Braid - Star Walkthrough 1 - 4

[SoupBrains]

Anyone about to do the first star, have something to do for about 4 hours.

. . . way longer then the video intends.

[DoomDodgers]

2 days ago i was doing the fickle companion star for 3 hours, not even getting it in the end, and getting royally enraged, and now i got it almost with first try like a boss. Wtf.

[BlizzardandBlaze]

Be honest, Who would ever find star #2 without a walkthough? Jeez.

[Lorahle]

Go through walkthrough.

Get to Fickle Companion.

Get goomba+key up in the special place.

Pause video.

Kill goomba.

Take key.

Unpause video.

Read "From this point on, no matter what happens, the goomba needs to stay alive. Otherwise you start from the beginning."

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[IHaveOnlyThisName]

3:36 ONLY SHIT!

[Secrutioner58]

I totally just started mine again because of the second star!! Spewin!!!

[MuiiBrunix]

all this time playing the game... and when I finally get to the end, I have to start all over again!!?? shit

[blueswiftness]

Thats pretty crazy that you would have to start the game over!!!! I DONT WANT TO!!!

[TrackMania753]

i always wondered what the constellation was for at the beginning....

[symphonor]

star #4 is completely insane.

[pedro702lv]

how the hell are you suppose to figure all this shit out alone??i bet everybody just cheats off of clips like this its a hard game to play its good though

[OceanBottomNightmare]

@pedro702lv

i don't think you are meant to... I highly doubt they expected any single person to figure it all out on their own, but instead expected the community to solve it together. That's why this side-quest is so peripheral to the whole experience. Personally I think that is pretty cool.

[morpheas768]

"Moving to the left, defaults the key over here"

Bullshit. I did it 4 times, with the goomba up there holding the key, and everytime i went up to open the door, when i went back thinking that they key will go back to the goomba, instead it defaulted back next to the door, to its starting point.

GG

This game sucks balls.

[OceanBottomNightmare]

@morpheas768

This happened to me to, but I found a way around it.

The problem is that the key will only rewind its position to the point where the goomba stopped holding it. Grab the key while the goomba is to the left of the ladder, walking towards you. Then go open the door. When you walk to the left again, the key will move down the ladder and the goomba can grab it again. Obviously don't walk past the point where you snatched the key off him in the first place, or it will vanish.

[morpheas768]

@OceanBottomNightmare Ok thanks. I was pretty confused with the whole teleporting key + goomba thing.

Still, getting all the stars is pretty damn tough, to say the least. It requires a great deal of patience, time, and persistence.

[Amrisael]

what kind of a sick minded game developer would add this kind of secrets in to game!

[diogo86]

I was going to get this game but this video just made me realize I could never ever not even in a whole lifetime figure all this out by myself. I'd rather stay with first person shooters...

[Fishmaster03]

At star 4, 4 - 7 you will also hate yourself if you manage to get the "goomba" enemy up on the platform alone, without the key.

[crimsonflare506]

I was always wondering why that cloud in 2-2 was there. I'll have to go aftr these stars one day.

[JezdziecBezNicka]

You don't really have to stand on the door, you can bounce off the bad guy.

[jtbc15]

hey i finish the first and second puzzle and i cant separate them, what can i do to have the firs star??? pc

[Nerianae]

@jtbc15 You'll have to start over I'm afraid

[Geroxell]

why the key doesnt apper for me on 8:44??

[Wunce25]

Holy shit: I knew it was something to do with that cloud- but I could never figure out how to get on it....

[0THEASSASSIN0]

#OMG Man this is awesome . . . <3

[bradbuiltthecross]

When I do the fourth star it doesn't default there when I move left /:

[ErnestasMilkius]

u can fast foward back timing and u dont need to wait for 2 hours

[Redbullskull]

fuck the stars and fuck Mr. Blow Im not going to wait 2 hours for a fucking cloud to come

[bradbuiltthecross]

@Redbullskull I wouldn't wait that long for something to come either.

[InfinityWarsoul]

To get on the cloud, you can either wait until it is above the goomba patform, jump on the goomba and then onto the cloud, or go through the level as you would normally do, exit through the door, then enter the door again, and go back all the way to the locked door at the begining of the level and use it to jump to the cloud when it gets near, after a long wait.

[idonotknowme]

Tee hee, I can create a new save file on the personal computer version.

[Markmeister182]

HOW CAN I GO UP TO THE CLOUD?

[Renegader000]

i need a million years to figure out the last star of this video lol

[IronyIsGood]

4:25 i knew there was a reason for that gap in the wall but.... dammmm.....

[MusicOfCavemen]

FUCK THE FUCKING STUPID 4TH STAR!!!! Sorry, I just spend a good hour doing that one.

