
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 205 Ratings

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  • Summary: Help guide a couple of brothers on a fairy tale journey from Swedish film director, Josef Fares and developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at the same time as you experience co-op play in single player mode. Solve puzzles, explore varied locations and fight boss battles, controlling one brother with each thumb stick.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 55
  3. Negative: 0 out of 55
  1. Giant Bomb
    Sep 19, 2013
    100
    The resulting journey is so singularly devoted to creating a specific tone and atmosphere that you won't likely be able to stop thinking about it until long after you've seen it through to the end.
  2. Games Master UK
    May 30, 2013
    91
    Short but immensely satisfying, it's Ico meets Limbo in Fable's world. In a word: spellbinding. [July 2013, p.80]
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  3. Thunderbolt
    Aug 16, 2013
    90
    It does something no other medium could accomplish, and while it suffers the occasional misstep along the way, what comes before is an endearing and wholly accomplished adventure that makes Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons a powerful experience recommended to all.
  4. 3DJuegos
    Aug 8, 2013
    86
    Brothers is a beautiful tale of love and loss, a great way to kick off the Summer of Arcade.
  5. Game Informer
    Aug 7, 2013
    83
    In all, it’s a good game that feels like a bit less than the sum of its parts. While I appreciate Brothers’ languid storytelling, I can’t help but feel as if the game had pretentions of being a much deeper experience than what has actually been delivered.
  6. GameFront
    Aug 13, 2013
    80
    The themes and ideas explored in Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons are not new to video games, but very rarely are they executed upon as skillfully as they are here.
  7. EGM
    Aug 7, 2013
    60
    While Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons occasionally succeeds in tugging at the heartstrings, there’s a heavy-handedness that runs through a good portion of the drama—and that’s off-putting. The unique controls take too long to get used to (considering this is only a three-hour experience), and the puzzles are simple and repetitive. The aesthetics are definitely pleasing, however.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 51
  3. Negative: 1 out of 51
  1. Zoombied
    Sep 24, 2013
    10
    Different in a good way: great aesthetics, innovative controls, a both cosy and scary feeling of fairytale far away from Hollywood. Simply a great game!… Expand
  2. Kocurstvo
    Aug 30, 2013
    10
    For the arcade game worth 15 bucks its perfect. Great emotive story (I tried not to be much sad, but it happened again... since 1997 when Cloud burried Aeris...), graphics is very nice and smooth, leveldesign is perfect. Somehow it reminds me Axel and Pixel (dont ask me why). Game has very goog ancient atmosphere and is without dead spots... nice game overall… Expand
  3. yesbox
    Aug 7, 2013
    10
    Wonderfully inventive game with stunning graphics and a breathtaking atmosphere. Follow the two brothers on an epic journey to find a cure for their sick father. The game feels almost like an interactive story book and brings you back to childhood mysteries and adventures. Although quite short, this is a game that will completely overtake you for a good three/four hours and leave an imprint lasting a lot longer than that. Buy it and discover just how fantastic a video game can be!… Expand
  4. Esfar
    Aug 12, 2013
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is just too damn wonderful...I will have to say one of the best games this years. From story to graphics everything is just perfect .Even the game play mechanics shines .I will highly recommend this game to every game lover in this world.One thing more the ending will touch your heart along with the two brothers.… Expand
  5. clearly
    Aug 8, 2013
    10
    A fantastic game with great gameplay and a touching story, comparable to adventures like Journey. Simply a must have for every gamer!
    Hopeful    ly we get more games like this from Starbreeze in the future.… Expand
  6. joydivision
    Aug 7, 2013
    10
    I love it, it`s beutiful. This game is different the enovirments is awesome. It`s almost as you are in a movie.
    And the music is adoroble. I     did not expekt it to be so good.… Expand
  7. ERB
    Aug 8, 2013
    7
    I love this game.The story is very touching and even the game play is good.I will give it a score of 7/10 don't think that the score is low because not many Xbox 360 games that I reviewed is not that high.I am telling you guys to go buy this game and try playing it.… Expand

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