<\/p>\n

This is the fourth part of my series of Braid hints. It’s not a walkthrough, because simply giving the puzzles’ answers would ruin the game. But I got so frustrated at the game that I gave in to temptation and looked online to find answers to a puzzle in both world 2 and world 3, so I’m now providing the spoiler-free hints I wish I’d had access to.<\/p>\n

The official walkthrough says…<\/p>\n

Some of the puzzles will be hard. But when you manage to solve those hard puzzles, you will feel very good about it<\/strong>. The game will feel very rewarding. Don’t rob yourself of that feeling by reading a walkthrough!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I urge you to only read the hints on levels where you’re completely stuck. Once you read a spoiler, you can never un-read it.<\/p>\n

World 6: Hesitance
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n

World 6 introduces the ring. The ring that slows time. And creates all kinds of freaking difficult puzzles…<\/p>\n

The Pit?
\n<\/strong>There’s actually no puzzle piece here.<\/p>\n

There and Back Again<\/strong>
\n<\/em>1. (very easy)
\n<\/em>No hint.<\/p>\n

Phase?<\/strong>
\n1. (easy)<\/em>
\nIt might take a bit longer than you like to get there, but two steps forward one step back is still progress.<\/p>\n

2. (medium)<\/em>
\nTake note that you can climb all the way to the top.<\/p>\n

Cascade<\/strong>
\n1. (medium)<\/em> – this is the one at the upper left
\nYou’ll need to use the ring, and you’ll need to have some pretty good timing. Thank goodness for the rewind button.<\/p>\n

2. (very hard)<\/em> – this is the one just above the door
\nThere are many many steps involved here, as you’ll notice if you’re manage to get the key. Put the ring in a hard-to-get-to place.<\/p>\n

3. (easy)<\/em>
\nYou’ll need to use the ring here too.<\/p>\n

Impassible Foliage
\n<\/strong>1. (hard)<\/em>
\nThere are two challenges in getting this puzzle piece. Firstly, getting past the plant. You need to find a way to use the ring to slow it without slowing yourself. Secondly, actually getting to the puzzle piece. If you’re having trouble with this, just enter the level, stand still, and watch what’s going on. You might have to kill a couple monsters while watching, but just watch.<\/p>\n

2. (very hard)<\/em>
\nTo me, this is one of the hardest puzzles in the game. Obviously, bouncing off of one monster doesn’t get you up there. You’ll likely spend a lot of time in trial and error to get two through. It’s tedious. Experiment with different positions for the ring. It’s helpful to remember that you can jump up through certain portions of floor.<\/p>\n

Elevator Action<\/strong>
\n1. (medium)<\/em>
\nThis is one of my favorite puzzles in the game. The solution is so elegant. I’m really hesitant to give even a hint, since finding the answer is so fun. Getting past the cannons is pretty easy, it’s getting out that’s the trick. I urge you not to read this hint: How can you slow down not just one or two, but all<\/span> the cannons?<\/span><\/p>\n

2. (very hard)<\/em>
\nThis was the last puzzle piece in the game that I ever got. The thing I wish I’d known was that one of those two moving platforms is actually blocking the other one. Knowing this by no means makes the whole thing easy, but it sure helps.<\/p>\n

3. (medium)<\/em>
\nThe trick here is to realize that once you’re on either of the glowing platforms, you’re immune to both rewinding and to the ring’s time-slowing.<\/p>\n

In Another Castle<\/strong>
\n1. (hard)
\n<\/em>It’s all about the glowing section of floor to the left of the lever.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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