Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake was great not only for those wanting to revisit the now eleven year old game, but for people like me who never had the pleasure. Sure, the original is still available to this day, but it never came to mind until news of the remake, so why not start there? It was beautiful in terms of visuals and mixed the fantastical with darker themes, sometimes at whiplash speed. It was easy to fall into the wholesome trap only to be reminded of tragedy seconds later. For this reason I didn’t entirely like the ending, “bittersweet” didn’t even begin to cover it. I still feel bummed out.

For solo play the controls took some getting used to, but moving the characters individually yet simultaneously with each having their own unique interactions was pretty good—I also appreciated the other little details, such as the little brother being slower.