
Even if it requires blind trust, it is recommended you just go play the game. How well you come to know the game’s siblings depends entirely on how you play, how willing you are to experiment and push into the world.īold statements, and equally broad, but there’s a reason to be vague about Brothers up front. It shares ambitions with some of the most respected and adored games ever made - Ico and Journey loom large - but it tells a more complete, human story than either. Brothers yields control in telling its sorrowful, lovely story, handing the player a shocking range of influence with elegant, simple controls.

In his debut, Fares made the game he wants to play, one that ties story and action together seamlessly.


“I appreciate games such as Heavy Rain and The Walking Dead which have a more cinematic feel, but I think they are too close to a movie experience,” said Josef Fares, game director of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, “More attention should be given to the interactive aspect.”