The way I did it was to get up top with the key first, then run back to the beginning, the key will follow you. Then just pop the goomba up there and rewind to when u were up top. Then pretty much what u did. Thank u for this guide :)

[Linkenfant]

omfg @the 4th star...

[Linkenfant]

For the first star, how do you go ON the cloud ? with the locked door at the beginning of the level ?

[sammyboy123456]

go through the door at the end of that level, then go through it again, the door will be locked again

[sveinungnersten]

i thought i had beaten this game, when i suddenly found out there is stars to collect to:(

[elppa284]

lol me too!

[MegaShiny]

@sveinungnersten I know me too, I had to erase my game to get that stupid 2nd star xDD

[DragonslayerProd]

Johnathan Blow is a sadistic bastard. The EASIEST of these stars takes almost 2 HOURS to get.

[foadysfah]

OMG dude!!! Did you find that out by yourself?! P<G

[Taniseth]

Thanks for not showing how to actualy get up onto the slow moving cloud in the cloud bridge. These sort of details are actualy pretty important when making a walk through. I had to go find someone elses walkthrough to learn you have to stand on the locked door when it passes by. Clearly you found some other way to get up there, which you don't show. I'm not sure why you'd bother making a walkthrough, if you'r not actualy going to be walking people through how to do this stuff.

[Andnie]

poor you, huh. it was pretty obvious.

[Anonygaijin]

uh, I don't think you have to stand on it to start. Just wait by the unlocked door.

[Samsasrenjet]

@Taniseth I agree. But you shouldn't be using a walkthrough for this game anyways. The only reason I'm on here is because my game won't download anymore, and I was interested when I found out about the stars.

[Corpseplower]

@Samsasrenjet In fairness, some of the star locations are downright boggling to get without some kind of hint or demonstration before attempting to collect them. Two in particular that come to mind are the one where the player is required to lure the rabbit up the elevator and freeze it perfectly to jump off of, with the other involving the falling ladder (which may seem obvious after the fact) that needs to be timed correctly so you can ascend with it.

[Samsasrenjet]

@Corpseplower It may take longer to figure out, but this game was something else. I didn't mind spending 5+ hours on it :p

[Corpseplower]

@Samsasrenjet It was less about spending more time with it and more that it was just next to impossible to catch certain locations unless you literally stumble on them through sheer luck alone. Not that I disagree with either point you've made - the game itself (sans star collecting) is straightforward enough to not warrant a walkthrough and once a person gets past it, the game is definitely worth spending more time on to try to collect the stars.

[jordsoo1]

@Taniseth Waiting and then jumpy on the dude at the end.

[WebRider16]

@Taniseth It would've been obvious if you attempted it yourself that the door is the simplest way to do it. As for what he did, he used skills and doubled jumped on the damn goomba.

[xSijUx]

@WebRider16 what the mother fuck is a goomba?

[WebRider16]

@xSijUx what I call the man-beast-faced sheep enemy. This game side scrolling style just automatically reminds me of Mario Bros with lots of it's own unique twists.

[xSijUx]

@WebRider16 ah yes the mario similarities are indeed striking.

[hyperrboyy]

@Taniseth Thanks for not pleasing me with a video on youtube. It really upsets me and makes me want to use sarcasm. jesus christ some people are such fags

[FredWallace18]

@Taniseth Ungrateful shit.

[ABKATSOR22]

@Taniseth He probably jumped on the goomba early on.

[Lellettaify]

@Taniseth

It's quite simple, all you have to do is start backwards. Finish the Cloud Bridge, open the door go to The Hunt and use the same door to go back to the cloud bridge, once u do that the door will b locked, yet you'll b starting backwards

[Syterion]

On 4-7 Fickle Companion you can bring the key up there when you go up there, and then just bounce the goomba up there separately, let him grab it, then rewind till you're back up there. There's no reason to make him grab it and bounce him at the same time.

[ryantheleach]

WHY did you go to all the effort of jumping moving the picture, you can just go around...

[jmatt78]

ryan, he wanted to get the star, this is a video about how to get the stars

[ryantheleach]

no not the bit in the overworld in the house, i meant when he was trying to picture jump to get up at 2:37 its easier to just go around and jump on that platform from where the goomba is

[BryceHillam]

fuckin fickle companion >_> took 30 mins to get him up top there. Then rewound and i was also up top.. BUT THE FUCKING KEY WAS BACK AT THE START WHAT THE FUCK?

[gfizzle27]

whats the poinnt of the stars? i dont meant that negatively i just dont know what they are maent to do

[Corpseplower]

Collecting all 8 reveals a different perspective on the ending of the game.

[FlloydOwnsAll]

@Corpseplower What is the perspective I don't get it

[Corpseplower]

@FlloydOwnsAll Just before you're able to collect the eighth star, you're allowed to catch the "princess" and as you do, what sounds like a bomb detonating can be heard just before the "girl" vanishes in a blaze of white light. This then puts the bits of story read in the books in the epilogue more into perspective and also gives some idea as to why the city seems to be on fire at the opening of the game.

