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Rating of
4/5
Unique but Flawed
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 04/07/2015
“Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons” (“Brothers”) is a difficult-to-define Indie game developed by Stockholm, Sweden-based developer, Starbreeze Studios in collaboration with Sweden-dwelling Assyrian film director, Josef Fares.
Presentation
“Brothers” is a game that fails in every way to make a good first impression. A cursory glance at the game reveals Unreal Engine-powered visuals with plenty of jaggies and overly simplistic character models that would not look out of place on the PlayStation 2 or Gamecube. Indeed, even the early character designs seem bland, with the main memorable visual aspect early on being the fact that the younger of the titular brothers has hair that looks like someone upended a lovely flan or crème brûlée on top of his head.
Fortunately, the …