The Quintessence in Puzzle Games........
The game is basically MARIO meets Prince Of Persia - Sands Of Time.
Mario.... because everything is like mario. The platforming, jumping over monsters heads etc.
Sands Of Time..... only because of the time element. You can rewind time and slow down time.
The puzzles are very well constructed. You really need to rack your brains to solve puzzles.
While some puzzles took seconds, some took around 3-5 hours to solve. There was this innovative level which blew me. The whole screen is static. When Braid moves then only the villian moves. So its very tricky.
One more important thing is that Braid is not simplistic like Mario. Sure you have a princess in this one too. But the Story is "More than it meets the EYE". The princess is not actually a princess, she is a .................Play the game and find out. The story is just AMAZING atleast for a small budget game like this.
Braid is a very small sized game just like World Of Goo. Its just 128mb. If you are a bit tired of the mainstream games, this gives a nice break.