[Goudariffic]

Just an extra challenge, and also an alternative plot (: Mostly just the challenge bit, though, especially if you find them on your own, since they're so cleverly hidden.

[stan007stan]

Wow this is fucking crazy

[marcosurl]

I'd read, and i think it's the best part of the game.

[fredburma]

is there a reason u didnt edit out ure mistakes or failed attempts to jump using the picture platform?

[FrankLivingston]

WHY MUST YOU PUNISH US WITH THY FIENDISH CLOUD? (sorry about the all caps...)

[zab666]

do i get anything if i collect these stars? like a bonus or something?

[kingplatypus3rd]

Just an alternate ending.

[thegodofs]

on the pc version of braid how do you access the main menu to delete your file

(i got a free version download if that maders)

[Goldrag]

esc and new game

[thegodofs]

ya getting the free full version kinda disables that...

if you pushed esc it crashes

what I did is I downloaded the demo then deleted the file there

[JohnnySoprano87]

I don't see why anyone is too disgruntled about having to start over if you already completed world 3's puzzle. I mean, once you know what you're doing you can finish the game within a single day so it's not really THAT big of a deal is it? Well maybe it'll take longer the second go-round to get the timing just right for some of these stars (or wating hours for a frikin cloud, haha) but overall, doesn't seem all that bad to me to have to start a new game. Meh...

[wetterdew]

Today I found out that I had to start over. I like the game, but I JUST solved all of the puzzles, and now you want me to do it all again, Braid, just because of one stupid game mechanic? Not right. That's like if you spent a hundred dollars on some fancy lobster dish, and then you spent four hours preparing it, and then just when it was almost finished, you found out that you had accidentally added four times as much salt as you were supposed to ten steps back. So then you do it again...?

[JohnnySoprano87]

Lol, not really man. If that analogy were accurate you'd have to buy the game over again. I still maintain that if you're using a walkthrough like this the game is really short and you're not putting the effort you would have had you figured it out yourself, so NBD. Anyway, that's just the way I feel I guess :/ (psshh, loner, rofl)

[FreakguyX]

Lol this game is beatable in an hour or two.

[zzz123kkma]

dont need to give the goomba the key just brg it up the first time and when you rewind die from him and he gets key re rewind and he still has key and your all 3 up there.

[frother]

You don't even need to depend on the key staying on the upper platform, just carry the key up, and once you get the goomba up rewind to when you had the key!

[DjDinesy]

hey, thanx for the vids, i was just askin anyone,do i have to restart the Fickle Companion level if the key does not default back to the goomba.

thnx

[rory0]

Thanks, pal. The last one is possible in slightly easier version though. You can first jump up there with that key, and when you jump down from there, key stays on upper platform, so you don't have to bump goomba while he's catching a key, bumping him there alone is hard enough.

[Gurkinbabies]

wow much better than the fisrt one i watched. but i need to delete my game now :(

[xido76]

i don't get it..how the hell Cloud bridge's cloude moving to the middle??..after you going back the level's start,there is a fadeblack...next,you stand on this cloud...what a hell is happened meanwhile??

[Stinkehund]

Why don't you just read the damn text? The cloud moves. All you have to do is wait a couple of hours for it to arrive.

[xido76]

oh..whit all do respect..fuck this:))..i have all puzzle nice and full,i can't take it apart...now i have to begin the game again from zero?...damn:)

[bensons999]

I know! It's a complete shitter!!!

I knew that the stars existed from talking to people, but didn't want to get any help with the game untill I REALLY needed to, I managed to get all the puzzle pieces (bar 2 :-) ) without looking at any walkthroughs, but didn't have a clue about the stars- so just looked them up and found that if you've completed world 3's puzzle, you have to start the game again!

Bugger!

I might do in a few months or so- definatly not for a while though.

[CommanderPferd]

okay so i have to wait...but how to get on the cloud??

[maoric]

You can either wait by the goomba at the end of the cloud bridge until it's overhead, then jump off the goomba to get on top of it. Or, you can enter the level from the left door in Hunt! and backtrack to the locked door. Jumping on the cannon at the start of the cloud bridge will let you jump on top of the door, and then it's just a matter of waiting nearly two hours.

[CommanderPferd]

thanks! i used the second thing....thanks for the help!

[eudes45]

start the level by the end, and then, jump on the closed door near the beginning of the level

[CommanderPferd]

hi ...im nooby...the first star in 2-2 how do you get on the cloud and how do you make 8x-Speed? (okay you play xbox and i have the game for PC...so: do i have to wait for hours?_?)

Help would be great!

[Ghossssssssst]

8x speed was shift + down/up

and yeah... you have to wait for hours (._.)

[uruz88]

Cheers for the video, I was struggling with the ladder part (ended up having to move to the left like some other people said). At the end I killed the goomba, very gratifying :D

[LeeHimself578]

Anyone whos key is not appearing in the right place, do this:

Quote from Enefen:

"I also had the same problem, but I managed to solve it by standing as far left on the walkway as possible when snatching the key from the goomba instead of hanging on the ladder when snatching it. Hope that helps!"

[Nauticus89]

Nevermind, I was frustrated when I wrote that. What fixed the problem for me was going as far to the left near the moving wall to get the key. It didn't disappear then

[Nauticus89]

Something is incorrect in this video. I follow everything shown and when I move left above the ladder, the key resets to the beginning. Have you edited the video to avoid this? I see it skips as if you merged two vids together right about where the problem starts

[Bareknucklebxer]

god damn, 6:50 is gonna take me a while.

[williamscheefjr]

the stars fill in the constellation outside the house and gives you an alternate ending to better help you understand the story.

[numantoo]

Wait I think the stars are for the constellation outside of the house

[numantoo]

Umm what do you need the stars for? Its not like we are going to unlock some hiddden code, or achievement!

[spizzaza]

you unlock an alternative ending to the game

[Re4mstr]

Why the hell to we need stars?

[slappytheclown1]

raaaa when ever im up on the ladder at star four and im supposed to move to the left so the goomba can get it, it resets to the beggining insteaddd raaaaaa why is this happening???

I have done it three times and the same thing happens!!!!pleeeeeeeeeeeease somebody help

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[ragnarfuck]

damn forget the star 3, i already did all the puzzles... why are they doing that like this?

[HowRadIsThis]

Forget that I just got it!

[HowRadIsThis]

Still trying star 4.. its a bitch to do

[Gnigr]

So what exactly is the point to these stars?

[SpenceMakeSense]

not to be a douche but you go that second one it such a harder way. You could have just not connected both the peices and used each wooden floor piece thing as a step sorta of deal. but who cares you got the job done

[dasher2020]

The stars would make Soulja boy's no talent head pop

[pleasurecan]

This game hurts my brain.

[petergerling]

YESSSSSSS... just had some quality time with mr. bunny rabbit for the star and now I only need the damn one where I have 2 wait for the cloud!!!!!

[petergerling]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Just got the fickle friend star!!!!

was a b$%#tch at first but keep trying and youl get the hang of it!

think fourth dimensionally lol

[DIProgan]

Yep Enefen ftw

[DIProgan]

Same problem here key does not default to that spot however slow I move. Might try Enefen's way but I sure hope that pest does not die on me.

[duba3988]

fuck man, my key doesn't default there at 8:44, and I did everything exactly as in this video...

[St3pd0wn]

I suffered solving the jigsaw's, now these stars are way difficult to figure out O.o

Dude, you're brilliant!

[Picklepik]

LOL

[Sethers198]

That is pretty cool. Never knew about the stars.

[CAKE369]

you are an expert at this game

[Shintaka9009]

2-2's is sadistic and hilarious.

[Talon0]

For the fourth star, take the key with you the first time and then jump off to the right, it's much easier than getting the goomba to take the key from you in midair.

[Eidrog511]

Never Mind, I figured it out

[GeneralHightower]

Do the stars actually accomplish anything? because if theres no reward to them, and I'm watching a walkthrough on how to do them, then whats the point? especially because I never even knew they existed until I read someone saying how hard they were

[Talon0]

They complete the constellation and there is an alternate ending.

[Hugoinabox]

At the Cloud Bridge Star part, can I kill the goomba? Or does he have to be alive?

[dyaballikl]

amazing. how long till the rest get up?

[MattBoySlim]

4th star, I mean. Oops.

[MattBoySlim]

Awesome video! The problem I'm having with the 4th key (4-7) is that once I get that goomba up there with the key, take it from him, open the door and then move back to the left, the key doesn't default to where yours does, it ends up way back at the beginning of the level! I've tried from scratch a few times, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any tips?

[MorrowJ]

I'm not actually certain why the key moves to that area when you move to the left. I would advise taking small steps toward the left. I noticed that it wound up there whenever I was cautionary. You may have just been unlucky with it, though.

[FlamingNinja24]

I'm having the exact same problem.

[FlamingNinja24]

I just figured it out. Using the thumbstick, you move too far. Use the d-pad instead. Tap left bit by bit and it will go there. If you go just a bit too far, it will go back to the start.

Also, great video. Thanks for making it MorrowJ.

[MattBoySlim]

Thanks, I'll have to try that out.

[Hugoinabox]

YES it worked!

Thanks!

[Enefen]

I also had the same problem, but I managed to solve it by standing as far left on the walkway as possible when snatching the key from the goomba instead of hanging on the ladder when snatching it. Hope that helps!

[rfgcc]

poop